Moving on from Hearts to Stone Angels

It's been three years now since I made my second

Fabric Lace book. 

This I learned from an on-line workshop taught by

Nellie Wartman at

  www.earlymorningthoughts.typepad.com 

called Altered Fabric Book

(This is still available on her blog too!!!!!)

and

since then I have created quite a number of  Fabric Altered books

but

that book I still treasure as I learned so much.
Nellie is one of the sweetest, most conscientious and creative woman I have met here in blogland!

Just sharing a few of the pages from that book "Pandora's Box"

that I thought you might like to see here again!

 

 

 

 

 

 This really was a quite a plump book overflowing with lots of luscious fabrics

and laces which I still love so very much.

Anyway I decided it was time to revisit Nellie's blog

as she was offering a new instructional DVD of an Art Book

called "Clarity"

Here is the link:

 https://www.etsy.com/au/listing/207624779/instructional-dvd-art-bookclarity?ref=shop_home_feat_1

 

 which really is

more of a paper and paint journal so I decided to give that

a go - never having painted anything before.

Nellie supplied some beautiful photo images of Stone Angels

which we were to alter by painting

and

as I didn't want to destroy these first up

I decided to use one of my own as a practice run

and this was the result:

 

Front Cover with altered photo - painted!!! (background).

 

Inside covers!

 

 

 

Blank pages were added last.

 

I found this DVD very inspirational and I found Nellie

to be not just an excellent teacher but always available

to discuss any questions I had and offering excellent feedback.

I highly recommend this wonderful DVD

especially also if you are wanting to

learn how to construct a

paper journal.

♥♥♥

With all of this new inspiration I decided to create another

collage using one of the Stone Angels I have

collected  (probably from Pinterest)

using a black and white image

along with many layers of earth toned fabrics (recycled and new)

including brocade, linen, silk, fabric laces as well as

vintage netting and a vintage doily.

 

 

I really am a Fabric, textural and lace age girl at heart!
This is now available for sale in my Etsy

Wishing you angel hugs from here!
xox Suzy