You've
seen altered books and may have even made one or two. They are lots
of fun, and a great way to use all your rubber stamps and ephemera
in a new and exciting creative adventure. But now you can take your
art one step further with our Shaped Books to Alter. We have the old
books in interesting shapes, and you only need to let your imagination
run wild. With some glue, paints and inks, as well as charms, stamps,
papers and ephemera, you can create an original book for yourself
or as a gift.
Each
of these shaped books will each be unique, since they are made from
assorted used books. They vary in size, thickness, content, and title.
Most of the books range from 5" to 8" wide, and are from
6" to 11" high. We hope you'll be pleased with the book
you receive, and will enjoy turning it into your own unique work of
art.
Attach a Butterfly Stamps Faux Post Stickers (5PR-42-1064 - Discontinued) to a white scrap. Using Diamond Glaze™ (5JK-DIAMOND2), attach aClear Glass Rectangle (5SDG-RECLEAR - Discontinued) to the sticker. Let dry and trim the edges. Edge the Glass Rectangle with Copper Foil Tape (5TAPE-CPR14 - Discontinued). Apply Jet Black StazOn (5TS-BLACK) to the copper tape to give aged effect. Sponge Yellow Gold Mica Magic ink (5CS-70010 - Discontinued) on the top portion and a square on the bottom portion of a Shaped Books to Alter - Purse (5SDG-PURSE). Using clear embossing ink, stamp ornate motif from Collage Cube (C8418) three times on the top and once on the square on the book and emboss with Clear Embossing Powder (5ST-EP020). Sponge Burnt Orange Mica Magic Ink (5CS-70015 - Discontinued) over the embossed images. Place a sheet of white paper over the embossed images and iron the images to remove embossing. Stamp Scripted Butterfly (C8442) with black pigment ink on the square on the book and emboss with Black Embossing Powder (5ST-DP111). Mask off the butterfly image and sponge Black Mica Magic Ink (5CS-70013 - Discontinued) onto the bottom portion of the book. Stamp women from Paris 1900 (J6220) repeatedly with black pigment ink on the bottom portion of the purse and emboss with the Black Embossing Powder. Using masking technique, sponge and paint the embossed images with the following Mica Magic Inks: Yellow Gold (5CS-70010 - Discontinued), Apridazzle (5CS-70017 - Discontinued), Burnt Orange (5CS-70015 - Discontinued), Sugar Plum (5CS-70019 - Discontinued), Blue Teal (5CS-70018 - Discontinued), Red (5CS-70005 - Discontinued), Bronze (5CS-70004) and Green (5CS-70006). Wipe off excess inks. Glue Lilac Bead Fringe (5FL-BFC57 - Discontinued) to the bottom edge of the book. Glue circle trim from Bronze Mist Collage Card (5FLCCBM - Discontinued) to the top edge, the bottom edge and the middle of the book. Glue Black/Gold Uppercase Type (5KC-563315 - Discontinued) and Black/Gold Lowercase Type (5KC-563322 - Discontinued) to the trim, spelling Journal, on the center of the book, as shown. Paint wooden handles with black acrylic. Sponge coordinating Mica Magic inks onto the handles. Glue the handles to the covers of the book. Glue a button and the prepared glass piece to the top portion of the book. Punch two holes in the back cover of the book. Place a Black Elastic Cord (5SG-8122 - Discontinued) through the holes. Loop the cord over the glass piece for a closure. Tie ribbons from Sorbet Fibers & Ribbon (5FLSOFIB) to the handles.
Cover a two-page
spread in a Slanted
House Book (5SDG-HOUSE - Discontinued) with Old
Family Tree Paper (5KF-60356). Attach two photos to decorative-edge
black panels. Attach the two photos to the right page of the spread.
Cut out a third photo and attach to the left page of the spread. Attach
Rusty Tile ABC
Stickers (5EK-SPRSN36 - Discontinued) to the two pages, as shown. Cut out school
lined paper panels from Paperwork
Stickers (EK-SPRSN30) with decorative scissors. Write names on
the panels with a black pen. Attach the name panels to the two pages.
Cut out a text strip with decorative scissors and attach to the top
point of the spread Glue several Brown
Bitsy Buttons (5SM-BROWN - Discontinued) along the top edge of the two pages.
Cover: Paint
the outside of a Large Tag Book To Alter (5SDG-TAGLG
- Discontinued) with cream acrylic.
Sponge pink and blue inks randomly onto the cover. Stamp Tea
Ceremony (Stampington
& Company, M4716) with black pigment ink on a manila tag and
emboss with kaleidoscope powder. Stipple pink ink onto the tag and
sponge plum ink along the edges. Glue a clock charm to the tag. Attach
a length of gold chain to the tag with a jump ring. Computer-generate
tea text on white paper. Cut the text into a rectangular panel. Sponge
blue and teal inks onto the panel. Glue the text panel and a gold
metal plate to the cover. Cut out text, tea tin, and portrait clip-art
images. Sponge coordinating inks on the images. Attach the cut-outs
and the tag to the cover. Gold-emboss the word tea from Scandal
(Stampington
& Company, M4711) and swirls (source not given) on a Large
Turquoise Glass Tag (5SDG-LTTURQ - Discontinued).
Loop coordinating fibers through the tag hole. Attach the glass tag
to the cover. Loop coordinating ribbons and fibers through the hole
in the cover. Inside spread: Stamp Ceylon
Tea (Stampington
& Company, M4717) and import image from Emblem
Cube (Stampington
& Company, M4700) with blue ink on the left page. Stamp the
word tea from Scandal with fuchsia ink on the left page. Stamp woman
in hat (source not given) three times with navy ink on cream card
stock. Trim around the images with deckle scissors. Attach the cutout
and a teapot clip-art cut out to the left page. Stipple coordinating
inks on the page. Glue a small silver spoon to a pink glass tag. Sponge
the right page with coordinating inks. Cut out rose topiary, woman,
and text clip art images. Attach the cut-outs and the glass tag to
the right page. Sponge the page with coordinating inks.
Cover: Paint
the outside of a Triangle Shaped Book To Alter
(5SDG-TRIANGLE) with gold, burgundy, and
terra cotta acrylics. Stamp text, checks, and ivy (sources not given)
with brown ink on the cover. Attach a small frame with charms, a corner
charm, and gold letters to spell the word ART to the cover as shown.
Inside spread: Sponge two inside pages with burgundy, ochre, gold,
and terra cotta inks. Stamp nature quote with brown ink, swirl with
green ink, and art quote with burgundy ink on the pages. Sponge terra
cotta ink onto large wooden letters. Attach the letters, glass rods,
a skeleton leaf, three miniature frames, a Clipiola, small hardware
findings, and a variety of small charms to the pages as shown.
