I could watch you make your fabulous journal pages over and over ... oh wait, I DO watch them over again. Love how you use all your supplies and create such “clean” layouts. Love, love, love them 💖
Love, love, love! I was so fortunate to take a Distress Oxide class with Tim Holtz at Stampaway USA ! He is truly awesome and I enjoyed it very much. Thank you for the inspiration of this video.
What a wonderful layout! I really loved the look of those distress oxide inks. I so enjoy your videos, art journal layouts and cards! Thank you so much for sharing!
OMG Vicky What a Magnificent Art Journal Layout!! It was so fun watching you create it and being able to see it come to life and your vision is Spectacular. Love TH Gears so much and how you used them as well as his Mix Messages as always you've come up with an Incredible idea and put nit into your layout. Another Super Outstanding Creative Job!! YOU so ROCK!! Joan Smith
I have learned so much from your tutorials. You explain the best and show how that it works and I love your Art Journals....thank you for sharing. Judy
I'm so glad you are using a washable towel. I gave up on papertowels as well. I was shocked how bad for the environment they are. Such a beutiful page. I love that dimensional sentiment!
Great page! Love seeing how the new oxides work. I haven't used mine much yet as I seem to have been the last person to pick them up. And now more colours! A super page to inspire folks who want to try journaling! Colouring and diecuts. Fabulous! You are a wonderful teacher!
Hi Vicky from the UK. You are such an inspiration. Since I have been watching you my art journaling have come on in leaps and bounds, I take your techniques and use them for my pages, I hope that is ok. You are amazing, the best I have ever seen on u tube thank you
I like your videos. ART Journal love. Great inspiration. Oxide I have not yet, but I'm sure to buy. I like how you work with them. I'm looking forward to another video and inspiration.
Hi Vicky, So glad you posted a new art journal page! I was waiting with baited breath! :-) Always love your pages, they provide such inspiration. I love this one. What I learned was that you can create a page without using gel mat medium....This on looks adorable. tfs
they are great! I especially love the ones that can interact with other elements... like the boy here sitting or others that seem like they can hold things etc!
I just ordered a package, inspired by this video. Looking forward to sharing what I make with them! BTW- could you create a facebook group for us to share art journal layouts inspired by your videos?
Beautiful work as always Vicky - as a scientist this really appeals to me and I am ITCHING to try art journaling so I may do something based on this to start me off.
Beautiful, Vicky! :) Love those grit paste letters! So much interesting texture! :) I want to be able to use my Distress inks on my layouts (I use them anyway...) but I don't like that mediums make them react! Have a spray bottle with water and some medium mixed together that I spray on top when I use Distress inks and let that dry. Makes it less reactive and gives interesting texture too! :) Hugs from Stockholm!
Heya Vicky! you know what? As I saw the picture on instagram I thought I wasn't going to llike this art journal. But I was wrong, I totally love it as usual.
I always love to watch your art journal layouts. I have everything I need to do them now so I will be experimenting! I think I have watched all of yours now! Thank you so much for sharing your art with us!
Vicky Papaioannou thank you Vicky. It does link it just was a picture of a set of 33 pieces so I thought at first it wasn't right. But the description said 107 pieces.
What?!?!? No shading with Big Brush markers and no white gel pen highlights???? Maybe you're getting too much sun??? LOL Great layout... I love the idea of it and it's simplicity. TFS and have a great day! 😃
This is great Vicky, as always -- but it feels like a Tim Holtz products demo. I felt it lack a little of your usual creativity. But still, it's great and the techniques are good to keep in mind.
W Culpepper it is not a sponsored video if this is what you mean.... but his products match so it's easy to pull everything together when you use them. Fun playtime with great results!
Vicky Papaioannou - I didn't mean to imply it was a sponsored video (I know you would have stated so if it was -- and if it was, there would be nothing at all wrong with that). I know Tim Holtz has amazing products and they are fun to use. Your creativity in HOW you used them was great. I just meant to say that I love it when there's more "Vicky" in your journals than products. Thanks so much for replying. I love your videos and look forward to them every week.
