Hello my artsy friends.
I’m here today to share my progress
with you on my Women of Substance altered book project. Here’s the third
entry inspired by the colors of Prima’s Epiphany paper collection. At the time
I created these pages, the Prima papers were not yet available to the public. I
lost patience in waiting for them to be released and decided to create my own
take on the colors and design. I’m enjoying how the journaling spaces on the
pages are turning out just by creating an illusion of space and using some
stamps and chipboard pieces which add interest and texture. Yea for
chipboard! Ancestry.com is helping me fill in some gaps in my
family history and I will be using that information in the journaling spaces.
I still ache to apply voluminous petal flowers, and other objects with
dimension, and I struggle with creating “flatty” pages, but my goal is to get
as many photos of this subject matter in this particular book. It does
however make me use my old punches and dies more. I only wish I started
working on altered books sooner, because not only does it allow me to
incorporate mixed media, photos, and journaling, but I don’t have to worry
about finding space to store a book. I see more altered books in my
future.
Below you can see the many layers of gesso, mist and stamping.
I'm really enjoying creating my journal spaces with stamps, and chipboard.
The cross chipboard framing the photo and the bird cage are
from Blue Fern Studios.
So, how are you coming along on your altered book? Let me know where I can find you to see what you've been doing on your book.
p.s. A 6x6 Prima Epiphany paper collection book is in route
to me as I compose this message. I can’t wait to use the collection on
another page!
