atc size book with "leather" hinges

I can't believe it's already April--the daffodils here are blooming like crazy, and it

finally feels like spring!  For my first Altered Arts Magazine project this month, 

how about a little spring-inspired book?

Okay, seriously, don't those binding tabs look like leather???  But they're not--it's
Grungeboard!

It even feels like leather, all inked up with Pink Grapefruit VersaMagic.

The image is from the Blockheads Grunge Collages set, stamped in VersaFine.

What?  You use Grungeboard all the time?  Well this is my first go--I'm very slow to

try anything new--remember me?  I still use good ol' crayons on EVERYTHING!

REALLY, it looks like leather in real life, too!!!!

P.S. Just in case there is anyone else who is unfamiliar with grungeboard, it's kind
of like chipboard, only very flexible, inkable, and paintable--it doesn't come apart
in layers if you get it all inky, it doesn't break, and, as you can see from those
"leather" hinges, it doesn't crease, either.  Fun stuff!

P.P.S.  Nope, haven't filled the last book with atcs yet, but will share with you
when it happens!

a set of three atcs

Here is a set 
of three atcs,
all using 
backgrounds 
made
from Gelli Plate 
prints.

(Gelli Plate printing is,
in fact, addictive--they
should come with a
warning label!)

The images are stamped 
on papers colored with watercolor washes, using
images from the Grunge Collages  set.

Isn't that a sweet stamp?
These are going out for
a blissfulART atc swap. 

Got that autumn theme going on,
but with non traditional colors . . . 
what do you think?  Too bright? 

I have to add

crayon around the
edges, don't you
know!  And tulle,
almost always 
some of that, too.

The German scrap
and bling, those
are bonuses . . .

Have a great 
Sunday, everyone!







Some challenges? Well sure:
Challenges 4 Everybody:   Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Paint:  Anything Goes
Joanna Sheen Challenge Blog  Autumn Breeze (the center ATC with the leaf)
Scrappy Frogs:  Fall or Halloween (the center ATC with the fall leaf)
The Hybrid Chick:  Fall/Autumn  (you guessed it!)

Theme Thursday season challenge

For the Theme Thursday season challenge, combined
with a swap, this represents spring. The background
is a watercolor wash, overlaid with stamped words,
and the main image/text is stamped in StazOn.

The jewel in the corner is sparkly and appealing in
person, but not so much via the intraweb . . .