2016 #11 Our Home Journey {by Jennie Atkinson}

2016 Topic 11: Our House

Hi everyone Jennie here with you tonight sharing a small mini book with the theme of Our Home Journey using the timeless Urban Snapshots stamps.

I recently bought a Sissix die for making small books and plan to make a few the same size but with different themes. So this first one is Our Home Journey and will record where my husband and I lived as children and then over the 40 years we have been married. I have used my Gelli Plate for the first time (well after a little practice!) to make the covers and the start of the inside of the book.

Step One: I started by making the papers for my covers using the Gelli Plate. I have only recently purchased this and have only really done a few 4x4 experiments so it was a bit daunting doing a piece of A4! I brayered Sage and Snowflake Fresco Acrylic Paints onto the plate and used the flourish from the Urban Snapshots Young Love Plate 1 as a random pattern. Once I had taken off my print I then overstamped with the quote from the Wrought Iron 2 Plate.

US Young Love Plate 1

Wrought Iron 2 Plate.

Step Two: My book covers were cut from coaster board and the insides got a coat of Snowflake  Paint and again I used the two stamps as before to create a bit of interest on the inside covers.

Step Three: I used my papers to cover the outside of the book and for the spine I brayered Sage and Snowflake Paints onto some Smoothy White Cardstock (mainly because I didn't have enough of the patterned paper!). Before I stuck the spine down I passed some seam binding ribbon through the holes to enable me to gather my signatures.

Step Four: For the front cover I used the Young Love Plate as my central focus and used Pumpkin Soup and Autumn Fire Translucent Frescos to colour the flowers. There's a little bit of Sage in there too.

Step Five: For the first page inside the book I used some leftover scraps from my papers to cover the page and I stamped the Wrought Iron Gates to create a doorway.

Not easy to photograph!  

Step 6: I finished off the spine by cutting a small label from some left over paper and using the Doorway quote so I have a reference for the book when it is sitting on a shelf.

And so my little book is ready to fill with photographs and details as I find them whilst trawling through the photograph albums. I really enjoyed making this project and am particularly pleased with the effects created by using the Gelli Plate and the Fresco Finish Paints. I am sure it will be out again soon! I also hope my little project encourages you to use these wonderful Urban Snapshot stamp sets.

Thank you for joining me tonight.

Jennie x

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Oh Jennie what a beautiful little book. I adore the muted colours, so perfect as a backdrop for photographs. It is so very important to document our family and home and this is the perfect way. It is always lovely to see Urban Snapshots being used, the Iron Gate is especially fitting. ~Darcy

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