Hello, I recently made a couple of scrapbooks for a friend and her daughter who went to Ireland for several weeks.
This is the front cover for daughter's. I printed the photo of the lovely castle and glued it to the woodgrain bg, then squirted a heavy wiggle of Crackle accent on top of it, so that hands touching this photo won't damage or fingerprint. It added great dimension to the picture which is craggly rock and it deepened the colors on the photo. Added the 'door handle' hitch fastener last.
sponged Old Olive on both the die cut word and the strip of dsp.
I used Kraft paper as base construction and decided that 'rustic' was the style early on. lined up interior Kraft pages Punched holes top to bottom on the inside spine and 'sewed' the kraft paper pages to the cover leaving long tails in the middle to use as ties. added Glossy accent under the twine on the spine and in the inside spine dropped a dot in each hole before inserting the twine, for a little support. used a line of glossy accent along the dsp strip to attach the twine (front and backside). Twine tails were long, so I doubled them and tied a couple of knots for interest and stability to tie shut the journal/scrapbook.
I don't 'sew' too often, but thought it was the right touch for this. hope you can see the spine well enough in this pic, hadn't planned to post and then saw the fun sewing challenge today. TFL
Date: Thursday, September 12, 2019 GMT Views: 1615
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Paper: scrap of adhesive backed green bazzill, Joanne's ms sparkle & co Woodgrain Neutral paper pad, scrap of S U DSP, Bazzill Dark Kraft
Paper Size: A7
Ink: Old Olive
Accessories: Joanns ms sparkle & co jute, Tim Holtz idea-ology Hitch fastener, uCo Dream word die cut, Ranger Crackle accent, Ranger glossy accent, S U Paper piercer
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Registered: July 27, 2007 Location: Dublin, Ireland Posts: 131427
Thu, Sep 12, 2019 @ 11:55 AM
I was going to say, do you mean you came to Ireland and you didn't get in touch! I love getting to meet SCS folk, and I've been lucky enough to meet a good few over the years. That is a super album cover, I especially like the way the little handle looks like a doorknob - and the cover like a door into a magical wonderland. Wish TH still made those hitches, I hoard mine.
Registered: June 4, 2009 Location: Deatsville, Alabama Posts: 82078
Fri, Sep 13, 2019 @ 3:18 AM
Teresa, this is soooooo amazing! I love the look of it and that you sewed it together. Wow. GREAT photo too. You are so creative and talented. Thanks for sharing this - I feel inspired! Hugz
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Fri, Sep 13, 2019 @ 7:11 AM
This is awesome...love how you’ve created the effect of looking through a door...so creative. I can imagine how wonderful this album is going to be. TFS. Happy day
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