I love digital art journaling as much as traditional inky/painty hands art journaling.  Tangie Baxter has this great new kit, Steampunk Maritime, that is packed with such goodness!  I love the ocean & steampunk so this was perfect!  I usually do digital steampunk just because I don’t have a strong desire to do metal working, haven’t found big gears, and digital lets me do things I can’t do in “real life”.

I am totally addicted to this guy from spraypaintstencils.com.   A quick and sloppy border of my favorite color  and it was starting to talk to me.

I looked for words to create the story and sure enough, they were there.  I used a black pen and glossy accents to make the words pop.  Then I wrote words all around the border that went with the story of this mysterious man.

Black is a great color, because it hides so many other colors!  The Distress Ink in mustard seed that was rubbed around the center was quick but I needed a darker color.  Spiced marmalade in Distress inks darkened it up nicely.  The words stayed neutral because the ink won’t stick to the glossy accents.