Mini Notebook by Gemma Hynes

I have a sweet little 4x4 notebook to share with you all today, There is something I really enjoy about the process of making books of any kind. The mix between the precise measurements of the book construction and the messy relaxed decoration that comes after. 

 Steps

I brushed layers of Haystack and Granny Smith PaperArtsy paints over 4x4 bits of board that are the covers of my book. When layering I made sure the paints were still wet so the colors would blend easily together.

Over the top, I stamped a calligraphy mat with caramel paint, When I stamp I try to roll the stamp from one side to the other so I get an incomplete print. 

Over that, I stamped the honeycomb background stamp with Slate paint, still rolling not pressing the whole stamp down for an incomplete print. 

I painted a little chipboard bird from my stash blue and stamped the word Hugs from the greeting stamps set in black Archival Ink. 

I also painted two little hearts from my stash in red before stamping over the top with the Chicken Wire background stamp.  When everything was dry I wrapped some string around the covers and glued the hearts into place. 

I then painted some white duct tape blue and used that to bind the covers together before gluing the bird to the front cover. To finish the book off I added some elastic for a closure and attached the pages to the inside.

xx Gemma xx

The Artistic Stamper Products

Calligraphy mat 11

Honeycomb Background Stamp

Chicken Wire Background Stamp

Greetings Stamps

Busy Bee Tag by Gemma

Hello

I have a tag to share with you all today, I made this tag using Artistic Stamper stamps, PaperArtsy paints, and chipboard.

My Process

Thank you

Gemma

Products from The Artistic Stamper

Dot Stamp

Honeycomb Stamp

Altered Slide Mailer

Hello everyone Astrid here. Can you believe we are nearly half way through November?.... Soon it will be time to dust off those Christmas stamps, but for today, one more non Christmassy project..., an altered slide mailer.

These are the stamps and products I used:
Calligraphic Mat 13
Journaling words 3
Scrabble and Tags Plate (these are available for special order)
Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Attic Treasures
Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous Classics 1

Paper Artsy Fresco Finish Paints in Snowflake, Nougat and French Roast
Paper Artsy Crackle Glaze
Ranger Archival Ink in Plum and Wateringcan
Adirondack Dye Inkpad in Espresso
Artistic Stamper Splats and Swirls mask
Tissue Tape
 French Industrial scrapbook paper
From my stash: A 4 slide slide mailer, a wing and key charm, jump rings, some lace and some Kraft paper for the spine and a home made flower.

I started by painting the front and the inside of the mailer with Snowflake Fresco paint. As the mailer had been in my stash for a long time it had broken into two pieces, so I knew I would have to create a spine.

Next I added some Crackle Glaze in the corners, to give it all a bit more aged effect when done. (Forgot to take a photo here but I am sure you can imagine it...)
I then blended Nougat around the middle and French Roast around the outside of both the cover and the inside pieces until I was happy with the result.

Sorry for the blurry picture, below you can see a corner after the crackle has done it's work.

When everything was dry I stamped my chosen butterflies and word stamps in Plum Archival, added some stencilling with Adirondack Espresso ink and finally some background text in Watering can Archival.

I made a little spine from Kraft paper for extra strength and also added some Tissue Tape along the inside for the same reason.

The back was covered with a piece of the scrapbook paper and I embellished with some lace and charms.

Well, that's it and I hope you like it.
See you next time