Arch Book, My Dad's Side

This is the 'other' side of the Arch book, showing four more techniques.  I followed along with Roni over at Ink Stains blog--check my sidebar for the link. 

I have already changed a couple of things on my Mom's side of the book--nothing major.  Sometimes when you look at something for a bit, you realize this or that could be added or fixed up  :)   

On the page that says 'good times' I missed a step in the technique.  I realized, too late, that I had not used the waxed paper!  Oh well, I like the way it looks  :)  There is a little pull-out picture tucked in behind the other pictures.

  

On the rounded arch, we were to use a page of definitions, but not having that, I wrote some words.  I didn't add much more than the photos so as not to cover my words describing my Dad  :)  

If I were to do this page again (which I'm not), I would put a sunburst window at the top and put words in the angles.  

 



If you would like to see my Mom's side of this book, check this post:

http://bitsbynancy.blogspot.com/2011/03/last-page-of-arch-book-for-this-side.html

Thanks for looking  :)

Last page of Arch Book for This Side

Ok, here is the last page I'm doing on my 'Mom's side' of this book.  The other side will be dedicated to my Dad.  On the first page of each side, I'm including a photo of my Grandparents.  I'm looking for smaller, bronze coloured rings as well--don't care for the silver colour on this.

This one uses the packing tape 'technique'.  As I've said before, you can catch all the info on doing these pages over at Ink Stains blog--check my sidebar.

On this page, I've used a small paper doilie, rub-on, acrylic word piece, one of my flowers, pearls, and once again, a piece of fabric and lace from my Mom's old slip.  Also, if you look close, you can see I took a piece of the strap off the same slip and tacked it onto the side of the photo.  Back in the days a lot of women wore slips, dresses and aprons, every day   :)

**Just an added note, I used clear tape over the back cover of Cloth Paper Scissors magazine--just love the collage look to it  :)   The paper behind has some flowers and the scroll down the right and then I stamped with script before adding my 'imaged' clear tape. 

Here is the first half of the book.

And, the second half.

If you would like to see these other pages close up, please scroll down to some of the previous posts.  Thanks for looking  :)

Acrylic Painting and Colour Blocking

On a couple of earlier posts, I've shown some pages done, following the theme for the Arch Book, done by Roni over at Ink Stains blog.  Well, here are the latest two.  If you would like to join in, check my side bar for Roni's blog and hop on over to have a look.

Acrylic Painting

While following the technique, I've changed the page up a bit.  There is a halo of sorts around the photo of my Mom and I stamped with lumiere paint instead of acrylic.  I'm not really satisfied with the stamping and I should have swiped it off imediately, but I didn't  :)

The paper under the painting is the song lyrics and picture from the Titanic movie and I'm hoping you can see that I sanded away a bit of the paint so you can read some of the words.

I added a couple of rub-ons, a couple of clear acrylic pieces with swirls and words, some of my flowers and gold krylon around the edge.  The matted piece behind the photo is a piece of backing from some metal do-dads and I edged that with gold krylon too.

Colour Blocking

I really like this page. I used distress inks for all the colours and added rub-ons, my crocheted flower, some white lace that has been soaked in tea, and a couple of clear acrylic pieces with words.  I edged the page in black.  Sorry about the 'shine' on the photo and a couple of the acrylic pieces.

Thanks for looking  :)

The Ties That Bind

Here is the third page for the book in progress  :)

There were 8 layers to 'peel' on this page, the paper under the word 'ties' is right down to the bottom layer.  I stamped and cut out those words and printed the 'family' definition, then covered it with a piece of mica and a frame.  The flowers I made were painted with some perfect pearls to give them a nice sheen.
I couldn't find my timepiece to stick on it, but if it shows up, I'll glue it just above the frame--to the right.    

If you would like to join in making this book, check my side bar for Ink Stains blog.  Roni does a lovely job showing the techniques for the Arch Book---there will be 8 pages in all, and it's not too late to join.

Thanks Roni, this technique I would try again  :)

     

Another Page in the Arch Book

Here is the second page in the Arch Book. 

Photo of my Parents and my Brother and Me.

The lace is actually off an old slip of Moms (now I know why I kept it!) and the buttons are from her button box.  It's hard to see, but I stamped and clear embossed a design on the page, and then rubbed with distress ink.  I'm thinking of using a faux stitch around the page, but not sure yet  :)   

And, a look at the beginning of page 3!  Layers of paper.  Check my side bar for Ink Stains blog if you would like to follow along with this project.

And gosh knows, I can't just do one thing at a time  :)

Here is a sneak peak at a new book I'm making! 

Who can resist Graphis 45's 'Once Upon a Springtime'! 

Well, I couldn't throw away the covers either. I cut and glued them to chipboard,

then cut some of the papers from the small paper pad

and glued them to chipboard for 5 inside pages. 

The book is 8 x 3 1/8 inches and I used the bind-it-all to hold it all together.  

It looks large but the book is fairly thick. 

It's hard to see, but there are stickles on parts of the page.    

Here's a close up of the dragonfly, I used the same technique as the butterfly and wings.

The wingspan is about 2 1/8 inches.

I'm working on the inside pages, so please come back in a few days to see more  :)

Making more flowers!

Here are the wet and wrinkled bits. 

And here they are opened up. 

Chipboard House Book

I was just working on this 'house' book from 7 Gypsies and wondering how to finish it, when I found that Roni over at Ink Stains blog was doing Arch pages.  Well, I liked what I saw and voila!  Here is my first page  :)

I've already covered all the pages of my book, but now they are going to get a little more 'stuff' added.
Roni is doing eight pages in all and has already posted the second page.  Next week she is posting more.  So you have time to join in!



 Check my side bar for Ink Stains blog and see what techniques are happening for the other pages  :)