Wednesday, March 27, 2013

Welcome Bookshelves Blog Hoppers!

Just like last month's blog hop inspired by the February Club Scrap Up, Up & Away collection, it's finally time for projects featuring Club Scraps March Bookshelves Kit.  It's so much fun to share and see what other talented crafting friends are doing!

I just couldn't help myself. Altered book time!




I used the Bookshelves collection to embellish this altered book purchased from a thrift store. You can see how crazy I went with the globe rubber stamp for making cards in the March Scrap Rap. But to create the jumbo globe on the inside of this book, I enlarged the Unmounted Rubber Stamps index sheet on the copy machine by 160%.






I carefully trimmed out two enlarged globe stands with a detail scissors.

Next, I cut the correctly sized circular nook into the pages with a circle cutter, working several pages at a time.



Once the circles were cut all the way through the book, I attached a photo to the inside back cover to show through the nook.



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Then I attached the globe stand to the inside front page with a light application of CS Bookbinding Glue. I sort of held my breath while I did that!






I chose to suspend a butterfly into the open space of the nook, so I sandwiched thread between two butterflies. Next, I sandwiched the thread between two pieces of Eggshell paper from the kit and attached it between the first two pages of the book. 



The pre-sandwiching technique really helped with installing the butterflies. And you'll want to make sure that the thread lines up with the axis of the globe stand.



Check out how cool that looks!


I stamped images from  the Bookshelves Greeting Unmounted Stamps onto the Library Pocket goodie included in the kit. And the Library Card was the perfect thing for inside this pocket after I gave it the royal stamping treatment and added a photo or two!


For the cover, I stamped Bookshelves images onto Ivory paper, shaded them with colored pencils, and trimmed the whole works into inchies. Each inchie has a black matte to really make it pop.


Then I added a little more rubber stamping to the book . . .


. . . onto the back cover and even the outside edge of the pages.


I suppose I've included way too many pictures, but I'm having a hard time stopping myself. It's just so much fun sharing!




Your next stop, on this blog hop, is the lovely and talented Cathy Grey's blog, The Artful Gamut.
Hop along now!


Kay

36 comments:

  1. Fabulous altered book. Loving the round niche w/ the suspended b'fly matching up w/ the globe axis.

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    1. Wish I was in Hawaii creating altered books like you, it snowed here yesterday LOL, you are so lucky!

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  2. WOW! you never cease to amaze and delight me with your creations Kay. The way you suspended the butterfly in the circle niche (which in and of itself is AWESOME) was just inspiring! Another wonderful creation. Thanks for sharing.

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  3. Such a wonder of a book, Kay! BEAUTIFUL!! I wish I had more time, now i need to make a book like this. I LOVE it!

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  4. You had me at the cover. Seriously amazing. I want to use that cover technique to make some fabulous cards. And then I want to just look at your book all day. WOW. I've been dabbling in altered books, but your project is just jaw-droppingly gorgeous. Thanks for sharing - put as many pictures as you want in your blog - I look at them all!

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    1. Dabbling in altered books here too and it's been fun. From others I've seen, if there is a nook cut into the book pages, they are usually all glued together, but the moisture of the glue makes the pages all wavy even if a weight gets put on the top while drying (for me anyway), so the pages of this book surrounding the nook aren't even glued together, just left as is once the circular hole was cut. Easier that way.
      Thanks!

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  5. Oh MY!!! That altered book is to die for -- and such great instructions. Just love the book, the cut out, the suspended element. Holy cow, you are so talented! Thank you for sharing that talent with the rest of us. I am casing this for sure!

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  6. Yowza, Kay. Another piece of brilliance from you!!!! That is just gorgeous.

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  7. I think your blog should be named Kay's Klever Keepsakes. You always come up with something AMAZING!

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  8. Kay, you are such an amazing artist! I love this, and your tutorial rocks! Can't wait to see you again in October!

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    1. Looking forward to October already too Toni - thanks so much!

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  9. Sigh. It couldn't be a simple card right? ;) Crazy beautiful!

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    1. Thanks so much! Actually Janet I did mention to Karen last week that next month I am going to do a card or scrapbook page, heheee, which is really what I intended originally when signing up to do this monthly blog hop, BUT I don't know, I get these ideas and just have to at least try them!!!

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  10. Once again, you blow my mind with one of your creative projects. And how long did it take to cut all of those circles? When I first saw it, I thought you did it with a power tool But oh, no, Kay did it by hand. Fabulous! Love the little butterfly, too. This is a wonderful project. And NEVER too many photos of your detail work. Thanks for joining us.

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    1. I wish I had a power tool to cut nooks in book pages, but just stuck with what I had handy, going back to one of my first scrapbooking tools I ever purchased - I think it's a Making Memories circle cutter, they have many new and better circle cutters avail now, but just used what I had. One night while watching TV with the family I starting cutting the circular niche out of the book pages at our coffee table, a little section at a time, I didn't do it all in one night, so I'm not really sure how long it took, but was pretty easy working a section at a time!

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  11. Wow! Love the altered book. All the extras are fabulous. And I love all the pictures you gave us to peek inside.

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  12. So glad I'm hangin' out with the right crowd! and so glad you like the project and don't mind that I add tons of photos heheee! Thanks again, I'm already looking forward to next months blog hop!

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  13. I'm just speechless again. Beautiful!

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  14. This. is. the. coolest. thing. EVER. Luv ya, my friend!

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  15. Great altered book - you make such wonderful things!

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  16. OMG that is sooo incredible! You are soooo stinkin' talented! I love it and wish I could make one right now but I need to find a good vintage book to use!!!
    Thanks for sharing and for your inspiration!
    Lisa K.

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  17. Oh. My. Goodness. Kay, I am in awe of your amazing creativity! this book is just gorgeous!!! You so inspire me!!!!!!!!

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  18. I don't know where to start Kay. It is jaw-dropping-amazing! I looked quickly this morning and couldn't wait to get back to take in more of your fabulous details. Really is a work of art and love.

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  19. Thanks again and again for stopping by!!!

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  20. Kay, The altered book is amazing! Absolutely love your work.

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  21. That is one amazing book - I love love love the cover. I have to admit, this is one altered book that I have to try!!

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  22. You can never have too many pictures of your projects, Kay, seriously. They are wonderful and it feels special to be let into your creative process. Love the inchie cover soooo much!

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  23. Love the inchie cover! Great idea for the altered book. Once again, you come up with the most clever ideas! thank you!

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  24. Great idea! Love your altered book! I may have to try this. Thank you for sharing

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  25. SPEECHLESS!!!! Absolutely love your altered book and creative style. Added you to my sidebar on blog so I don't miss a post. Thanks so much for sharing this beautiful creation. Karen.x

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  26. It's lovely, thanks for sharing.

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  27. Hi Kay, i am a total newbie to this and i want to make a keepsake book for my nephew to take to college with him but I need some advice. When cutting out the pages do you start at the back of the book or is there a special technique to it? And do you glue every single page together? Using what kind of glue? Thanks so much for your help. Kieran in dublin ireland

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