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My Holy Grail Art Supplies
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items All My favorite and most used supplies
for art journaling and collage work! This will be a running list but these are the things I use nearly every day or reach for first!
Sections
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Glues & Adhesives
Inks
Watercolors
Acrylic Paint & Primers
Misc Tools
Paper
Glues & Adhesives
My most asked question is: What glue do you use? Well here is a list of all my favorites!
Fast drying and strong glue for embellishments, fabric, cardboard and heavier weight papers
Beacon 8oz. 3-in-1 Advanced Craft Glue
For sealing, and gluing down collage - I also use mod podge for image transfers and to seal fabric journal covers
Mod Podge® Matte
Use matte gel to glue down collage images and to knock back the shine of magazine pages in your work. Also for image transfers.
Liquitex® Matte Gel Medium
For general crafting and to make hot glue embellishments and faux wax seals
Gorilla® Dual Temp Full Size Hot Glue Gun
My favorite glue sticks and very affordable. You will see me use these almost exclusively
Blick Glue Sticks
Inks
I love to work with Inks because they create beautiful abstract collage papers with minimal supplies and effort!
Daler-Rowney are my favorite acrylic inks. This is a great beginners set with colors you can mix
Daler-Rowney® FW Acrylic Ink Primary Set with Empty ...
These inks dry permanent I love to use them to make abstract papers in bulk
Dr. Ph. Martin's® Bombay™ India Ink Set, 1oz. Set #1
My favorite alcohol inks that I use for making inky papers and dying ribbon and fabric
Tim Holtz® Spectrum 8 Color Alcohol Ink Set
This is the best brand for metallic colors. The gold especially is one of my favorites and use can use these inks to even dye fabric
Jacquard Piñata Colors and Sets
Watercolors
Watercolors are my favorite art material to use when I want to relax and just create without too much stress.
I love this set of shimmer watercolors for soft ethereal backgrounds
Jean Haines' All That Shimmers, Set of 6, Assorted Colors ...
I love the range of colors in these pans and use them over black gesso often!
Prima Art Philosophy Metallic Accents Semi-Watercolor Paint
Acrylic Paint & Primers
Gesso is a must have for me! Here are my favorites and some of my favorite acrylic paints!
For priming journal pages and masterboards. Obviously it is also great for prepping canvas. I like to use gesso on canvas drop cloths for more stability.
Liquitex BASICS® White Gesso
For making perfectly matte black backgrounds to paint on top of it. I love black gesso as a base for galaxy backgrounds.
Liquitex® Black Gesso
Misc Tools
Other supplies I use regularly for creating! I love to make my own art supplies!
For carving quick and easy handmade stamps. Not as soft as some other brands but the stamps hold up really well and much easier to use then lino blocks
Speedball Speedy Carve Blocks
Best stamp carving set! All the blades fit in the handle!
Speedball Linozip Safety Lino Cutter Set and Replacement Blades
I use these sheet on journal covers!
Kitcheniva Holographic Vinyl Laminate Film 36 Sheets - Michaels
Paper
My favorite papers to use with the supplies listed above to make my very own collage paper!
my favorite cold press water color paper. Very high quailty at a great price point.
Fabriano 1264 Watercolor Pads
I use vellum for so many things like journal covers, in journals, with paint and you can even print on it!
Clear 8.5" x 11" Vellum Paper by Recollections™, 100 ...
I love to use this tracing paper with ink and to print images on. When used in collage they give a translucent effect without adding a lot of bulk to your page.
Borden & Riley® #51H Heavy Weight Tracing Pad
Paint Markers
I love paint markers for quick details and these are my favorites.
The best most opaque paint markers and they are refillable!
Posca Paint Markers and Sets
Collage Materials
I am always asked where I find my collage images. Here are some of my favorite places to find cheap items
I love to grab old magazines and damaged books from library sales and discard racks.
The New York Public Library
I always pick up magazines for super cheap at thrift stores. You can also find things like old calendars which make great collage material.
The Salvation Army Thrift Stores | Home
I love to donate and pick up magazines, and old zines to use in collage from my local Free Little Library.
Take a Book. Share a Book. - Little Free Library