Saturday, May 19, 2012

'Choco' Art Journal

Last week, Sharon Yong of Scrappingville had given me such gorgeous brown canvas sheet as part of my June's DT kit. The most beautiful canvas I've ever seen. I almost felt guilty to cut it up :)). Really looked like it was dipped in Hershey's chocolate!. So yummy.

I cut the large canvas sheet into several 7" X 9" pages and bound them into an art journal, deliciously named 'Choco Journal';

The color of the canvas sheets is already rich, so I used minimal embellishment. Just some brown ribbons, eyelets and beads. 


I tied up some twines with beads & apothecary bottles to add more texture to the plain covers and most importantly to hold the pages together. I found the little metal plate at the flea market just last week for only a 'ringgit'!. A perfect label. When my journal started to look masculine, I quickly added ribbons :)). I love stretchable closure for journals. Simple & durable.


Here are some pages in the journal. I'm not sure if I should do some more work in it. What do you think?. Add colors? Paint? Collage?. Leave them blank?. I also made some canvas tags and oddly-sized pages as inserts. LOVE the white contrast against the brown pages. 

So, do check out Scrappingville's June classes for a slot to learn how to make this art journal with me. I might bring in some chocolate chips cookies to the class :). Well, store-bought. I don't bake.

XO,
Shahrul

9 comments:

  1. Very pretty. you must be very busy now.

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    1. Hi Lili. Busy bee when the DT kit comes in. Loving every minute of it. I'm blessed with all the time I have to play :)).

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  2. Oh wow! Just love how you decorated the cover. It really showcases the canvas brilliantly. I love the beads and the apothecary bottle. :)

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  3. love the beads on twines! looks like my fav Cadbury..yumm yumm

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    1. I felt like eating chocolate when I was making this journal :). Seriously!

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  4. This is OUTSTANDING!!!!!!!! What an incredibly fresh, yet steampunk and original look to this. Excellent work here. :)

    Just wanted to say thank you for your very kind comments on my blog too.
    Hope you're having a great week!
    L xx

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    1. Hey Lisa, thank you so much. I hope to infuse more of steampunk art in my future work. Beginning to love it :).

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  5. How beautiful and totally unique! Love this.

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