COLLAGE SCRAP EXCHANGE

Recently I signed up for a Collage Scrap Exchange and was partnered with a very talented artist, Kiana Mosley. The idea is that we send each other paper scraps and combine these to make a collaborative collage. 

I thought I would share my page, and the background paper is one of my Gelli Plate prints. I made it with intention to cut it up but decided it made a good base for Kiana's beautiful and intricate paper cuts.  I have also included some of her gorgeous water colour paper scraps and I am lucky to have lots more left, which is good, because I think I will be doing lots more collage making. I am off to the Shetland Islands in April for a book making course and collage will be the theme - I know this is just the start of things to come!







And here is Kiana's collage.  She also used some of my Gelli plate printed paper for the waterfall and droplets. We both like nature and flowers and our collections to each other included these. I love the difference and the similarities.

Thank you for being my swap partner Kiana, it was great fun!!



BOOK MAKING WORKSHOP WITH NEIL WALKER

I have a passion for making books so when I saw that Neil Walker was running a workshop in Kent I immediately signed up.  I've always loved his style and the day was even better than I hoped for. 

 

We were given one of Neil's Book Kit Covers, something I've not used before so this was a good starter. We began by gluing the spine to the front and back.

 

 Then we were given pages from an old book.  For a moment I thought 'these are too nice to use' and my instinct to save them for something special.  And I realised - THIS IS something special! So I happily glued my papers to the cover and thought of ways that I could keep some of the text showing.

Because next we glued on the detailed layer.  There are two of these in the kit and Neil suggested that we cut one and save the other for a different project. So half was glued to the back, and the other half on the front, framing the area of print I wanted to leave showing.

 Then there was painting to do. A page for making embellishments, and 2 pages for the back and front inside covers.

Later in the day I used one of Neil's rubber stamp range to decorate the inner pages. Now, I don't need any more stamps, but I couldn't go home without buying a couple as I knew I would want to use these again! 

But I have jumped a head, so while we waited for the paint to dry it was time to put the signatures together.

 

And then to bind the book. 
 

Our final stages involved painting and decorating the covers. We used paint, stamping, liquid glass, and UTEE, before adding the embellishments that we had earlier made and a touch of Treasure Gold. And here is my finished book.   

 

 Thanks Neil - I love it!!