A Concertina Memory book by Angela Radford

A Concertina Memory book.

Five Kraft style envelopes joined together.
I created two different Masterboards and cut to size then edged the pieces ready to layer up.
Stamped, fussy cut and heat embossed the images.
I added glitter glue in places and added journaling pages to the back.




Masterboard 1.














The front of the book shows the beautiful stamps which I coloured and fussy cut before attaching.
The main pages were made by simply smooshing ink onto card.
The pockets and layering pieces were the first Masterboard, smooshing ink onto the card and then rolling up the lace stamp (this prevents any lines appearing when stamping) and dabbing it in places around the card.
The next stage was to stamp and heat emboss the button stamps for added interest.
Continue to pick up more colour from your craft sheet and more stamping with the lace stamp until you're happy with the finish then buff over the design to bring out the detail of the embossed buttons.




Masterboard 2.








I used a ghosting technique for this Masterboard by stamping and heat embossing the sewing machine stamp around the card and then adding colour with a blending tool.
Continue to add more colour and more heat embossed stamping and when completed iron off the heat embossing and the layers of colour will come to life.
At this stage I prepared the envelopes by joining them together and layered everything up to create the concertina book.
I've added old lace, ribbon, tags, Glitter glue, glazes and threads for added interest.
Hope you enjoyed watchoing me make this littlebook, and I look forward to seeing all your ideas for the challenge.
Happy Creating

Angela xXx


The materials used were:
Stamps:
Dressmaking
Button Border
Lace Background
Stitches
Journaling Words 2
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A3 Watercolour card for the Masterboards
Kraft style envelopes for the pages
Glitter glue
Tim Holtz Distress inks