Materials:
Cover: Rubber stamp by Stamp Out Cute
Tags: Rubber stamp by PostModern Design
Word text stamps by KwikArts
Background text stamp - unknown
stiff cardboard or cardstock
four shipping tags
burgundy, peach, gold and clear pigment ink pads
black dye ink pad
brown dye ink pad
chalks
dove blender pen
clear ultra thick embossing powder/enamel (UTEE)
gold embossing powder
heat tool
scissors/craft knife
ruler
fiber
beads
jump rings
hole punch
pliers
glue
metallic copper paint pen
fine point metallic gold paint pen
hot glue rose embellishment

Directions:

COVERS:
To make the covers of the book cut out two pieces of a stiff cardboard or cardstock. Using the direct to paper technique, blend the burgundy and peach inks on only one side of both covers. Colour the reverse side of each cover with a brown dye ink pad. The cardboard I used made the interesting texture once the ink was applied.

Stamp the image with black ink. Heat set to dry the pigment inks so that you don't dirty your clear ink pad. Then cover the entire area with clear embossing ink and cover with clear ultra thick embossing powder and heat to melt the powder. While the powder is slightly warm stamp the word ART in
gold so it's slightly impressed into the glass-like surface. Glue on the
hot glue molded rose.

Punch holes along the top edge, 3 for jump rings and 1 to attach a string of beads. Edge the covers with a metallic copper paint pen.

TAGS:
Stamp the four panels of the stamp onto four tags with black dye ink. Masking the image stamp the tag area around each image with a background text stamp. You don't need to be 100% careful with the masking because it's nice to have some of the background overlapping the front image. Edge each tag with a metallic copper paint pen. Colour the images with chalks and blend with a dove blender pen. Add details to each image with the gold
paint pen. Stamp single words on the bottom edge of each tag in gold
pigment ink and emboss with gold embossing powder. My tags say: wish, serene, sing and love.

Punch a hole in a different place on each tag and string some beads. The different position creates a fringe when the book is closed. Punch a hole at the top of each tag.

Assemble the book by attaching the tags to the front and back covers with a jump ring at the center hole. Attach the covers to each other with jump rings at the two outer holes. Add a bead to each jump ring before closing them.

From our August/September 2005 Newsletter

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