Blossom Time

Blossom Time

Hi There!

Woohoo!  It's Friday

time to get ready for the weekend

Hope the weather is good for you

but if not, here's Hazel Harler

with a terrific idea to share

"Hi everybody. I make quite a lot of postcards

 and store them in a box but thought 

they would look better in an album.

 I found this photograph album in a charity shop - 

it's exactly the right size for my postcards, 

you could also cover a notebook or journal.

I started by pulling the album apart.

I cut the spine of as well

These are the paints I'm using.

I used a 12" x 12" sheet of paper as an 

A4 sheet wouldn't have been large enough 

to cover both covers. 

I used a brayer to build up layers of paint.

I stencilled some shapes and used an old 

credit card to make the lines

I used the prepared paper to cover the covers.

I stamped the Tracy Scott stamps onto 

tissue paper and book pages

I used matte medium to adhere the tissue paper images.

I fussy cut the book page flowers and adhered 

them over the tissue paper floweres

I gave the covers a coating of matte medium 

and when it had dried I coloured the images 

with some indian ink markers

I filled in some gaps with a postmark stamp, 

added some small metal paper clips, 

remnant rubs and some clippings stickers.

 A close up showing the paper clips.

 I enjoyed looking through my postcards 

and gluing them to the album pages.

 I spent ages putting the album together 

and threading the ribbon through the holes - 

I then decided that I didn't like the ribbon

I felt a lot happier after removing the ribbon

 and using bookrings with lots of different 

coloured ribbons tied to them.

Supplies:

Photograph album.
Fresco Finish paints.
Paper to cover the covers.
Brayer, stencils and and old store/credit card.
Paperartsy/Tracy Scott stamps.
Tissue paper and book pages.
Matte medium.
Indian ink markers, I used pitt pens.
Postmark stamp.
Small metal paperclips.
Tim Holtz remnent rubs and clipping stickers.
Bookrings.
Ribbon.

What a fun way to store your

postcards Hazel.  Thanks

so much for sharing

 Think it is time to scout the

Charity shops, of which this town

has very, very, many.........

'Till Tomorrow

Mickie xx