I've been experimenting with altered art in particular altered books - it was a fab morning.
I took a battered old book and started to use the pages as a journal - in the inner front cover I doodled and wrote one of my favourite sayings "when one door closes... another door opens!" then using some old magazines cut and stuck little pictures and doodles - I warn you doing this activity makes you feel about five again but so much fun.
The front and back of the book I recovered using pages from Country Living Magazine but leaving the old spine exposed for a shabby chic look
Inside I made cut outs with pictures stuck behind and little collages
A work in progress only four pages so far - give it a try !
That's lovely, love the way that you have altered the cover. I started an altered book once and really enjoyed it, I've got another one ready to start, just need to get round to it!
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This is very cool, am definitely going to give it a try. Seems like it would be a really fun thing to do with my son, but at the same time I don't want him to get too enthused and just start sticking things willy-nilly in all his books, so I'll have to ponder that one! x
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