Spritz Bkgrd - The Richer We Become

I was in a mood to do some w/c spritzing... so pulled out my Tim Holtz and Dylusion sprays which I haven't used in eons... Wet my St Armand w/c paper and sprayed with various colors. Blotted some areas and let dry. I really like the results. BIG GRIN and then I came across this quote by Martin Luther King Jr. while surfing the net and it just spoke to me.

size: 8"w x 9"h

I used a Bone lettering style and a Zebra pointed pen nib with a funky inky mix I made a long time ago... (Holbien Burnt Umber, Pearl Copper, Dk Green and N.E. Copper). Crazy mix I know...

words: The richer we become materially the poorer we become spiritually. We have learned to fly in the air like birds and swim in the sea like fish, but we have not learned the simple art of living together like brothers. Martin Luther King Jr.

Drum Leaf Binding - Words To Live By

I came across this DRUM LEAF binding on Vintage Page Designs Facebook Nov 4/24 post and decided to play with it…click HERE  for the post

Cut my 5pcs of white Stonehenge paper to 5"h x 10" w and one larger one for the covers. Sprayed with various colors of Distress Spritz (Fossilized Amber, Peacock Feathers, Peeled Paint, Picked Raspberry, Spiced Marmalade, Twisted Citron and Walnut Stain). Sprinkled with Coarse salt and then sprayed with water. Let it dry completely.

Fold the pages in half and  the back side of one folded piece to the back side of the next folded piece until all were attached to each other. Used binder clips to hold the pages together and applied glue to the spine - let dry. Adhered the cover to the first page creased for my spine and then adhere the rest to the back page. Adhered the belt to the front adding a piece to slip my end into for closure. Added one of my wax seals as decoration.

Die cut the large letters using Sizzix Tim Holtz Alterations "Vintage Market" alphabet from pink cardstock. Rest of the text was done with a Zebra pointed pen nib in Bookhand style using Holbien Jet Black gouache.

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Art Of The Fold - Circle Flag Book - Dragonfly Floral

Our challenge for our  November 12th meeting is to create a Flag Book. Then one of our members created a circle one. She gave us a diagram with 32folds which I tried but couldn't get my sections folded equally and got frustrated... So a few days later, mulled it over and decided to try one with less folds and this is the result. I like it but it doesn't have the same interaction I get with the original folding.

 

Size open: 9"dia including letters

Since we're continuing with our goal to use what we have... I raided my off cut papers... and geli print stuff I made. so this one is made of all scraps.

I cut my circle to 7"dia from heavy weight copy paper, folded in half both ways to get a 90º fold, then measured from 1 point  to the next quarter point and divided that into 4 sections and scored through the center point, repeating until all sections were divided. Creased the fold lines. It doesn't show in the image but the sections are slightly raised.

Created the black cut into a partial circle and adhered the 8 sections to every other folded section.

Die cut the letters Sizzix Alterations Bigz XL Word Play Alphabet from a piece of white cardstock I had sprayed with Distress Spritz (Peacock Blue, Worn Lipstick, Weathered Wood & Fossilized Amber), love the shimmer. Final touch added a small punched out heart between the words.

All the other items were cut with various size punches from geli print papers. I added a 3D pearl sticker to each floral center and glitter to the dragonfly wings.. 

Spritz Up Your Life

I purchased all the colors of the latest Distress Spritz product. So I was playing outside with all the colors. Wonderful and I hadn't realized they are not water resistant which I'm very happy about... it probably means I won't have a clogged spritzer and have to thrown it away...
size: 9"w x 8.5"h
Done on Baohong w/c Paper. Wet my paper quite well and sprayed with a bunch of the sprays. Let dry then doodled the text using a Zig Writer and a gold metallic gelly roll..
words: Spritz up your life..