To begin I folded a large sheet of water color paper to make a small book and taped the open ends with black and white tissue tape.
I stamped one of Dyan Reaveley's ladies on a separate piece of paper and cut it out. I glued it to the front of the book with a strong adhesive. Next I used one of Julie Fei-Fan Balzer's stencils called Blazonry. I laid this across the top to begin with and used a dauber to pounce the Memento LUXE Espresso Truffle ink onto the paper.
When the ink was dry I chose one of the stencils from the Coral Series and spread gesso randomly all over the cover of the book.
I stamped a phrase from the Stampers Anonymous collection on a piece of scrap paper. After tearing the edges I distressed them with the Espresso Truffle ink. The black mat is cut from card stock a little larger than the phrase piece. They are glued together and them mounted on the book with pop dots. Three holes were punched on the fold and a piece of black waxed twine was threaded through the holes and tied in a bow. The edges were distressed with the Espresso Truffle ink as well to frame it.
This was a quick art journal to make, it didn't take more than 20 minutes. The key is to fold little books like this in advance and have them waiting for you to decorate. Thanks for stopping by today and my thanks to my design team friends for thinking of this challenge. It was definitely outside of my comfort zone!
Hugs~ Renee xx
