Friday, October 12, 2012

Creating Art With Up-cycled Vintage Books!

1. Go ahead, it's ok. Rip up an old vintage book. Just make sure first that the pages are strong, it's a boring book, and that it's not worth anything on Amazon.com :)

2. Paint, splatter, cover, paint. Use gesso, inks, watercolors, glitter and glam sprays. 


3. Layer, paint layer. Add funky up-cycled elements such as pieces of old tape measure, and a pinch of punchinella (from Gauche Alchemy).


4. Feature a black and white photo that brings the background design to life.

5. Add hand-made vintage book-page roses and some old shabby buttons to give it nostalgic charm and dimension.



Do you like what you see? Any thoughts or ideas? 
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11 comments:

  1. UnknownOctober 12, 2012 at 6:29 AM

    Wow, Jodie, this page is gorgeous. Love the colour and all that texture. xx Jo

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  2. Sandy_in_MDOctober 12, 2012 at 6:35 AM

    I have to second that "Wow" - this turned out beautifully.

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  3. UnknownOctober 12, 2012 at 6:39 AM

    Absolutely gorgeous!

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  4. JocelynOctober 12, 2012 at 9:17 PM

    These flowers are beautiful. They work so well in the layouts.

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  5. Julie ShearerOctober 13, 2012 at 5:07 AM

    So pretty. Your LO and your flowers are beautiful . TFS .

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  6. Tarnished RoseOctober 13, 2012 at 7:40 AM

    Great layout and your roses are gorgeous!

    Smiles~
    Marilyn

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  7. SharonOctober 13, 2012 at 2:41 PM

    Jodie,

    I absolutely love this piece that you've done. It has such a calming feeling to it. You can just breathe that feeling in. I am absolutely in love with the flowers. Will they be for sale soon? Thanks for sharing and for your inspiration.

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  8. slywalker (Lesley)October 13, 2012 at 4:28 PM

    Amazing, just love it. I try things like this and it always looks a mess, wish I had your talent. and those roses, do you have tutorial for them? they are amazing, definitely going to grab some old books for layering and try again after looking at this, glad Frank Garcia pointed me to your blog.

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  9. LimeOctober 14, 2012 at 10:58 PM

    Your colors and textures are always so softly beautiful, yet full of life! The roses are just perfect! I have a lot of old books here in very poor shape (wouldn't be worth anything on Amazon, for example). I definitely have to try this!!!

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  10. robin dudley-howesOctober 15, 2012 at 11:58 AM

    This is gorgeous!

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  11. AnonymousNovember 3, 2012 at 5:48 AM

    You are one talented lady and I am jealous!! Barb W

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