I have been inspired to complete this altered book since receiving my monthly copy of the
craft stamper magazine.(July 2011 issue) I absolutely love the stuff they have in this and there are so many talented folk out there. They are a true inspiration
Here are the front, back and side views. I took out a couple of pages from the actual book and glued them onto the cover. I lightly covered each page with gesso and let it dry. The stencil is a Tim Holtz one and I inked it with Distress ink- Faded Jeans. The bird cage is a Tim Holtz die cut and the leaves are a die cut from
heartfelt creations (by Spell binder). There are lots of swirly bits on the dye so I removed them for this piece as you don't always want so many bits on everything. I popped on a few little roses and gems to make it girly( for my daughter) and smudged a bit of brown onto the cage and leaves to give them the antique look.
To make the book you need to glue a bunch of the pages together so that you have thick pages. I think I glued 10 to 15 pages together at a time with a 50% PVA and 50% water mix. Leave to dry over a couple of days. Cover each page with gesso and then you are ready to stamp, stick, glue, cut ...what ever to each page. All pages were inked with Distress Inks by Tim Holtz, and a lot of it was experimentation to see what went well together.
I made little envelopes and placed inside some tags for writing on. Lots of the pages have space to add comments/poems/diary events or photos. I made it so that it could be used as a journal, place to keep treasures and so on.
I have stuck some ribbon on the top and bottom of several pages so that notes can be slid under and kept in place. Here I used a lovely sentiment on
"LIVE" and slid that under there for my daughter to ponder
A few of the tabs I pasted some lovely antique pictures on and left the underside blank for making notes on too.The ornate gate stamp is by
Prima Stamps. It has a lovely antique sense about it and suited the mood of this page. I stamped in on a hand made pocket.Moths are from Papillon stamp set by Tim Holtz.
Stamps used are TimHoltz "visual artistry" Stampers anonymous collection from several sets. The large text stamp is from the
Tim Holtz set Papillon
Here are the front, back and side views. I took out a couple of pages from the actual book and glued them onto the cover. I lightly covered each page with gesso and let it dry. The stencil is a Tim Holtz one and I inked it with Distress ink- Faded Jeans. The bird cage is a Tim Holtz die cut and the leaves are a die cut from heartfelt creations (by Spell binder). There are lots of swirly bits on the dye so I removed them for this piece as you don't always want so many bits on everything. I popped on a few little roses and gems to make it girly( for my daughter) and smudged a bit of brown onto the cage and leaves to give them the antique look.
I have stuck some ribbon on the top and bottom of several pages so that notes can be slid under and kept in place. Here I used a lovely sentiment on "LIVE" and slid that under there for my daughter to ponder
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