Vintage Book cover with jute - book no 36

YES,  book 36 for series 52

The book measures 19 x 21 centimeters, the 16 plastic pockets inside of it 13,5 x 19 centimeters.

 For further info on this series, please see this post

 The book cover is from MDF; the front cover in 2 pieces, a narrow strip for the hinge on the left, and a wider part to act as the actual cover. is covered with the jute to makes for the hinge, and the jute thread to hold the pages. The back cover is one solid piece, the MDF is about 4 mm thick. 
 The 'pages' are plastic pockets for 13x18 centimeter photographs or any other content that size, of course.

To start, I white washed the jute with a watered down acrylic paint.
 It was fun just using a tiny piece of colored background to fill the ellips frame. The leftovers were then cut into various sizes of circles to extend the color to the rest of the cover. 

Background stamping with black ink and mixed media stamps was added to both the back and front cover. White accents adds more depth, done with white acrylic paint and an acrylic marker. 

The ellips is the focal of the book, and the fussy cut foliage fits right in the center of it all.  

All in all it has a vintage style as a start, with the torn edges (jute) and the basic color of the jute, but adding a color and white wash effects it changes to a modern but shabby chic style (I think, lol). 

White paint splatters, vintage buttons and lace finish it off.  

For info on the product, please check out my post on the Rubber Dance blog. 

BIG blub-blubb Whail Wishes for the New year

 

Happy new year to you all!
A new year asks for a new art journal, isn't it? 
So, I made one and filled a spread with an underwater scene, sort of. 

Yes.. I played with my gelliplate again ..
Before pulling the prints I stamped in the wet acrylic paint with mostly stamps from the
 Sketchy Flowers #1 and Pencil Marks #1 stamp sets.  

I've sewn the signatures with a kettle stitch to strengthen the spine. 

I've made a journal from A5 gelli prints by folding them vertically, and adhering the back sides to each other to form the spreads inside the book.

These are two of the spreads that need to be filled yet, but has a basic background to start off on for any other happy play day. 

I chose this spread as I liked the foliage on these pages. 

I stamped in the background with some similar colors, not too dark, and also with second generation stamping. 

The main images are stamped with a dark purple, as well as some background foliage and script stamping. 

I fussy cut the main images and colored them with very little color. 

I wish you "BIG blubb Whale blubb wishes" for the new year!

I still have a lot of spreads to fill. 

The back and front cover and spine are covered with a separate print on sturdier paper, adhered to the back of the first and last page ..... as easy as that. 
All the edges were torn with the help of a ruler. 

... will have to add a closure with a thread and a button I think... 

Rubber Dance Stamps:

The Rubber Dance Webshop 

Sketchy Flowers #1

Pencil Marks #1

Textured Sea Creatures

Whale Wishes

Old Book Page

Mix A Sentiment 1

Book 34 - for series 52

 book 34 

This time a booklet with a japanese binding

It measures 12 x 15 centimeters. 

These were the steps I followed; for a dutch challenge of course :)
The middle flower is a stamp from Rubber Dance, I thought it fits the collage very nicely.

I am entering this in the challenge on 

1. series 52 - just a play with creating a book.. 52 of them: a challenge I set to myself - Book 34

For further info on this series : see this post

2. #steptober from De Scrapheap Community

2021 Topic 10: My Favourite Colour (TEAL) with ESC {by Ellie Knol}

I did a blogpost for Paper Artsy a month ago, and never posted it here, so here we go.

 It was for the 2021 Topic 10: My Favourite Colour

2 sneak peeks: 

New challenge with Rubber Dance

 New month, yes really.. August already! 
So we have a new challenge at Rubber Dance stamps.
I've made a booklet this time, with the colors from the moodboard. 

Textured Bird booklet

 At the moment I rather give a person a little booklet as a gift than a card. 

An easy book with all the edges torn along a ruler. 

You might guess that the cover has been made with a gelliprint. 

I added some stamped script to it, a fussycut bird and a sentiment. 

The shell-pieces finish it off, knotted with the thread from binding the pages. 

Enjoy crafting! 
Ellie Knol 

Rubber Dance Stamps:

The Rubber Dance Webshop 

Textured Birds

Mix A Sentiment 1

Grungy Swirls

My Creative Monday for Magenta - booklet 2

 

Another tiny booklet for you today:  

Black heat embossing this time and coloring with Nuance powders. 
That's al there is to the cover. One stamp for both front and back. 

... and some script stamped with red. 

A picture of both booklets. 

Which one is your favorite? 

Magenta products used:

Link to boutique

48.021.Q Large Floral background

Ellie Knol designs

A work of art...  [07.692.L]

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My Creative Monday for Magenta - booklet 1

A tiny booklet for you today: 

White heat embossing; coloring with Nuance powders. 
That's al there is to the cover. One stamp for both front and back... 

... and some script stamped with red. 

Next week Monday I will show a second booklet. 

Magenta products used:

Link to boutique

48.021.Q Large Floral background

Ellie Knol designs

A work of art...  [07.692.L]

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2021 Topic 5 Find Your Vibe with ESN {by Ellie Knol}

 2021 Topic 5: Find Your Vibe
for Paper Artsy... more info on their blog... 

My Creative Monday for Magenta - an easy bound notebook 2

 

Create the notebook by folding black cardstock, and approximately  6 white papers in half. 
- Use the 3-hole-binding to bind the notebook with waxed thread. 
- Cut the book to size. 

I had a part of the colored background left and created a bookmark from it. 

I folded the bookmark and added a thin strip of red doublesided tape to the upper edge on the inside. 
This way it will stick out a little at the top of the notebook, but also stay put. 

The background has been colored with Nuance. I love these colors together. 

Ellie Knol - DT Magenta

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Produits Magenta utilisés:

Magenta products used:

Link to boutique

22.055 Urban Background

 

Distressed Background Text [48.003.N]
Ellie Knol designs

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