I had a lot of fun with this one. It used all of my favorite things and stayed in my most comfortable color palette.

I began with another piece of my coffee dyed paper. Next I carefully glued a scrap of pattern paper over part of the page.

I really wanted the tiny triangle to remain intact hanging over the page edge. I’m so happy I took the time to make it happen.

I continued adding layers to create a frame of sorts for the little boys vintage image. What a cutie pie…love those cubby cheeks.

I aged a piece of cotton lace trim with some distress ink before adhering it to the page. It felt like it was missing something so I added a tiny safety pin.

I hope you’ll join in with the fun and make a journal page for my theme of Fabric, lace and trims…oh my! at Art Journal Journey.

Today’s page began with the cover of a travel book I had torn apart. It was a great weight but I didn’t think I’d ever use the image as is. I used an old credit card to scrape a bit of acrylic paint loosely over the page.

This left just enough image peeking through for some interesting background texture.

Next I added a bit of shorthand page and a bit of tissue paper that had a book theme.

The layers continued with a salvage edge of fabric, some ribbon and the image from a university library bookmark.

The page didn’t quite seem complete. I decided to add a dangle with a tag and some fibers on a bulb pin. Having just one eyelet seemed insufficient, so I used three.

Please hop on over to Art Journal Journey and check out my July theme of Fabric, lace and trims…oh my!