creating

Here is the final picture of the little paper bag book I started last week.

 

I finished the cover with the mini rolled tattered florals die set.

And my waxing project.  I put all the pages together and added the covers.  I had a little difficulty with the coptic stitch but in the end I managed to keep it all together.

I "pulled" my waxed linen a little too hard and in the wrong direction so some of the holes ripped.  I also had to take some stitches out.  Well taking waxed linen out of waxed holes proved to be too difficult so I had to cut the thread and knot it in a few visible places.  Oh, well,  it added to the whimsical charm, right?

Inside pages........ and sketches........

  

my little hand drawn (heavily copied from Plays with paper blog) people.  I did enjoy this part and will do it again.  I learned some things about using wax.  Each page is coated with beeswax after I stitched the little people down.  They are ATC sized and the pages measure 6 x 8.  I used a Mixed Media paper pad for the pages( colored with watercolor paints, gelatos and anything else I could find!) and the ATCs are watercolor paper, sketched in pencil and traced with a stibillo pencil.

the covers are the Mixed Media papers folded in half and glued together, covered in torn text papers and then dry brushed with acrylic paints, gelatos and the stibillo pencil.

It was fun!! And I will make more.

Be back soon!  Thanks for checking in.

margie