Altered Album

[mpizzazz]

Here are a few pics of a K and Company album that I altered. The vinyl covers were one of their popular prints of script and flowers, pansies, I think. It's a 6 x 6" and had lots of page protectors, perfect for all our PAO swap pages from last year. I painted all the edges and then added the handmade papers and one of my atcs that I made for the swap.

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[ChristyB]

so pretty!

[Paula]

very pretty! Sure beats vacuuming!!

[mpizzazz]

very pretty! Sure beats vacuuming!!

Thanks, I'm taking your advice and staying away from the vacuuming today!

[pamcook]

Nice!

[Debbie J]

Very nice!

[jmp1022]

very colorful

[pbp908]

What type of glue did you use? Did you sand and prime the vinyl before you painted? I have some really ugly vinyl albums that I'd like to alter.

[mpizzazz]

What type of glue did you use? Did you sand and prime the vinyl before you painted? I have some really ugly vinyl albums that I'd like to alter.

I didn't sand the vinyl or whatever that stuff is but that is a good idea. I did cover it with gesso. I think I used the CS bookbinding glue, some of those handmade papers were thick. Along the edges I did acrylic paint, the dreaded dabbers! I wouldn't be surprised if that came off fairly easily but I'll worry about that later.

[azemigh]

Fabulous job! Got me thinking about those uggo albums I have now.

[djenns]

How cool.......almost makes me want to do a couple of small books I have around here.....

Diana

[jfugina]

Oooh! That's beautiful!

[bethrich]

What a great idea, Marianne. I bet we all have some albums we'd like to recover.