Art From the Heart, Part I

Altered SMASH Book

Hello and Welcome!

I'm back today to share an altered book I made to record my son's K-12 learning years. A few years ago, I purchased several SMASH books and never had the time to doing anything with them except alter the cover of one book. These days I have more time to devote to projects which I like to call art from the heart because they are created for someone that's special to me. I'm in the process of making one for each of my children and for the purpose of getting at least one entered into the second challenge I'm entering my son's today. Here's a photo of both books before the altering process began.

{his is on the left and it's the mod style book}

My altered book was motivated by the following challenges-

eclectic Paperie's ePlay Challenge-Alter a Book!

A Vintage Journey Challenge #2-Say It With Words!

For the second challenge {hosted by the talented Alison Bomber} I spelled my title out with Tim's letters. A Vintage Journey challenge is heavily influenced by all things Tim Holtz so I've used several  of his products and I'll list them at the end of this post. For now here are a few close ups of the front cover and the inside jackets-front and back.

 

Tim's Picture Wheel die reminds me of a viewmaster and since my

son loved those as a child I used it on his book. :)

{the letters were fussy cut from one of his paper pads and 

glued to the back}

{see the large cog in the center}

I used the glittered glass tutorial  to create this look. 

It was die cut from Tim's grunge paper which you can find here.

My son was big into magic and cards as a 

child so had to include some on my cover. 

I used Tim's alpha tiles to finish my title and I fussy cut some rulers

from one of his paper pads and tucked under the alpha cards.

The hand stamp is from the S.A. Steampunk

set and I love the little Idea-o-logy wishbone. :)

On the inside front left cover I added this striped 

paper and an Idea-o-logy kraft glassine pocket to 

hold tickets, etc.

The tag-on the tag- is a cut out from G45 and I tied it 

off with Tim's jute string. I used Studio g alpha's to spell

out Brian's Stuff.

This is the page to the right of the inside front cover.

I added a library pocket and card which was 

distressed with Antique Linen Distress Ink.

The quote is from My Favorite Things and

I added alpha washi tape at the bottom.

{click to enlarge picture}

This is the inside back cover and I cut out bug

specimen photos from one of Tim's paper pads.

Every boy loves bugs, right. :)

The bee was die cut from grunge paper and again

I used the glittered glass technique {see link above}.

{the front cover again, in case you forgot what it looked like lol}

Graphic 45's ABC Primer 12x12 paper was used to cover the front and inside jackets and several cut-outs from the paper collection were also used. Each page and element was distressed with Black Soot Distress Ink and adhered with X-Pressit double stick tape for a smooth look. 

Here's a list of the products I used by Tim Holtz:

Distress Inks-Black Soot and Antique Linen

Alterations Picture Wheel die

Idea-o-logy Tiny Attacher

Idea-o-logy Wishbones

Idea-o-logy Jute String

Idea-o-logy Metal Mini Gears

Idea-o-logy Grunge Paper

Idea-o-logy Pen Nibs

Idea-o-logy Alpha Cards

Idea-o-logy Alpha Tiles

Idea-o-logy Game Pieces

{bingo numbers}

Idea-o-logy Kraft Glassine Tag Size Pockets

Idea-o-logy Lost and Found Paper Stash

Idea-o-logy Menagerie Paper Stash

Stamper's Anonymous Steampunk CMS107 stamp set

Whew, I think that's it!

I decided to join along in these challenges too!

Craft My Life All Crafts Challenge February/March 

Artistic Inspirations Challenge #84-Anything Goes 

Edited:

I'm a Pinworthy Mention at A Vintage Journey 

 {check out the challenge pinworthy 2014 mentions here}

Thanks Alison!!!

Thanks for looking and hanging in there! 

Have a fantastic day. :)

Hugs,

Lisa