Day 28 - Steampunk Tag

Another steampunk tag using all sorts of different techniques.

Day 28 of the #fabtag30day challenge.

Tags & Atcs

Had a play with some backgrounds today and made these tags. I coloured the images with my zig pens which I haven't used for a while.

A couple more with Lynn Perrella Paperartsy stamps and a compass stencil I bought ages ago but hadn't used until now.

And finally a couple of Atc's. I cut the Teesha Moore boy with the hair image in half and used one for each atc.

Fabric Cover

 

I was asked to make a fabric cover, the same sort as the books but without the pages. So I started by making some pillows.

In various different shapes and sizes.

And I moved them around to create the overall size and shape I wanted.

This is what I decided upon for the front cover, so I sewed them all together.

And this for the back cover.

Inside of the back cover all sewn together.

And the inside of the front cover.

The front and back cover sewn together which is no mean feat!! Making sure they are tight and sewn together but not too tight so they won't bend at the spine, whilst still trying to keep the overall shape.

And the insides of them sewn together.

And the front cover once everything was sewn. I just had to put eyelets in and then it was finished.

And the back cover all fully sewn together.

I'm pleased to say that after it travelling half way around the world to Australia, it has safely been received and the recipient loves it.

Junk Journal

Front cover of a junk journal that I've made. The hard back book cover is covered in fabrics and stamped images. 

This is the inside of the front cover and the first page.

Some of the recycled envelopes have windows which is quite useful.

Strips of fabric have been sewn down the edges of some pages.

Some of the pages are from magazines.

Map pages have also been included in the journal.

Fabric stamped images are also incorporated on some pages.

Some images were stamped on magazine papers and cut out.

Map page.

Back inside cover.

Back cover of the junk journal.

This is for sale in my Etsy shop - https://www.etsy.com/uk/shop/SamsHandmadeStore

Paper Slashed Art Journal Book

This is made in exactly the same as the fabric slashed book in the previous post, except it's made with newspaper and the lines are vertical as opposed to diagonal.

Inside front cover and first page.

Stamped images on some of the pages.

Some of the pages have been left blank but the sides have been edged in fabric.

The back page and the back cover.

Back cover of the book.

Front and back cover whilst book is laid out flat.

This is for sale on my FB page.

A Different Fabric Book

I decided to use two whole pieces to create the covers for this book but still used the same method and created a 'pillow', it was just a bigger one!

I chose some images to machine sew onto the front. Once sewn on I decided to add some hand stitching onto some of the pattern on the fabric. 

And this is the back cover done in exactly the same way.

Inside front cover and first page.

I decided to leave the pages inside as they were.

Added a couple of images to cover up some writing.

Last page and inside of the back cover.

I'm entering into the PaperArtsy challenge again with this one.

If you are interested, it's also for sale on my Facebook site.