I am CRAZY for collage. I just love arranging bits of paper – tissue, decorative paper, scraps of labels, old letters – until I get a background to paint on, or add a photo onto. I’ll be adding some card designs on etsy very soon. Just have to scan and upload them.
E Reader Book Cover
I got a Kindle e-reader from my kids last Christmas and have wanted to make some sort of cover for it. So, today I looked at my collection of vintage books and chose a bright green one titled A Woman’s Place. My supplies were: foam core, book cloth, a scrap of fabric, spray adhesive and/or tacky glue, a ruler, a rotary cutter or Exacto blade and pieces of elastic. Here’s the result and I have to say I’m very happy with it! For anyone who might want to try making their own, I’ve put up a tutorial of how I did it. Click on the tutorial page under my banner. This was definitely a fun project and a great way to use some of my old books! Let me know if you try making your own book cover and show me how it came out.
Kids Play
I had a happy weekend just working in my studio for two days! I had to ignore the voice in my head telling me I should be outside or doing something important, but once I got going there was no stopping me. I worked on painting backgrounds for future projects, added some new cards to the etsy shop and made some digital images using my collection of old books and papers. Here’s one of them ~ 
drawings
red berries
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