Challenge #3-Tape Transfer

Challenge #3 for my Altered Books group was to try a Tape Transfer. I hadn't done one for awhile, and I had never done one with words, so I thought I would do a quote. At first I thought I had to print the quote out backwards, but after going through the process realized that no, I don't! The sticky side needs to be on the back, so I need to print out normally. Also, the transfer kept coming out very faint, so I tried printing out in bold. While I was rubbing the paper off of my 4th try, I realized that this would probably work much better with a toner print (rather than an ink-jet), and didn't I read that somewhere? I don't know. I'll try that next time. But I liked the effect (subtle) of the quote that I ended up with, and it worked perfectly on my page. So here is what I did:

I started with packing tape.



Then I covered the words I wanted with the tape, overlapping.


I cut out the words



Then I burnished the words. First I used the edge of my scissors, by the 4th try I used the back of a spoon. I don't think it made much difference.



I placed the piece into a sieve, and ran warm, almost hot, water over it, and rubbed the paper off the tape. You don't want any of the paper to go down the drain.




Than I laid the pieces on a paper towel, sticky side up.



In the meantime I painted the page in my book sky blue with cheap acrylics


And then, using Stampscapes stamps and some sponges, created the right side of my layout. I also made some clouds on both sides using a mask (before I stamped).


I added my tape transfer to the left side of the page. The stickiness from the tape sticks the words right to the page.


Then I added 3 snowflakes to the right hand corner, and some blue-white fiber. It reminded me of a cold day waiting for snow. I like the whispyness of the words. Done!
You can still see some bits of paper stuck to the tape, I could have gotten them off if I worked at it, but I like the effect.

Music Deco Page

Just finished my page in Anne's Deco. The theme going through this Deco seems to be Broadway Musicals or musicians, so I chose Cats. Though I've never seen it, I've always been intrigued by it. I would love to see it!

November Mingle

This month I chose Diwali (or Divali) for my Holiday Mingle for ByHand. I had some gorgeous napkins that remind me of India, so I used those for the background. Diwali is a Festival of Lights, so I added lots of jewels! The page on the back opens up to explain the holiday.

ATC Food Series

Our theme this month for the ByHand monthly ATC swap was Food. I have a few food stamps I rarely get to use so this was great! I used DTP with chalk Cats Eyes, then stamped on top and wrote the quotes. I used a metallic green gel pen for the highlights on each ATC.

Twelve Days of Christmas Fat Book Page

I finished my "Eleven Pipers Piping" page for my ByHand Artists group. I made a Mandala with ten pipers, and put the 11th in the middle. The wheel turns! This was a fun one to do, and a challenge with the Mandala.

ATC Vintage Ornament Swap

I am in an ATC Vintage Ornament Swap with my AlteredDesigns group. We had to make 3 sets of 2 ATCs, So I will be giving one each of green and red. All the images are from Altered Pages.

Altered Book Challenge #2

The challenge I gave in my ABCanada group was to make a layout with ripped pages. There are several ways to do this, and I have done them in other books, creating layers with tags, and making pockets with the layers.This time I did not connect the pages together, essentially creating 4 pages in one layout. The book is called "House of Blues", and here is my challenge #2 page:

Marilyn

I managed to find some time to work on one of the Music Decos that have been coming my way. This one has 3 pages of Marilyn Monroe in it already, so I could hardly do anything else! So here is my Marilyn page in Sandy's Deco book:



and my sign in tag:


I did the B&W Marilyn face myself in photoshop from an album cover photo. You can barely see it in the photo, but there is a pink glow all around the image - a happy accident!

Mandala

I have been home sick lately, and so took the opportunity to try something new - a digital Mandala. I was given a tutorial link here and followed the directions, and viola!



Here is the piece that I used as a base:



I also made another one for a 4X4 fat book, I'm just waiting to see if I am allowed to use it!

Still home today, maybe I'll do another one!