France Papillon was back this week over on the Paper Artsy blog. Her first project was a lovely little Art Journal Book...you can pop over and see it here. Well I do love hand made books so knew I would definately have to have a go at this.
I didn't have a canvas to hand so used a small wooden frame and covered it with sticky back canvas, and painted it in honey dew. I cut a back cover in grey board and because of the different frame had to cut 2 smaller doors. All of it was painted in honey dew and when dry had a thin coat of crackle glaze. Next was a coat of London night and when that was dried I rubbed away some more of the top coat with a baby wipe Darcy style. then sanded it to rough it up a bit more.
I used grunge paper for the hinges which were embossed and a little metal fastener on the door closure. This was painted honey dew and a tiny bit of onyxite treasure gold.
I followed a video on U-Tube to do the coptic binding and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would be
On the inside I stamped and painted an image from Eclectic plate 6 and painted it..used a rub on and glued it to the inside of the cover. I used a TH rub on just over the image.
After putting the book together I added some Royal amethyst TG randomly around the edges. Here is the end result!!
I enjoyed this project and will definitely use the binding method again!!
Thanks for stopping by....
I didn't have a canvas to hand so used a small wooden frame and covered it with sticky back canvas, and painted it in honey dew. I cut a back cover in grey board and because of the different frame had to cut 2 smaller doors. All of it was painted in honey dew and when dry had a thin coat of crackle glaze. Next was a coat of London night and when that was dried I rubbed away some more of the top coat with a baby wipe Darcy style. then sanded it to rough it up a bit more.
I used grunge paper for the hinges which were embossed and a little metal fastener on the door closure. This was painted honey dew and a tiny bit of onyxite treasure gold.
I followed a video on U-Tube to do the coptic binding and it wasn't as hard as I thought it would beOn the inside I stamped and painted an image from Eclectic plate 6 and painted it..used a rub on and glued it to the inside of the cover. I used a TH rub on just over the image.
After putting the book together I added some Royal amethyst TG randomly around the edges. Here is the end result!!
Thanks for stopping by....
I love the colors and the grunge look. Brilliant!
ReplyDeletethat's fab Lin - I do like your version. I'm having a go too but way behind you at the moment!
ReplyDeleteWOW Lin, it looks fabulous!!
ReplyDeleteLovin the colour and your image is a perfect match.
Sam xxx
Love it!
ReplyDeleteWhat a lovely book you've made!! Think I'm going to run out of time again this week for much crafting!
ReplyDeleteThis is just fabulous, Lin! I really want to make a book sometime, but I worry about the binding so I will definitely take a look at that video. Monique also does a great video on Japanese stab books. You should be very proud of what you've created here; a lovely little keepsake. Julie Ann xx
ReplyDeleteThat's gorgeous!! Well done for doing the Coptic binding.
ReplyDeleteWow! That's fantastic Lin! I chickened out of this one! Lol!
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
Impressive! You've even made your own canvas! The book looks great and the hinges are gorgeous.
ReplyDeleteTerrific book, love your colours
ReplyDeleteJanet x
Gosh, I love handmade books and yours is absolutely terrific! I love especially the closure and the beautiful texture! Well, seems I LOVE the whole thing ;)
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die amelie x
This is absolutely gorgeous Lin and well done on the improvisation of the cover. Gorgeous texture and your binding is beautiful and so neat.
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Lesley Xx
How very cool Lin, I love what you have done here, the binding looks great. Thanks as always for your support in the GD challenges. xx
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