Beach Art

I was recently sent some beach themed art supplies from RedLead. I had fun thinking of new projects to do with these items and here's what I came up with.

I made four mini summer journals...

Front covers

Back covers

I created these journals by first working on the background paper.  Each journal uses one sheet of Canson Mixed Media 9" x 12" paper, this paper has a nice heavy weight. I used stencils, acrylic paint and a 6" gelli plate to create the backgrounds.

I added additional doodling, stamps and images onto the paper. As you might have noticed, I didn't bother to trim off the edge of the paper that had the holes from the spiral bound pad. I used a couple of the holes to thread my twine and used it to tie the book together. I folded each sheet in half length wise and then in half again to make a booklet.

For the inside pages, I took various sheets of paper, tags and folded them in half.  Using an awe, I punched three holes into the paper and the journal cover. Then I used a simple binding technique to add the pages to the journal.

Inside pages

I decorated some of the inside pages with banners and stamps.

Inside pages

Below is a picture of several ATC cards and a mini shadow box that I also made...

And the last piece I made was a message in a bottle...

Supplies from RedLead included the background paper, images, mermaid, sea horse, stamps, sea shells, blue glass, and stencils.

I hope you're having a great summer and that this post inspires you to make some summer art! Thanks to RedLead for letting me create for you...I had so much fun!