Altered Book - Pages 126-138

For these collages I used old calendars, magazines plus art work. You can probably tell that one of the calendars was all about fairies [historical art]. The other was close -ups of things, above is a scallop shell as a background.

The lady [by John Simmons 1872] was from the fairy calendar but the man and text were from an old Woman's Weekly, early 1980's

The background is 'dark peat stained water of a river in flood', the fairy by John Atkinson Grimshaw in 1879, the dog from the Woman's Weekly.

This is a close up of a Macaw's wing and characters from the fairy calendar.

I gave the fairy a paintbrush to finish the pretty background.

She is from The Fairy Dance by Grace Jones c1920

The background features raindrops on a Lady's Mantle leaf.

The fairy by Walter Jenks Morgan [1847-1924]

The house was from an old arts magazine.

Handmade Book - Pages 100-106

Collaged Flower

The flower was made from recycled envelopes and wrapping paper. I've also used aquamarkers and a liner pen.

Pink Book [part 2]

I recycled wallpaper samples for a lot of these pages,I used the plain wrong side for most of them. I painted them and used a texture plate [also made from wallpaper] and stamps and rolling stamps. On the page above I've recycled an inkjet print, which was also painted and textured. I used a punch for the circles and machine stitched over them. The flower petals were from a greetings card, the centres are art work, then stitched. The dress is a tag, digitally created and printed.

More wallpaper and inkjet prints. The rectangle of fabric is a miniature version of a repeat pattern  designed. The flowers I made from fabric and dyed pleated ribbon and I stuffed the centres.

As well as the wallpaper and inkjet there is a doily with stencilled art work on top, the little bow ribbon was from a greetings card, the other ribbon was from my stash and I dyed the lace. The ATC was made from layered, textured papers with honesty seed pods trapped between, then painted with acrylics and metallic crayon. 

More painted wallpapers and the cat was from a greetings card. I've attached the butterfly sequins with beads. The card butterfly was from a greetings card.

More painted wallpapers and inkjet prints and decorative machine stitching. The owls and the row of hearts were from a greetings cards. I made the flowers from paper, painted and stitched them.

More painted wallpapers and a painted patterned doily. The bears were from a greetings card but I attached the flowers and ribbon.

Handmade Texture Plates

We have been decorating recently and we got lots of samples of wallpapers because we couldn't agree on one. I thought I should use the samples in some way so I have made texture plates out of the textured ones. [we chose a patterned wallpaper for the walls in the end]

Basically I stuck pieces of wallpaper to card. Below are some of the papers I made using the plates. Recycled laser prints - the paper is thin and started curling up but they will be used for collage.

I made the first texture plate on day 2 of 30daysofcreativity.

The Colour Purple [Pages 10 -13]

Page 10 - Background - painted, stamped, decorated layered papers, strip of vintage fabric, decorative machine stitching, stitched edges.

Vintage fabric cup, stitched, artificial lavender flower.

Three hand crafted art buttons [I used papers from a book and diary], tag decorated with found images on both sides and artificial flowers on one side.

Page 11 - Background - painted, stamped, decorated layered papers, stitched edges.

Appliqued flowers [vintage fabrics]

Page 12 - Background - painted, stamped, decorated layered papers, stitched edges.

Tag decorated with painted wooden flower, gem and bead.

The African scene was a purchased card. Two transfer printed buttons, one art button, three card circles decorated with magazine paper, stitched.

Page 13 - Background - painted, stamped, decorated layered papers, stitched edges.

The butterfly was recycled from a greetings card.

Painted doily, hand stitched, fish charms.

The Colour Purple [Pages 6 - 9]

Page 6 - Layered painted papers, some recycled [book, calendar], stitched edges.

Gel print fabric with hand embroidery, gems.

Printed ATC, tag with found image, recycled painted wipe with embroidery.

Page 7 - Layered painted papers, some recycled [book, envelope], decorative machine stitching and stitched edges.

Velvet with embroidery [spiders wheel] and beads.

Hand crafted art buttons.

Page 8 - Layered painted/stamped papers, stitching, stitched edges.

 

Hand embroidery, bird collage.

Hand made card button.

Page 9 - Layered painted/stamped papers, stitched edges.

Altered playing card, hand crafted art buttons, punched stamp shapes, postage stamp.

Hand made card button, beads, stars on string.

Fabric Design and Handmade Book

I did a project with the theme of games years ago at college and I still use the old drawings from them nowadays from time to time. I used a collage last week, something very similar to the one above. I have altered it a little and put it on Spoonflower as a fabric, not proofed yet so they won't sell it to you, but if anyone one wants to buy yardage let me know and I will arrange to get the proofing done.

Below is another handmade book I finished a while ago but forgot to post. All the pages are shown on the last two photos, click on them to see it more clearly. The pages are recycled books, laser prints, envelopes etc - all painted the same colour.

It seems that I am almost out of storage space for photos on blogger..... !?!