Have you solved this problem before? What are your favorite products that unstick your journals?! Please share, it helps all of us!

Howdy Karen, what a lovely, magnificent, amazing journal. Wow you truly are quite talented - lovelovelove your creations... On a separate note I've used wax products and after a short wait (not Dorland's) one needs to use a towel (I just use soft paper towels) on the page to buff it. Like Dorland's wax it's advised to wait 24-48 after placing then use a towel to buff it. As soon as you said you didn't like the way it feels bells went off. Some wax come off onto towel so turn it over don't keep buffing on the same towel spot ... know what I mean? I use wax on digitals and picture prints to protect them quite a lot. I use my finger to rub the wax on then buff. And as you suggested with paintings best to seal it first then use the wax.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! I appreciate the tip!!!

I have the ultimate answer I discovered by accident. Use matte mod podge with some Elmers glue all (not school glue). I use about 70/30 or 80/20. Using more mod podge than glue. It will dry matte and powdery dry. And it stays dry.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Thank you for sharing!!! So so awesome and will help so many!

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Also can’t wait to try!

@Skittl1321

4 ай бұрын

I didn't realize glue all dried clear. Good tip

Great topic! For years I’ve used cheap hairspray from the dollar store as a sealer in my journals.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

That's a great idea!

Super helpful video. Thank you for being so generous Karen, much appreciated.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!!!

Thank you so much for these amazing tips!! Your are work is so beautiful! I'm utterly impressed every time I watch your channel!!

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Thank you so much for your kind words!

This is brilliant, so many amazing hints ☺☺

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

So glad you found it helpful friend!!!

Thanks for sharing beautiful ❤

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

I love your art just beautiful, thank you for this very educational video on how to seal my artwork. Will be heading to get some sealer oh and I will totally be binge watching videos.. Thank you again for great information. Happy creating

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Glad it was helpful!!!

Thank you Karen for these info videos! Because I live in a small studio apartment I can't use aerosols inside and have to wait for warm weather to spray outside. I did buy the Degas Fixative tho haven't used it yet, now I will know what to expect.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Hope it works out!!!

I use baby powder but it does sometimes dull the colors a little. Your book is beautiful and this video was very helpful! ❤

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for the tip! I am glad you enjoyed it!!!

❤❤❤THANK YOU, Karen!!!!

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching girl!!!

@ValleyMermaid

4 ай бұрын

I hate missing anything you have to say, @@KarenCampbellArtist, 🥰🥰🥰

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

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I use the tiniest bit of dorland’s wax. Works like a charm & didn’t dull any colors. I have only used it over acrylic, I should say.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! Thanks for the tip!

Great video Karen..Can you do the hamburger system on a plank of wood? And what would be best sealant for that? Thankyou

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Oh yes! You absolutely can do it on anything! Just follow the steps and products exactly as I have listed them out and you’ll be good!

I've used Dorland's wax and also noticed that "weird feel" to the page afterwards. I thought I was doing something wrong like using too much product or not buffing it enough with a clean cloth. I stopped using it for bookmarks because I wouldn't want that residue being left in a book! Thanks for the demos.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!!!!

i have a Spectrafix Degas aerosol that works WONDERFULLY. Better then other fixatives. No smell.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Oh I’ve never heard of that!!! Off to look up! Thank you!!

@veronicasalfi1149

4 ай бұрын

Check out Jerry’s Artarama

@veronicasalfi1149

4 ай бұрын

It’s made from milk products. I had to see it to believe it. For me, it’s the best fixative.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Awesome! I will! I’m actually a Jerrys Brand Ambassador 😂 you’d think I’d know what you were talking about - I’ll check it out next time I go! There’s one 20 mins from me (dangerous!!!!)

Great tips Karen - thank you! Instead of brushing on the sealer which can smudge, how about applying with a brayer or foam paint roller?

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Great tip!

For journals, I rub them with a white candle.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

I’ve heard that so many times and still have yet to try it!! Thank you! Is the white totally transparent then? How do you get it to spread evenly? Or you just dont? Any candle work better than others? Any thickness? Do you soften it first? So many questions sorry 😂

@Skittl1321

4 ай бұрын

@@KarenCampbellArtist It is 90% transparent- you can see the flakes of it on really dark pages. it doesn't spread evenly, but I think it gives enough coverage that they just don't stick together. I don't soften it, just scrub it on there. I just use a candle that I bought at the grocery store, never tried another one. But I think white is the key. I'll post in your facebook community. Um- but DO NOT use it over oil pastels. I accidentally did that once and smeared everywhere.

