My Book is Back

My Altered Board Book has returned to me. The swap was hosted by Destree and started back in February when I first wrote about it. I've been posting the pages I created in the five other books since then, but now I have my very own book back in my possession. The pages created by the other five artists are beautiful. Here they are:







I'm already excited to do this again sometime in the future. Just need someone to step forward to get the ball rolling . . .

A Memory of Something Lost . . .

Shelby dropped off Kelly's book this afternoon for the final round of the Altered Board Book swap I'm currently in. I immediately pounced on the pages because my time in the upcoming two weeks is very limited for working on art.

Here is Kelly's simple and beautiful cover: A Brave New Beauty.


A glimpse inside Kelly's book at a bit of detail from each page.





Anatomy of my layout, or how I spent my afternoon . . .







A close-up of my pages.




In less than two weeks, my own book will be returned to me. I can't wait! Thanks, Destree, for hosting this inspiring swap.

Don't Be Ordinary

Round five of the Altered Board Book swap I'm participating in occurred this week and wanting to be early rather than late, I got my pages done quick as a wink. I received Destree's book on Wednesday (she's the coordinator of our swap) and just have to share her amazing cover.


Some peeks at what the other artists in the swap have done on their pages.




Anatomy of my pages . . . texture, collage elements, paint, rubber stamps, pen, and tape.







Some close-ups of my pages.




How the book looked as I prepared to package it up and send it on to Wisconsin.

Let It Go

Round Four of the Altered Board Book swap I'm in. I received Brandon's book today and I was excited to get started.


These are glimpses of the pages done by the previous two artists:



Tucked inside Brandon's book was a little booklet with several quotes he had written out. I chose one to use as my jumping off point for my pages.



A little prep to get the book going . . .


. . . . and I was on my way!