Hello, again!

This week I played with some Dylusions spray inks that I purchased a few weeks ago.  They are beautiful and so very vibrant.  Initially I only purchased three colors, but I will definitely be getting more colors as my budget allows! 

 

These ATC's are for a Paper Traders swap called Chirp Chirp.  I got a partial sheet of gift wrap at a barn sale last year for 25 cents.  There were lots of birds, nests w/eggs and butterflies on it.  For the background, I sprayed a full sheet of cardstock with water and then the blue and green ink sprays.  I added another spray of water to help blend the colors and then let it dry in the sun.  Then I splattered some watered down white acrylic paint over the whole sheet.  After that was dry, I stamped a small flower image randomly with salty ocean distress ink.  The collage came together so easily and I love the German scrap trim to ground it all!  The small white butterfly die cuts were sent to me by a friend and were the perfect accent.  The alphabet letter die is from Memory Box.  I am very pleased with the way these turned out and had so much fun making them!

Here is the front of the page I did for my friend Maureen's book.  Recently she has been seeing spiders here and there inside and outside of her house, so I thought this would be a fun page for her. 

 

The back  of the page is open at the top to make a pocket to hold the tags I made with spider poems on them.  I used some fluffy yarn for ties on the tags and, serendipitously, the yarn hangs over the front of the page and kind of adorns the girl's hair!!  Cool.  Here are the tags:

 

 

And, here is the front of the page I did for Renee's book:

 

 

 

Just some clip art of Paris fashions that I colored a bit and added some gems to the dresses, etc.  Some French papers, lace and trim were also added to the page.  Here is the back of her page:

To go along with her page I made a tag booklet with fashions from the early 1900's on each tag.  She will be able to tie this to one of the binder rings of her book. 

Thanks for sticking with me for this long post - I really enjoyed making these things this week and hope you enjoy seeing them!  Thanks for visiting!

This week I have been busy with a doctor's appointment, yard work and some long overdue housework, too.  But I did find a bit of time for playing in my studio. 

I wanted to participate in an inchie accordion book swap for the Paper Traders yahoo group.  This needed to be postmarked by April 30th.  I managed to get mine done in time to mail them on Monday, the 29th.  Here is the masterboard I created from which the inchies were punched: 

I used distress inks in the colors of picked raspberry and peacock feathers - I just love those colors together!!

And here are my little books:

 

I sponged delicata gold ink around the edges of each inchie.  The  sentiment is a rubber stamp from Hero Arts that I have had for years.  A few sequins here and there are the only added embellishments, as I wanted to keep it simple and easy to mail.  I made one extra book for myself to keep with the four that I will be receiving back in the swap. 

I am still working on book pages for my friends' books and hope to have them done for my next post.

Have a great week!

HELLO!

Yes, it's me again!  I've decided to bring this blog back to life!  I'm still very much involved in rubberstamping and card making - here is my blog for that. 

Fifi's Daughter is my original blog which was started as a place to share various paper arts projects.  For now, I will only be posting once a week with the option of  random posts here and there.
 
Two friends and I recently started an altered book project together.  Each of us cut the front and back covers from an old book and created new book covers for our books.  Renee and I are going with a Paris/French theme for our books and Maureen's book will be all about Halloween. We have given our little group the name of "Mo Jo Nee" (as in nay).  Once a month we will meet and exchange pages we have made for each other.  We can also make pages for our own books as desired. This is to be a one year project - it will be so much fun to see the books at the end of that year!

Here is the cover I made for my book:

As you can see, the books will be held together with binder rings.  And, here is the first page I made for myself:

Here is the back of this page:

I will share the pages I made for the girls in my next post.

This week I joined a Yahoo group, Paper Traders.  I am excited to start participating in some of their swaps and challenges in the next few weeks.   Here is my first creation for their monthly ATC swap:

 

I love this sweet image from Paper Whimsy!

Thanks to anyone who stops by - Hope to visit some of my old friends, and new, soon. . . .

FAREWELL FOR NOW

My apologies for not doing this sooner!  It is with a bit of sadness that I am, at least for the time being, putting this blog on an inactive status.  There is only so much time to devote to blogland and the fun challenges and swaps out there.  For now, my interest is in rubber stamping and cardmaking.  I have another blog on which I share those creations.  I just cannot keep up with two blogs!!!

For anyone interested: 

http://www.morningglorycardstudio.blogspot.com/

So long and God bless!!

HELLO AGAIN!

Fifi's Daughter is back from her hiatus!  I have a couple of spreads that I have completed for the Sketchbook 2012 project to show you:

Here I have used some Cavellini paper images, Tim Holtz paper tape and some chipboard flourishes.  My pages are pretty much just random collages, which is what I most enjoy doing.  Since my sketchbook is "Untitled", there doesn't have to be a set theme.

Here is another:

Inks, stamps and torn strips of a map. 

And, the first page of the book:

I used a portion of a map of Ohio, aged with a little ink, and circled my city.  My high school yearbook photo and name complete this page. 

There are a few pages left to go and also the front and back covers.  Gotta' get it done this week and sent off in the mail.

Hope there is someone out there still interested enough to visit me here at Fifi's!!  I am planning to have a small giveaway in the next week or two, so stay tuned!

Have a great day!

OFF TO COLORADO!

Tomorrow I will be flying to Colorado to visit my son and his family in Parker CO.  My return date is December 31st!  Needless to say, I am looking forward to being there and enjoying the beautiful Colorado scenery, along with three of my grands. 

I may be able to work in my Sketchbook 2012 while there and, if so, I will post as I can.  I definitely will be able to visit some of your blogs and make comments here and there. 

Until then, take good care!

LAST TWO GLUEBOOK PAGES

Here are the last two pages sent to Mary for her vintage gluebook page swap. 

This page has more of a nature theme.  An old book page, music, map, postage stamps, torn papers and a butterfly are added around the bird images.  I like the overall look of this page.

Here is the next one:

The girl's image is a copy of an old postcard I purchased in a shop on Gaylord Street in Denver, CO.  (lots of little shops to poke around in there.)  Background is a combination of paper provided by Mary in one of her online classes, an endpaper from an old Readers Digest condensed book and some snips of music.  Added the frame and butterfly to focus in on the main image. 

When Mary has received and sorted all pages, we will receive six pages from six different people.  These will be bound into the covers of a vintage book with binder rings.  Mary will also include some other vintage ephemera for our personal use.  I am excited to see the pages I will get from others!

Enjoy your day!