Tuesday 15 April 2008

Eclectic Mini Book





































I am thrilled to be the guest designer for this weeks Arty Girlz challenge!
The challenge this week is 'Ribbons' and is sponsored by
Molly Daydream who I can personally recommend for their superb quality and excellent customer service, as I purchased ribbon and charms from them to make my sons wedding favours etc.
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I learned how to make this mini book during one of the crops that I attend, I have decided to call it an 'eclectic mini book, because each page is different. They are made up of different shapes of chipboard, acetate, a cd rom, a chipboard frame, paper & plywood. If you wanted to make something similar, you could also use file cards, wage slip envelopes, packing slips etc. whatever!
A cropadile is a really useful tool for making this type of project, as making holes in differnt materials then becomes so easy to do. So many different techniques can be used as well, such as painting, sanding, paper shaping, cutting, and more!
The papers used in this project are Dream street's 'Hugs & Kisses' range.





33 comments:

Crissi Harvey said...

wow Jane i so love this book love all the different elements and how it all flows together FANTASTIC

crissi xx

Val dulac said...

Love this mini book ! Great artwork with so many adorable details ! Congrats !
Bises ! val

Julie Allain said...

This is fantastic Jane I absolutely love your mini book

Thanks so much for guest designing for Arty Girlz this week :) xx

Lisa Renéa said...

Jane, this is a beautiful mini book! So appropriate for the ribbon challenge. Thanks for your inspiration.

Unknown said...

love your mini book...great colours and what fun!

Rika said...

Pretty mini book!

Leann said...

Love this ~ such fabby colours!

Sandy said...

Wow this is absolutely gorgeous. So wonderful book. Love it.

Paula J Atkinson said...

Fab minibook. Love the vibrancy of it, very funky. I spend so much time making them for other people that recently I started making my own & they give me tremendous pleasure.

Leann said...

Here's a link for the birdie stamp :)
The Stamp Boutique

CraftyC said...

Its a gorgeous mini book, love it!
Clairexx

Monika said...

Fantastic little book,great work

Anonymous said...

How fantastic, looks wonderful.

stampandscrap@mail.com said...

Jane love your eclectic mini book the colours are wonderful and love the envelope and its all lovely.
Also nipped in to remind you that the Dovecraft competition starts today and you can start linking any craft items you have made using at least one dovecraft product.
Good luck
Tracey

Twiggy said...

Thanks for your lovely comment about my etsy shop on my blog hun. I love your little book, it's so pretty the colours are gorgeous.
Twiggy x

Claudia Rosa ~ Pretty Pressings said...

gosh this is a wonderful project. looks like you put lot of love into it

Fiona said...

Jane this is lovely - what a lot of work has gone into it

Andrea, said...

Your mini book is fantastic, I love the papers and the colours and there are so many little details to look at

soulbrush said...

i read your bio on artygirlz site and it is certainly inspiring, it's all about not giving up and that if 'life gives you eggs, make an omelette' you're a whizz kid!

Just Tracys Crafts said...

Jane what a cool book, You need to check out the Bind It All its fab for projects like this.

Tracyxx

cats whiskers said...

What a lovely mini-book
jacqui

Sherry said...

Jane I love this mini book -- the ribbons and the colours...and thank you for the challenge this week.

As you know, I had my own interpretation of ribbons and I thank you for the lovely comment you left on my blog.

I see you are part of Paper Cat's Page (Jo Anne) pink book -- me too!!! Happy to know you!

Lorraine said...

Fabulous mini book, love all the different elements and shapes. More is definately a good thing!

stampandscrap@mail.com said...

Beautiful book Jane. One of my fav colour cobinations pink and acid green. So many ittle details make it extra special

Ying Pang, said...

love your mini book, hope that I can make one too:-)

I ♥ cupcakes to distraction said...

Wow I love your eclectic mini book Jane. The papers and colours are gorgeous :)

Thanks for your lovely comments on my blog :)

Anonymous said...

Das ist ein Traum!

Anonymous said...

it`s marvelleous,
it`s wonderful...!!!!!!

Ria Zonnestraaltje said...

Oh wow this is very pretty :)

hugs Ria

Myriame said...

This is really gorgeous, wonderful book

caroline said...

youve been tagged

http://sea-gals.blogspot.com/2008/04/ive-been-tagged.html


xc

I ♥ cupcakes to distraction said...

Wow Jane your mini book is fab. I love all of the different elements and pages you have put in it. The colour combination you have used is gorgeous, well done.

Cheers ears :)

carolann said...

Love this little book Jane its fantastic