Glitz-Oh!Girl

Two Journals and a Bracelet

(it's not "Three weddings and a funeral", although I thought that was a fun movie. :)

I completed two more journals the day after completing the aqua journal in the post below this one.

Then yesterday, I made a pink beaded bracelet.  Here are all three.

Front

Back

Coptic binding variation

Front

Back- image from Ten Two Studios. I added a bit more color to her dress.

Inside Front Cover - image from Ten Two Studios.

Ladybug,Camel,Safety Pin

....those are the elements attached to the closure twine of this journal. :)  I started this journal months ago - and just decided to get on with it and finish binding it.  Glass beads and some of my Glitz-Oh!(tm) beads are attached to the spine with waxed linen.  I covered the front with flannel, then the aqua paper, then painted the leaves, sewed it all on my machine, then attached it to the coverboard.  After attaching it, I made 'faux' sewing lines in black all the way around the painted areas.  I added circles and dots and a few collage elements - generally I had a ball making the cover!

The back is a bit less embellished.  The closure includes 2 large wooden buttons.  On the front button, I added a disc of curled papers which I pre-glued together before attaching to the button. Think quilling papers.

The coptic binding is with waxed linen.  The journal is 11.5"H x 7.5"W x 1.75"thick. There are 10 signatures Each has a cover of mulberry papers in aqua, yellow and red, with the center sig. having an art paper cover in reds and yellows combined.  There are three folded sheets of watercolor paper within each signature. The little wooden camel on the closure is from a necklace of my mother's.

A goal achieved!

I feel good tonight! I sorted through my stash of paper bits yesterday, and today, I finally used up all the small scraps - I completed phase one of seven background papers.

(All of these bits of paper and fabric scraps (cotton batiks) are adhered to the background of watercolor paper with PPA - it's just the best product, imho, for collage of any paper or fabric that is not too thick or textured.) 

Which means if I want to do more collage, I will need to create more art with my larger sheets of paper so that I will have more scraps to use for smaller projects-or more of these! Plus, I need to get more PPA.

ATC Trio

I love making artist trading cards, and thrilled to use so many different elements of imagery from Ten Two Studios .  These three are up for trade. I will post them in the photos album section here on my blog,as well.