Art of India
4-3/4”x6-1/2”x3/4”, closed
by Lois Ann Kirkwood
Mount Pocono, Pennsylvania

Remove the text block from an old book. Cover the book boards and spine with new paper. Replace the end paper with complementary paper. Age the cover and end papers with sandpaper and sepia ink. Tear six watercolor papers the height and double the width of the book cover. Crease and fold each paper in half, which will make 12 text pages. Stain with coffee and green watercolor paint. Color copy, tear the edges, and adhere prints of Indian art to the odd-numbered pages. Age the art with coffee and green watercolor paint. Transfer photocopies of wood block images to the even-numbered pages using the wet method. Nestle two pages together to make a signature (three groups of four pages). Using waxed linen thread, sew the signatures to the spine leaving tails at the top and bottom. String beads onto the thread and tie a knot to secure. Braid the three ends together (top and bottom). Finish with another bead. Cover a small piece of book board with a color copy of art print. Age with sandpaper and sepia ink. Adhere to the book cover. Embellish with gold jewelry finding. Stamp “art” (source unknown) onto the cover.

Hindu Deities
5-3/4”x5-3/4”, closed
by Cheryl Husmann
Grafton, Wisconsin

Construct a book by gluing two accordion cards together. Tint the pages with metallic gold, copper, cranberry, and brown inks. Adhere Internet pictures of Hindu icons to the pages. Stamp each page with various images using earth-toned dye inks. Gold-emboss selected images. Stamps used in this selection are as follows: scroll, ancient text, design element (Stampa Rosa), repeat diamond pattern (PSX), leaf (Stamp Barn), text (Judi-Kins), border (Magenta), and altimeter (Stampers Anonymous). Add some detailing with a black and a gold leafing pen. Adhere strips of vellum and metallic specialty paper to each page. Construct book covers with cardboard and specialty paper which has been highlighted with metallic rub-ons. Affix an ornamental copper piece to the middle of the front cover with jeweler’s glue.

L’Arte
8-1/4”x5”, open
Artist Unknown

Construct an accordion spine booklet out of black cardstock. Create Augusta Green cardstock pocket envelopes for each valley fold on the spine. Decorate each pocket with torn pictures and stamped images. Cut Augusta Green cardstock into the shape of tags for each pocket. Decorate each tag and embellish with fibers.

Women’s Wisdom Book
4-1/2”x6”, closed
by Sandy Brien
Green Cove Springs, Florida

Stamp Renaissance tile (Stampa Rosa) with ginger and indigo inks on point and alternating rows on cream-colored paper. Stipple with blue grotto and indigo inks and copper Lumiere paint. Cut in half. Cover cardboard with stamped and sponged paper using a glue stick. Sponge ginger, denim and indigo inks on cream cardstock using Colorbox stylus tools. Let dry. Dry-brush swirls of copper Lumiere paint. Computer-generate title sayings on the prepared paper to go around the tile. For the clay tile, condition Sculpey with a pasta machine and roll out a piece on the #3 thickness. Impress tile stamp into the clay. Cut out. Bake according to directions. When cooled, rub Sparkle Gold Pearl-Ex into the clay. Glaze with Future Floor Wax. Attach the tile, word panel and a dark blue panel to the cover. Set aside. Sponge ginger, denim and indigo inks on cream cardstock using Colorbox stylus tools. Let dry. Dry-brush swirls of copper Lumiere paint. Cut into four pieces. Stamp various images on the right side of each piece. Computer-generate selected text on the remaining side. Edge with a copper leafing pen. Cut a manila folder into 8-1/2”x11” sheets. Sponge ginger and denim inks with a stylus. Stamp vine (Magenta) onto the sheet with indigo ink after stamping twice on scrap paper. Stipple butterscotch, blue grotto and indigo inks. Computer-generate the tags on the prepared paper. Cut out. Punch holes at the top. Stipple white hole reinforcements with copper Lumiere paint. Affix to the tags. Apply various fibers and charms to each tag. Set aside. Open four cream envelopes so that are all facing the same direction. Moisten the gummed edge and glue the remaining flap with a glue stick. Affix to the next envelope, making sure they are even with each other. Repeat for the four envelopes. Run a navy blue length of ribbon across the inside of the two covers, leaving a gap between the covers. Attach the two outside envelopes to the covers. Mount each tag with a navy blue panel to the body of each envelope. Insert the prepared pieces into each envelope.

Woman
3-1/2”x5-1/2”x1”, closed
by Linda Sickmon
Oquawka, Illinois

Construct an accordion spine tag book. For the cover, make a Paperclay or polymer clay piece. Impress “woman” into the clay. Mount with tan corrugated paper onto black matboard tag that has been covered with decorative paper. Create pockets from decorated and colored cardstock. Color and stamp tags. Add fibers. Insert the tags into the pockets.