Hello Vicky, Thank you so much for this beautiful art journal project. I learned again a new technique with oxide ink. Can i ask what kind of lamp you use a bove your workspace? Thanks again and take care 🤗👍
I love the distress oxide inks but I found that when I stamp with regular distress ink on top==that ink just fades away! gaaa So had to learn the hard way not to use DI to stamp with (at least not on top of oxide) Thanks for the video, as always - inspirational. :)
I absolutely love your video's and this one was no exception...I guess I am still wondering what exactly the journals mean...I guess it is just art for the day that you feel like doing something. I wish I understood more about people that do this. I would love too, but still working as a newbie on cardmaking. I love you Vicky
Sheryl Menke it is a way to be creative and have fun! Something we create just for us. Not for others to receive not for others to criticize....if that makes sense... just plain fun .... you and your mediums.
For me it's a healing process. I do art journal pages to express emotions, my hopes, dreams, fears and to say things in the journal I can't really say to anyone. This is healing and relieves so much stress. Sometimes I write on my pages Sometimes I allow the colors, the images ( stamps, collage, stencils, die cuts and even the particular mediums I use to express what I want to say, completely without words. And for my journals I usually use a notebook or journal with heavyweight paper ( usually watercolor,paper of some kind) so I can use wet media, dry media, gesso , texture paste, paint pens, watercolors, matte medium, fabric, glue , acrylics, pastels.......really anything I want to throw at my journal, anything that I decide will enable me to express the ideas that I have.........I don't like being limited in what I can do, what I can use in my journal by the weight of the paper!
Love this!!! I needed some ideas on using oxide inks and here you are with a super video! A couple questions: Do you have a hard time gluing elements over texture pastes? How do you blend inks so smoothly? I always end up with circles or curved lines from the blending tool.
I just tried ink blending the other day, for the first time. And thank goodness it was all going behind a shaker frame, because good grief did it turn out horribly! I don't know how these guys make it look so easy, but I hope Vicky replies and lets us know!
Yes I need some tips. In the end I spritzed the background with water and blotted it up to create that splotchy look and then added some stamping over it. Not too bad. I posted the layout on my facebook page.
Always remember that the paper you work on is the key! I had to do a lot of testing to end up using specific types of papers that I can find at my local store. Also I never load my tool with too much ink. Just a touch.... and build up layers slowly. Also no pressure is needed, soft circle movements and always start outside of the paper and slowly move towards the center. I get many questions on this... so I might do a 101 video when I get back from my vacation. Hugs and thank you for always having something nice to say and for your support!
Oh and one more thing, if you notice in the video that combination of my art journal paper and the distress oxide inks is a dream! look how easy they blend! Amazing! I find that those new inks stay at the top of my page for longer so they are easier to blend before the paper absorbs them.
I was working in my brand new moleskine journal and thought it would be an ideal surface for the distress oxides. I think I need to do more backgrounds like this and just perfect my touch and technique. Need lots of practice. In the end it was okay with the ghosting technique and some stamping on top. Sometimes I get too hung up on the background and when it's finally done it works out fine. LOL
I like to use gesso when I plan to add color with my acrylics. When you want to use distress inks (oxide or not) you want the absorbance of the page, otherwise the ink will wipe right off! It's the same case as with watercolors. Hope this helps!
Ahhh Vicky I am currently boycotting Tim Holtz.My distress dabblers and my distress markers have all dried out.....my Tomboys that are 3 years older are still juicy!...and I bought the new paper cutter he launched at CHA and I have cut 3 pieces of paper and it is jamming already!
