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My good friend, Elizabeth, in conjunction with UHU glue came up with a fun challenge. Use a sample of UHU glue in an altered art project using a magazine. You can read the full details here.
Since I had a book for a RR I needed to work in I figured I could use it for the challenge. 
Theme of the book is Beauty. Basically anything you see as beauty in your own mind is game. I’ve never been on a tropical beach but in my minds eye it would be absolutely beautiful!
I spent a very pleasant afternoon in the craft room with my daughter. Daddy had come home sick so we figured we’d spend some time on a quiet activity while he rested.
I don’t really understand art dolls or why people make them but am always willing to experiment. Moonflower child was actually kind of fun to create.
I also made these 2 Map 4×4’s…I still have 2 more to make.
What I really should have been doing today was working on my 12 days of Christmas swap that is due in a couple weeks. I just can’t seem to get into making these gifts this year!
Since I completed my Just for Fun altered book I had nowhere to play. I started a new book this morning. I’m calling this one my Playtime altered book.
This is the first spread.
I started smack in the middle of the book for a change. I was basically trying out some new supplies I acquired.
I went to an awesome sale a few blocks from here last week and got all of these supplies for $8.50!!! Everything was unopened or nearly newly! The gal ran a rubber stamp business and was moving across the country so she decided to liquidate.
As luck would have it, I didn’t have much cash and the kids were along, otherwise I’d have likely way overspent my budget. You just don’t come by sale s like that very often!!
There are so many things I love about altered books.
I’m definitely going to start another “no theme” book. I love the freedom and chance to express what ever it is that I am feeling at any moment. It also gives me a great place to practice techniques and designs.
After a morning spent thirfting, I decided to play a bit this afternoon.
I know that my hubby was crossing his fingers that the front lawn would be mowed when he returned but that’s not likely to happen. Sorry sweetie!
I used my “Just for Fun” AB to practice another tropical scene. I’m not satisfied with the one I created a while back for our upstairs bathroom. I have the vision of what I’d like it to look like but have yet to decide the medium. Maybe collage or another painting..who knows. It may be totally mixed media.
I had a chance to play last evening. I broke out my “just for fun” AB.
Since I was in a sort of playful silly mood…likely because my sweet husband took the kids out and gave me some much needed peace…I threw down this fun polka dot tissue paper.
It just made me smile so I included my feelings of the moment. Or maybe it was just the wine.
Just kidding!!
I decided to pull out my “just for fun” altered book to use up some scraps on my work surface.
Well, technically, the tall ship packing tape transfer was adhered to the cabinet door. Everything else was just laying within reach both on the desk and the small drawer that I throw random small scraps into while creating. Bigger scraps go into my color coded files eventually.
It was really fun working in an altered book again. It’s been a while…
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