Art Journal Cardinal page

This art journal page came together pretty quickly, which is why I chose the saying on the page - there weren't many steps and it was fairly simple to do.

First, I brayered some brown and ivory acrylic paint onto the page to give it a vintage colored background. Then I glued down tissue papers with sheet music and writing, and added gesso on top. (For the sheet music, I used one of my husband's old Mozart piano pieces and printed it onto the tissue paper.)

The cardinal and greenery came from a napkin. I tore out the areas I wanted and glued them on top. Finally, I added the words and frame with stamps.

Materials used for this project:
Printed paper napkin (cardinal and greenery)

Brown and ivory acrylic paint

Brayer

White tissue paper

MFT Romantic Script stamp

Sheet music

Heavy white gesso

Gel medium

Papertrey Ink Fillable Frames #2 stamp

Tim Holtz Perspective Butterfly THMM106

Dylusions journal

I am entering this project in the following challenges:

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Art Journal