I've been working on 14 5"x5" fat book pages for a Valentine's fat book swap on one of my Yahoo groups. I started with a tissue paper background and then added white pastel crayon to the background to highlight the creases and soften the tissue paper images (vintage Valentine). The text heart is from a vintage copy of Les Miserables and I added a smaller heart tinted with a pink chalk inkpad. I added the image and used white gesso to add the ring around her face. The checkerboards were stenciled top and bottom and I added little white dots to highlight with white gesso. The page is outlined with a silver leafing pen, and I punched 3 holes and added grommets and some pink ribbon. The pink flower has mini white glass beads in the middle.
That is lovely. I can't wait to see more!
ReplyDeleteCool "how too" instructions!
ReplyDeleteLove, love, LOVE it! And thanks for the "how-to" on the background.
ReplyDeleteJillian,
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for coming by and leaving a kind comment on my blog. I really appreciate it!
Jill, your fat book page is soooo sweet....can't wait till we get this book together. It will be awesome! I love the vintage look so much and yours is just my cup of tea!
ReplyDeleteI just love this! The colors and design is just wonderful! Karin@creativechaos
ReplyDeleteThis is beautiful. I really like the ring around her face. Your eye is drawn right to her.
ReplyDeleteSo LOVELY!!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteSo beautiful ...!!
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