I altered this book as a birthday gift. The recipient is a big fan of The Lord of the Rings and I managed to find a damaged book with a map on the inside reminiscent of that great saga. I folded the pages to create the ’40’ and stained the edges with distress ink to help the numberd stand out. I used a ribbon to hold the book in place for display.
I created the scene for the back cover using Craft Artist and kept it within the fantasy theme. I’ve covered the sentiment for privacy reasons.
I’d like to enter this for the following challenges
Creative Loops- recycle
Craftin Desert Divas- Create a scene
Love to Create- Anything creative/ mixed media goes
Kitty Bee Designs- Fairytale/fantasy
Polkadoodles- Birthday celebrations
for detail) painting on some 
between each layer to set the inktense (it actually turns it to ink).
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and flexmarkers (Hair: canary, sunflower, yellow, vanilla. Skin: Almond, putty, dusty pink, tea rose. Dress: Duck egg, oasis, 
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). I painted some highlights onto the dress using 
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. I used 
to outline the frame design and around the outside of the card.
and I used 
on the birds to give some contrast to her hair. The flowers are all from 
to create the sentiment flower and the sentiment is from 
