Doodles Unleashed blog tour!

The very talented Traci Bautista has just released a new book, and she asked us to be one of the stops for her oline book tour! She also created this beautiful journal below and used our sketch for the front and back cover.

Here's Traci-

Wonder art journal & art journaling cards
My visual storytelling of words + images is done on the pages of art journals, so for my sketch challenge project I decided to create an art journal and art journaling card inserts. I divided the sketch into two pieces and used the bottom half to inspire the front art journal cover and the top half of the sketch to inspire the back cover of the art journal . Here are the two photos inspired by the sketch challenge

Here are a few pages from the inside of the journal.

The art journal incorporates a few techniques from Doodles Unleashed, from the Stylistic Scrawls section I share continuous writing technique on the cover of the book. Throughout the inside of the journal I have added freemotion stitched letters {technique on p. 88 in Doodles Unleashed}, along with drawing a “Girlie Glam Face.” The art journal cover is made out of Drill cloth, which is smoother than canvas. I prefer this material over canvas because it’s easier to write on since the weave of the fabric creates a smoother surface. I painted a couple of pieces of the fabric with Creative Imaginations Luminarte Radiant Rain sprays and Silks. Then added various Hambly rub-ons then free motion stitched pieces of my printed artwork photos, Hambly papers and overlays on the covers and art journal cards.

When I make journals, I create pages that are not blank, they either have a painted background or elements that provide jumpstarts for my journaling. The art journal cards that are contained in the journal sit loosely in between the fabric covers. On each card there are art journaling spots, where I can add my writing, doodles and other images later. I’ve added freemotion stitched doodles to attach most of the papers to the art journal cards. I love using bits and pieces of the Hambly papers to accent the pages, it’s a great way to use up all the paper scraps. The loose leaf format allows you to take them out and display them on a board or hang them on the wall.

Enjoy the peek inside one of the many handmade books I create. This project can be done as a theme based mini book, photo album or even a smaller size 3”x4” art journal cards. Have fun exploring all the possibilities.

You can follow the Doodles Unleashed online book tour for more inspiration. Traci's book can be purchased on Amazon or you can buy a signed copy in Traci’s Etsy boutique.