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for sharing! Yes, definitely share in the group! Appreciate it!

Love your art! I’m interested in the mod podge but will it seal oil pastels used in my mixed media paintings?

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Oil based products are always tricky because they take years to dry (some say never)! Which means you can't put any old acrylic or waterbased fast drying ANYTHING on top of them or you'll get cracking. And in mixed media, oil products always need to go last for this reason and can't go under any sealer layers. But good news is that there are fixatives that you can use (like a lovely one from Sennelier) to keep them protected like a sealer over the long haul! As you wait for them to dry (in a few decades time which is so bananas!!). Great question!

@faithisrising

4 ай бұрын

@@KarenCampbellArtist thank you so much Karen! So glad I found you and I subscribed to your drawing channel. Will go subscribe to this one too!

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

@faithisrising I appreciate your support very much! Thank you for watching! ❤️

Hi Karen...this was very helpful...thanks! I'm just getting into the mixed media / art journal universe and am having a lot of trouble with layering using water soluble media. EG: If I use Stabilo pencils for mark-making in one layer and then want to add a wet medium on top of that layer, my marks obviously get all messed up. I like the sketchiness of the marks made by pencils so I don't want to use alcohol or acrylic markers, which would be stable when I add the wet medium, but don't know how to seal that penciled (or other water-soluble) layer. I thought, from the first part of this video, that a workable fixative would be the answer, but by the end that doesn't appear to be the solution. You mentioned, I think, using a final sealer? Would I use the sealer and then maybe a clear gesso on top of that to make the page workable again? Or would the gesso just bead up on the sealant? I know that's a lot of questions!!! 😂 If you have a link to a video, or course, that covers all that stuff, that would be MARVELOUS!!! ❤

@KarenCampbellArtist

7 күн бұрын

YAY! So glad you found it helpful! Rather than spray a fixative to lock in any layers, I’d use an acrylic spray sealer as a fixative won’t be enough to keep water soluble supplies from moving. I recommend watching my Hamburger series for examples! Hope that helps! kzread.info/head/PLn5mGTkPuQK4pkVPxsS1oiPJaW8AqS9Xq&si=jVRACvjl3-1xJLTu

Any other differences between the Mod Podge Matte and the Mod Podge Super Matte, other than the matte vs super matte? Cause that super matte is 9.99 dollars, but is only an 8oz bottle; whether as the 32oz (4 times the amount) bottle of the matte Mod Podge is only 9.12 dollars. So I wonder, what is the difference? Cause that is a HUGE price difference! 🤔

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

I bet if you looked in a store like Michael’s the price is the same. Sometimes things get crazy with new products on Amazon! But I will say that Matte Mod Podge alone will get you VERY sticky pages. You still have to seal them with a spray sealer. So you would save money using ultra matte because you could skip the second spray application on top 💪

@veystone2580

4 ай бұрын

@@KarenCampbellArtist ohhhhhh cool!!!! Im gonna try it, then! Thanks Karen, u ALWAYS have the right answer. 🥰🥰🥰

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

You bet!! Make more art and don’t spend more money than you need to - double win! 🏆

I think they expect you to brush the product after you use the pump spray. I don't think it's the same application method as aerosol. (At least in my head...)

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Right. Which brings us back to brush on. Which you wouldn’t use if you don’t want it to smear. So confusing, right?! Also why I don’t recommend that type of application. So many reasons!! You are completely right!

@Skittl1321

4 ай бұрын

But that pump spray one is really made for pastels- wouldn't the brush get really smeary? I bought some for my pan pastels but am scared to actually use it...

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

@Skittl1321 yes! Good point, it would! Yet another reason not to get that kind (for me anyway).

Two words, baby powder

@suerabe5708

4 ай бұрын

I’ve seen that recommendation in other places.

@sandyhairston3943

4 ай бұрын

@@suerabe5708 I actually showed it on my channel

@KarenCampbellArtist

4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the tip!