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Thursday, September 29, 2011

Art journal


After being inspired by The Art Journal Workshop, I started work on the inside pages
I found the book that I disassembled for the covers at a thrift store quite a while ago. When I got it I hadn't realized that all the pages were glossy which doesn't work very well for altering.  
I still loved the covers and knew I'd use them 
in some way.

The inside pages are recycled cardboard from cereal type boxes. I obsessively save them to use as substrate for so many different projects. The pages are all a uniform height but the width is very random. I felt this might give the journal an interesting look.



So far, I've slathered leftover paint from other projects on a few pages and completed one from scraps on my table. 







The journalling reads: 
Forget the darkness behind you. 
Turn your face towards the sun and bloom.



6 comments:

Stacie (craft-princess) said...

Cool book! I really like the cover! Did you use distress inks on it or was it already that color?

Yvonne said...

Great book to use for this. Looks great! I like your idea of different widths for pages.

~*~Patty S said...

Always exciting to start a new project...
Love that you save cardboard too...it's what we do LOL
I REALLY Love that you are doing something wonderful with yours...great idea about the different widths of pages!
Such an uplifting quote and page Halle!
Happy Friday!
oxo

Dianne said...

a great page, and those covers are cool! this will turn out terrific, I am sure. The cardboard pages are a nice change from paper...they hold up to a lot of stuff!

Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...

I never seem to have cardboard for pages, but I always appreciate when others recycle it. Those pages are going to be spectacular.

My Creative House said...

Halle your journal pages looks fantastic (I've looked around your blog), great book cover.
Anni

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