Carmen’s Artsy Wildflower Art Journal

There is nothing quite like creating art in an art journal you’ve created. Carmen has designed the most lovely art journal featuring my Aunt Marie art printable as the cover, then filling it with 3 signatures full of watercolor paper, just waiting for some artsy play!

Lucky us, she is sharing her process!

Thank you Carmen for sharing your great big imagination and creativity with us!

To begin print https://www.anncorbierescottdesigns.com/printables/p/aunt-marie and fill those Sugar Island wildflowers with your favorite color palette.

Cut another piece of watercolor paper 1/4” smaller than the cover art (8 1/2 x 11) and adhere to the backside of your cover art sheet, creating a more substantial cover.

Carmen uses a book binding adhesive from Lineco.

Cut another piece of watercolor paper 1/4” smaller than the cover art (8 1/2 x 11) and adhere to the backside of your cover art sheet, creating a more substantial cover.

Next-create 3 watercolor paper signatures (a group of sheets that are folded and stitched together)

for each signature-

*cut 3 sheets of watercolor paper slightly smaller than the cover art ( 1/4” smaller width and length) per signature

fold and burnish with a bone folder each sheet, then stack all 3 sheets and fold together as a book

repeat 2 more times so you end up with 3 signatures

To bind your art journal together-follow the following video tutorial

Carmen found sharing a fantastic binding technique by Vintage Page Designs (follow her step by step instructions and it is quite easy-if I can do it, so can you!)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ct1bw8hB04k

Once you have completed the process, let us know, and share your art journal with us! We’d love to see and get Artsy together!