Holiday Album

Holiday Album

Hi There!

The time has come to get those

photos off the digital devices

and into something we can all

pass round and at the same

time show off our creativity!

Angela Radford is starting us

off with her altered book:

" Hi all Angela here to show you how I've 

started my new holiday album.

 I found this old book amongst my collection 

and decided it was just the thing.

This is one lovely old book.

I started by removing some of the pages 

and then glueing some together to 

strengthen them ready for use. 

This type of book has stitched pages 

which means it will not fall apart when 

the pages are removed

You may wish to cut away more or less pages

 depending on how dimensional 

your art work will be.

Now we can start to journal.

 I began with some Tim Holtz stencils 

and Grunge paste.

 I love this one as it reminds me of the sea. 

More stencilling.

At this stage I started to add some of my

 found and collected ephemera.

Then painted over this with Gesso.

Started adding colour using Distress Oxide reinkers. 

Just three drops at the top left.....

Spray with water and move the book around 

so that the inks spreads.

Everything looks a bit messy at this stage

 but trust me it gets better!

At this stage I replaced the stencils to add 

more colour using the Distress Inks.

Here I've added some text stamping and dots.

Outline smudge and blend around those

 images you want to stand out

 with a black alcohol pen.

And complete the pages by adding more images.

 My focal image was a beer mat that I found

 and I liked it so much just had to include it 

as it reminded me of our days by the sea. 

I hope to maybe show you some more pages 

in the future but that's all for now. 

Happy crafting, Angela xXx

Materials used:

Tim Holtz Stencils

Grunge paste

Distress Oxide Reinkers

Distress Ink Pad

Versafine Ink Pad

Thank you Angela, I love the book

so far.........  Looking forward to 

more pages!

I love to use one thing to 

make another don't you?

As for ring pulls - I predict

these may well become a

crafting must have, so get

collecting Everyone!  

I find the ones you see in

the road are very good as

they get flattened by the

cards running over them

and don't add so much

bulk to your project......

or you could take a hammer

to the one you've just pulled 

off that can of fizz........!!

'Til tomorrow

Mickie xx