All Sorts Challenge Blog - Week 121 Alter/Recycle

I was so excited to this week's challenge on All Sorts....I was finally forced to try out a technique I've been dying to attempt.  Several years ago (yes, I said YEARS), I saw a tutorial where someone used a old children's book to create a chipboard album.  I think they had found an old damaged one at the second store - crayon and stickers all over the pages.

While I didn't have time to hit the second hand store, I did do a quick drive by the dollar store and purchased a book with a fun edge.  Thank you SpongeBob and Patrick!

I sanded down the edges and added a fresh coat of white acrylic.  I didn't bother to paint the whole book because I knew I would be covering most of it with paper.

I chose a fun vintage Christmas paper pack (I'll add the link later) to decorate the book.  The paper pack had a lot of fun tags/embellishments to use, so it helped me keep things nice and flat (allowing the book to stay closed).

Front cover

a little bling is always good

one of the inside layouts

back cover

Though I normally really like the dimension I can give with layers and layers of embellishments, I have to admit I really liked the finished product.  It was also super easy to make, so my friends better get ready....they might just start seeing versions of these for the holidays.