Beyond the Page

Hi it is Lesley here to share some Beyond the Page projects.

A  few months ago my Aunty gave me some heritage photos and asked if I could do a project with them for her. The photos were of different sizes and glued onto cardboard! I knew that I would take photos of the photos and use them in other projects and the Family Tree was perfect for this extra project! I love heritage photos and marvel how some of these people I have never met are related to me and without them I wouldnt be here as me! I used a wood grain tool to create a grain effect on the trunk and branches. I also had a small sponge dauber (bell shaped) that helped immensely for getting around the curly branch parts by rolling the dauber over the inside wood edges. I also used Monika’s tip about the pearl strips being easy to use around a shape and used them to frame the photos.

“Family Tree” – Lesley Cooper: Up, up and Away Patterned Papers (P539,P543), Die Cut Elements (DC322), Printed Chipboard (CB111), Paper Pad (PP826),Clear Stamps (CS747),Jornal Tags(JT602), Clear Stamp Script (CS752),Pearls Pewter (SB791), Pearl Strip Latte (PL505),Flowers Taupe (F603), Paint (KC048 and raw umber), ink (IP716), Wood Flourishes Birds (FL304)

I also wanted to create a journal to put inspiration into so I chose the Long Tabbed Journal for this project. It is a work in progress and now my aim is to add journaling ideas, quotes and ideas for photos, techniques, layouts and Beyond the Page projects. I have used the beautiful Lush collection to start off this project. I have covered the tab pages with the Lush collection and for the pages in between I have used a combination of scraps and torn Kraft cardstock. The cover was done using a Hot Glue Gun and paint as shown in the Tuesday Tip from 20th July.

“Long Tabbed Journal” – Lesley Cooper: Long Tabbed Journal (SB2016), Lush Patterned Papers (P532, P533, P535, P536, P537), 6×6 Pad (PP825), Rub Ons (RB867, RB868), Die Cut Elements (DC321), Journal Tags (JT601), Paper Clips (EM919), Printed Chipboard (CB110), Ink (IP718, IP716, IP707, IP710, IP717, IP714), Mini Alpha Stickers (MA501), Alpha Stickers Black (AS226), Paint (KC050)