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Art by Nancy Maxwell James

{Summer-Day Song Journal Page}

May 15, 2014

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This is my project for this weeks Inspire over at Paper Whimsy

Summer Day Song

Wild birds fly over me.
I am not the blue curtain overhead,
I am the one who lives under the sky.
I swing to the tree-tops,
I pick strawberries,
I sing and play,
And happiness makes me like a great god
On the earth.
It makes me think of great things
A little girl like me
Could not know of.

~Hilda Conkling

 

I created this journal page using a poem by Hilda Conkling as my muse. The colors make me think of the summer days that await and enjoying nature. The wonderful thing about creating journal pages with the alterables is the dimension and whimsy it will add to your artwork. I hope you will try them in your next journal project.

Technique:

(1) Paint chipboard album page in your color choice with craft paint. Add pattern paper, old wallpaper border flowers, and lace to album page using matte gel medium. I work in a layering process when I do this.

(2) Type and print poem in Microsoft Word using the font of your choice. I chalked the words using tan and blue that I smudged with a q-tip. Cut journal words in strips with paper trimmer.

(3) Paint alterables in a shade of craft paint you desire, and add beautiful faces to centers. Add glitter and round circles. Glue on to page using E6000.

(4) Add journal strips throughout the page using matte gel medium.

(5) I added little dot borders with craft paint along the border or each page.

 

Materials:

PW-LPWO-300 sheet034-D-375 ISG11880-300

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Filed in: Inspire • by Sugar Lump Studios • 8 Comments

About Sugar Lump Studios

I am a dabbler. I love to create using all sorts of mediums...pattern papers, stamping, fabric, assemblage, collage, altered art, a never ending smattering of whatever strikes my fancy in whimsical moments. I find creating allows my soul to be fulfilled and love to spend hours in the studio.

Comments

  1. Tammy

    May 15, 2014 at 3:22 pm

    Gorgeous colors! I haven’t done any sort of paper crafting or journaling in a while. I always start but never can seem to keep with it. Have a great day. Tammy

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    • Incipient wings

      May 16, 2014 at 3:22 pm

      Wow! Your beautiful artwork is always so
      Very inspiring:) thank you!!

      Reply
  2. Terry

    May 15, 2014 at 7:44 pm

    Nancy, this is one gorgeous journal and I love, love, love the design, so clever! The colors and are so lovely as are all the elements and images! You really know your stuff! Hugs from dry and hot CA!

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  3. Linda K

    May 15, 2014 at 9:26 pm

    really lovely Nancy!! I have SO many PW products in my stash and need to use them more :)

    Reply
  4. Marjorie

    May 16, 2014 at 12:12 am

    Beautiful journal. I have both of those PW images.. some of my favorites. (Hard to pick a PW favorite though!) Love the colors you’ve used and that sweet Hilda Conkling poem.
    Spent Mother’s Day in the Denver area…OMG… SNOW!!!! Driving through WY on the way home I had to remind myself it’s the middle of May, though it looked like the middle of Dec.
    Back home to 75 degrees and sunny yesterday.

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  5. Marie S.

    May 16, 2014 at 2:18 am

    Simply gorgeous, dear Nancy. Love the PW images you used.
    Have a wonderful weekend.
    Hugs,
    Marie

    Reply
  6. DebR

    May 17, 2014 at 12:14 am

    Beautiful poem and beautiful project Nancy, thanks for sharing.

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  7. Dorthe

    May 20, 2014 at 1:44 pm

    Dear Nancy,
    At last I`m here, to see your wonderful journal and kind of dig into it, to be there in the blue loveliness of sea and sky. I love you used the beautiful poem on the pages and it goes so well with Gales wonderful images. It is a beautiful and summer happy album my dear.
    Hugs and kiss, Dorthe

    Reply

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