Mini album - Altered Book

Working on a big project - Next blog posts will be the pages.

I picked up a hardback book at a charity shop.

I was looking for a book where the binding was attached to the cover.

Once i got it home, i cut out the pages, ending up with just the cover.

Based on the book cover i proceeded to make a new cover.

Once the cover was covered in a black background i worked on 

decorating some We Are 3 Digital Paper - Tones of Gray.

The first thing i did was ink the edges using Catherine pooler ink called, Aquatini.

Then i used a Studio Light Mask /Stencil and some Nuvo Glacier Paste - Sea Sprite.

This was the base for my cover. 

Now for the fun part..

Once the base for the cover was done, i decided to use a Prima Resin Frame 

and paint it in Black Gesso.  Then i highlighted it with some of the Glacier Paste - Sea Sprite. (beautiful shimmer)

To pick up the color more i used Art Alchemy Wax - Opal Magic Turquoise. 

To highlight the frame in gold i used - Art Alchemy - Firebird (gold)

I used two pieces of wood (house, door, windows and a tree) from Studio Light - Plywood Kit

I painted those pieces with black gesso and high lighted the house and tree with the same waxes and Glacier paint. I left the window and door black.

I added a brad to the door for a handle and a brad to the circle window on top.

I needed a bit of corrugated cardboard behind the house to make it level with the frame.

Next i used some flowers from 7 Kids and painted them with black gesso and waxed them with the gold wax. I did the same for the "Dream" wood cut out.  I did break the letters between the "e" and "a" so i could curve around the frame. 

I used a Mitform Star and painted it with black gesso and used the Turquoise wax to highlight it.

I pulled out a Tim Holtz metal sentiment, brad and arrow.  I had some flower stamens in my stash and placed those around the flowers and house. 

Everything was glued down with Aleene's Tacky glue.

 

 

 Here is the finished cover

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Products used:
Studio Light - Plywood House
Studio Light - Mask/Stencil
MitForm - Star
Prima - Frame
Flowers
Art Alchemy Wax

Nuvo Glacier Paste
Catherine Pooler Ink

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