Hi and welcome to my second post today. Normally. this post isn't due to go up until week three of the challenge at ARTastic, but because I actually finished this one in advance (don't ask me HOW!!!) it's able to go up today.
The challenge at ARTastic this month, includes the use of fabric. Check the inspirational art piece, criteria and the great takes on this by the rest of the team at:
http://artasticchallengeblog.blogspot.com.au/
I've done a house-shaped mini album. The covers have been die cut from canvas and each page features some form of fabric: diecut flowers from old denim jeans or hessian (burlap), ribbon, torn fabric, or diecut fabric leaves. The inside pages have been diecut from laser print card, smooshed firstly with Distress Inks, then stamped with archival inks. On the pages I've also used a diecut chevron trellis and the leftover cut-outs as accents. Blue and / or black coloured bling has been added, as these were two of the colours used on the inspiration piece.
This post has quite a number of photos, showing the inside pages of the album. The photos were taken in October, 1977, the year we built our house, and show the early stages the building. I've added a very poignant photo of my mum and dad, favourite uncle and aunt and myself,. This was the last photo taken of my dad- he passed away the following month... cancer, and therefore the last one of this group as well. It had been dad's wish to see our house built, but I believe he knew it wasn't to be, so he asked to see it as it was and we were so happy that he was able to see at least this much.
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| Front cover finished with a door diecut. The windows were covered with glossy accents, as were the diecut paper flowers to give them a porcelain appearance. A bit of extra bling completed the flowers and roof line. The album is held together with binder rings tied with various ribbons and braids. |
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| Canvas with smooshings of ink |
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| Almost completed front cover |
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| Page 1. The beginnings. |
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| Page 2 |
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| Page 3 |
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| Page 4 |
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| Page 5 |
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| Page 6 |
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| Page 7 |
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| Page 8 |
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| Page 9. Our son standing on an extension my husband built |
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| Page 10. A Giant Strelitzia (Bird of Paradise)... the name really suits this plant as it is now much higher than our house! |
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| Page 11. The namesake of this blog.. one of our much loved tawny frogmouths. The tree is a chipboard piece, coloured in 3D Stamping Paint, then layered over the top with Glossy Accents... very sparkly effect! |
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| Page 12. A shot of some very special hippeastrums, which flower mid-late winter and early spring. |
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Back cover.
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Thank you for stopping by. I hope you have time to drop by the ARTastic site.
See you soon.
Cheers, Di
What a great album depicting not just the building of your house but the making of a home......lots of beautiful memories to treasure here I am sure. I've may just have to do something like this for our house build and reno photos. xx
ReplyDeleteWhat a beautiful and poignant album Diane. Such a wonderful way to hold and cherish these memories. Jenny x
ReplyDeleteBeautiful album for such beautiful memories!
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