The book I am working in this month is entitled "Free to Fly." Two of the previous artists created spreads having to do with skydiving. As I am afraid of heights, I had no similar experience to share. Fortunately, a few of the prompts had to do travel, journey, escape. Since my husband and I just returned from a fabulous trip to Italy, I thought I would do something related to our recent travels.Italy is half-way around the world from Hawaii. There is a 12-hour time difference. It took 36+ hours to get to our final destination, Bellagio. During our 10-day trip, we rode on planes, trains, automobiles, ferry boats and more. At last count, I came up with no less than 20 different modes of transportation! As a tribute to our journey, I created a flag pull-out to showcase each of them--including our tired feet!
I wanted to create a fresco-like textured background. I wrinkled wax paper and glued it to cardstock. I then smoothed and sanded the wax paper. I lightly inked the surface with an ink pad. On top of it, I wrote all of the different places we visited on our trip.
One last note, it's difficult to see it in these photos, but the edge of the pull-out is decorated with a piece of handmade paper (mustard yellow and cream colored) that I picked up at the paper shop in Venice claiming to be the oldest paper shop in the town!
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This is great. Your book will be a superb way to remember special places, moment and people. I have never heard of a flag pull out. Where can I find instructions on this technique? After every trip, I make a journal and always look out for new ideas and ways to add photos.
ReplyDeleteYour pages look wonderful. I"m very glad for your sake that you didn[t have to jump out of a plane. I really like that fold out idea. Great job. Even with the instructions it's too hard to figure out. that's one of those things that really need to be seen. Impressive.
ReplyDeleteYour book is wonderful! The wax paper technique you describe sounds interesting!! You are just a master at these types of books!
ReplyDeleteThese are so interesting! I love your work - always so creative and innovative. Your journal will be such a treasured keepsake I am sure for years to come!
ReplyDeletevery creative indeed....wonderful way to hold your travel memories!
ReplyDeleteVery cool book Lorena! I love the flag layout and the fact that it plays tribute to ALL those modes of transportation, yikes.
ReplyDeleteI saw this kind of book once -- maybe on a scrapbooking show -- and always wanted to do this. Are you going to give us a how-to tutorial?
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