I LOVE Books - an 'Off the page' project.

I have loved reading for as long as I can remember. In fact one of my most vivid memories from childhood was being taken off for a reading test which I remember being incredibly stressful and fun all at the same time.

For Scrapfest by the sea, I decided to put my love of books into a project. I popped up to the local
op shop and brougt a cheap book (just $2), then set about to alter it. I knew the idea I wanted to go with, but wasn't entirely sure how it would work out. So I just gave it a shot. Here's what I came up with.

I am in love with stencils/masks at the moment, so it only made sense to give the book a little texture using Prima's checkerboard mask. I used both the large and small masks to give different sizes of squares and the white texture paste and clear. Again, for a different look and to see what the clear looks like....

Although I used 'mostly' Prima products, I also threw in some transparency's from Collections and some tags from Typo.

To get the rounded pages, all I did was work out how many pages were in the book, then divide them roughly (I divided into lots of 5 pages). Then I folded them in a half circle and glued back to the spine of the book. I was surprised at how quickly I got through doing that! It didn't take long at all!

I also wanted to include some teeny tiny bottles that we were selling at Scrapfest. They are so darn cute!! So I filled them with glitter to match the colour theme and glued them on.

I LOVE Prima's vines. And they worked perfectly here. Adding a sense of cohesion to the project that clusters of flowers may not have done. I especially love the green leaves and tendrils.

Once all the pages had dried, it was simply time to embellish. I added the vine first as my base, then worked around it adding in additional flowers, transparencies, bottles etc until I was happy. I didn't want it to be 'overdone', but also wanted to have something pretty and enduring.

As usual for this type of project, I used my all time favourite glue - Helmar 450 quick dry. It's brilliant. Strong, quick to dry and rubs off if you get it in time. Also for a project like this, it's not brittle, so if the pages move, you're not going to get pieces 'popping' off.

Setting clear, it is also great for the transparencies I attached.

My project can be found in the latest release of PaperHaus magazine which was just released on 1st September. It's a fabulous fall inspired free online scrapping magazine. Just click on the cover below to visit it....

Comments

[Nic C]

that is stunningly beautiful Trina! :)

[Margie Visnick]

Wow! Just wow! Absolutely gorgeous!

[Esther]

I LOVE this project and it was one of the first to get my attention at Scrapfest. I spent quite some time studying it and have tucked your idea away in my brain's to-do-list. Did I mention that I LOVE it? xx

[Vicki Parker]

It truly is just gorgeous. Its on the list of things to do. LOL

[Nicole Doiron]

GORGEOUS!!!

[mandyb]

wow just wow....again!!! love it!!!
what a cool centre piece for an event or display!!
you are so clever!!