Hi! Remember Grease, the movie? That is one of my favorite movies. Love all the songs and it was on TV again last night as I was washing the dishes. I thought it was a nice coincidence since my project I just completed was somewhat inspired by that Summer Nights song and just summer in general.
Wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't so rainy here? Storming again today and couldn't take nice pictures in the gloomy weather. Anyway, I had mentioned I was into this 3D paper piecing technique as shown HERE. This is the project that has been driving me a bit bonkers. Maybe I was trying to do too much into one project and I kept changing my mind on what I should do. So it took me much longer to finish this than I had planned. It's not quite how I had envisioned it at first but I guess it's okay and I'm glad to be done with it and move on. Oh, and this project is also for TGF's Retro-fresh challenge--a whole new dimension.
I wanted to make a foam book like the ones they have for kids. I thought it would be fun and different. I looked at one of my kids' foam books to copy how they put it together.
So then I turned this into a summer themed mini scrapbook. Maybe we'll put small photo collages on the empty pages.
I ended up covering the edges of the foam with washi tape. I used 6 mm foam and our local craft store didn't have light blue like I wanted so I used white. Guess it didn't matter since I ended up covering it.
This is Anya from TGF's Sunshine Kit. I paper pieced her using the 3D technique.
Here is a view of the different layers. I also die cut the foam to have a rectangle cutout so that Anya wouldn't get smashed and it would give the page a bit more dimension.
I covered the inside rectangle edge with washi tape too.
The left page is blank. I wasn't sure if I should put a sentiment on there but then just decided to leave it for maybe some short journaling and a photo.
TGF's Surfer Anya. She took a bit of layering. But I do love how she turned out.
She's tucked into the rectangle cutout too.
The last set of pages.
TGF's Surfer Ian.
3D paper pieced again. These were the 3 I did first before Geisha Anya in my previous post.
I "borrowed" some fishy stickers from my kids. Hehe.
Geez, my hands are freezing now even though I have gloves on. Yeah, it's kind of hard to type with gloves on. After lunch I think the kids and I will cuddle together with all our blankets and pillows on the living room floor. Hopefully, they will fall asleep and take a nap. We actually slept like that last night. Kind of like a sleepover in our own living room. Can't wait for some sun.
Thanks for reading!
Wouldn't it be nice if it wasn't so rainy here? Storming again today and couldn't take nice pictures in the gloomy weather. Anyway, I had mentioned I was into this 3D paper piecing technique as shown HERE. This is the project that has been driving me a bit bonkers. Maybe I was trying to do too much into one project and I kept changing my mind on what I should do. So it took me much longer to finish this than I had planned. It's not quite how I had envisioned it at first but I guess it's okay and I'm glad to be done with it and move on. Oh, and this project is also for TGF's Retro-fresh challenge--a whole new dimension.
I wanted to make a foam book like the ones they have for kids. I thought it would be fun and different. I looked at one of my kids' foam books to copy how they put it together.
Geez, my hands are freezing now even though I have gloves on. Yeah, it's kind of hard to type with gloves on. After lunch I think the kids and I will cuddle together with all our blankets and pillows on the living room floor. Hopefully, they will fall asleep and take a nap. We actually slept like that last night. Kind of like a sleepover in our own living room. Can't wait for some sun.
Thanks for reading!
Comments
This is really pretty... love that summer mini scrapbook... Great detailing through out the whole layout.... you are super duper amazing...love your creativity in this...love it!