Altered Book Spread - English Garden

This is the latest in my series of entries into others' altered books for a round robin I'm in. This one will eventually wind its way back to its owner in the UK. Had a lot of fun with this one. Her theme is "English Garden". I found this little image on Pinterest and decided to try to integrate it onto the page by painting the rest. I do like how it turned out.

"Birthday Fairy" - Altered Book Spread

The Birthday Fairy - Lao Shou Hsing - giving the gift of Curiosity. This is a two-page spread in my Chinese Ginger Jar altered book.

Altered Book Page - "Be Irreplaceable" & Pink Sat.

This was a fun spread to do in one of my altered books. I used up lots of scraps from other art journal endeavors. The background is made using paper that I used to spray other items with stencils. I just glued the paper down and trimmed. I love the vibrant colors. I also used the remains of a paper stencil that I had used to spray a red ink for another spread. That paper stencil had been used many times for many colors and was on its last legs for usefulness. I used the remains of the background paper to stamp on the quote from Coco Chanel. The image of the woman is from a greeting card and the car is a sticker. The paisley stamps were a one dollar purchase to use for the Bohemian themed book I was just working in as part of a round robin. I didn't actually end up using the stamps for that, but love them here. The quote was recommended by my two daughters. : )


I am linking up today with Beverly over at How Sweet the Sound for Pink Saturday.

Relying on God

This is a digital page that I put together. It was kind of fun - but I am really going to have to learn Photoshop, because I need to do more than I know how to do right now.

"Up North" Altered Book Spread

Altered book page that I did a while back. I added the scripture and a few additional touches. I like it much better now.

"In Paris" Altered Book Page

Paris Altered Book Page

This quote in French is from Ernest Hemingway - "There are only two places in the world where we can live happy:  at home and in Paris."

Time Enough Altered Book Page

Altered Book Page

This two-page spread was made for an altered book round robin I participated in where the theme was butterflies.

My Own Little World - Altered Book Page

This is a page that I made and then tweaked a little digitally using Pixlr. It was a lot of fun.

Strength Quote

           STRENGTH
       doesn't come from
        what you can do.
           it comes from
     overcoming the things
        you once thought
          you couldn't.

A New Altered Book Page in Chinese Ginger Jars

Today I had fun working in my art room, spending time playing around and dabbling in first one book, then another.  I suddenly got a burst of inspiration for the Asian themed book I've been working on. I am almost finished with it, as there are only a couple of pages left in the book to alter. The book is called Chinese Ginger Jars. I started the book a couple of years ago and picked it back up a few months ago. I have really been inspired to work in it lately. I had watched a tutorial from czekoczyna last night and was really loving her backgrounds. I gave this a try - sort of different for me. It doesn't really get the wonderful effect she gets, but it is a start and it was fun!

Beauty is is the eye of the beholder…
The beauty of a woman is not in a facial mode but the true beauty in a woman is reflected in her soul. It is the caring that she lovingly gives the passion that she shows. The beauty of a woman grows with the passing years. - Audrey Hepburn