Thursday, July 11, 2019

Little Blue Mixed Media Art Book



Over the past month, I have been working on this little variety piece. It started out as a weekly creative challenge to see what new layouts and themes I could come up with using recycled art supplies on tiny pages with my own illustrations (only 3 x 4.5 inch pages). It gradually turned into a mini fairytale mixed media journal. The outside cover is from a recycled blue file folder. Using the book-binding method, I sewed the jacket together with complimentary blue thread and created a yarn clasp with a button to easily open and close the book. There’s also a hint of pretty washi tape.

Now that the little blue book is almost completely full, thought I would share the overall piece!




Added decorative stitches to the cover and experimented with stamp pad backgrounds. Trimmed the folder for a scallop edge. The parchment beige-colored sketch paper ended up working well with silhouettes!



Used one of my own photos of a hydrangea and raised the contrast to add to the mood followed by a matching periwinkle sky. Really enjoy the effect of using white gel pens and handwriting on a dark photo.



Played with negative space using what was leftover after I cut out the sketch.







Normally, the classic last page is The End but I decided to leave it open.



Hope you enjoyed this project and thank you for visiting!


13 comments:

  1. Beautiful.
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  2. What a lovely book! Each page is filled with delightful art and messages!!

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  3. Wow Abigail this is just fabulous. I am so glad to see you too. I have missed all of your beautiful art. This book though is just a magical piece of art.

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  4. what a wonderful book filled with lovely pages- another side of your artistic talents! happy PPF!

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  5. Lovely book with beautiful pages and nice sayings. Well done!
    Happy PPF 😃

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  6. Those are gorgeous journal pages! I really love the colour palette and the messages :) Happy PPF from No 17 :D

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  7. Gorgeous work Thanks for sharing. Happy PPF


    Much🎨❤🎨love

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  8. You've given me some good ideas for my journal illustrations. - Margy

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  9. What a beautiful little book! I like the words...art is your own magic!!

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  10. That's a beautiful handmade art journal and pages! I haven't done one in a while, so you've just inspired me. Happy belated PPF!

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  11. How beautiful! I LOVE your little fairy book. I am feeling inspired. This is just lovely, fills my eyes it does.

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  12. A lovely little blue book full of wonderful art and beautiful colours!!

    -Soma

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