Lace Covered Altered Notebook

I was given a notebook, with the challenge to alter the cover.

I started by adhering an old piece of sheet music to the front cover. To help keep the paper from continuing to rip, I covered it with matte gel.





















While the gel was still wet, added 2 laces and and a lace ribbon over the paper.

To finish the front cover, added an angel image over script paper done as a tap transfer. Then wrapped a ribbon lace around the cover near the left edge. Added a large floral embellishment I received in a swap and added a "A" typeset brad to the center. Added a small angel embellishment on the lace ribbon to the left. Then made a leafy cluster to the bottom of the image out of metal leaves, lace leaves and gold paper leaves, with a "1" typeset brad to the center:

For the inside cover (to hide all the paper and lace edges), I used a piece of paper that was gold perfect pearls (or maybe Twinkling H2Os or other gold mica powder) washed over black paper. Used embossing folder on both the top and bottom of the paper to create relief design.

Also added a beeswax collage I made some time ago. Thought this was a good use for it.

 a fun project on a cold, wet day!

More Christmas Cards

Need more Christmas cards. Decided to use some of the backgrounds I have on hand that are cut to ATC size to use on the cards. I think my arty friends will appreciate these.

 Choose a vintage image, printed it out in reverse on TAP paper and ironed onto some of the backgrounds. This image appears better on the lighter backgrounds.

 Used some old Caroling Song book sheets for the background.  For most of them, I tore the right side edge. Ran the sheet through an embossing folder, after rubbing the inside of the folder with vintage photo Distress ink, and running through the Cuttlebug. Added a dimensional ornament sticker.

 On some of the music sheets I colored the raised holly with green Distress ink.

 I wasn't able to get the TAP transfer to work with the crackle paste background (upper left of the ones below) so I cut out a vintage image and adhered that instead. I had some Christmas themed ATCs left over from last year, that I decided looked better on the cards then on their own.

Mixed Media Using an Image Transfer ATC

This month in 9ATC group the theme is mixed media using an image transfer. I choose a piece of background paper I liked and transferred an angel image using TAP. 

 Next, stamped a butterfly image and letters with white acrylic paint.

 When the paint dried, used a gold metallic Gelly pen to color in the letters and to outline the butterfly image.

 To finish, cut gold paper with a lacy die cut and adhered to the right side.

Mary-Beth's Birthday Page

 I'm in the Birthday Club on Kindred Souls Art Group. We decorate a 4"x4" page for the recipient, leaving the left edge free of embellishments so the page can be bound in a book. Mary-Beth's birthday is in December, so I made her this page:

 I covered the edges of the page with washi tape I rubbed Sepia Archival Ink over. An angel image was printed on TAP paper and ironed onto a dictionary page, I glued this to the board. Added a bit of lacy ribbon, a paper flower, a metal butterfly and sticker letters to spell J-O-Y.

The back is a pieced of background paper I stamped a saying on with Sepia Archival Ink.

Eileen's Birthday Page

 I'm in the Birthday Club on Kindred Souls Art Group. We decorate a 4"x4" page for the recipient, leaving the left edge free of embellishments so the page can be bound in a book. Eileen's birthday is in December, so I made her this page:

Used an angel image on TAP paper and transferred it onto a printed fabric. Adhered some lacy ribbon, a fabric flower and some metal letters to spell J-O-Y.

The back is a sheet of background paper with a saying stamped in Sepia Archival ink.

"Purple" Color Perceptions ATC

For November, in the Color Perceptions ATC swap on ArtVentures Group, the color is Purple. The ATC is supposed to be predominately purple, and be based on how purple makes me feel. For this swap, Purple is more red than blue and Violet (December's color) is more blue than red. I also love the Color Purple (and Violet, too!), purple gets me thinking and dreaming and imagining, so my Perception of Purple is Dreamy.

I got a paper towel wet and sprayed it with Wild Plum Color Wash, wadded it up and dabbed it over a sheet of background paper that had a tan/brown background. Let everything dry, and ironed the paper towel.

 Stamped a background stamp over the paper with seedless preserves Distress Ink and let it dry.

