Encore Post - Take a leaf out of my book

Encore Posts

Projects which made their first appearances elsewhere for Design Team duties or Guest Designer opportunities, but which only had a sneak peek here, are being gathered together in the pages of my virtual scrapbook while I'm away.

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Hello again.  As promised (threatened?), I'm back with another Encore post to fill the deafening silence around here.   This autumnal altered notebook was created for A Vintage Journey's Destination Inspiration series back in November 2016.  Over the course of a month, each of four Creative Guides would play with the same set of products/colours/techniques, and come up with their own individual creation.  Here's what I wrote back then...

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Hello all, it's Alison here, arriving at Destination Inspiration.  I hope you saw Tracy's fantastic creation last Monday, and now's your chance to see what I got up to with the contents of this month's luggage.  Just to remind you, here's what's in the travel bag:

Substrate - Journal/Notebook cover

Product - Patterned Paper

Technique - Altered paper techniques

Colour - Orange/Rust

Well, regulars at Words and Pictures will guess that I went for the rusty end of that colour spectrum.  I did some basic paper tearing and distressing for my altered papers, and here's what I ended up with...

It started out as one of those basic black notebooks you can pick up almost anywhere.

I used one of my favourite Andy Skinner techniques to get the rusted look - spritzes of the DecoArt white Media Mister with Quinacridone Gold over it.  (It's part way through the process here.)

Quin Gold was probably my most-missed product while I was away, so I had to use it for this first project back in the craft room!

I generally add a dirty wash for a grungier, darker edge to the rusty look.

As I said, I kept my paper altering on a fairly simple level.  They're all Tim Holtz papers, and all from the subtler end of the colour spectrum.

I tore and inked the edges, and then ruffled them up at the edges once they were stuck down.

I also added the lovely thorny stamp in Sepia (as close to orange as I'm generally willing to go with my stamping).

I also used Quinacridone Gold and some Paynes Grey in layers on my Idea-ology Quote Band, and secured it in place with some rusty wire.

The leaves were actually a bit of an afterthought, but I'm very glad my brain went on thinking, as I really like the result.

They're Calico Craft Parts, and they've just had a touch of the Quin Gold for that burnished autumnal look.

It's rusted on the back cover too, but otherwise unadorned on the other side.  You have to be able to use the thing, after all!

And that's my altered notebook cover for you.  Thanks so much for dropping in today.

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Just catching the last of the autumn glows for you there... winter seems to be setting in with a grey, damp grimness round here at the moment.  I hope you enjoyed another trip down memory lane with me.  There'll be something new to enjoy on Friday... promise!  Thanks so much for stopping by, and I'll see you again soon.

Rebellious leaves
going out
in a blaze of glory,
setting trees aflame
in riotous colour.
Reluctant surrender
to rumours
of coming winter.
Taste the Wild Wonder by John Mark Green