Passport to Art Day 18

If you want to join in with making an altered book through the month of July click through to the Passport to Art challenge blog.

Here on this blog I am going to share how I made the page for today's prompt.  Today we are visiting two places - Thyatira and Sardis.  The art challenge is to uses repeat patterns on the page.

These are the next few pages in my book.

I wondered about unfolding the middle page.

But then decided not to and taped the fold down.

I covered the page with gesso and distress inks and put some distress ink through a Dina Wakley Mosaic stencil.  I decided to make a pocket for my journaling tag.

I bought this Baby Feet stamp in Hobbycraft for a pound and cut it up and removed the heart.

I printed the footsteps as my repeat pattern.

I coloured the tag with Faded Jeans Distress Ink and used the same colour through the stencil and on the stamp. I journaled on the back.

Here's the finished page with the quote and verse on.  I also added a piece of map from a page I had torn out.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice

Little Details

Carolyn has a weekly meme on Thursdays called Messy Little Details.  Find out about it here.  Why don't you join in?

I thought I'd share this little details with you this week.  This was part of a menu at a cafe we stopped at on a walk last week.

Doggy Delight!

Passport to Art Day 17

If you want to join in with making an altered book through the month of July click through to the Passport to Art challenge blog.

Here on this blog I am going to share how I made the page for today's prompt.  Pergamum is the next stop on the virtual tour.  And today's challenge is to add a paper napkin to the page.

I have enough pages left in my book to be able to use both the part page on the left and all of the page on the right.

I really love this tulip napkin.

I tore round the the tulips and then separated the top layer.  I coated the page with gel medium and put the napkin on top.  Then I used more gel medium over the top with a brush to press out the wrinkles.

When I came to tear off the masking tape it took some of the page with it.  It was a new roll and obviously wasn't the low tack variety.  I cut some strips from a page that I had torn out of the book and then realise that I could use this as an opportunity to attach the tag.  I used double sided tape to stick most of the map strip down, leaving just enough not stuck down to be able to use this footprint paperclip.

I inked the tag with similar colours to the tulip and stamped it lightly with the embossing folder.  I wrote my journaling on the back of the tag.

Thanks for stopping by.
Bernice