Spring is for the birds

Bleubeard and I are delighted to spend time with you today, as well as with Art Journal Journey, which we are hosting this month with our themes My Favorite Season, or 'Tis the Season.

Today we are honoring spring and the birds of spring.  We call it Spring is for the birds.

We'll begin with the right side of this spread.

Then we'll migrate to the left side of the spread.

A few close-ups.

These came out great.

Unfortunately the left side close-ups were not as clear and clean.

I found it incredibly difficult to hold this book open long enough to photograph it.

For this spread, I began by laying down various dye inks on a substrate of 110 lb card stock.  For the right side, I found this lovely bird with tulips on a greeting card and cut it down.  I then outlined it with a green marker.

For the left side, I used some leftover painted papers from another project and glued them to my page after I added the bird images I rounded using a corner punch.  When I had them securely glued to the page, I thought I probably should have rounded the green square corners, too.  Live and learn.

Bleubeard, my adorable and handsome co-host and I are delighted you stopped by and spent part of your time with us today.  We also invite you to join us at Art Journal Journey where our themes are My Favorite Season, or 'Tis the Season.  There's still time to join us.