Today I've invited Christine Hiester, a fellow author for The Ultimate DIY Bundle, to share with us her gorgeous and simple ideas for adding little mixed media to our pages.

Christine is a self taught mixed media artist and art journaler. After loving art as a child, she stumbled back into the practice as an adult, and found an exciting path for creative and spiritual discovery. Christine is a classical musician by trade, and lives in Ohio with her husband and four children. She leads classes in art journaling locally and is a teacher for the Christian creative ecourse, Made. You can find her at www.barebranchblooming.com, and on her favorite social media outlet, Instagram @FruitNSeason.

I used to be a scrapper.  I’m sure someday I will again, as my digital photo stash continues to grow along with my four kids, but for now Art Journaling is my main sanity-retaining activity.

Though I started scrapbooking before digital photography was a “thing” (dating myself a bit here), and I now engage with physical art supplies to create, I can definitely see the draw and freedom that digital scrapbooking provides.  I would imagine the happy marriage between the two media would hit a sweet spot for many artists and crafters, and someday I assume that is where I will end up. Maybe I’ll even finish my kids’ scrapbooks by the time they have children.

Scrapbooking and Art journaling

• sturdy paper (cardstock, paperboard, watercolor paper)
• snazzy magazines (ones with a lot of color: home decor, travel, high fashion)
• tissue paper (specifically white, but other colors might be fun to sprinkle in there)
• glue stick or simple white glue
• crayons, cheap craft paint, or oil pastels

Christine