PaperArtsy Blog Challenge - Fragile Papers

Over on her blog

PaperArtsy,
Leandra has started a new fortnightly challenge
 and the first one is
 'Fragile Papers' 
It was this image on her blog which first inspired me to take part!

  

I decided to make some post it note holders

using faces I had painted almost a year ago now -

funnily enough I was inspired to paint them via a link

on the PaperArtsy blog and Clare Lloyd.

If you're interested, my original link is here. 

For this challenge I decided to use three different

types of 'fragile papers'.

The first, has to be my favourite old, really old book of

Charles Dickens - The Old Curiosity Shop

(The other two papers I used were an old street map
and some very thin pages from an old Taxes Act - and with them
I covered the inside covers)

For the covers of one of the post it note holders, I used two
coasters which you may recognise as freebies from a charity
which seem to arrive through our letterbox quite frequently.
It is fortuitous that they are just the right size to hold
a small pad of post it notes. 

 I used the old book pages for the outside covers.

For the inside I used Distress Inks and
for the outside PaperArtsy Fresco Finish Chalk Acrylics
(Eclectica3 Limited Edition)

 I stuck the face onto the cover and then did a bit
of random stamping around it.

For the other one, I just did a bit of splodging with some
Studio Acrylic paint.

I used my Bind-It-All machine to join the covers.
For the one on the left I had to do a patch up job
because I made the mistake of spraying a sealant on
before punching the holes and it got a little bit stuck
in the process, even though I thought I'd waited long
enough for it to dry!

I like the finished look of both of them,
especially because the text of the old book pages
can still be seen!

There is a lot more information and inspiration on
the PaperArtsy blog about the challenge should
you be tempted to take part.

Thanks for looking :)