Altered Book Spread with Metal Door by Kathy Stoffel

1. Select a book to alter and glue 2 pages together using a UHU glue stick. This will reinforce the page that will hold the door.

2. Apply gesso to the 2-page spread in front of the glued pages and let it dry.
(See Picture 3)
©Kathy Stoffel

3. Select a photo or picture to show behind the metal door.

4. Decide the size and shape of the opening; it should be smaller than the photo/picture.

5. Select a tag or create a door from cardstock to cover the opening.

6. To create a base for the door, cut out a piece of cardstock larger than the door. (See Picture 4)
©Kathy Stoffel

7. Use masking tape to attach the door to the base; this will act as a hinge. Glue the door base to the page that will hold the door. (See Picture 5)
©Kathy Stoffel Gesso the door base. (See Picture 6)
©Kathy Stoffel

8. Cut an opening in the page through the door base the size and shape decided in Step 4. (See Picture 7)
©Kathy Stoffel

9. Paint the pages using acrylic paints. (See Picture 8)
©Kathy Stoffel This spread was painted and stamped for a layered, textured look, as follows: painted with fluid acrylics, stamped with brown StazOn ink using an Italian poetry background stamp from Hero Arts, over-stamped with a foam swirl and hand-carved lips stamps using acrylic paints, monoprinted with textured paper using acrylic paint, quinacridone nickel azo gold paint applied and scraped off with a credit card, black StazOn ink stamped using a floral border stamp from Anna Griffin (All Night Media® 580H23), and metallic bronze glaze applied and scraped off.

10. Paint the underside of the door; cover the top of the door with aluminum muffler tape.

11. Pinch the edges of the door with the grooved teeth from a pair of pliers to create texture. Stamp alphabet and phrase stamps on the door front.

12. Apply black ink to the metal to age. Accentuate the letters with Sharpie marker, Krylon copper leafing pen, and Lumiere metallic olive paint.

13. Pierce a hole with a hole punch and tie a sheer ribbon.

14. Glue the photo to the page behind the door using regular matte medium taking care that the picture shows through the opening as expected. (See Picture 9)
©Kathy Stoffel

15. Draw a triple-bar cross on tissue paper (See Picture 10)
©Kathy Stoffel and scribble color with oil pastel crayons on the back. (See Picture 11)
©Kathy Stoffel

16. Lay the tissue drawing on wax paper. Mix a small amount of EnviroTex-Lite® resin + hardener according to the manufacturer’s directions and apply very thinly to the tissue using a credit card. Hang the tissue to dry overnight using a black clip suspended on a wire hanger. Please note ventilation and other safety precautions.

17. Decide on placement of the drawing and hole punch through both the drawing and page and attach the drawing with a silver-toned brad. Glue the previous page to the back to cover the brads.

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