Colorful Summer Art Journal

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Using the Sunny Days Collection from Elizabeth Craft Designs

Hi. Welcome to a little bird crafts! I’ve slowly been releasing pages from my little art journal on social media over the last couple of months. The journal is made with the Sunny Days Collection from Annette Green and Elizabeth Craft Designs. Sunny Days is such a perfect name for this bright spring and summer inspired release!

My journal cover was made with the large Layered Hummingbird dies. I used Mica and Spritz sprays on watercolor paper to make sparkling papers in blue, yellow, red, and white for the different hummingbird pieces. Black paper was sprayed with greens for depth and contrast on the hummingbird’s body. I’m really happy with the sparkle and shine from the sprays.

The black in this photo is actually a mirror. So, the focal point is the person looking in the mirror. The frame uses the Picture Frames & Mats dies, “Loved” is from Everyday Words 4, and flowers are from Picnic Basket & Bunny.

All of the patterned papers in my little book are from the beautiful Colorful Collective paper pack and the journal dies use the Journal Romance Special Kit (a fantastic large kit).

This two-page spread “wall” of photographs uses cut-aparts from the Colorful Collective papers. I used burlap and paper frames around the art. The Cheers to You die-set was used for the refreshing lemonade. The glass is cut from vellum and the ice cubes are acetate edged with white StazOn ink.

This bright spread was stamped with the Large Nature Stamp and heat embossed. Some leaves were stamped directly onto the page and some were fussy cut and adhered. The frog was colored with watercolors and the dragonfly with metallic watercolor.

The Fresh Fruit elements on the left page have been colored with Oxides. The Large Nature Stamp was colored with alcohol ink.

More Oxide ink blended fruit

Bugs and leaves from Beetles and Bugs were stamped, embossed, and die cut for these fun pages. I watercolored them with the Elizabeth Craft Designs’ Watercolor Palette.

This was a fun project that includes something from every set of the new Sunny Days Collection! While this is a mini book, any of these pages could be made as a card, planner, or scrapbook. I hope I’ve inspired you to make something. What do you think?

I’ve included product links which provide you a 10% discount and I will earn a small commission at no additional cost to you. https://ecraftdesigns.com/ALITTLEBIRD28

Happy crafting!

Di/a little bird crafts

Published by Di Wong

Wife, mother, and maker of pretty things.

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