Friday, March 15, 2024

An Easy FlipTag Project

 

Last year, I watched a YouTube Video from Artymaze and saw her create this cute  flip tag.  I was swamped with other obligations but knew I wanted to try it.  Three double tags are hinged together and create a single unit. It was fun to make and decorate.  Artymaze is quite inspirational.  


This is the completed, closed tag with the belly band in place.

This is showing the first flip out tag opened.  

This image shows both flip out tags opened.

This image is of the back side of the opened tags.




Tuesday, March 12, 2024

Some of the finished Proto-Clusters

   

Yesterday, I published 4 strips of proto-clusters I had made this week.  Today, I've completed 7 of them as I have determined where they will go in junk journals.  Here are the seven.  Most of the photo are of ancestors.  





Monday, March 11, 2024

A Few Starter-Level Clusters

   When I make clusters, I often do a series of them at one time.   Using a piece of vellum, I stamp images all over it to make the initial strip background more interesting.  Then, I add bits and pieces of scraps that are on my worktable, layer by layer.  Finally, I add a focal point.  I think of them as proto-clusters. These are not completed until I have determined where they will be used, then, I separate them, add another background, more embellishments as needed, and the work is done.  Here are 4 strips of the proto-clusters up to the focal point.  These will be finished as I use them.  





Sunday, March 3, 2024

Rescued Children's Book Pages

 

I spent some time yesterday and again today rescuing pages from two very damaged children's books. The first was "The Pied Piper os Hamelin" illustrated by Graham Percy. The illustrations are absolutely stunning. The second book is "Andy and the Wild Wood Ducks" which also had wonderful illustrations. Sadly, the illustrator is not mentioned on the cover and if the name was inside, it was on one of the destroyed pages. Here are my envelopes. In some cases, I will use the entire page as a journal page.















Tuesday, February 27, 2024

Awesome Assemblage Little Layer Tags

 

"Awesome Assemblage Little Layer Tags" a digital kit by Tracey Fox are the basis for these cute little tags.  I added some of my own things - brads, some paper, eyelets, ribbons, lace, etc. to personalize them.  Her kits are top notch!  There is a ton of material left for more tags.  I'm looking forward to more adventures with this kit.  










Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Cleaning Up My Worktable

 

Periodically, my worktable gets *covered* with bits and pieces.  That means I need to spend a bit of time cleaning (blah!).  Sometimes I can put that cleaning to good use.  Today, I made a bunch of snippets from the labels laying around.  These have already been cut in half and will be cut again as I use them.  







The rest of the "Glue Book" greeting cards

 Here are the rest of the greeting cards I made from scanned, previously created glue book pages.