Hi everyone. It's Thursday, and I hope your week has been going well. We've had very hot and humid weather and then some clouds and cooler humid weather at my house. Today it's supposed to rain, but since I scheduled this post, I can only tell you what the forecast is, not whether it is raining or not.. 😏
Today I have a new piece of art for Halle's Botanical challenge at Art Journal Journey. I've been trying to come up with journal pages that aren't just about flowers but are still botanical. Today's page is all about fruit.
I've started making a small sized journal about summer, and all the pages are made from colored cardstock. On this page I stamped some fruit images directly onto the smooth side of the cardstock, and then I colored them in. The basket was stamped on white paper, inked and then fussy cut, and I did the same thing with the blueberries in the basket except I colored them in with a marker. I did the same with the bow too. All the images and the quote come from an older Hero Arts stamp set.
To finish my page I used a die and some white paper to make the lace trim, and I also used a white paint pen along the border. Unfortunately when I was stenciling the accompanying page I managed to get a little bit of yellow paint onto the edge, which I missed until just now as I went to write this post. 😒 Ignore it please. The black dashes are made with a black Sharpie.
I'm keeping today's post short, so that's all there is. Thanks for stopping by. Tootle-loo.
20 comments:
...and tootle-loo to you too!
Love berries! This looks so lovely.
We have enjoyed Ontario strawberries this year. A bumper crop and very sweet. All the best - David
A lovely Summer page. The berries are the best of Summer. Cooler temps today. Are you getting the heavy rains? Maybe to enjoy crafting or reading on your porch. I'm entertaining a gentleman today 😉
Fun summery page!
Fruits are also part of the botanical garden. That's right, great fruit journal page, the way you designed it is so beautiful!
hugs Elke
What a fun theme for your Summer journal! I love that you've added all of the different berries in there! Such a cute color theme for them as well!
Oh this is so summery and pretty. We have bumper crops of blueberries this year.
Forgot to sign in. That last comment was me. LOL
You must really like to color. What a fun and different page, Erika. This is another great entry for Halle's theme at AJJ.
I love the strawberries. Not long ago I got bags with strawberries on them. So pretty.
The berries in the basket look so fresh and vibrant on the lovely background. A wonderful interpretation of the theme.
-Soma
Those blueberries in the basket look great, and I like the entire page. Definitely botanical! Hugs - Carola
I am always late these days! Oh, this is a beautiful page! And I am so hungry!!! Did you have rain? Here it´s but cold and grey, maybe Saturday some rain, but no summer... Hope your day is great, hugs
Love your idea of a summer-themed journal! Your page is so pretty--I was reminded of cute wrapping papers. :)
Very inspiring page, Erika, for Halle's challenge at Art Journal Journey.
Hugs,
Mia
Co-administrator for AJJ
craftartista.blogspot.com {My Blog}
A berry-merry page! Our strawberry plants leaves look amazing, green and still healthily growing even tho the fruit has been long gone. Now we are wondering if more fruit will form in the fall or we wait til next spring. xoxo
What a lovely summery page this is :)
All the best Jan
I like it BERRY much...sorry I had to do it. :)
Ooh, you have jut reminded me we have some strawberries in the fridge, must get them ready for later. I That is a super page and it has given me an idea for a page myself. I don't think mine will be as tasty as yours is but i will try.
Hugs, Neet xx
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