New Swap….Halloween Theme!

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(Back Side)

For this swap we will be altering a mini spiral notebook (front and back covers only) if you want to do some of the pages you can.  Altering items can include ribbons, buttons, glitter, rhinestones, paint or whatever items you choose.  This project is a Swap!!

If you are interested in participating in this halloween theme swap please sign in by leaving a comment on this post.  I will respond back with the necessary information for swap.

Altered Composition Book Swap Update!

I just wanted to share my book design I made for the altered Mini Composition Book Swap.  I think I kind of went overboard! But I had so much fun creating pages.  For most of the pages I used left over paper scraps.

Products used: Charms, rhinestones, paper bags, cardboard scraps handmade paper scraps, lace and ribbons. Also I used various rubber stamps for some of my designs.

Here is my parade of pictures.

New Book Trend! Jazzy Book Knobs

Use old knobs or handles to jazzy up your old books; knobs give your altered journals a sense of style, and that extra personality KICK!! Try it you’re like it.

Antique Markets and Flea Markets are normally the perfect place to find vintage knobs. Home Depot also has them but I prefer the old fashion or age dated ones.

Checks out these old readers digest books!

Also here are a few new books I jazzed up with knobs and handles.

Take an ordinary altered book and make it extraordinary!!

Weekend Project: Altered Photo Album

This is a great weekend project!  An Altered Photo Album is a very easy project.

I started this project with a couple of photo albums I bought at a garage sale. I also had a few scraps of fabric, old trim, ribbon and some beautiful scrap booking paper.

Here are some pictures to help you visualize the process. I will post written instructions later.  

Weekend Project: How to Make an Altered Clipboard

Looking for an easy project for the weekend?...Try making altered clipboards.  They are very simple to make and you can use your leftover paper scraps from other projects. 

Let’s get this project started! For my project I used a regular size clipboard, coordinating paper, and Modge Podge.

                                                                                

I painted the edges of my clipboards first, allow them to dry.  I then trace over the boards to get a paper pattern.

Then I apply the Modge Podge to the back of the paper, I normally use a sponge brush because it makes it a lot easier to spread the modge Podge ( it's like a thick glue).

Place the glued paper to your clipboard.  Apply pressure to the paper while smoothing out the wrinkles or bubbles.

Before I attach my embellishments I do a simple layout of where everything will be positioned.

Last thing…Place your embellishments and you’re DONE!!

The Paper Book Vase

If you like recycling old books here is a fun project I ran across. I’ve done shaped books as journals but never a paper book vase. Here is a picture and the link to the project page.

  http://www.countryliving.com/crafts/letter-perfect-craft-0908   This project comes from the Country Living web site.

Altered Recipe Book

 

Here is my newest project an Altered Recipe Book.  This book will hold all of my family’s favorite recipes. Now my recipes are all in one place. I only have 7 pages done, I plan to finish more within the next few weeks.

**Oops! Just wanted to show how the front of the book looked, please realize that the letter L fell off the word family while taking the pic. 

Enjoy- Beverly

Stage Two: Altered Journal Basic Steps

Stage 2: I’ve attached all embellishments to the front and back cover. I have also added a knob as a fancy way to open the journal. On the inside of the front and back cover I used book pages as the paper. The next stages will the inside pages.

Front Cover

Back Cover

Inside Cover

Mini Spiral Baby Journal:

 I had fun making these cute baby journals.