Oh so sorry this happens to you. I can totally understand your frustration! I have to admit that I love Tim's products.. there is something about them that fascinates me. I haven't used his new paper cutter. Is it by Tonic? You should contact Tonic Studios UK and let them know! They have great support , ask for a replacement! Now the markers, I store them in a box vertically and it really helps but I admit I do have a couple that dried on me. Now on the distress paints, having dried daubers was expected.... sponge and acrylics don't go together. Mine dried too... So now I treat them as normal caps that I unscrew the top. But I plan on getting the flip top caps. In any case, there are mediums that work for us and others that don't. My old time favorites are his distress inks (oxide and the good old ones). Wouldn't change them for anything else from his line!!! Hugs Zeffy and thank you for your comment!!!
Vicky? I have a question. I know you say you use a different blending tool for each color group, but do you use the same blending tools for your distress inks and distress oxide inks? Or do you keep the two types of inks separate? Thanks in advance 😁
Hi Vicky, I've just begun watching your art journal videos and I love them. I am not familiar with art journal art, just card making and I love your card videos. Can you tell me if the paper in the art journal you use can withstand all of the mediums you use? Also do you have many art journals, and does it represent certain times of your life? for personal use, or do you use these like a resume when you apply for an art job?
I find that my moleskin sketchbook is great for the mediums I like to use. But depending on what everyone uses they might need thicker pages. I know some people use thick watercolor paper. I do have many art journals some that I share here and others that I don't. If you flip through them you can see the evolution of my work and how it changes over the years, the inspiration and the influences. It can be used as a porfolio and I like to take them with me on my live workshops. But I mainly use them just to express my creative needs, to have some "me" time and to have fun with my mediums.
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I could watch you make your fabulous journal pages over and over ... oh wait, I DO watch them over again. Love how you use all your supplies and create such “clean” layouts. Love, love, love them 💖
I am getting so much better at art journaling because of you Vicky! Thanks so much. I am watching your videos every night!
Love, love, love! I was so fortunate to take a Distress Oxide class with Tim Holtz at Stampaway USA ! He is truly awesome and I enjoyed it very much. Thank you for the inspiration of this video.
So glad you're doing journal pages again! TFS!
What a wonderful layout! I really loved the look of those distress oxide inks. I so enjoy your videos, art journal layouts and cards! Thank you so much for sharing!
Very pretty as usual! I love the Distress Oxides and love another example of how to use Tim's Paper dolls!
I love the backgrounds you create with distress oxides. The effect with walnut stain was very nice.
Love your beautiful background and vintage journal page, thanks for sharing. Enjoy your vacation.
OMG Vicky What a Magnificent Art Journal Layout!! It was so fun watching you create it and being able to see it come to life and your vision is Spectacular. Love TH Gears so much and how you used them as well as his Mix Messages as always you've come up with an Incredible idea and put nit into your layout. Another Super Outstanding Creative Job!! YOU so ROCK!!
Joan Smith
I have learned so much from your tutorials. You explain the best and show how that it works and I love your Art Journals....thank you for sharing. Judy
I'm so glad you are using a washable towel. I gave up on papertowels as well. I was shocked how bad for the environment they are.
Such a beutiful page. I love that dimensional sentiment!
You never cease to amaze me Vicky. Your artwork is so beautiful!
Woauw Vicky !!! This is GORGEOUS!!!!!
FABULOUS art journal spread!! Love the distress oxide background and all your finishing touches!! The theme is awesome too! : )
Thanks for sharing and have an awesome Tuesday.
This page is beautiful. I love the backgroung.
Beautiful, Vicky. Thanks for sharing.
Fantastic! I love this vintage look. Thanks for sharing your creative process.
Another stunning spread Vicky! Love Paper Dolls&Oxides too...
Love the colors & design Vicky!!!
I love the vintage look. Now I have more to try. Thanks
Very cool! Love the look - clean and simple. Gives me an idea for a masculine card. TFS!!
Great page! Love seeing how the new oxides work. I haven't used mine much yet as I seem to have been the last person to pick them up. And now more colours! A super page to inspire folks who want to try journaling! Colouring and diecuts. Fabulous! You are a wonderful teacher!
