PAPER - STAMPS

Wednesday, July 8, 2020

Fishy booklets for 52 books...

On the Rubber Dance blog two weeks ago:
two recycled booklets I will use as mini art journals.

For my 52books series this is book number 31; a very interesting type of binding: a cover over a spiral binding.

I dissembled the books first, and got rid of both the original end papers inside as that was torn by doing so...

... leaving me with the cover plus spine intact..

.. I covered the outside by adhering half of an A4 gelliprint with muted pink and greenish colors (using a Magenta stencil in case you wonder)... ....

... I brushed some matte medium to the surface to give it some protection...

.. stamped onto it with StaZon blazing red ink..

.. gave it some extra color with green distress ink..

.. added some white with an acrylic marker...

.. and reassembled the booklets using the second and second last page of the book to use as the new end papers on the inside...

DONE...
Hope you like it and give recycling a book a try.. it´s fun..

Rubber Dance Stamps:

The Rubber Dance Webshop

Whale Wishes

Fish Diet

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 29

For further info on this series : see this post

2. Mini Album Makers

Monday, July 6, 2020

My Creative Monday for Magenta - playful cards

Paper napkins, bookpaper and stamps are always fun: it's easy to create playful cards...

Magenta products used:

Link to boutique

Mandala Dreams [14.679.Q]

Friday, July 3, 2020

Book 30 for series52

This is book 30 in my book series.

Guess what I've used to make this book?

This was a wallet... one from leather... one I've used a lot when we still had cheque books in our wallet...

At that time I was still working for Barclays International Bank in Johannesburg as a computer programmer in mainly Cobol, some 30 + years ago..

I might add an elastic band still to carry a pen..

I lined it with a floral piece of cotton..

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 30

For further info on this series : see this post

2. Mini Album Makers

Thursday, July 2, 2020

Paper Artsy - a town with mushroom flats

On the 2nd of July I had a blogpost on the Paper Artsy blog;
just a peak here!

I'd love for you to read the whole post, and of course : a comment always makes me happy...

Wednesday, July 1, 2020

challenge Rubber Dance - come join..

The background : swipe distress inks onto a craft sheet; mist it with water ink the cardstock, put household foil onto it, leave to dry.

This is one of the easiest ways to make one-of-a-kind backgrounds...

I LOVE to make backgrounds.. I have a whole pile of them..

This is the moodboard, but the challenge is everything goes if you like.

Rubber Dance Stamps:

The Rubber Dance Webshop

Flowers Gone Wild

Art Defined

Friday, June 26, 2020

I LOVE mixed media Rudbeckia for Rubber Dance

Have you seen this post about 2 weeks ago on

the Rubber Dance blog ?? NO ?

Then you're lucky because I like to share all of my creations on my blog as a central place.

Today from me, Ellie Knol from PAPER-STAMPS-COLOR a spread in my recycled book journal with torn edges.
I adhered a gelliprint onto the spread in blue and reds, made with some mesh to create texture.

I had to stop myself adding more and more... the background stamps from the Mixed Media Marks and Round In Circles set and Art Defined script add layers of gorgeous stamping. Some were stamped with black, others with blue and red inks.

The heart and circles were stamped onto a seperate piece of cardstock, fussycut and adhered to the pages; this to make them pop more.

I really hope you are doing well, and got inspired by my post!!

Have a good day... and till next time..

Rubber Dance Stamps:

The Rubber Dance Webshop

Wednesday, June 24, 2020

Fishy booklets for Rubber Dance

Today two recycled booklets I will use as mini art journals on the
Rubber Dance blog today!

Tuesday, June 23, 2020

Book 29 for series52

This is book 29 in my book series.

Eight signatures in a cover-like booklet... using a piece of cardboard to hold the signatures by stitching them onto it with a coptic type of stitch, which, when finished gets adhered onto the inside of the spine...