further to yesterday's post...

...i got cracking on the cover for the 'why do you scrapbook' project. i figured i would keep it pretty consistent throughout, concentrating mostly on using making memories 'vintage findings', 1) because it's lush and 2) because i have accumulated sooo much of the stuff!

mmm... ain't she pretty?!? anyways, i digress. for the main basis of the project, i will be using a papermania 6x6 chipboard mini album, mainly so i could do this...

...to the cover. i fancied dry brushing the base mainly because i wanted a vintaged effect, without the whole aged thing, you know, distressed edges and ink everywhere. i love that look but felt a change coming on for this project.

a tip i found is that when you're painting something, just use an a4 sheet of copier paper to work on, it saves the whole clean up process of palettes when you're done, just bin the sheet and rinse the brush.

i wanted to add a die cut sheet over the top of the dry brushing and since it's the cover, the paper needs to stay put. pva glue works ace for this and, using the same principle as before, out came the copier paper. i've found that if i'm wanting to cover a large area, i use a wide paintbrush and paint the glue on...

i stuck this to the front and added one of the basic grey doilies, along with a hambly transparency. it added much needed colour and gave me plenty of scope to change the colour tones throughout the project.

bung on some fluff in the form of pleated and stitched crepe paper, prima swirls and a sweet vintage image and there you have it, a finished cover.

i love that shimelle added a little photo to her cover, i used an old passport photo for mine as it has some pretty special sentimental stuff attached to it. you see, i needed to renew my passport to go to the cha with scrapagogo and this was one of the many, many attempts at getting the right image that the passport office would accept!

i really can't wait to see what the next steps are :)