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What winter activities come to mind?   For me, it is ice skating. As a kid I spent most Pennsylvania winters on ice. I was pretty good too with figure skates but put hockey skates or roller skates on me and BAM, on I was on the ground. Our collage # 719 Ice Ballet is such a wonderful collection of poised skaters.  Included are Italian, French, and more.   I have had a galvanized cigar tin for ages and finally figured it was time to do something with it. Shimmering iciness will adorn it along with branches like the trees surrounding the pond we skated on in the woods, hidden away and sort of secret. I first used a bit of sandpaper to rough up the areas I would be gluing with my PPA glue.   Then I applied lace from our lace packs and some ribbon from my stash that had a shimmer and a bluish purple cast, just like winter! Next came the images from the collage, it was really hard to decide on which ones, as they are all so love...

Letting my art "take me along for the ride" and not overthinking it.   It's Jean with a detour!  It happened again today and I'm pretty convinced it is the way to go...   My Dad always loved to go for "rides", translation; we had no idea where we were going.   And that is what I did today with my partner, the Crafters Workshop! I started with Halloween in mind and actually gel pressed several pieces in various colors, I fancy cut images and got assorted papers, tulle and inks together for it....but NO. Nothing appealed to me.   What caught my eye was the leftover piece of my Sunday project with bright colors.  I played with it and added the Shimmery Goodness from TCW.  I had some corrugated nearby and added that too.   It transformed from a bright bold piece into a soft subtle piece. The Lacy Tiles  stencil called my name.  It is a 12 x 12 but I am famous for using only parts of ...

This has been a wonderful paper journal to make.  USArtQuest handmade papers made this a very special paper journal.  Today I am going to share the cover of my journal.  I am very pleased with the outcome. I hope you enjoy it!         To start cover the front of the book and the back with USArtQuest handmade papers, adhere with PPA.     Adhere lace with PPA around the border of the front cover .   Use a Glam Frame Sticker to frame a Marie Antoinette Altered Pages collage image ... use metallic rub-on to distress the frame.   Mist three shabby roses with desired colors.  Finally spray with gold  Shimmer Mist , let dry. Speed up drying with a heat tool, being careful not to burn the fabric.     The gold  Shimmer Mist  gives the  shabby roses  a vintage look.  Once the roses are dry add a little bit of PPA to the edg...

As promised in my post yesterday here is the base of the book, cover and pages.  USArtQuest handmade papers are perfect for this paper journal. I had a hard time cutting some of the beautiful papers.   I have added a few tags, envelopes and more from Altered Pages.     To make the paper journal I am using an old book and up-cycling it!   In yesterdays post HERE we cut the pages from the cover.   Notebook rings are used to bind the book together!     Then cut the spine cover in half as pictured above.   I used USArtQuest PPA to glue the spine cover to the front and back of the book as pictured above.     Create a template with holes where you would like them on the cover and for all the pages of the book... make sure not to make the holes too close to the edge of the paper, this will keep it from easily ripping out of the book!   Cut papers just a bit smaller that the front an...