Hello everyone.....
I've got a little story teller in the making - My Daughter - she's 3 1/2 years old and dishes out stories left, right and center.
So I decided to start making a story book for her.
The idea is to jot down her story - flesh out the story a bit to make sense of it and put it all in a book.
Thus far I have the cover.....
This is my list of tools/paper ranges I used....
Stretched Canvas - front cover
Cloud9 beloved (red) cardstock
Cloud9 Travel cardstock pack
Google eyes (the dragon eyes)
Ultra Shape Express with Butterflies 1 template (wings - I used part of the shape)
and the Oval template (for main body) Other shapes where cut freehand using the Ultra Shape Express.
Black ink pad for inking edges of the dragon
Cloud9 travel cardstock medium alpha and number stickers
Cloud9 travel sprkle mini abc 123 rubons (for the word THE on front cover)
Gold acrylic paint (artilier)
Screws
12" rotary trimmer
PVA glue
Cardboard box for the back of the cover and spine
Computer/lazer printer to print out subtitle and credits
I'll be posting up progress every now and again.
This cover took me about 4-5 hours to construct and make the dragon then put the whole front cover into place. lol - Ok so I was watching TV as well! he he.
Oh something else to note:
I'd love to claim sole ownership of the dragon, but cannot. I copied him from my daughters book "Sparkly wizard's tale by Brian Robertson" the original drawing of the dragon by illustrators Brian Robertson and Chris King.
I hope this has encouraged you to do something different with your papers and Ultra shape express. We'd love to see your creations too!
How cool is your dragon and what a precious keepsake you are creating!!
Posted by: Anna | April 30, 2008 at 07:03 PM
This is so cute Debbie. Your daughter is going to love it!
Posted by: Andrea | April 30, 2008 at 07:59 PM
this looks great Debbie, can't wait to see the updates, your daughter will be thrilled.
Posted by: annette | April 30, 2008 at 08:22 PM
Love that dragon! A neat idea too.
Posted by: Beverley Warwick | April 30, 2008 at 08:34 PM
Aww, what a great idea !! Your cover looks fantastic :D
Posted by: Cindy | April 30, 2008 at 11:21 PM
As you know I totally adore this! I can't wait to see each addition. You've done such a cool thing here and your daughter is going to love it.
Posted by: Trina | May 01, 2008 at 06:56 AM