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Saturday 19 January 2013

In with the old for 2013!!!

I decided that I would start the New Year this year with some projects using up my scrap from last year and here's the first one. I took inspiration from an article in the Stampington blog details here.

  The artist, Roben-Marie Smith, whose style I admire greatly, used last year's calendar pages to create her collaged journal.  I had an  old manila style folder which I tore into smaller pages to create my journal. I glued my collage shapes to the pages with diluted pva glue adding some leftover stamped, tissue paper.  I mixed white gesso, white acrylic and pva glue and painted the pages to unify them.   I stamped over them again with background stamps and decorated with my leftover die-cuts; birds, deer and alphas. I added different thickness string to the book rings and to some of the pages. I shall add some journaling during the year. I would like to enter this for the January challenge at SFH


I hope you like it, and thanks for looking,  I do appreciate it.

15 comments:

  1. This looks beautiful, and like a lot of hard work, too! Glad to see you crafting again! Hugs, Valerie

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    1. Thank you Val it's good to be doing something again. hugs to you.

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  2. Beautiful page!
    Thanks for playing with us at s Scrap For Help!

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  3. Hi Jeanie!!! So glad you decided to play along with our challenge! Your mixed media work looks awesome and well done on using up those scraps!! :-)

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  4. I love your page just a gorgeus work!!!!
    I love the way you using the string!!!!
    Thanks for play with us in S4H!!!
    Hugs from Brazil.
    Cyndi

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  5. This looks great Jeanie!! All the best for 2013 for you!!!

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  6. beautiful project, love mixed media,Thank you for joining us at S4H

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  7. It's great to see another Scrap for Help project from you! Wow--I can't believe this journal is made from a simple manila folder: you made it look so fancy! Well done.

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  8. WOW you did an amazing job on this, love the colour palette you've combined and your layering and embellishing is just beautiful. I can really see how much you enjoy this style of creating.

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  9. Hello, Jeanie
    This collaged journal is gorgeous! I love the embellishments and colors you chose. I also read your heart-felt story in Crescendoh and you are one brave gal!
    hugs,
    Teresa in Central California
    http://amagicalwhimsy.blogspot.com/

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