Hi Vicky from the UK. You are such an inspiration. Since I have been watching you my art journaling have come on in leaps and bounds, I take your techniques and use them for my pages, I hope that is ok. You are amazing, the best I have ever seen on u tube thank you
Love these pages. Thank you for sharing your creativity. Always enjoy your videos.
Love everything you do Vicky!
I really like the look and effect of the oxide inks!! I definitely will try those! TFS!!
Always enjoy watching your channel. So much inspiration.
Very nice!!! Thanks for sharing your wonderful, artistic talent.
Je vous adore !! Vous avez un réel talent je ne m'en lasse pas bonne continuation à vous pensées de France signée Françoise
Very interesting Vicky! Thanks for sharing!
I always enjoy your videos. Such creativity! Thank you so much for sharing.
Love your work. I always turn to your videos for inspiration. Thank you for sharing.
I like your videos. ART Journal love. Great inspiration. Oxide I have not yet, but I'm sure to buy. I like how you work with them. I'm looking forward to another video and inspiration.
Love it----the background is fabulous.
Stunning and loved it. TFS ❤
Great layout, not your usual or mine but I love to watch you create!!!!
Hi Vicky, So glad you posted a new art journal page! I was waiting with baited breath! :-) Always love your pages, they provide such inspiration. I love this one. What I learned was that you can create a page without using gel mat medium....This on looks adorable. tfs
always fascinating layouts - great inspiration.
Lovely pages Vicky, such inspiration. Thanks for sharing with us :-) xx
Wow! The background is really beautiful. 😍 I love your ideas 😍
Your videos are such an inspiration to me. Thank you.
Bellissimo come tutti i tuoi lavori!
Gorgeous layout . Love it 😊
Sempre gosto de ver os seus projetos, são super legais.
This is great Vicky, I am always inspired!
Great layout! I love the bag of people from T!m Holtz! Haha! I never knew those exited! Lol
they are great! I especially love the ones that can interact with other elements... like the boy here sitting or others that seem like they can hold things etc!
I just ordered a package, inspired by this video. Looking forward to sharing what I make with them! BTW- could you create a facebook group for us to share art journal layouts inspired by your videos?
sempre fantastica! complimenti Vicky sei bravissima ;-)
Love this! That background was BEAUTIFUL! It almost looked like leather. Very lovely.
Love this layout.
Beautiful Vicky!!
Wonderful layout tfs Liz
Thanks for the inspiration as always great art journal page.
Beautiful work as always Vicky - as a scientist this really appeals to me and I am ITCHING to try art journaling so I may do something based on this to start me off.
Bravo my friend!
I LOVE it!!!!! You are so GOOD!!!
Beautiful, Vicky! :) Love those grit paste letters! So much interesting texture! :) I want to be able to use my Distress inks on my layouts (I use them anyway...) but I don't like that mediums make them react! Have a spray bottle with water and some medium mixed together that I spray on top when I use Distress inks and let that dry. Makes it less reactive and gives interesting texture too! :) Hugs from Stockholm!
Wonderful as always!
Lovely pages Vicky.
Heya Vicky! you know what? As I saw the picture on instagram I thought I wasn't going to llike this art journal.
But I was wrong, I totally love it as usual.
I always love to watch your art journal layouts. I have everything I need to do them now so I will be experimenting! I think I have watched all of yours now! Thank you so much for sharing your art with us!
As always you are inspiring!!!
Gorgeous!
Love the distress oxides and this layout! Lovely and inspirational! TFS, Vicky!
Vicky, that’s so awesome and fantastic and stunning........l love 💕 everything about this. Thank you so much 😊 xx Mags
Great technique!!👍👍
love it! you are such an inspiration to me
I like much is a project very beautiful. THANKS!
Love your Work so much, especially art journals I get so excited about them! I've watched every one of your art journals atleast 3 times
Loved this page! I felt as of those guears rolled back in time taking us all to a yesteryear moment. 😀
really love how everything comes together!
Very inspiring!
Haha! Very profound!!😉👍🏻❤️
Beautiful!
