CRAFT SWAP FORUM
ALTERED ART PROJECT
BY
HELS SHERIDAN
Altered Art is becoming more and more popular and there is no end to the possibilities of altering ordinary, every day items, making them into little works of art. For this project I have altered a children’s board book.
Ingredients:
- Board book
- Bind It All Machine & Wire
- Maison Papers
- Slide Mounts
- Tags/Mini Envelope
- Rubber stamps
- Chipboard
- Plain cream cardstock
- Grungeboard
- Brads
- Fragments
- Charms
- Wax Seals
- Distress Inks
- Adirondack Acrylic Dabbers
- DS Tape/Scissors/Silicone glue
- Sandpaper Paper
- Distresser
I started by tearing all the coloured laminated covering from all the pages, leaving me with plain grey chipboard. I took some Adirondack Acrylic Dabbers and some Crackle Paints and painted parts of each page.
Once the paints had dried completely, I used my finger to smudge Gold Dabber over the painted parts of the page.
I used papers from the Maison Range by K & Co. To make the papers look more worn and old, I used Cut & Dry foam to smudge Walnut Stain Distress Ink on the edges. I also used a paper distresser and sandpaper to grunge up the edges of the papers and the book. I took care to tear the papers so that the painted parts of the pages were on show.
Once I had decorated all the pages, I began to build up the design of each page using a selection of rubber stamps, embellishments, chipboard and Grungeboard.
The stamps that I have used in this project are from a range of manufacturers, namely;
The Stamp Connection/Artistic Stamper – Pgs 1, 2, 3, 5, 6, 8, 10
Invoke Arts – Front Cover, Pgs 1, 2, 4
Stampers Anonymous, Tim Holtz Collection – Pgs 4, 6, 8
Crafty Individuals – Pgs 7, 9, 10, 11, 12
Paper Artsy – Pg 9
Stamps Away – Alphabet
Catslife Press – Pgs 6, 8, 12 & Back Cover
Lost Coast Designs – Pg 12 (inside envelope)
Stampendous – Pg 1
I hope that you have enjoyed looking at this project and you will have a go at altering things for yourself.
Hels x
Here is the book:
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