Altered art scrapbook for a little girl. Mixed media.
Front cover.
Scrapbooking paper, sticker embellishments, text printed on parchment paper with torn edges, scraps from magazines, doll shirt from dollar store. A triangle-shaped pocket in the corner holds special photos.
Remove the photos to see the entire page.
A quote on white parchment paper and a note for the little girl to add a photo of her choosing in the small pocket at the bottom of the page.
This spread focuses on her mom, an important person in a little girl’s life. Buttons are inexpensive, easy, and make cute embellishments for a scrapbook.
A bookmark and a photo of her mom holding little brother were tucked in the corner pocket.
Ribbon is another inexpensive embellishment that can be tied into bows, braided to use for borders or ties to hold the book together.
The theme for this spread is Valentine’s Day.
Photo of her mom and dad’s wedding and an envelope to stash secrets in, which fits in the pockets.
Holidays make fun themes for various spreads. In these pages, Easter and spring are featured.
I didn’t have a lot of embellishments for the 4th of July spread, but I found some cool pictures in a magazine and used glitter glue applied with a toothpick to give a fireworks effect.
Summer is a great theme and offers all kinds of fun ideas to add to the pages. For the border, dots of acrylic paint are applied by dipping the the non-brush tip of a small paintbrush into the paint and dotting along the edge of the pages.
Dotted paint borders are an inexpensive way to add a colorful touch to any altered art project.
What else is important to a little girl? School days, of course!
Another fun holiday theme is Halloween. I had a blast designing this spread.
Autumn and Thanksgiving made a nice theme for these pages.
Christmas is always bright and cheerful. I enjoyed working on this spread.
What else is important in a child’s life? You guessed it, their birthday!
Friends, especially best friends, are important in a little girl’s life.
More fun stuff for these next pages. Cute scrapbook quotes are great to use for embellishments.
An adorable photo from when she was a toddler was the perfect focal point for these pages.
More quotes and a pocket cut from an old pair of blue jeans made a cute spread. The border is made out of braided ribbon yarn.
The back cover is embellished with macramae. It fits with the Hawaiian theme.
To view other altered art projects, so here:
Altered Art Book Wedding Gift 2017
Altered Art Book Wedding Gift 2012
What are your thoughts? If you were going to make an altered art book, what them would you choose? What kind of arts or crafts do you enjoy doing, if any? I’d love to hear your thoughts!
What an absolutely spectacular job you did on this altered book, Lynn!
Thanks so much, Carol!
Wow, that book came out great! You are an artist in the most unique way! The altered art book you made for my daughter’s wedding gift is by the far the best gift ever!!!
Thanks, Pambelina! Your daughter’s altered art book is one of my faves out of all the altered art projects I’ve made, so I’m thrilled she loves it!
Hi Lynn! I remember when you first started doing these altered art books, years ago when we were both in the writers’ group. You really are doing a fantastic job, and I’m sure they are treasured gifts.
My “craft passion,” as you may remember, is knitting, and I’m doing more and more of it these days. About 2 years ago, I discovered a charity called Knitting4Peace in Denver, and I have sent them knitted hats, scarves, and baby blankets. But what they need most are many of these “funky” but cute (?) little dolls called Peace Pals, especially with darker faces, to be sent to needy children in Third World countries, Syrian refugee camps, etc. So I set myself a “Lent project” of making a dozen (2 per week for 6 weeks.) They are easy and fun to knit up, but VERY challenging (and time-consuming) to put together, with all the bits and pieces to sew together, but I made it! Sent them off last week. I going to TRY to send you the photo I took. I’m not nearly as computer/techno savvy as you are, but I’ll give it a try. Love, Marge
Thanks, Marge! The photo did come through and those Peace Pal dolls you made are adorable. I’m going to use the photo and the info in your comment here for a blog post, if that’s okay? What a wonderful ministry you’re involved! I’m sure those children love the dolls. So precious!
Thanks, Lynn (think somehow I lost part of the first reply —I’m so terrible with computers, even though I use mine every day!) Anyway, thanks again for your kind comments. Feel free to use the photo, etc. and if anyone is interested, the website is knitting4peace.org.
They say the kids really love the dolls—-many times the only toy they have! Hard to imagine.
Marge
P.S. There really ARE 12 dolls in that photo. I think some of them were tired and slipped down 🙂
I think you do very well with the tech stuff, Marge. Thanks for the website in case other people want to join you in making those adorable dolls. Yes, I imagine for some of those children, it’s their only toy and a treasure they will cherish the rest of their lives. God bless you for doing this!
Me again—-so glad the photo went through, too. Whew! I never know!!!
I’m so glad the photo went through, too. It’s small, but I got it and I love it!
Wow, Lynn! You really outdid yourself on this one! This journal turned out so BEAUTIFUL! What a special gift! You’re so talented. Thanks for sharing! 🙂 🙂
Thanks so much, Maria! I was supposed to teach my niece how to do the altered art scrapbooking, but we never found the time to get together, so I just made one for her and she loved it!
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