Altered Notebooks

 

About a week ago I picked up two fifty cent notebooks with the intention of altering the covers. This past Sunday I saw a blog post from Simon Says Stamp that showed an altered notebook and that's all it took for me to be inspired to try one! I went through my stash and picked things out to use. I was so inspired that I made two!

I flippin' love how both turned out! I haven't done anything to the back covers or the inside front and back covers. I'm not sure yet if I plan to or not. If I do I'll just cover them with patterned paper from one of my Tim Holtz papers. If I was giving them away I would, but if I'm going to use them I don't really need to. When the paper's gone I just have more art for my craft room!

 

I've posted photos below of my progress along the way creating both of these notebooks. 

It takes awhile with all the drying time. 

 

I added gesso to both covers. 

 

I went through my stash and added patterned paper, dictionary paper and ephemera using distress collage medium.

 

After the collage medium dried, I added some white paint. 

 

After the paint dried, I used stencils to add distress grit-paste. 

 

When all was dry, I added several different acrylic paint colors. 

I spritzed a lot of water to move the paint around and dried in between the colors. 

 

After all the paint dried I added some distress crayon with my finger in vintage photo with my finger. 

 

For the second notebook, I added gesso first and then die cut some leaves using a die from Simon Says Stamp and added acrylic paint. After the paint dried, I added the leaves using collage medium. 

 

Once the paint dried, I added more paint drying in between layers. 

 

When all paint layers were dry, I smudged some distress crayon in places with my finger. 

Below are the products I used. I missed adding a few products in the photos, but I've listed all the names below. 

 

 

 

I thought I had lost the dictionary pictured above! I would have been so sad if I hadn't been able to find it! I use dictionary paper for a lot of projects.

I cleaned my craft room a few months ago and put things where I thought they should go. Three times now I have been looking for a particular item and haven't been able to find them. When I clean I purge a lot and I'm always thinking I've gotten rid of something that I want to use. Thankfully, I have had to rip my room apart on several occasions but I have found the items that I've been looking for!

Thanks for stopping by!

Products used:

These were the products not pictured:

Simon Says Stamp: Clustered Leaves die

Tim Holtz Distress Paint - Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz Distress Oxide Ink - Vintage Photo

Products that were pictured:

Tim Holtz Distress products:

Crayons - Vintage Photo

Grit-Paste

Collage Medium

Paint - Picket Fence

Paint - Vintage Photo

Tim Holtz Idea-ology products:

Quote Chips

Hardware Heads

Fragments

Ephemera Pack - Snippets

Layers - Collector

Layer - Remnants

Paper Stash

Design Tape: Butterfly

Design Tape: Postal

Tim Holtz/Stampers Anonymous Layering Stencils:

Gradient Hex

Grid Dot

Linen

Gradient Square

Gradient Dot

ARTplorations Stencil: Happy Flowers

Master's Touch Acrylic Paint:

Scarlet

Virdian

Permanent Black

Violet

Yellow Med

Titanium White

Phthalocyanine Blue

Ranger Glossy Accents 

Multiple Cards

I created the six backgrounds below and then made them into cards. All were created using Distress Oxide inks, stamps, stencils and/or the Gel Press Petites Printing Plates. I used my Clarity brushes for stenciling.

Because this is a long photo heavy post, I will list the names of the products used at the end.

 

The card below I am entering in the 100th Simon Says Stamp Flicker Challenge.

For this card I used the circle gel press with oxide inks and then stamped a flower sentiment from Penny Black. The diecut is from Simon Says Stamp. I added sparkling clear droplets from Kat Scrappiness. The oxide inks used for this card were bundled sage, wild honey and mermaid lagoon.

 

For the next card I used a stencil from ARTplorations. Distress ink used was fossilized amber. Sentiment from Ranger Dylusions. 

The bling is enamel dots. I love these, they are a mat black. I picked up several packs in different colors at Scrapbook Expo and wished I would have bought more. I'm going to the Rubber Stamp Show this weekend and I hope the vendor I bought them from is there so I can pick up more of them. 

 

The next card I used bundled sage and blueprint sketch oxide inks along with the square gel press plate.

The sentiment is by Visible Image. I cannot say enough about their stamps. I love them! I am a sentiment nut and if I could I would buy everyone of their stamps!

Another card using the square gel press plate. I used a stencil with this card. I think it's one that is from Stampin' Up, but I'm not sure as it is one that is not in the original packaging. The oxide inks used were wilted violet and frayed burlap. Sentiment is from Visible Image. 

 

 

The card above uses another stamp from Visible Image. 

I used fired brick oxide ink. The stencil is from ARTplorations.

Sequins finished this card off.

This last card is one of my favorites.

I used the round gel press plate with peacock oxide ink and a stencil from Echo Park. 

Sentiment is from Visible Image. 

I also used the sparkling clear droplets from Kat Scrappiness.  

Products used:

Dies - Simon Says Stamp - Hello Beautiful Gorgeous SSSD111784

Distress Oxide Inks: Peacock Feathers, Blueprint Sketch, Bundled Sage, Wilted Violet, Frayed Burlap, Fossilized Amber, Mermaid Lagoon, Wild Honey, Fired Brick, Antique Linen

Stencils: ARTplorations - Bold Florals, Dots & Dashes, Stampin' Up?, Echo Park - Christmas Plaid

Stamps - Penny Black - Enamor, Ranger Dylusions - The Right Words, Visible Image - New Beginnings, Stay Strong, Voices In Your Head, So Much Stronger

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