Linen, Lace, and Muslin

I love using lace on my projects and was so happy that Simon Says Stamp and Show challenge this week is Lace Love.  The challenge inspired me to put together linen, lace and muslin in a journal book.

Here is what I started with in creating my project:

I cut a piece of muslin to fit in the center of my cover.  I painted the surface of the muslin with white acrylic paint to give a surface to stamp on. The edges of the muslin was distressed with a touch of brown dye ink. I stamped the background with text and added a touch of acrylic paint over that surface. I then stamped the quote and bird.  I added a touch of frame on the left side of the panel. 

I stamped the tag on white cardstock using brown ink and cut out.  I sponged the edges with brown dye ink. I then die cut two tags which were distressed and stamped the images on them.  I added twine and buttons to the tags.  I added lace and twine to my folded tag pocket.

I assembled the front of the journal with lace around the background of the muslin. I added two rows of lace under the tag pocket. The tag pocket was attached with a safety pin.

I am looking forward to completing the other pages in my journal.

Products: Artistic Outpost - Birds of a Feather, Artistic Outpost - Bluebird, Artistic Outpost - Quote and Quotables, Artistic Outpost - Songbirds, Memory Box - Distressed Tag Stamp, Memory Box - Distressed Tag Die,  White Twine,  Maya Road - Linen Journal, Maya Road - 5 x 7 Linen Art Journal, Hero Arts - Lace Trim,  Ranger Archival Ink - Black, Coffee,  Watercolor Pencils, Adirondack White Acrylic Paints - Snow Cap, Ranger Distress Ink- Vintage Photo, Tim Holtz Tiny Attacher

Thanks for stopping by!

Suzz