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Get busy doing what matters | Get Messy Art Journal

Paper Nerd Art Journal | Get Messy Art Journal Challenge #getmessyartjournalchallenge by Nina Christensen

Hey paper nerds!

Oh, what’s this? A ring-binder with my art journaling in it? Sure is!

For the longest time I’ve been a bit jealous of other crafters who had art journals with interchangeable pages. So I’ve decided to use my mint Kikki K. planner to house my art journal pages.

This way I can easily take some pages out, get REAL messy without ruining the rest of my journal and click ’em back in when they’re dry. I can also easily add scraps and bits to the rings – no glue, just a hole punch.

By the way, I’ve been waiting to do this journal switch until I got the Filofax A5 hole punch (UK | US). It’s a pricey punch but so worth it for me – being a planner enthusiast and all. :) I heard that you can get them a bit cheaper on Amazon but I wasn’t able to find one that ships to Denmark. You’ll have to look into that yourself, depending on your location.

Enough blabber! I’ve taken some pretty macro shots of this baby ’cause it just makes me happy!

I’m kicking off with a bit of brush script and a lovely gold splattered page. (Squeeeeeal!)

Paper Nerd Art Journal | Get Messy Art Journal Challenge #getmessyartjournalchallenge by Nina Christensen

The photos do not do the gold paint justice. It’s so delish!

I made it using this combo of products:

  • Distress Ink Pad in ‘Scattered Straw’
  • Heidi Swapp Color Shine spray in ‘Gold’
  • Studio Calico Mr. Huey in ‘Lemonade’

I smeared all these liquids onto a craft sheet, misted the craft sheet with plain water and dunked the page into it. It dried nice and flat by itself.

Ack, it’s just so beautiful!

Paper Nerd Art Journal | Get Messy Art Journal Challenge #getmessyartjournalchallenge by Nina Christensen

The paper I’m using in the journal is Clairefontaine Paint’On 250 gram/115 lb paper in A5 size which I happened to find in a local book store. I can’t find a good link to it online sadly, ’cause it’s the bomb. It’s meant for getting messy. You could likely find something similar though, if you look for that nice quality, heavy, matte and pure white paper.

I love the bright white pages! They take mist so much better than fx. my Moleskine art journal… the colors always looked off on that.

Paper Nerd Art Journal | Get Messy Art Journal Challenge #getmessyartjournalchallenge by Nina Christensen

Mmmmmmmacro.

Paper Nerd Art Journal | Get Messy Art Journal Challenge #getmessyartjournalchallenge by Nina Christensen

I’ve been getting a few questions about how the cover of my Kikki K. is holding up. If the gold dots come off and that sort of thing. I can happily report that it’s looking good as new. Even the elastic isn’t discolored which tends to happen. If’ you’ve had an older Filofax Domino you know this. #firstworldproblems

So uhm, you may have noticed that this journal spread has absolutely nothing to do with the monthly Get Messy prompt: Gratitude. This happens to me all. the. time. I sit down to make something from a prompt or a sketch and end up forgetting all about it.

I think my mind is failing me a bit lately, at least in some regards. I’ve been doing exactly what’s on my page: Getting busy doing what matters. And right now that’s working my butt off. I’m in love with being self-employed and even though every new romance has it’s ups and downs, I can tell this’ll be a lifelong love.

I’ll be sure to make a gratitude spread next time and share with you. Until then, have a lovely day and thanks for stopping by!

xo Nina

This project is part of the Get Messy Art Journal Challenge created by Caylee and Lauren. You can join too! #getmessyartjournal

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  1. Julia says

    October 30, 2014 at 10:36

    Beautiful!!! :) <3

    Reply
    • Nina Christensen says

      November 4, 2014 at 14:29

      Thanks Julia! <3

      Reply
  2. Kathleen says

    October 30, 2014 at 10:52

    Oh my, I love your idea of using a binder for your art journal pages ..that’s genius!! I always fear messing up the whole journal when I get really messy! And I love all those pretty Kikki.K planners I’ve been seeing on the blogs and IG but could never justify buying one, as I wouldn’t be able to use it as a normal planner. But this, this just might be a good reason to fnally get one! :D

    And of course I love your pages – I mean, gold all over it? Perfect!

    Reply
    • Nina Christensen says

      November 4, 2014 at 14:31

      Sometimes simple does it. And gold is perfectly beautiful on it’s own. ;)
      I can definitely recommend the Kikki K. planners. They’re just beautiful! Mine was just sitting on my shelf (since I got the Filofax Clipbook as my A5 work planner – it folds all the way over so that’s why I switched) but I’m so happy that I get to use it now. :)

      Thanks for checking in, Kathleen! Have a great day.

      xo Nina

      Reply
  3. Ella says

    October 30, 2014 at 16:06

    Oh Nina, I really adore the bright pop of color and I can completely get on-board with the sentiment! I also love your binder/planner/art journal mash-up ~ it’s perfect!

    Reply
    • Nina Christensen says

      November 4, 2014 at 14:18

      Thanks, Ella! :) I’m all about work lately, so no super profound art journaling from me for a while. It’s fine though. Creating a simple page like this is just what I need before getting back to work.

      xo Nina

      Reply
  4. Lauren says

    October 31, 2014 at 01:55

    That Gold page!!! No words….

    Reply
    • Nina Christensen says

      November 4, 2014 at 14:14

      I wanna eat that page. And also, I wanna not eat it and just stare at it in the sunshine.

      Mmmmm, goooold. ;)

      Reply
  5. Kara says

    October 31, 2014 at 03:01

    YESSSSS. I love it all. (Even that you didn’t exactly create around the prompt

    Reply
    • Nina Christensen says

      November 4, 2014 at 14:13

      Hah, thanks. ^_^ I have a tendency to ignore prompts. Not on purpose though!

      Thanks for stopping by, Kara! xo

      Reply

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  1. Gratitude | Get Messy Art Journal - Nina is a paper nerd. says:
    November 6, 2014 at 10:00

    […] I’m getting real messy again thanks to the removable pages in my new “art journal”. LOVE IT. I have a blog post on the binder itself and the papers I use, etc. […]

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  2. Some things you can prepare for | Get Messy Art Journal - Nina is a paper nerd. says:
    November 20, 2014 at 09:03

    […] pretty paper and a few doodles I made. I’m making an effort to draw something every day and my new art journal setup is making it so easy. I have less fear of just drawing and potentially making something […]

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