Marie Shoe Book Designed for Alpha Stamps

Back in December I was busy designing all kinds of Marie Antoinette Inspired art which I will be posting here over the next few weeks.  The first piece is a Marie inspired shoe book.  The size of the unaltered chipboard shoe is 4” x 6”.  The front and back covers are made from the chipboard shoes.  I used the chipboard as a template to create 4 cardstock pages for the inside of the book. I used a jump ring tied with ribbons to put the book together.

Some of the images on each page stickup past the top of the shoe and when all the pages are stacked together you can see them peaking up behind the first page.

I used decorative paper, images from various collage sheets (see the list below), ribbon, buckles and ink to decorate each page.

FIRST PAGE

SECOND PAGE

THIRD PAGE

FOURTH PAGE

Below is a list of the Alpha Stamp Supplies I used to create this shoe book:

18^th c Woman’s Chipboard Shoe

Moulin Rouge: Celeste Scrapbook Paper

Pink Roses Dresden Scraps

1/4 Inch Silk Ribbon – Light Pink

¼ Inch Silk Ribbon – Dusty Pink

Brass Crown Set

Cameo Frames: Ovals

Stamped Flourishes

Stolen Moments Collage Sheet

Fragonard’s Lovers Collage Sheet

Marie Ages Gracefully Collage Sheet



Alpha Stamps is also hosting a Marie Antoinette (Off with Her Shoes!) swap based on the chipboard shoe.  If you are interested in joining the swap, click here for all the details.

Creepy Manor - Chunky Book

I created this book for an Alpha Stamps Yahoo group swap.  The theme of the book swap is “Little Monsters”.  The base of the book is four Masonite house shaped pages.  I decorated the front and the backs of each page.  The style is a little creeper than my usual Halloween work.  I just keep hearing the theme to the “Adams Family” in my head while working.

FIRST PAGE FRONT

The spooky trees are Masonite that I painted black.  You can purchase them at Alpha Stamps.  I used a stencil and a product called “Texture Magic” to create the stone work.  Using a stonework stencil, I chose to apply the product to a piece of black cardstock rather than directly to the house.  Doing it this way meant that once dry I could cut the stonework into the shapes I wanted and glue it to the house.  In a future month I’ll be posting a tutorial in the on how to work with Texture Magic.

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SECOND PAGE FRONT

At the top of the house I mounted Masonite bats on wire.  You can purchase these bats at Alpha Stamps

SECOND PAGE BACK

The doll, crow and spider are in cages that I are rub-ons that I made using Grafix Rub-Onz transfer film.  Click here for the tutorial.  The bats flying out of the box are stamped.

THIRD PAGE FRONT

I used Alpha Stamps collage sheets for all of the people/dolls you see on all of the pages.  I used some of the doll heads for the back of this page which meant I had doll bodies with no head.  So I decided to use pumpkins which then made me think of the guillotine.  I used string and jewelry findings for the pull.  I added Glossy Accents to the blade to give it a shine.  I’m imaging the woman is saying something like “Honey the kids are playing with the guillotine again!”  I cut a wired ribbon of spider webs in half and along the design of the webs to create the garland.

THIRD PAGE BACK

I thought of this page as the family tree.  Here is where I used all of the doll heads.  The miniature frames are Melissa Frances resin frames painted back.

FOURTH PAGE FRONT

The chandelier is from a dimensional sticker sheet by Martha Stewart.

FOURTH PAGE BACK

The tree is cut from cardstock.  I used red acrylic paint to add the eyes.  The ghosts are painted using Making Memories translucent glossy paint which gives them a shimmering look.  I added the eyes and mount with a black marker.

FIRST PAGE BACK

I punched the fence from black cardstock using a Martha Stewart punch that I think came out on the market last year.