AAJ1 Challenge 3 - Altered Art Journal Challenge

September 2012 Challenge
Must include:

• A quilt design on cream, deckle edge watercolour paper card
• The opposite page has a chalked border

Note: these were originally part of an Ugly Paper Competition.

Top book = Zoo, Bottom book = Red Bear

Text by Zoo
I found this design in one of my craft magazines but no one else was inspired by it.  It took forever to figure out the dimensions because the card base was a different size from the magazine. 
This would have never been finished because Red Bear and Kidlet were ready to leave and I'd barely started glueing the pieces on.  Red Bear insisted that they stay until it was done.  This was one of the first big lessons in "how to use double-sided glue tabs". After they left, I played with my zig-zag stitching stamps.

Fast Forward to January 2013.  Red Bear is visiting and we are bringing our Journals up to date.  As we were pondering what to do for a few of the months, my eyes wandered up to the "Ugly Paper Competition Display" in my craft room.
I jokingly suggested, "let's cheat" [use some previously constructed works of art].  Red Bear whipped up a matching quilt design card and also included a beautiful interior.
Note: my challenge is still in card form and the inside of the card has a chalk border. It looks like Red Bear split her card and pasted the inside of the card on her left page and the top of the card on her right page.

Chalk Card - and - Paper Bow

Chalk Card

Chalk Embossed Card

Pick a contrasting, in my case, a dark olive green, card base.

Cut a piece of contrasting, in my case, white, cardstock to fit the top of the card. If I were to do this again, I'd cut the white about one quarter of an inch smaller so as to show a larger frame of the dark colour border.

Emboss top of card.

Brush chalk on raised embossing.  Use one or three colours. In this case I used a yellow-green chalk and an darker olive green chalk.

You can use:

• Pan Chalk, the brand I have is Pebbles Inc. Ikandee Chalks "Earth Tones" 42003.
• what we typically think of as "teacher's chalk", the brand I have is Prang Gallery AMBRITE colored chalk for papier 53012, or,
• Chalk Pencils.  The brand I have is Faber-Castell PITT Pastel 1122-170 and 1122-174.

[I just did a Google Search for each of the product links I used.  I get my supplies from a local art supply store.]

Then use a nesting set of dies to cut a frame from the center of the white embossed card stock.  The set I used was Framelits - Labels Collection 125598, from my Stampin' Up dealer. Save the remaining frame for use on the inside if you like, or for another project.

Add a bit of bling a sentiment, and anything else you like on the inside and you're done!

Sentiment, Owl and Feather stamped with Memento Rich Cocoa ME-800

Edited to add: Red Bear taught me how to make this card, it certainly wasn't my great idea, it was hers!

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DIY Embellishments - Paper Bows

Edited to add: click on the title above, it's a link to the video^^

I just discovered this video today and was impelled to try it as she said she was going to go over it again quickly!

I had some scrap tissue paper laying around and cut a 6 by 6 inch square and followed along.  Too easy!  If I can do it, you can do it!

Crafting NOT at my crafting table!

The smaller you cut your initial square, the smaller the bow.  No more extra postage for mailing a card just because you wanted a bow for it!

Ta Da!

Zoo