CREATIVE BELLI CHALLENGE - ALTERED ITEM

This will probably be my longest post ever!  The Creative Belli Challenge this week was to make an altered item.  Now remember one of the challenges is to use an item you already have -- well, I tried to use up a lots of old things!! LOL!! I did not make much headway, but I did get to use a bunch of things.  Here is the finished project:  A MINI ALBUM

This started out as this:

It started out as this .59 cent book from the Good will store.  I took off the cover and back with my craft knife, sanded the edges and painted it with a little (leftover) off-white acrylic paint.

I painted the edges so that some of the book colors would not show around the edges of the pages of the album.

I used an old child's small board book because they stand so well on a desk that you can see almost all the pages very clearly.  (see how it stands up) I've made a couple of these for gifts and when this project came up - I decided this one was for me.

FRONT & BACK  - I covered the spine of the book with some crochet lace

The pages:

                                                                                   

Remember there are a couple of goals when playing in the challenge:

1. Anyone Can Play! Challenge your best friend!
2. Make a completed project/card making something that is "ALTERED"!  Challenge yourself to use something you already have.
3. Share the link at the Creative Belli Challenge Blog  linking your creation to Mr. Linky. If you post to Splitcoaststampers or to your blog, be sure and put CBC95 as the KEYWORD and mention of the challenge - with a link!

4.  Have fun - we look forward to seeing what you create! 

Here are the Designers with some great inspiration:

• Ceal Pritchett
• Darsie Bruno
• Holly Brown - Creator
• Jessica Stockmeyer
• Joan Ervin
• Joy Hadden -     you are here
• Liz Williams
• Maria Matter
• Anne Harmon
• Robin Kirkpatrick - Guest Designer Coordinator
• Shelly Schmidt

HAVE A HAPPY STAMPING DAY!!