SERENITY

I wanted to take a break from the hassles that Christmas can bring - of course along with all the joy.
I made this spread in a short time, it just came together so easily. I do love working with Asian themes, so this might also have something to do with it!
I used text strips on the left, and rice paper on the right.
Stamps, stencils, a napkin and rub-ons were used, and then I played with my Portfolio Water Soluble Oil Pastels on the right side. These are available at www.Quietfiredesign.com.

LUTRADUR BOOK

This is the result of playing with this wonderful product, Lutradur. This will be a bound book, but I wanted to take the photos before binding.

FREEDOM TO PLAY

I experiment with coil-bound books to use them as journals. This one did not work out well; the pages seemed firm enough, but they did not take water media very well. It’s usually a trial and error kind of thing. This one will be tipped into another journal.

These pages started off with washes of Golden acrylics, followed by some rubber-stamping, then collaging of text papers and images, then more paints, including a favourite of mine – Portfolio Oil Pastels. Just building up textures.

Bejewelled Cover Instructions

I have had some inquiries about my Bejeweled book cover. Here is what I did:
The book I am altering has an old-fashioned cloth over bookboard cover. I painted the front cover with Golden’s Crackle Paste and left to dry. I then spritzed with water, and dropped a variety of Golden’s fluid acrylic onto it, brushing here and there to blend. When dry I spritzed again and put down some more colours. I then dribbled Golden’s Clear Tar Gel around the perimeter of the cover, let dry, then rubbed more paints on it with a sponge. I highlighted some areas with metallic rub-on creams.
The ‘jewels’ are curtain tiebacks.
Thanks so much for your interest, and the lovely comments you sent me.

BEJEWELLED BOOK COVER

PEACH PASSION

This started with a piece of taffeta fabric. I stitched some more cotton pieces on - the lady is stamped on cardstock and embossed with enamel powder. The orange and green square is painted with Jacquard Textile paints to look like plaid.  Lace, buttons, and trim adorn the quiltie.

PURPLE FLORA