ANIMALS
Good Morning well haven't we had some lovely sunshine in July? very fitting for our last challenge - yet again we had some fantastic entries - the standard is superb and the ideas you all keep coming up with are very clever. Isn't it amazing how one title can mean something different to everyone an so I wonder what the entries for this month's challenge will bring I am sure there will be several that will make me think OMG thats clever why didn't I think of that .
So this months challenge is Animals - a toughie for me as I can't say that I am an animal person at all really and so we don't have any pets. So what to do what to do what to do I thought and I thought and I thought ....................and then a friend gave me some old books she was getting rid of ( I had just done the handbag book and she thought I might be able to make use of them) ..so thank you Stella .
decided to hollow out the middle of the book - I have never done anything like this before and was a bit clueless as to how to do it - but you tube is a very useful source of information ha ha ha .After glueing the pages together and leaving over night to dry I started to cut ! I eventually got rid of all the middle oh what a mess time to get out the hoover so many little bits.
So I then set too and painted the whole thing - I used a bit of gesso to start with and then ovepainted with some white acrylic paint. I then covered the outside , page edges and the inside of the hole with white tissue paper that I had "aged" with distress ink. As the outside of the book wasn't the focal point I just stamped a frame and a tree
Now to tackle the inside oh dilemma dilemma - I couldn't really stamp straight onto the inside of the book so in the end I decided to make two sheets with some lovely smooth stamping card so I cut out the hole and put to one side. I decided to go with a farm scene and keep it all in a brown colour to match the outside of the book. I put the farm house and front yard in the hole and then the rest of the surrounding area is the farm? can you see what I see? Anyway I hope you like it and thanks for stopping by would love to read what you think after all my efforts lol and I look forward to seeing all the amazing entries to the challenge
14 comments:
Fabulous idea Linda, feels like I'm part of the storybook - beautiful x
Linda this is outstanding!!! I absoloutely love it! The whole project is just beautiful!!! xx
Beautiful project Linda, love the idea and how you have brought it to life. Stunning.
wow now that's stunning Linda....great work.
absolutely delightful Linda!! Fantastic project and I love the vintage feel to it all x
Great idea Linda and fantastic inspiration, clever lady :-) xx
That is soooooooo cute Linda. I love the scene and putting in the book makes it even more special. Clever idea. x
Fab project Linda! Very clever how you've achieved this wonderful scene xx
Wow, loving the altered book. I love the sepia tone, thanks for the inspiration!
Wow, what a fantastic project Linda...and so different...I really love this and would love to have a go at making one myself....Thank you for the inspiration. X
What a fabulous idea Linda. I haven't tried this myself but love your work!
Fabulous scene - you'd never know you weren't an animal person xx
Great idea Linda and I love your colour choice too x
Hope hubby is ok x
Absolutely STUNNING Linda ♥♥
One of the nicest things I have seen in a long time Linda absolutely love it.
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