Focus!

Hi there and happy Monday to you! Thanks for stopping by Studio 5380 today, I'm so happy you're here!
Today I have a bright, colorful journal page to share with you. I love the whole concept of an "art journal" and quickly purchased a journal and ink sprays a year or so ago when journals first became the "new thing". I worked on a page or two and put it aside where it sort of got lost among all the other projects I had going on at the time. Well, this year I've decided to take a break from being on a Design Team and just "focus" on a few crafty things that I want to do rather than things I need to do for a Design Team deadline. Don't get me wrong...I have truly loved my time on each Design Team I have worked with, but sometimes you just need to do what you need to do...know what I mean?
Anyway, moving right along .....

This was really fun to make...messy...but fun! I started with an art journal from Dylusions, the papers are nice and thick and made to take the Dylusions ink spray which come in such fun colors.
The camera and sentiments are from the new stamp sets, camera2stamp and patterns4camera by The Stamps of Life. The fun brush strokes are from the brushstrokes2stamp set.

I added a few doodles around the edges of each page with a black gel pen and scattered a few hearts stamped in pink around the pages. And then I thought I was finished...hmmmm. As I thought about this journal page, I decided I needed to make it more personal (after all, it is a journal) and add a few things that I would like to "focus" on more in my life. So, I made a little note card to add to the second page....

After giving my card a dose of ink spray and a bit of stamping, I added a favorite bible verse and folded the card in half before adhering it to the journal page.

The card lifts up so that I can continue my journaling on the inside.
This was really a fun project and I look forward to covering all the pages in this journal with things I hold near and dear to my heart!

Thanks so much for stopping by today! I always looks forward to your visits and sweet comments. I hope you have a wonderful day and I'll be seeing you soon...