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Hello everyone!  If you ask parents of school-aged children they might tell you that summer is almost over.  After all, school will be starting soon if your local district hasn't already begun.  As autumn draws closer, I think of the fall vegetable and fruit harvests.  It's my favorite season and I look forward to the fall colors and cooler temps.  I've tried to capture some of that in my card today. My base panel started with an old page of sheet music.  My tip to you when you are making your own background design is to start with a piece larger than you will need.  This gives you some wiggle room when your are adding textures.  It's a fall card, so I grabbed the orange ink and a sponge and just added some color at random.  Then I sponged on some red bricks using a stencil. The second stencil I used has several different shapes on it and I used a different color ink for each one.  I also used a little gesso for the white...

Hi Everyone, Jess here with an altered library pocket for you. I lined the inside part of the pocket with a page from an old book k.  Once my page was glued down I started to add on acrylic paint with a dry paintbrush.  The photos make the paint look all brown, but it is a lovely shimmery copper color.     I stenciled  on a few designs using a permanent ink. I also added bits of  washi tape  and marker splatters.   I set this part aside to work on the outside of the pocket.   I used a piece of scrap paper to cover the front and I sanded the edges.   I used a sentiment from the  Valentine's of Youth   collage shee t.  I snipped it in half, inked it, and scribbled a black line around the edge.  I used the reverse side of the paper I covered the pocket with to back the sentiment.  A little bit of ricrac finished the front. This lovely lady is from a Glit...