Fantastic !!!
J'aime beaucoup 👍👍
enjoyed the process ..... not your typical Vicky layout TFS
Yep! no big brush markers and white gel pen today!
Wonderful page as usual Vicky!! :) Thanks for sharing!
Love it!
I love the background :)
I love it! Thanks for sharing!
Very nice!
Πολύ όμορφο Βίκυ. Σου πάνε και τα vintage!
σε ευχαριστώ πολύ!!!
Hi Vicky, I love the paper doll set. The sites don't have the right picture with the description so I think I have found it. :)
Margaret Schmidt the links to the paper dolls work fine! Just checked!
Vicky Papaioannou thank you Vicky. It does link it just was a picture of a set of 33 pieces so I thought at first it wasn't right. But the description said 107 pieces.
Love this layout, Vicky, but...where's your white pen? Also great inspiration for a masculine card front! Thank you!
Teresa Stevens lmao! That's what I said!! I was all like, "Huh! No white gel pen today Vicky?"
sometimes we all need to take a break from our style.... I guess my white gel pen took a much needed vacation!
Good for you! I love watching how your style and techniques evolve and grow. You are such an inspiration!
So beautifull😘😘❤❤❤
Beautiful as always Vicky but I had to double check that it was you. Where was Ginger kitty and I missed your finger doing all the shading.
Lovely.
What?!?!? No shading with Big Brush markers and no white gel pen highlights???? Maybe you're getting too much sun??? LOL
Great layout... I love the idea of it and it's simplicity. TFS and have a great day! 😃
This is great Vicky, as always -- but it feels like a Tim Holtz products demo. I felt it lack a little of your usual creativity. But still, it's great and the techniques are good to keep in mind.
W Culpepper it is not a sponsored video if this is what you mean.... but his products match so it's easy to pull everything together when you use them. Fun playtime with great results!
Vicky Papaioannou - I didn't mean to imply it was a sponsored video (I know you would have stated so if it was -- and if it was, there would be nothing at all wrong with that). I know Tim Holtz has amazing products and they are fun to use. Your creativity in HOW you used them was great. I just meant to say that I love it when there's more "Vicky" in your journals than products. Thanks so much for replying. I love your videos and look forward to them every week.
Hello Vicky,
Thank you so much for this beautiful art journal project.
I learned again a new technique with oxide ink.
Can i ask what kind of lamp you use a bove your workspace?
Thanks again and take care 🤗👍
awesome😍
I love the distress oxide inks but I found that when I stamp with regular distress ink on top==that ink just fades away! gaaa So had to learn the hard way not to use DI to stamp with (at least not on top of oxide) Thanks for the video, as always - inspirational. :)
I absolutely love your video's and this one was no exception...I guess I am still wondering what exactly the journals mean...I guess it is just art for the day that you feel like doing something. I wish I understood more about people that do this. I would love too, but still working as a newbie on cardmaking. I love you Vicky
Sheryl Menke it is a way to be creative and have fun! Something we create just for us. Not for others to receive not for others to criticize....if that makes sense... just plain fun .... you and your mediums.
Vicky Papaioannou I truly now understand this. Thank you Vicky!!
For me it's a healing process. I do art journal pages to express emotions, my hopes, dreams, fears and to say things in the journal I can't really say to anyone. This is healing and relieves so much stress. Sometimes I write on my pages Sometimes I allow the colors, the images ( stamps, collage, stencils, die cuts and even the particular mediums I use to express what I want to say, completely without words.
And for my journals I usually use a notebook or journal with heavyweight paper ( usually watercolor,paper of some kind) so I can use wet media, dry media, gesso , texture paste, paint pens, watercolors, matte medium, fabric, glue , acrylics, pastels.......really anything I want to throw at my journal, anything that I decide will enable me to express the ideas that I have.........I don't like being limited in what I can do, what I can use in my journal by the weight of the paper!
Loved everything you said!!!
