Saturday, 19 June 2010

Inspiration Nation

Have been working on this, this week.  Wanted somewhere to put my inpirational pictures for easy access when the mojo deserts me.  So found an old 6 x 6 scrapbook to use, the cover however was particularly putrid, so decided to try and re-cover it.
Used some thin card and added acrylic paints, then wrapped this around the covers, and then let the grunging begin, front cover evolved over a few days, it is hard to stop yourself 'cos you think just one more bit will improve it so much, but convinced myself to stop and leave it overnight before adding more, was so chuffed that the Tim Holtz frame fitted on it, put the words Inspiration Nation in the frame under a layer of diamond glaze, was a bit of a risk 'cos wasn't sure the brads would go all the way through the cover, but they did, yay.  The other picture is of the back cover which is just the acrylic paints, before the madness takes hold . . . . .

looks like there is mouse hole behind it, hehe.

4 comments:

Deborah said...

Putrid no more! Loving your painted backgrounds these days. Did you see any of Julia Andrus on create and craft? She has some gorgeous paints probably similar to Claudine's but totally green. I managed to resist. So far.

flutterbycrafter said...

Fantastic backgrounds, love it, and I just adore the cat, may have to purchase it.

June said...

Love the background my friend and what colour !! great work, Hope all is good with you and ya behaving yourself hehe
hugs June xxx

thekathrynwheel said...

Loving your background here :-)