Wallflower Worn book Cover

 

Hi Everyone! Karen here with you again for another guest DT post. I cant believe I am up to number three already!

I am  having an absolute ball! I hope you are enjoying my inspiration as well!

 

This week, in keeping with my Tim Holtz Wallflower theme, I have a worn cover to share with you.

 

These covers are just so versatile and so much fun to use. I use mine mainly with the tag inserts in them, as a tag journal seeing that I am a little addicted to tags!

I used the Diary Worn Cover as my base.

 

I'll be honest this project actually started its life as a tag... but I sort of got a little side tracked.. I started with a tag cut from the Wallflower paper stash and added in a little ink and some stencilling. I used the Speckles layering stencil, and pumice stone and walnut ink distress ink.

 

 

the next step was of course a little machine stitching, I also added in a piece of ruler paper form the Labatorie paper stash at this point. It was a piece I had sitting on my desk left over form another project.

 

Next came some fussy cutting of a Found Relatives, and a butterfly,  some different sized squares and rectangles from the Wallflower Paper Stash. I added a little machine stitching to the edges of some of these as well.

 

Next came the fun part.. I always love this bit, arranging and re arranging my layers until I am happy with how they look. You will also notice some Thrift shop ephemera and older salvage stickers have made their way in there as well..  it was also at this stage that my tag lots its top and became a rectangle.. :)

 

 

Once I'm happy with my layer I then start lifting corners, adding in mounting foam and double

sided tape to stick everything down.

 

I always use some double-sided tape and multi medium to stick my

layered elements to the front cover of my Worn Cover, just to make sure it wont come unstuck! Lastly I added in a Word Band and Monocle with another  fussy cut butterfly.

For the binding inside I have used  the Tim Holtz Ring Binder and fastened it in place with some trusty old Hitch Fasteners!

 

 

I'm really happy with how it turned out, and cant wait to start filling it with tags,

 

Thanks so much for stopping by, I hope I've inspired you a little, until next week,

 Happy Creating

Karen xx

 

Family Mini Album

Good Morning eP friend's, Mary-Ann here with you today to share a mini album in the works.  I think this is going to progress over the next few weeks.  The idea of the album came to me just yesterday!  Talk about waiting to last minute.  When I received my last eP order, I feel in love with the new Large Worn Cover by Tim and his package of ephemera.  The custom knob set was the icing on the cake.  Seriously, you should see these things in real life!  They are dense and sturdy.  Like no-other I have seen!  Plus you get to choose how you want to make it.  If your unsure of the stickers they provide, a circle punch of your favorite paper would do just fine!  I just wasn't sure of my title or how I was going to fill the inside.  I decided to use this mini as a way of capturing just "selfie" family photos that were taken throughout 2013.  I do wish that I would have thought of this concept before the beginning of last year, I am sure we missed opportunities to take more photos.  However, I think I will keep this in mind for next year.

This mini is nothing more than layering papers and embellishments and raising some with foam tape for dimension.  At the end of designing my cover, I did add a few drops of paint colors.  I also added some machine sewing before I attached my clump to the front of the book cover.

Here is the first page of my album.  You can see that I will attempt to keep it clean throughout.  I love this album idea, it is similar to project life. 

I hope you have enjoyed taking a look at my mini in the works and will get back with you soon with more pages!  Until next time....

you can gather your items listed below to get your next mini started.

Supplies used:

Tim Holtz � Idea-ology � Large Worn Cover - Chronicle	Tim Holtz � Idea-ology � Large Page Pockets - Assorted	Prima - Princess 6x6 Pad	Prima - Princess - Typewriter Key Paper Clips	Tim Holtz � Idea-ology � Ephemera Pack - Thrift Shop
Dylusions Ink Spray - Slate Grey	Distress Ink Pad - Weathered Wood	Ranger Felt Applicator Tool	Ranger Felt Applicator Refill	Zip Dry
Tim Holtz Distress Paints - Pumice Stone	Tim Holtz - Brushed Pewter Distress Paint	Dylusions Ink Spray - Black Marble	Idea-ology Tiny Attacher Refills	Idea-ology Tiny Attacher