Signs of Summer

Did everyone survive the fair yesterday?  Wasn't it a fun day?  Thank goodness Bleubeard is now rested and once again, he and I are sharing some summertime love at Art Journal Journey.

I was actually quite happy with the way this turned out.  A couple of years ago, I bought a package of summertime scrapbook embellishments.  They were color coordinated, but the perspective of some pieces was all wrong.

I decided to call this Signs of Summer and used one of my spray starch mica powder backgrounds.

Because I'm not really an artist/painter, my skills are better suited to collage and mixed media.

However, I reasoned that the further away something was, the smaller it would appear.

Conversely, elements that were closer to the viewer would appear larger.

So, even though these elements were all packaged together, I had to find a way to have them fit into the same scene.

I realize even though this is not my normal style of art, I'm really happy with the way this turned out.

All images were three-dimensional.

They were all built up using large pop dots

that lifted them firmly away from the background.

Materials started with a page from my spray starch background experiment I performed earlier in the month.  I added five coordinated three-dimensional embellishments over two pieces of sandpaper, one of which I colored using watercolor crayons (the gift from Cindy that has become my new favorite go-to instrument/tool).  The small sentiment came from leftover sandpaper and my white gelly pen.

As an aside, for those of you with a good memory, my Island Cake Topper came from this package of embellishments!  I believe I put it to much better use on that tag.

As this month winds down, Bleubeard and I are thrilled you are joining us today at Art Journal Journey.  Hope you'll join us there, too.  There's still time to share some summertime love.