It "niche" the end.

Now I realize that title only makes a bit of sense if your pronounce as knee-sh

…not knit-ch.

Regardless of how you say it…my Nature book is complete!!

I decided to place one of the prairie dog photos I took at the MN Zoo under the niche.

The opening of the niche was slightly larger than the photo so I recreated the sandy hill this little guy was perched upon in sand.

Worked perfect and if I hadn’t told you why, you’d have just thought I was terribly clever. *wink*

I’ve decided not to alter the outside of the book as it lays relatively flat. This way it can sit on the shelf along side the rest and be a big surprise to anyone who pulls it out to read.

Such a good feeling to complete another project. It’s been tucked away in among the rest of the UFO’s for several years.

Thanks to Elizabeth for her online class that got this book started in the first place.

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AB 101 class, Altered book

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201208/27

Another nature page

Hey I’m on a roll.

Two pages in 2 days…amazing.

Not much room left in the book.

I still need to figure out the niche part…what I’m going to put in it…what I’m going to put in it to be exact.

In hindsight, I didn’t really make it deep enough .

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AB 101 class, Altered book, scraps

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201208/25

Beauty of nature

I was inspired to pull out the book I used for my friend Elizabeth’s AB 101 class I took several years ago.

I never did complete the class. I figure I can join back in where I left off since she’s currently reteaching the class for free on her blog.

My altered book theme is Nature.

It was so fun to play in paint and glue again. I have to keep at it since it makes me feel so carefree.

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AB 101 class, Altered book, collage, painting, rubber stamping, scraps

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201203/14

I’m so blue….

Well, not actually me in particular…just my book.

I decided to put together my tip-in swap book without the final player’s pages.

It was yet another UFO in my pile that needed to be completed. It’s not like I don’t have another spot for those tip-ins when I eventually get them..right?!?! Right!

Thanks to Elizabeth for the handmade paper on the cover!!

My favorite part of altered books…how they look from the side.

Wiggly, wonky pages.

Love ’em!!

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Altered book, bookbinding, tip-in

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201203/05

Cleaning inspiration

Over the weekend I started picking up my art space. Putting it back to rights after a shameful amount of time of just moving enough stuff to get a few inches to work within.

Of course, as I was sorting through my piles of papers, I found a blank ATC background ready to use. The stamps where also within sight so…this simple ATC was born.

Next I found this raven image and knew that I already had a pre-painted page in my Playtime AB that would likely look pretty good. When I have extra paint on my palette I paint it onto a random page in a book. Waste not, want not.

Lastly I grabbed my Nature book from the AB 101 class my friend Elizabeth taught several years ago. If you are interested she is currently teaching it again

…for FREE…

on her blog.

I’m not thrilled with the outside edge. I may go back and cover the dots or make them a little more subdued.

I’m hoping to get my art space completely cleaned up and show some “shameful” before and then clean after photos soon. I have a knitted dishcloth order to fill before I can commit anymore time to my art. Totally forgot that they were needed by next weekend!! AGH!

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AB 101 class, Altered book, ATC, Playtime AB

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201112/04

Quick AB page

Since I’ve sewing so much lately… I thought I better get back into my workspace and see if I remembered how to make altered art.

I grabbed my no theme altered book and did a quick page with stuff I had

laying around.

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Stacks and stacks of books

When I read about Seth Apters latest collaboration idea I loved it!

I have tons of books….both ones I’ve created and vintage ones.

Of course, being the procrastinator that I am…I didn’t even start to gather anything until about 25 minutes ago. Boy, was I in for a surprise… I had way more books that I ever realized.

My stack on the coffee table had to be moved to the buffet where I could use the wall to prop them up!