Merry Memory Book

We've become rather fond of MCM in our household.
(Mid-Century Modern describes an early 1950's style.) Retro colors and design are easily found or created. I wanted to create my own MCM Christmas book, with a cover page, focal point made in:
Activa's Modena Soft Polymer Air Drying Clay

Now to gather the parts for my Merry Memory Book:
-Activa Modena Soft Air Drying Polymer Clay
-6" x 6" Chipboard Book
-6" x 6" Papers
-Holiday Image printed on cardstock
-Aleene's Tacky Glue
-Adhesive Tape
-Art Anthology Paints
-Jute for trim
-Ribbon
-Red Foil Tape
-Stickles
-Rubber Stamps
-Brayer
-Palette knife
-Stencil

I wanted the clay to have time to dry, so I rolled a portion into a thin sheet (about 1/16") and placed a piece of 5x5 chipboard over the clay to trim edges.

I used a rubber stamp to impress an image around the edges of my clay and then set aside to dry.

You can see that there is some shrinkage after drying.

I painted the surface with my choice of paints and then a contrasting color through a stencil.

A corner rounder worked great on the dried clay edges.

Paper was adhered to the front and back chipboard covers.

The jute worked perfectly for a trim around the book covers.

Foil was used to edge the holiday image and Stickles added that touch of sparkle my book needed.

I was thrilled with the variety of uses for our December partner's wonderful product. -Trish Alger

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