I've been taking a great class -- Wanderlust 2018 -- and for most of this year have I've doing the projects that are a part of each week's class. It has been great and a lot of it has stretched me, so I've mostly posted photos of what I've been up to there.
Other things have taken over recently, however, and I've stopped trying so hard to keep up; this has freed up some space for other creative things, including this birthdays booklet. I've been wanting to make one of these for ages!
The purpose of this little handmade booklet is to keep track of friends' birthdays. It seemed silly to buy one when it would be so easy (and satisfying) to make one.
I used card(stock) for the cover and ultra-smooth 120gsm paper by Navigator for the pages. This paper works particularly well in picking up prints from the Gelli-plate and holding up to layers of paint.
I gravitated towards ghost prints and more transparent paints (Golden Open), so that the writing I will do on top will be easy to see.
The pages were sewn together using a saddle stitch, and the months were stamped using the Dylusion's Creative Dyary Stamp Set (number 1). The lettering on the front was stamped using letters from the My Acrylix Whimsy Stamp Set by Close To My Heart - unfortunately, I don't think they make this set any more, which is a shame.
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Now I just need to add in all the birthdays, and perhaps a bit more in the way of doodles and other embellishment.
