Remember Life Lessons - A Journal by Lynne Moncrieff
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This is
a complete journal which I made as a sample for when That’s Crafty! appeared on
HOCHANDA.
It
could be viewed as life lessons, wise words that adults share with us when we
are young or this could be an adult, looking back to their tender years and
what words they would share with their younger self.
Each
time I work with That’s Crafty’s white/greyboard surfaces, I am always
impressed by the quality. On each page I
applied book pages, glue stick, Gel Medium, Gesso, Infusions and lots of water
and I do mean, lots of water and yet no buckling of the pages.
For the
acrylic cover, I had fun with ICE Resin and Rust Finish. I appreciate ICE Resin is not easy to source
in the U.K., you could achieve a similar effect by printing book text onto
transparency sheet, adhering to the acrylic cover before applying the Rust
Finish.
Supplies
That's Crafty! Clear Stamps:- Lynne’s Affirmations Sets 1 and 2,Inspirational Quotes Set 1, Textures
Collections 1 and 2
That's Crafty! Surfaces Acrylic Shapes (an arrow)
UHU
Glue Stick
Foam Brush and Old Paintbrush
Idea-ology
Tim Holtz Ball Chain
Black,
White Acrylic Ink
EXTRAS:- Collage
Images – Red Lead, Resin
Paper (and ICE Resin), Vintage
Book Pages, Old
Button
Instructions
Acrylic Cover & Arrow
Remove
protective layer from what will be back of acrylic cover. Apply ICE Resin onto this quickly followed
with vintage book page coated with resin. Gently press into place before laying aside to cure.
Also
create pieces of resin paper and apply resin to a scrap of vintage book page,
painted with Gesso.
When
cured, remove the protective layer from front of acrylic cover. Adhere piece of resin paper with Liquid
Glass.
Stamp
word “remember”, from one of the Inspirational Quotes, onto the prepared piece
of resin paper (the Gesso painted book text). Adhere to rear of arrow with Liquid Glass before adhering to the front
cover.
With an
old paintbrush, apply Rust Finish onto front and rear of acrylic cover.
Lay
cover aside and focus on white/greyboard pages.
White/Greyboard
Pages
The instructions are for how I simply approached the pages, overall, not specific instructions for each page.
Adhere
torn pieces of vintage book text to each page before applying Gesso. Some of the Gesso can be pushed back by
wiping with a baby wipe. Some of the
book text can be torn off at this stage, I like to do this to create surface
interest. Next apply Infusions, misting generously with water.
Stamp
sentiments onto book text painted with Gesso. Sentiments do not always need to be stamped as a whole.
Fussy
cut images of children from collage sheets. Plan placement of child and sentiments. The coffee stain style Texture stamp makes a wonderful halo for a
child.
Build up background by stamping
the Texture stamps (those stamps quickly became Must Haves for me!). Now, adhere the child and sentiment, working
with the pages as double page spreads. Ground the children by placing fragments of stamped papers beneath their
feet or have a child sitting atop of fabric scrap.
Create
definition around children and sentiments with watersoluble pencil/fineliner
pen. Also doodle around sentiments. Add
further interest by stamping onto book pages, including pieces stained with
Infusions. Give one of the children wings by stamping the butterfly from
Affirmations set, cutting into two and adhering behind girl.
Stack
the pages together, with the prepared acrylic cover, binding the book with ball
chain. Finally, attach old button to
cover.
Until
next time,
Wishes
Lynne
7 comments
Oh Lynne this is a collection of Masterpieces, what a treasure to have all those Journal pages bound together in one.. Fabulous work. Hugs Tracey x
ReplyDeleteThis is so very beautiful Lynne, such magical texture and vintage grunge style with the infusions and the lovely children set everything off so well.
ReplyDeleteFliss xx
Awesome Awesome Journal, Lynne, beautiful cover and pages. Thanks for sharing
ReplyDeleteThis is gorgeous, Lynne. I do love how you use Infusions. xx
ReplyDeleteA jaw dropping creation Lynne - so wonderful to see it all together xx
ReplyDeleteDear Lynne, each spread is a piece of art in itself, all so magic , like a child`s life can sometimes be, and your gorgeous texture and depth created with stamping and Infusions, makes all pages masterpieces, dear. xx
ReplyDeleteOh my! So pleased I did't miss this - such fabulous spreads and a splendid cover! Chrisx
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