As luck would have it, at the same time, I found a public library book with a few ideas for altering these composition books (Beyond Scrapbooks by Barbara Bourassa, published in 2006 by Quarry Books).
I have been collecting a stash of vintage ephemera (some from Lenna's inspiring blog).
When it all was put together, the front of the notebook happened,this way - gessoed, stamped, collaged, buttoned, beribboned, tagged, and more - altered beyond recognition, but still with some of the B&W squiggles peeking through because I like them!! So I took this photo....
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It's funny when you see something in a photo (particularly your own work) how it looks so different from the real thing. There was something blah happening..... so I added a bit of distress ink around the edges and judiciously on the spine, and here's the final result.
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The inside cover is also decorated a bit, as is the back cover (to hide unlovely barcodes and such...)
This is amazing – as I´m just beginning Art-Journaling it´s a beautiful and inspiring pic of how to embellish books and how to create pages.
ReplyDeleteThank you very much for sharing!!!
Gorgeous book - lucky friend!
ReplyDeleteThis looks great! Lucky friend! I have some of these notebooks I got for a dollar as well...may have to jazz em up!
ReplyDeleteyeah! she's gonna love it!
ReplyDeleteWow, it looks gorgeous, Susan. A real treat for the eyes.
ReplyDeleteFantastic! You have done an excellent job! I love altered books. At first I was not so keen to mark up a book but my local library was throwing books out! so I had to recycle them into art.
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