I created a book for my second eldest daughter's birthday. I designed the book to have a hidden book inside.
On the surface the book looks vintage because my daughter loves things old and mysterious. However she also loves pretty things bold and bright and so this became the hidden surprise within.
The ink colours I have used are Stampin'Up's Pumpkin Pie, Rich Razzleberry and Soft Suede. I have coloured the pearl charms using our Stampin' Blends Alcohol Markers.
I created ridges on the spine to give it a more vintage feel.
The gauze is dyed with the dye inks.
My daughter also loves Disney and fairy tales so I decided to write a story about her life in a story format. I used lots of Disney images I printed from my computer.
I dyed some embroidery floss using the dye inks and hand stitched some feather stitch and seed beads throughout the book.
The seam binding is also dyed using the dye inks.
I added an envelope for some extra interest.
The tags all have Scripture printed on them.
My real challenge with this half of the book was to take essentially bright bold colours and make them vintage. The Soft Suede ink helped me to achieve an old look.
When my daughter finished reading the book she flipped the book over to the back cover where she was invited to open the spine.
And so her story continued but in bright bold colours this time.
The images were all water coloured using the dye inks.
An appropriate ending to a beautiful story, don't you think!
I decided to create a box to present her book in and to keep dust off it.
You can't really see it in the photo but the tag actually says Happy Birthday. It is from the "Happy Wishes" stamp set. I stamped Brooke's name using one of our new stamp sets called "Make a Difference".
I love how this gift embodies both the vintage and colourful aspects of my daughter's nature.
