This was the last book for me to work in during our 6 player round robin. It has been so much fun!
This last book is heading back home to Canada, hopefully later today.
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This is the second to last book in the round robin for me. The theme was “questions of love”.
I’m not exactly sure I hit what Jana was looking for in the most literal sense but I’m happy with my results.
I’ve titled this spread Secret Embrace
The image is from the cover of an off romance novel.
This is a tribute to Gina Wise…she did some really fun arches for last years ABC 7th anniversary swap with this same technique.
This one is titled Ecstasy
The image is from a late ’60s hairdressing guide. I loved the expression, so it drove the direction of the page.
I can not take any sort of credit for this box…none at all. Yes, I did technically make it but I used Kimmie’s instructions to create it.
I decided I needed something to hold notepaper. The kids keep taking my notepads but for some reason they only seem to like blank papers.
Since the end of the school year is rapidly approaching, I’m starting to clear out all those saved papers. Spelling tests, one sided worksheets, junk mail flyers..you get the picture. A seemingly endless supply of paper. I might as well write notes on them before they hit the recycle bin.
After a long delay on my part… I finally finished the first set of pages in the colors round robin.
I was so surprised at how difficult just having colors to use was for me. Without a theme, I was spinning my wheels and not able to focus on the task at hand.
The colors were chocolate brown, turquoise and ivory…we could splash black if needed.
This first page was the only one I had in my head from the beginning. This is actually the middle of a signature. These pages will be sewn into a plaster page book for a class, if I understand right.
These swirls are on the back of the signature. You can see the fold mark down the middle.
This next set I actually started with the back. I had the papers picked out long ago. Of course the scan isn’t showing the color properly. I messed around in Photoshop a little trying to fix it but only seemed to make it worse. So imagine the colors are proper…which they are in real life. :)
This is actually the inside of that signature. I liked the poem and the color was right.
So for all my fretting about these pages, everything just sort of fell together when I put my mind to it.
I sure hope this is what Marilyn is looking for in these pages.
These were some fun pages. I’d do another but the book is getting full fast and there are still two people left in the round robin.
I hope she likes them!
This is my more traditional thought on the theme of Magic.
I really wanted the bunny to be able to come all the way out of the hat but maybe he’s better this way so he doesn’t just decide to hop away. :)
I really enjoy my tea. It’s a daily ritual for me…at least until the hot weather comes.
I also love books! I’m especially drawn to old books. I love the way they look and feel.
Some I would never alter in any way and others scream at me to make them my own with paint, paper, fabric and glue.
Hop on over to Kimmies blog to see what the other girls are doing today.