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I had begun an online altered book class. Why you ask? I thought it would be fun to learn some new techniques and it would also get my creative juices flowing. It also helped that my good friend Elizabeth was teaching the class.

These are photos from my 1st two weeks of homework assignments.


The first was to choose a book and remove pages while leaving a block of pages to cut a niche at the end in the next lesson.

The next was to reinforce the book end pages and cut the niche.

Of course, now I’m two weeks behind on my assignments and virtually all of my stuff is boxed up since my craft zone is covered in boxes of my parents stuff I’m sorting through for them.


I had the whole day to myself!!! I caught up on a a couple shows on the Tivo while lifting weights, took a walk and played in my craftroom a bit in addition to all the regular everyday junk that had to be done. Blah!

While looking through my storage cabinet I found an altered book that had just a few pages left in it to alter. The book had some really nice drawings in it so I decided to just use watercolor crayons to embellish what was already there.

I also tried my hand at an “inchie”. That’s a one inch by one inch collage. Not very exciting but I think I’ll try a few more and see if I can get the hang of it.




I’ve been playing a bit…no real direction or purpose. Just having fun.

The first item is any ATC. I made this one day when I had inserted my foot way too far down my throat for my comfort.

The other items are in a board book. I think this board book is the closest thing to an art journal that I’ve made so far. Other than this book that I haven’t been able to bring myself to actually journal in yet.


I joined a numbers themed ATC swap on ABC.

I used pages from a Mathmatic tables book…from back in the day that you didn’t just push the button on the calculator….as the background.
I attached these pages to recycled cereal and pasta boxes for a more sturdy base.

The woman’s image came from The Commons on Flickr. What a great resource for artists! Thanks to Penny for giving our group the heads up on this one!!

I love putting words into people mouths…especially when I can get a chuckle out of it!

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Just playing around with layering.

I was inspired to work in a board book today for something different. I started by gluing down random scraps of text from old books. I then brushed on several colors until I was pleased with the background.

I took out this image of my Grandmother, her sisters and parents to use. Wasn’t sure what the page would become but wanted to use it none the less.

Here are a couple of close ups of each side.

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