Create Music/Jazz themed masterpieces in your art journal

Music/jazz-themed art journal pages can be as simple or as elaborate as you like. You can use stamps, stickers, and other embellishments to create a collage of musical symbols and instruments. Or, you can get more creative and design your own unique patterns and designs.

For my music themed art journal pages, I have used elements from Ciao Bella paper's Blue Note Collection.

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Life is a lot like jazz: it's best when you improvise.

Doesn't that sentiment just speak volumes! This was the starting point for my pages as I knew I had to use it some how.

Materials:

• Ciao Bella Paper Blue Note A4 Creative Pad
• Ciao Bella Paper 6" x 6" paper pad
• DecoArt acrylic paints: Cadmium Yellow, Indian Turquoise, Navy Blue & Snow (Titanium) White
• Pretty Gets Gritty Pretty Acoustic stencil
• Mod Podge matt
• Extra: Paint brushes, daubers & spatulas

Instructions:

1] I began by painting stripes of colour using Cadmium Yellow , Indian Turquoise & Navy Blue. The stripes started longer on the left pages and gradually became shorter as I moved over to the next page. The paint was applied with both a brush and also a spatula.

2] Next I added torn pieces of background papers - from Ciao Bella Paper 6" x 6" Blue Note paper pad - following the same pattern idea (as per the paint stripes). These were added using Mod Podge.

3] Once the Mod Podge has dried, I added the stenciling detail using Pretty Gets Gritty Acoustic stencil first with Indian Turquoise & then Snow White DecoArt acrylic paint. I used a blending sponge to add the paint.

4] Next came the fun part ... adding all the different jazz/music themed paper embellishment pieces. These were also stuck in place using Mod Podge matt.

4] Once I was happy with where everything was placed, I added the quote and finished with a few white paint splatters.

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This page was inspired by 2 handmade cards I made previously using the Ciao Bella Paper Blue Note Collection. Pop over to that blog post HERE.

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I'm actually super chuffed with myself not just about the projects I have made but because I have used a collection that I had completely forgotten that I had! Now I need to rummage through my stash and see what else I have hidden away.

Many thanks for popping over today and until next time, take care,

Lou

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