Friday 28 March 2014

A vintage Journey- Say it with Words


 I started with a Piece of  black 16" x 16" card, which was scored and folded to a template that I have just learned on my monthly class with Kathy Byrne at the Craftbarn its similar to the Tim Holtz W book, but differently fold sequence and additional folds for the internal pockets

I then cut 2 pieces of A4 into 8 x 4" x4" and 8 x 4" x 1  6/8" sections
These were then painted with washes of DecoArt Desert Turquoise, Plum, Lavender, Quinacridone Gold & Carbon Black and then stamped with mainly Tim’s Stamps and a few of others
Then distressed using my fab new tool Comfort Craft Distressing Tool, Designed by Ingrid Bolme by Prima it has a sander, scratcher and knife

I cut a variety of tags, and stamped with words and a various quotes and sentiments and used distress ink, Old paper, Walnut stain and Black Soot

I made the covers from chipboard and embossed card, these were painted with the DecoArt acrylics and finished with a wash of carbon black
The spine was created with Textured Gesso on card and then along with the covers highlighted with treasure gold Aquamarine




11 comments:

  1. Wow!! Stunning book, love all the fabulous colour and stamping. Great make.
    Love
    Amanda x

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  2. You are a very talented lady, love this !
    Corrie x

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  3. Beautifully grunge make, Jools!
    LOVE your book! Good luck with the challenge ;)

    Claudia x

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  4. This is just gorgeous Jools, each page wonderfully stamped and I love the addition of the words in the pockets. Thanks for travelling A Vintage Journey with it.
    Have a great weekend.
    Hugs Brenda xx

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  5. This is an absolute stunner, Jools - amazing subtle colour tones and blending. The word tags are great, and the stamping is superb. Thank you so much for joining us on A Vintage Journey.
    Alison xx

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  6. Amazing Jools, it really beautiful.

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  7. Love the grungy look you've created. Tim Holtz style with DecoArt products. Very coooool (:o)

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  8. Love , love, love your book ! So much to look at x

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  9. Jools....WOW!! You have knocked this out of the park! I LOVE your book! Each page is filled with artistic goodness! Wonderful techniques everywhere you look! Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful art with us at A Vintage Journey. I'm sure you've inspired everyone with this! <3 Candy

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  10. Love this book! Such an artsy piece of grungy goodness! Love all those pages and wonderful combination of stamps! Thank you so much for playing along with us at A Vintage Journey!

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