Part Four: The Fortune

On the left, I tried a technique I saw in a scrapbook magazine. Since I'm not a scrapbooker, I don't think I actually did it right. You begin by cutting a circular or oval wreath, then add your images around it. I had so many images, I didn't want to stop, so the wreath is completely covered, including the inside which is supposed to show.

The background for "Part Four" is DTP using Linen Distress Ink and Vintage Lime Ink, both from Ranger. I glued a copy of a cabinet card to the page, then cut the circle from the play money and placed it over the gal's face. I was very happy with this page, even though it was simple.

An envelope from "Money" magazine was used as the background for this spread. It is held on with masking tape. A weather vane image was added to the top. The page on the right is actually a tip-in. I added five to the book from a swap I hosted in 2006.

For this spread, I started with some ugly orange paper with tiny white dots. I dry brushed silver glaze over the paper to tone down the orange and subdue the dots. "Got coin?" is a combination of stickers and coins. Many of the coins on the page are real, but some are not, including the Mardi Gras jester in the upper right, the Chucky Cheese coin in "got," and the gold covered chocolate Euro in the lower middle. The coin in the plastic sleeve is from a Las Vegas casino. It is too old (probably from the late 70s or early 80s) and beautiful to hide either side. I decided to allow the viewer to either turn the sleeve over or remove the coin to inspect it.

I will put another bank envie on the left page as soon as I go to my bank. There are just too many tags in the envie. It doesn't stay properly closed and it causes the page to sag. The background is a paper towel that I laid my tags on when I painted them and sprayed them with Color washes. The bank envie was made using the same method and materials as the tags.
The fronts of the four tags in the envie were made from a piece of heavy cardstock. I cut two of them smaller because of the images I was wanted to use. The top tag has a men's tie for the ribbon and two coins with a coin holder over the top of them. The two smaller tags were painted with light and medium green Patio Paints, then spayed with "Lettuce" Color Wash. The larger of the tags were painted with light and medium green Patio Paints and dark green acrylic paint (I think Delta), then sprayed with Lettuce and Ranger's "Bottle" color wash.

For the left tag, I added a fringe to the bottom and a matching fiber in the hole. Talk about using what you have!! The gold squiggle was formed from an eyeglass earpiece. I don't have the proper tool (round nose pliers) for twisting the metal properly, but I still like how it turned out. The middle tag has an image, and the right tag has a green leather shoelace acting as the clothesline for the cute image (a favorite of mine). I added more green leather shoelace in the hole.
I ran out of images before I ran out of tags. To make up for it, I added metal press on "cent" letters to the backs. The top cent is silver, the bottom two are gold. These were the last things I made for the book.