Handmade books

16 Jul 2012 1 Comment

by sewinart in album, altered books, art journals, caulking, Lumieres, molding paste

Here are two small books I made using caulking and paints for the covers. The butterfly is a chipboard piece. I went through my stash of papers and cards which I used for doing samples, techniques, and experiments and came up with quite a bit that I could use for the pages in these two journals. They were fun to make:

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Christmas Card Book

25 Jan 2012 4 Comments

by sewinart in album, art journal

I was watching Jellibellie on YouTube, making an album out of her greeting cards, and thought ‘What a great way to store those cards.’ I will be making one for my birthday cards as well.
Here is my rendition:

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