Gypsies Journal

The wait is over

March Guest Designer

and 

New Design Team Member

Mou Saha

 Mou created a fabulous stacked accordion using bright colored paint, Avignon paper and lots of other gypsy goodness.  Her vision of what can be done with a simple accordion album is fresh and packed with techniques that can be applied to any number of projects.  So sit back and enjoy...Mou Saha has joined the gypsy caravan and we couldn't be happier.

Welcome!

Step-by-step Instructions:
1. Paint the front of the stacked accordion. Dangle a key and binding ring drop on a Gypsy tag tied together with seam binding ribbons. Embellish with stickers, tapes and paper.
2. Create 'bases' for the page inserts with patterned papers trimmed to fit,  photos, stickers, tags, traced tags and paint.
3. Add chipboard letters, more stickers, stamping and ephemera to embellish. Journal and tie everything together with a little more paint.

4. Make tabs with gaffer and paper tapes, stickers, seam binding ribbons, etc.

Notice what Mou did with the ATC & Photo Display shapes of a little bird and a pear? ...she used them as a template to cut out the shape in patterned paper and then adhered the patterned paper over the creme cardstock.  Clever.  

 

Here's how it looks

Here she filled in the negative space with paint and lettering.  What a great technique!

 

 

 

Makes you want to pick up your paint brush doesn't it?

Supplies:
    •    Stacked Accordion
    •    Patterned papers: 19347 Decoration, 19349 Ecriture, 19350 Fleur de Lys and 19351 Orchestra (Avignon Collection)
    •    Seam Binding Ribbon: Avignon and Victoria
    •    Gaffer tape,  Chipboard Alpha & Numbers, Clear stamps (Venice Collection)
    •    Gypsy market Patterned Paper Tape
    •    97% Complete stickers: Inspiration and Wish 

    •    Black Keys
    •    Gypsy Ephemera Cards
    •    Gypsy Tags
    •    ATC & Photo Display Tags (bird, pear)
    •    Princesca Glittered Tags
    •    Binding Ring dangles-Drops: Sapphire
All supplies by 7 Gypsies
    •    Other: Acrylic paint (Delta), ink (Tsukineko); adhesive (Scotch 3M); pen (Sharpie); decorative scissors (Provo Craft)

Remember, you have until tonight at midnight to leave a comment on our March 1st post for a chance to win a stacked accordion and some goodies to go inside.