Hello all,
Annette here
Welcoming you to Meg’s Garden blog
I would like to share with you the
altered book I created using
This paper is so elegant & lends
itself to a variety of different styles
My book was made by tearing out some
of pages from a reading book
‘Good Wives’ & gluing pages
together to get the thickness I desired.
When dry I sprayed pages &
covers with white gesso.
I cut a frame into one set of glued
pages (x 3 times)
Gathering fabric, muslin, various laces,
ribbons, inks, paper & other bits & pieces
the fun began...
COVERS
Front & back covers were painted
with cream paint over white gesso
& muslin was adhered
FRONT COVER
Front cover has Chantilly lace glued
onto muslin with another piece of torn muslin over
Chipboard arched gate & vines was
sprayed with gesso, adding glue & sprinkling with glitter, cream ribbon to
tie was adhered behind gateway,
Metal butterfly was covered with gold
paint & rubbed to shine
and velvet flowers added
glue inside fly sheet to cover muslin covering ..
Page 1
Inked edges in combination of
gold& khaki ink
Tore calico to cover page, added all
papers, trims, gold glitter, flower & gold twisted thread.
Page 2
Covered frame in crumpled tissue,
spread crackle paste when dry rubbed with gold metallic to highlight crackle. Ink
edges.
On page behind added paper &
muslin,
Glued pages together added photo into
frame, trimmed with laces, ribbons, brads flowers & twisted gold thread.
PAGE 3
Covered page in embroidered organza,
Add papers, ephemera, pearl
trim,metal flower, dodo vine& velvet flower
Gold glitter on edge of printed page to
finish
Cover around frame with calico, glue
paper to page behind centring the frame
Glue these pages together,
PAGE 5
Covered
page in Chantilly lace fussy cut butterfly & small roses, added metal
flower, pearl brad, velvet flower & pearl trim
PAGE 6
Calico frame trimmed with fussy cut
ephemera lace metal trim & velvet flower with seam binding ..
glue all pages to back cover .
Ta da .. all done
Scroll through the blog & ooh
& aah over the gorgeous work created by the
GARDEN TEAM
You can’t help but be inspired
Visit the MEG’S GARDEN store to find the
beautiful product
Happy scrapping
Hugz Annette xx
Beautiful shabby Chic
ReplyDeleteMary
So yummy ,gorgeous techniques
ReplyDeleteWow this is so gorgeous, love your used techniques!!
ReplyDeleteWOW Annette ... this book is a visual feast, simply delicious! :) The techniques you used were really clever, thanks for sharing your beautiful project with us xo
ReplyDeleteEvery page is an art project in and of itself! Talk about shabby chic yumminess!
ReplyDeleteA stunning book Annette!! Amazing textures on every page and so beautifully embellished!! Simply amazing work!! xx
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