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February Hybrid Projects

@wombat146 Ona, I’m so impressed by your projects! I haven’t had time/energy for any physical art journaling in months but your projects inspires me so much! Maybe this is the day I actually pick out my art journaling stuff again :)
 
wombat146 said:
@Karen You mentioned in another thread about wanting to see the art journals I have been working on. They are not hybrid as such, no print outs from our designers here (my printer has been broken for some time :cry) so I am using what I have, like old book pages, painted papers, papers created using a gel plate, old magazine, package wrapping, fabrics, tissue paper etc etc. So if not allowed to be posted then let me know and I will get rid of it. :)

I love lots of texture and grunge, but I also love collage and glue books. I have made three small art journals this year so far, and I don't ever call them finished as I often will come across an image, or an idea to finish off one of the pages in one of the many journals I have. Sometimes I will just take out all my bought and found word arts and quotes and slowly go through and find things to stick them into various journals, but most of time they are all ongoing projects. :)

This is one that I experimented with using a 'master board' to start my journal off. I used PVA glue to collage papers and stuff onto an A4 sheet of copy paper. While the glue was wet I added various acrylic paints using a palette knife, mixing it in with more glue as I worked. I really like how it turned out actually, not 'pretty' in any sense, just pure grunge! lol! When it was dry I did add some paint splatters to it as well. When that dried I then tore the page into three narrow pieces across the width of the page, and then folded over to create the journal. The picture below shows the original master board and then torn up with some other old book pages and such to form the original journal.

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At this point I SHOULD HAVE SEWN IT TOGETHER!!!!! lol! BUT I decided to work on collaging more stuff onto pages etc etc. so that when I did finally go to sew it together it was VERY thick and very hard to get good hole pierced into the spine! pffft!! I think I might have said 'damn' a couple of time!! :lol:madd After the repeated holes being pierced, when I finally was able to get a needle and thread in there it did tear so I then had to go back and find pieces of light cotton fabric to glue to the spine area! lol! and start that all over again. I finally managed to finish it but I gotta say I had some pretty sore finger tips at the end of it!

But, you do live and learn I guess! So here is the final 'finished' version, using a thin piece of leather (which has been in my stash for like 20 years!!!) and a little silver buckle (that once belonged on a pair of white boots that I wore back in the 80's!!!!! :rofl:rofl:rofl) to make a closure for the journal. And this one is pretty well finished as I don't think I can fit anything more on those pages and I won't be putting too much word art or quotes in there, I think I just love the whole abstract art about so will leave it as is. All up there are 28 pages (counting the front and back covers).

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OUTSTANDING!! I'm in total awe. I want to be you when I grow up Ona!
 
amandac said:
OUTSTANDING!! I'm in total awe. I want to be you when I grow up Ona!
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Thanks Amanda, you are too sweet!! ♥ But I must say, I am waaay too addicted in making these little journals! lol! I will end up with a library of 'books' like yours before I know it!! :rofl:rofl
 
Forgot to post this february project. I had a lot of fun creating the pockets following the Youtube tutorial by Septeria's Room.
I ended up with so many pockets, that I decided to put them all in a little book. It took a couple of tries before I got the measurements right, but it was the perfect project to work on while I was recovering from the flu. The pockets are filled with lots of matching tags and cards.

Hybrid Pocketbook

Hybrid Pocketbook

 
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