Wednesday 4 June 2014

Leporella Accordion Book


Over on the PA Blog Liesbeth is back for her second project which you can see here. I pretty much followed her techniques. I went with greens and a crackle stencil for the covers.


Then I added French roast and lots of different colours of treasure gold, olive bronze, aquamarine, indigo and renaissance.


I used the same colours of distress ink for the inside pages.


Added various LP images.


Stencilling with distress inks.


Used a posca pen to hi-light areas. I did try the bleach on the spare side piece, but as you can see, it had no effect.


I still felt the pages needed a little more


So I added script in black stazon


And a LP stamp as a border in timber brown stazon.


Here are all the finished pages joined together before I attached the covers.


And finally the finished book complete with sari ribbon.

I'm also entering into the That's Crafty challenge this week as they are asking to see texture paste in the project.

Over at A Vintage Journey, they would also like to see some texture.

23 comments:

Hazel Agnew said...

Tremendous. You have done an amazing job. No words for me as usual but pictures speak a thousand words. Absolutely love it Sam. Xxx

ElizabethR said...

Gorgoeus book Sam,think I need a crackle stencil, boy my list has grown this afternoon lol. Elizabeth xxx

Rosie said...

A gorgeous projekt, Sam

Helen said...

This is just fabulous, Sam - a great take on Liesbeth's. Must try and start mine soon.

Alison said...

Fantastic project Sam! xxx

Darcy Marshall said...

Great book, gorgeous covers. This is very nearly an art journal lol

Julie Lee said...

Gorgeous little book Sam. Some really fabulous effects and it looked like you really enjoyed yourself! Julie Ann xxx

Lin said...

wow well done Sam this came out beautifully!! Great covers and the colours on te pages are fab!! xx

Chris said...

Fabulous, Sam.

craftimamma said...

Huh! Glad I decided to come back for another look on big screen as the comment I left from my phone hasn't published :(.

Your Leporella (love that word) has turned out stunningly Sam! Shame your bleaching didn't work but you did a fab job with the Posca pen highlights. The whole project is awesome!

Hugs
Lesley Xx

massofhair said...

Your accordian book looks amazing. Can see you enjoyed creating this project very much:-) xxx

chrissie said...

Stunning Sam with wonderful designs and terrific ideas.

Love Chrissie x

Felix the Crafty Cat said...

Fab project Sam, what a great result. Happy crafting, Angela x

Trish said...

Fab book Sam! Strange the bleach didn't work. Never mind, the pen works great.

Etsuko said...

Brilliant little book! Gorgeous covers and fabulous accordion pages. It's a great art work. xx

hazel said...

A fabulous project Sam, I love it.
xxx Hazel.

Deborah said...

Amazing, Sam. I particularly like the front cover with the stylised buildings.

Jenny Marples said...

Great texturing Sam. Thanks for joining us at A Vintage Journey. Jenny x

Liesbeth Fidder said...

Wow, amazing book Sam ! Love it !

ionabunny said...

Great book. The pages are gorgeous

Words and Pictures said...

This is gorgeous, Sam - I love the textured covers and the beautiful inky backgrounds on the internal pages - a fabulous little album. Thanks so much for joining us on A Vintage Journey.
Alison xx

Sarah Anderson said...

beautiful Sam, such a great project

Astrid Maclean said...

Fabulous Sam, love this wonderful textural piece and great step by step photos too! Great little album! Thanks also for adding it to our challenge at A Vintage Journey!

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