 Wet the back ground and brushed on Plum Perfect Pearls and let dry.

 Glued a torn piece of the above paper towel to the top of the ATC, stamped "shoot the moon" with black India Ink on a light purple ribbon and glued it on top. Used TAP transfer paper to transfer a vintage image in purple ink on to white mulberry paper and cut & tore it out. Added 3 small purple "pearls" to the bottom right edge.

Page for Eileen's Round Robin Journal

 I've finished the page for Eileen's Round Robin Journal in the Kindred Souls Art Group. Eileen choose the theme of faces.
I covered the page with some floral lace and added a decorative lace around the outside edge. I used an image of a cemetery angel on muslin with tap transfer. Sewed around the edges with the sewing machine. Added an assortment of vintage face images to small frame charms and created two beaded chains with these frames. One chain is hanging from the angels hands, the other is sewn along the decorative lace on the edge of the page. Also used a face in a fragment and added beads and sewed to the page. Made a miniature charm bracelet with the word "hope" and attached to the upper page. Stamped a Victor Hugo quote to a piece of background paper and colored the edges before attaching.

For the back, Used the doodled face I made earlier. Added some decorative flowers and a polymer clay face charm, that I believe was made and given to me by Fiona Davis in a swap several years ago.

Mary Beth's Round Robin Journal

I've been working on Mary Beth's Round Robin Journal for Kindred Souls Art Group. Her theme is Illustrated Phrases. I started by laying sequin waste over the page and using a sponge to apply gesso through the sequin waste. Let the gesso dry. Then did a watercolor wash of Twinkling H20s over the page.

 Did the same on the back with lighter colors.

 On the front, colored some "pearls" with antiqued bronze Distress Stain and added to the vintage image. Stamped an Irish blessing on background paper and layered on textured paper. Used a butterfly image with the TAP transfer paper on some printed tissue paper. Inked the edges and body of the butterfly with gold Lumiere paint. Stamped an image in the upper left corner with gold Lumiere paint, also used this paint to color the edges of the page. Layered the vintage image over a lace border and added to the page with the saying and the butterfly.

 On the back, used the gold Lumiere paint to add gold circles to the background. Added a set of diptych atcs I thought went well, some more butterfly images on printed tissue paper with TAP transfer and stamped another saying.

Page for my journal

My understanding is we also create a page for our own journals before sending them off to the group to add their creations. I covered both sides  with a decorative napkin, the one on front has an angel image I added as an ink jet image transfer. I stamped a saying by Victor Hugo on the front, but want to play around a bit more with this side.

 The back side has an angel image done with the tap transfer technique. Also stamped a saying by Victor Hugo with black India Ink. This page is inspired by seeing Les Miz recently.

On the front, adhered torn music sheet paper, netting and lace with matte gel medium. I hope it all stays on.

 Stamped the saying on card stock, colored a bit with Distress makers and cut into strips before adding to the page. Cut out an angel statue and layered on a butterfly image and added to lower corner. Made a lacy flower and added a chipped enamel flower to the center. Also added some "pearls" to the page.

 On the back, colored the edges with brown chalk ink. Added some torn music paper, a "pearl" and a silver heart charm.

Tap Transfer on Lutrador

Jan showed us what could be done with tap transfer images on Lutrador ( a specialty Pellon interfacing).

 Ironed on an angel image from the tap paper to a piece of Lutrador:

 Used heat tool to distress the edges of the Lutrador:

Later I can stamp on the Lutrador.

Tap Transfers

Day two at Wisconsin Stamp Camp, Margaret showed us a variety of transfer techniques. This one is so easy. Print images on TAP paper ( Transfer Artist Paper). Then iron on to paper/fabric etc. with a dry iron.

 I cut out these images and ironed on to dictionary pages. I like the image still left on the tap paper (I didn't iron long enough to get al the ink off). The top angel has the dots, because the iron was accidently on steam mode.

 These images were ironed on to printed muslin.

 Image ironed on to a textured muslin:

 Angel image on left was ironed on to a decorative paper napkin. On the right, I layered three separate tap images, one at a time:

I love how easy and versatile this technique is. I'm going to buy some tap paper.