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Wednesday, May 21, 2025

A Mini Watercolor Journal

Hi all - welcome! I'm posting the project below at Die Cut Divas today as inspiration for our May Watercolor Challenge


Supplies: Paper - Strathmore 300 Cold Press Watercolor;
Tim Holtz Gold Kraft Metallic
Dies - Art Impressions Mini Journal Template,
Mini Journal Set & Exclusive Sparrow 
(a freebie not sold; On the Sparrow Set would also work)
Other - Liquid watercolors & Altenew 24 Pan set



I love Art Impression who's our May sponsor - thanks AI! I wanted to use one of their mini journal die sets for my watercoloring. First I die cut the journal cover and pages from watercolor paper. I watercolored these with leftover green & yellow inks in my palette (mostly Hero Arts), plus water. I used a large flat brush and made a texture as I applied the ink. After the cover dried, I added the gold clasp and photo corners, cut from TH gold metallic. Here's a photo of the closed journal cover in my hand so you can see the scale:


Next I die cut two scalloped rectangles from the journal set to layer onto a couple pages. I stamped a sparrow on one and the birdhouse on the other. I watercolored these with Altenew 24 pan watercolors. The bird image was a freebie that came from AI with an order; they have wonderful freebies! I doodle painted some leaves on the branch and some grass below the birdhouse. Nothing special - I'm not good at watercoloring!! Glued them to the pages and glued the two pages together, overlapping at the center tabs. Here's a photo:


Finally, I glued this pair of pages (the journal packaging shows doing two) into the journal. I didn't do the flip sides of these pages yet; that'll be for another day. Here's a photo of the journal open with the above pages glued in. You glue another set of pages to the right side.


Since I did the journal and a couple pages, I don't have an additional bonus project today. I'll add my project to Darnell's May NBUS Challenge #74 since my journal dies are newly used. 

Thanks for stopping by and I hope to see your water colored project in the May Diva gallery!! Have a crafty day!


11 comments:

Dawn T said...

How adorable Linda. Such a cute project.

Lin said...

Love this sweet little project, Linda! How fun!

Jean said...

This is delightful! The cover is so intricate!

Cindy C. said...

Super cute project!!

Lisa Elton said...

This is absolutely adorable!!

papierelle said...

That's really tiny! What delicate and beautiful work!

Cat Craig said...

Why is it that small things are so cuuuute. This is fabulous.

Greta said...

Love the cover and sweet images!

HilaryJane said...

this is so cute. I love it. Great watercolouring too xx

Rosemary said...

Wow! Your mini journal is fabulous, Linda!

Arlene said...

OMG, WOW, I missed that cute journal when last I visited AI's site. So darling and special..