Thursday 21 January 2010

Use it or Lose it

A current swap that I am participating in on CCSwaps is to use items that we received for Christmas to make an item for our partner.

Some of the craft items I received were a small paper cutter, some beautiful Fibermark paper (http://www.fibermark.com/details.php?productID=278&appID=&page=2), new stamps and alcohol inks so I used these for my swap item.

I cut some 130lb cardstock into 6" X 6" pieces, and decorated several of them using various background techniques. I left the inside pages blank so my partner can use the book in whatever manner she pleases. I covered the back page with some scrapbook paper to coordinate with the front which is covered with faux leather Fibermark.

For the front, I took a piece of acrylic and coloured it with some new alcohol inks that coordinated with the colour of the image I chose, then edged it with a silver Krylon pen. I attached a piece of white cardstock with vellum tape, to have the colours show through. I then layered a different piece of faux leather on top then a piece of some homemade background paper edged with a Tombow marker.

I took an image from Moonlight Journey.com and attached it to a piece of cardstock to make it sturdier, cut it out; applied some Judikins.com Microglaze to waterproof and protect it. This was attached to the panels with double-sided foam tape. I added a little quote tile and some corner pieces.

2 comments:

Carol said...

Fabulous looking book. Great papers and love the corner pieces.

chrissy said...

Oh Rena... this book is 'to die for'! It is gorgeous; I love everything about it. That faux leather paper is really neat. I would like to find some of those corners that you've used on this booklet.
Chrissy