Painted Collage Page

Today I Created | A painted page for my binder.

I used acrylic paint on corregated board. Before the paint was completely dry, I applied a page from an old atlas. I let the paint soak into the paper a bit and then lifted it off. The paper stuck in some areas and created a nice collage feel. I did a light color wash over the paper once it was adhered.

I plan to journal on this page. I haven't decided what I want to do on the back side of this corregated board page.

Painted Photo Binder Page

Today I Created | A painted photo page for my Binder

I discovered Dina Wakley's blog today. It was very inspiring. I used to paint in college but avoided painting in my scrapbook. After reading her blog I decided to try painting on a photograph.

I like the way it has a feel of being a painted portrait and yet retains the realism of photography. I painted just the background to add some interest to an otherwise boring background. I also overlayed an acetate sheet to create the black details.

I will experiment further with this technique.

Binder Pocket Page

Today I Created | A pocket page for my Altered Binder

This was a very simple project using two-sided Basic Grey paper. This involves two folds, punching holes and adding a border sticker (optional).

I stashed my decorated tags in the pockets for now. I will probably embellish the pockets later.

London Travel

Today I Created | A binder page about London

I am an Anglophile. I love English history. It was thrilling to travel to England and into London to experience so many of the places that I had read about.

This binder page is to preserve a bit of that love of England. The page itself is created from a postcard that I had bought in a shop in Picadilly Circus. I never used it in my scrapbook but it is the perfect size to re-purpose for my binder project.

My favorite place was St. Peter ad Vincula in the Tower of London. This is the chapel where Anne Boleyn's remains are interred. You can see the Tower of London in the postcard.

I distressed the postcard a bit so that it didn't appear so glossy and new. On the back I adhered scrapbooking paper of a map of London, some ribbon and a piece of paper torn from an old atlas. I plan to journal on the paper.

Binder page

Today I Created | A binder page using corregated board.

I was going to throw away a piece of corregated board that came as an insert in some packaging. It was a clean piece of board that seemed too nice to throw out.

I painted it with acrylic paint and distressed the edges with a bit of ink to match the Basic Grey cover of my small binder. I also tore away a bit of the top layer to expose the corregation beneath.

I added a rub-on and used watermark ink to stamp the lines for journaling.