Altered Notebook

I've been locked away in my room of craft, making design teams pieces left right and centre! I've not been blogging as much as usual, so sorry if I've not been to your blog yet.  I will be making up for lost time and  popping by shortly to see what you've all been up to. I have 5 crafty projects that I've finished and they're waiting to be blogged! So watch this space.

You know when you're stuck thinking about what present to buy for someone's birthday? Well I had that dilemma this week, with a friend called Fiona. Then I remembered that Fiona likes to write, so I thought why not alter a note book? So I set to work straight away on making her a notebook with her favourite colour lilac.

I gessoed the cover, then added texture with torn card, lace and embellishments.

 I gesso-ed over the lot and edged around the letters with lilac acrylic paint. I sprayed 'Pashmina' Tattered Angels mist in places and let it drip down over the stencilled gesso to make the texture stand out. 

I rubbed gesso into the words on the Tim Holtz word tags, it made the words stand out more.

I sprinked a couple of areas with pink Beadazzles.

I really like the back of the notebook, with all the layers adding lots of interest. 

I tied various bits of ribbon to the spiral binding too, for that girly touch.

I finished off the book by edging in black dabber and covering the inside covers with purple dotty card.

I really hope she likes it.

Hope you've all had a marvellous crafty week?

Tara for now.

Michelle x