I've been inspired by the Vancouver ATC Group, (a new, bold "join" for me), to create things. Not ATC's, as you might think, but handmade books. It has been quite some time since I created a book, and I'm on a mad tear. One I'm making for a gift, so you'll have to be patient to see that one.
This is a prototype of a waterfall book. One of the ladies brought a much larger version to show us, and I adapted it to a smaller version.
This time I made a bookmark out of a coloured pencil image. Because bookmarks get a lot of wear, I covered this one with some cheap sticky laminate you buy to cover books with.
And I've got lots of coloured pencil images left yet!
Here is another ATC I made from a coloured pencil image.
I hope everyone is having a great weekend! I'm getting in some bike riding, working on a couple of book projects, and contemplating the purchase of a Zutter Bind-It-All.
Remember this?
This journal page was inspired by one of my favourite Vancouver collage and art supply stores, RubyDog's Art House. Leanne, the owner, has to close, and I am sick about it. Sick and owning it. Every time we shop at those big US chains (we know who I mean, don't we), we knock another nail in the coffin of our neighbours' stores. Well, unless we have an unlimited supply of cash and storage space, that is.
If you live in Vancouver, go down and check out RubyDog's before you can't anymore!
Inspired by a technique I learned while visiting my sister, I've been playing with pencil crayons lately, particularly on dark coloured backgrounds. I've coloured a lot of images, but as usual, I'm slow in finishing up the creations.
Here's an ATC I managed to complete:
The Design Challenge for the Vancouver Artist Trading Card Group this month is "Nebulas, Nails & Noodles". I could think of no way to combine these items, so I went simply with "Nebulas".
These are done with alcohol ink and they are all unique because that's the way the inks behave!
I had a great time at the swap yesterday, even if it was a somewhat smaller group than usual. It was a chance to get to know some of the ladies a bit better.
I've got lots of nebulas left if anybody wants to swap!
One of the things I try periodically is carving my own stamps. These ATC's use some of the stamps I've carved:
These were all stamped on sanded scraps of discarded book pages.
And here is a notecard:
