Llama Diamond Art Altered Journal

I've been waiting a LONG time to share this with you and I finally can! I made this Llama Diamond Art Altered Notebook in February using supplies I received at the FaveCrafts Blogger Networking Event during Creativation. This post contains affiliate links. 

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Llama Diamond Art Altered Notebook

Materials:

• Leisure Arts Llama Diamond Art
• Fiskars microtip scissors
• Fox Chapel 'Dog is Love' journal
• Folk Art Multi-Surface Light Blue
• foam brush
• Matte Mod Podge
• Mod Podge brush
• Leisure Arts 'Kindness Matters' coloring book
• Prismacolor markers
• Supertite adhesive

Steps:

The first thing I did was complete the llama Diamond Art. I see no reason why a llama should be subject to drama....   

  

... so I used the microtip scissors to carefully cut the llama away from the rest of the canvas. No drama for you, llama! 

I grew up with dogs and like them just fine, but didn't see myself using a 'Dog is Love' journal, so....

.... I painted over the design. I used Folk Art's multi-surface acrylic and applied a very thin coat.

When it was dry, I added another thin coat going the opposite direction. I added a third coat going the original direction, though it really wasn't necessary. Two coats gave good coverage.

Next, I cut out 'LOVE' from the Kindness Matters coloring book. 

I colored the letters black and the interior of the O and the E a hot pink that matched the color in the Diamond Art. 

I applied a thin coat of Mod Podge to the front of the book, then positioned the letters. I added two more coats of Mod Podge over the entire front cover, allowing plenty of drying time between coats. 

I used the Supertite glue to attach the llama to the front cover, then used a few of the leftover Dotz to fill in the letters.

I am so happy with how the completed journal turned out!

No drama for you, llama! Only love.

The Cursive Project: Llama

Letter L of The Cursive Project couldn't have fallen at a better time. Trevor chose "llama" for Letter L, his godmother Jonna owns a llama, and she (Jonna, not the llama) would be coming to our house on the very day we were scheduled to make a llama craft! I asked Jonna for llama craft ideas and she said she could do a llama draw-along. Perfect!

First, we looked at pictures of Jonna's llama. Meet Leia. 

  

Time to draw a llama! I snapped a very quick picture of each step as I drew, so please forgive the poor photo quality. I also zoomed inconsistently, which makes the first steps appear larger than they should. Sorry about that.

Step 1: Draw two large raindrops next to each other. These are the legs. 

Step 2: Draw horizontal lines to connect the raindrops and form the llama's body.

Step 3: Add a downward curving tail and flat ovals for feet.

Step 4: Add a neck and head, positioned directly over the front teardrop. The top lip protrudes over the bottom lip.

Step 5: Add ears that point up and forward.

Step 6: At this point, you can add an eye and erase any extra guidelines. Instead, we cut out our llamas and used them as tracers to cut llamas from cardstock. 

This is my llama: 

Here is Trevor's. 

This is Jonna's. She added a dark patterned paper to the feet and ears to give them some definition. 

I love how they turned out. Our llamas are just the right size to use as a card, so now we have some cool llama cards to send!