Paint your own Watercolour Journal Cards & a free download

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I have had the idea to make my own watercolour journaling cards / project life style cards for a while now, just never had the time to give it a go. So during half term week (I work as a teacher), I decided to give it a bash. I must say I do love the finished result. Credit goes out to http://joannesharpe.com for the inspiration.

Creative Journaling Series: 

This post will be the start of one of many in my Creative Journaling Series. After the popularity of the Art Journaling Series I want to focus now on my first love. It will be a mixture of mixed media, watercolour, collage, smash booking and planning / journaling all in one, what could be better? Anyway, I digress... on with the tutorial.

The Process: Journaling Cards Mini Tutorial:

I started out using thick watercolour paper from a pad in Wilkos. I drew around a project life card for sizing (3x4 or 4x6 inches) and then marked it out in pencil. I then cut them to size with my paper trimmer - then came the creative part.

I used a variety of different watercolour techniques first to create the backgrounds including a galaxy style, faded washes, blended and ombre. I waited for these to try then got creative using inspirational quotes in a variety of different pens including chalk board pens, a white Posca Paint Pen and sharpies.

​Finally I either left it as it is or created a border using the pens, then used a corner rounder on the edges. I have another watercolour 'tip in' post here.

I now have a new process video to show you how I made some of the cards. This is a collaboration with Lisa from The Lollipop Box Club.

I had so much fun painting and making these using the embellishments in the kit, it's such a bright and sunny kit. I will be definitely using these in my holiday travel journal in the summer.

Digital Downloads:

I have converted two of the cards into digital downloads for you to use in your journals (please don't make available for sale or distribute, but feel free to pin on Pinterest). There are two sizes - 3x4 and 4x6 so they can be used in Project Life books. For optimal printing, print as actual size as they were sized correctly in 600 DPI before being converted into a Word file. I hope you like them and please do share what you have created with me on Twitter, or Instagram using the hashtag #kmmam - leave a comment below to let me know.
​Kerry ._.

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