Love this!!! I needed some ideas on using oxide inks and here you are with a super video! A couple questions: Do you have a hard time gluing elements over texture pastes? How do you blend inks so smoothly? I always end up with circles or curved lines from the blending tool.
I just tried ink blending the other day, for the first time. And thank goodness it was all going behind a shaker frame, because good grief did it turn out horribly! I don't know how these guys make it look so easy, but I hope Vicky replies and lets us know!
Yes I need some tips. In the end I spritzed the background with water and blotted it up to create that splotchy look and then added some stamping over it. Not too bad. I posted the layout on my facebook page.
Always remember that the paper you work on is the key! I had to do a lot of testing to end up using specific types of papers that I can find at my local store. Also I never load my tool with too much ink. Just a touch.... and build up layers slowly. Also no pressure is needed, soft circle movements and always start outside of the paper and slowly move towards the center. I get many questions on this... so I might do a 101 video when I get back from my vacation. Hugs and thank you for always having something nice to say and for your support!
Oh and one more thing, if you notice in the video that combination of my art journal paper and the distress oxide inks is a dream! look how easy they blend! Amazing! I find that those new inks stay at the top of my page for longer so they are easier to blend before the paper absorbs them.
I was working in my brand new moleskine journal and thought it would be an ideal surface for the distress oxides. I think I need to do more backgrounds like this and just perfect my touch and technique. Need lots of practice. In the end it was okay with the ghosting technique and some stamping on top. Sometimes I get too hung up on the background and when it's finally done it works out fine. LOL
amazing nice
Welcome back art journal, I miss your creations of art journal, great piece. Could I ask why you didn't prepare the page with gesso?
I like to use gesso when I plan to add color with my acrylics. When you want to use distress inks (oxide or not) you want the absorbance of the page, otherwise the ink will wipe right off! It's the same case as with watercolors. Hope this helps!
Vicky Papaioannou , well, didn't think of that, thanks
Ahhh Vicky I am currently boycotting Tim Holtz.My
distress dabblers and my distress markers have all dried out.....my Tomboys that are 3 years older are still juicy!...and I bought the new paper cutter he launched at CHA and I have cut 3 pieces of paper and it is jamming already!
Oh so sorry this happens to you. I can totally understand your frustration! I have to admit that I love Tim's products.. there is something about them that fascinates me. I haven't used his new paper cutter. Is it by Tonic? You should contact Tonic Studios UK and let them know! They have great support , ask for a replacement! Now the markers, I store them in a box vertically and it really helps but I admit I do have a couple that dried on me. Now on the distress paints, having dried daubers was expected.... sponge and acrylics don't go together. Mine dried too... So now I treat them as normal caps that I unscrew the top. But I plan on getting the flip top caps. In any case, there are mediums that work for us and others that don't. My old time favorites are his distress inks (oxide and the good old ones). Wouldn't change them for anything else from his line!!! Hugs Zeffy and thank you for your comment!!!
Vicky? I have a question. I know you say you use a different blending tool for each color group, but do you use the same blending tools for your distress inks and distress oxide inks? Or do you keep the two types of inks separate? Thanks in advance 😁
Hi Vicky, I've just begun watching your art journal videos and I love them. I am not familiar with art journal art, just card making and I love your card videos. Can you tell me if the paper in the art journal you use can withstand all of the mediums you use? Also do you have many art journals, and does it represent certain times of your life? for personal use, or do you use these like a resume when you apply for an art job?
I find that my moleskin sketchbook is great for the mediums I like to use. But depending on what everyone uses they might need thicker pages. I know some people use thick watercolor paper. I do have many art journals some that I share here and others that I don't. If you flip through them you can see the evolution of my work and how it changes over the years, the inspiration and the influences. It can be used as a porfolio and I like to take them with me on my live workshops. But I mainly use them just to express my creative needs, to have some "me" time and to have fun with my mediums.
Thank you Vicky for your response. it is such a great idea to keep these journals and to go back . Keep up the great work, you are such an inspiration