Journal Page - L is for 'LYRICS'

Soooo pleased with myself for being self disciplined and finishing this page for my altered book at last. Some time ago, (don't go there) I signed up for the Alphabet Discovery Workshop started by the fabulous Trish B. The idea was to do your ABC pages in a random order which the group was following. It's a kind of get on with it yourself group, no one is chasing you and perhaps because of that I have been, ahem, more than a little remiss in getting my pages done. As far as I know there is one other person still trying to finish but we could all be taking long breaks between for all I know!!

To make life more difficult I decided I was going to do my pages in an altered book. This does bring certain challenges - especially as I have cut it and stuck it and made interesting cavities etc etc...... bit of a b***** when you are trying to stamp so I tend to stamp onto tissue and then collage it on. Works pretty well as the tissue goes translucent and if it does tear or crumple up you've got a nice bit of texture.

I am not really a poetry type of gal (I think studying those war poets at school put me off for life) but I do like a good song lyric which is a type of poetry I guess. So, the theme for my 'L'  page is just that although I've just noticed it doesn't say 'Lyrics' anywhere on the page. Hee hee who cares -  I know what's going on even if no one else does!! The inspiration for the main page is a from a song by Elbow who are my mostest mostest favouritest band at the moment and I listen to their CDs over and over when I'm in my craft room.

Before I knew what letter

I was doing with this page I had made a lot of 'pockets' for tags to one side. I have made six tags coloured up with inks, micas and stains and decorated with a bit of stamping. Lyrics from some other songs I like are on the back and although there is room for a bit more decoration I think I will leave it there for now - there are another 18 pages to go after all!! Because the altered book is a WIP I decided not to add fibres to the tags yet as goodness knows what kind of state I would get in but I will add some later - I hope it will look quite funky spilling out of the book.

 

Right, mission for the rest of the day - finish my canvas and then have a play with shrink plastic. Jennie at Artistic Stamper showed me a way to use it in the melt pot and I'm itching to try, will let you know how I get on!! And there is still a teensy bit of time to join in with her blogiversary give away (it ends today) and to get the new limited edition Autum Distress Inks - although why I am telling you that I don't know, as I'm still contemplating them myself....