ALBUM ELEMENTS FROM CHRISTMAS TRASH I'm slipping. I'm definitely slipping. I actually threw something in the bin before I looked at it to see if I could make art out of it! It was the cardboard wrapper which had been round the Christmas pudding I'd bought. On examination I decided it definitely had…
POCKETS AND PAPERCLIPS Continuing my plan to mass-make various elements for future album projects. Rescuing materials from the recycle bin I have a large box of all kinds of intriguing rubbish - cardboard packaging, greetings cards (often with detachable or interactive elements), window envelopes and so on. Having just made a load of…
CLUSTERS AND ALTERED PAPERS I am currently working on producing some embellishments for my "Make a Joyful Noise" junk journal as it approaches completion. Rather than making one-offs, it makes more sense to bulk-create, and generate some ready-made stash for future projects in the process. I recently made some butterfly clusters, following Luise…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 24 Starting the final embellishments Now that the book is bound, all that remains is to add some final embellishments. I began with the fold-out envelopey thing in the second signature. I originally intended filling the two triangular pockets with smaller tags and ephemera, but…
JUNK JOURNAL - MAKE A JOYFUL NOISE PART 6 Working on pages and folios Quite a productive session in the studio this afternoon. I continued to work on some pages I'd already started, and began some more. Envelope paper This is envelope paper with the pattern on the inside to prevent the contents…
A TINY BOOK TO CELEBRATE A VERY SPECIAL ANNIVERSARY Today, 22nd September, is the 40th anniversary of the day I became a Christian. I was an Anglican church-goer, and was invited by some friends to attend a large non-denominational rally in a neighbouring city. For several months I had been struggling with my…
2023 - END OF YEAR REVIEW As usual, it has been a pretty eventful year, both personally and generally. See the end of this post for the most important aspects of changing world events and what they mean for us all. During the year, I have had various health issues to deal with…
RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAG ALBUM - THE BINDING AND FINAL FLIP-THROUGH I've finished it! It was quite a sweat getting the final stages done, but I wanted to get it finished before Tuesday when I was meeting up with my friend who I was sure would want to see it. Nothing like a deadline…
RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAG ALBUM - THE SIXTH AND FINAL FOLIO Very exciting to have reached the final folio of this recycled album. The theme of this one is trees, following on nicely from the previous one which is botanical. The front page I used a fairly large tree stamp for the focal image.…
RECYCLED PAPER-GLASSINE BAG ALBUM - THE FIFTH FOLIO The fifth folio of this recycled album has a botanical theme. Choosing papers A few days ago, I die-cut a lot of leaves and coloured them with Distress Spray Stains, and made different backgrounds, negative spaces and stencilled pieces in the process. These two backgrounds…
