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!