May Mood Board Challenge Inspiration by Tanyalee Kahler

Hi Soul Sisters, it's Tanyalee here with some inspiration for the monthly art challenge.

Here is this month's mood board in case you missed it. I took inspiration from the prompt and decided to use up some old alphas I had in my stash. 

To make this spread I started with a page from my junk journal that I had used as a 'use it up' journal - it's a great way to use up leftover paint from projects without wasting it. Anyway, the page had some paint on in already. 

I pulled out the old alphas I had and placed them randomly on the bottom of the pages.

I then cover it all with a layer of gesso but left the paint and background peek through just a little bit. Next, I added some mica powder and spritzed it with water to make it run across the page. I felt it needed some extra shimmer and grunge so I used some wax from Finnabair and blended that into the edges and over the textured alphas.

As the final step, I pulled out my acrylic ink and drew my trademark illustrations - leaves - and wrote some journaling. And of course, I finished it all off with some ink splatters.

I hope you enjoyed this simple inspiration spread. and don't forget you can submit your art from this mood board too, just read the info below and submit!

• Please use our mood board as inspiration to create an art journal page, a card or a scrapbooking layout. 
• Use the mood board however you want but you must add you alphas. 
• As these challenges are sponsored by Art and Soul Studio please make sure that you use at least one product that is available from the store. 
• Please load your entries into the correct album in our facebook group Soul Sisters to be in the running to win one of three $50 vouchers from Art and Soul Studio. The winners will also be invited to share what they create with their goodies as a guest designer on our blog. 
• You can enter an art journal page, a card and a layout but you cannot win all three. 
• You have until the 11:59pm on the 31st of May to enter and then the design team will vote to determine the lucky winners. 
• Please note that the vouchers can only be won by residents of Australia but if you are from overseas and win the challenge you will be offered a guest design team spot. 

Happy Creating!