Maya Scallop - Your Breath

approx 4"w x 4"h x 1.25" thk.
Page size: 3.5"w x 3.5"h
 

Created: August 14, 2009
Modified:
 

Since they are acrylic, I used an alcohol technique on them using (Shell Pink, Denim, Mountain Rose, Wild Plum & Silver Mixative), as well as blender fluid and a felt tool applicator. Pounced the colors, then dropped the silver, pounced some more added more color and blender and finally I got the look I wanted. I always find there is a slight texture to the alcohol technique so I rubbed some Dorland's wax over it and then buffed, it's now smooth as a baby's bottom. Rubber stamped the quote (Quietfire Design "Fill your paper") with Versafine Majestic Blue and clear embossed. I then went over it with Metallic Rub on "Midnight Sky" to make the stamping  more visible.

Cover (you can see the silver in the alcohol technique)                         Front/Spine view

Spine Detail                           Closure Detail

The covers only had the two holes on either edge, so I added holes in each scallop. I opened up an elastic hairband to loop through two of the holes and then I crimped the metal piece back on the elastic. Hid it with a piece of cardstock punched out in a flower shape and adhered with Golden's extra heavy gel medium. I added an extra hole on the front to attach the button. It has a shank on it which I sewed to another button on the inside with blue waxed linen thread.

I used 3 colors of cardstock in blues and purple as a cover for each of the 11 signatures. Each signature also has 6 pages folded in half to make a total of 28 pages in each signature and a total of  308 pages.

I used my own version of a copic binding with bead work using a purple 2 ply waxed linen thread.

pages spread open

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