Booklet Bundles of Joy Class

This is 4 pieces of Tru Ray construction paper taped together underneath, so 16x22 ish

Close up. The white and black marks are deli paper over the collage

Used a ton of old gel plate prints on card stock

LOTS of paper is involved in this class. Have yet to use these!

Finished booklet is 3x5 ish

inside the front cover

inside the back cover, showing the little pocket (torn tag!)

I cut a heart from an old tag and attached the sentiment. Cathy's present at the Mother's Day Brunch

Jake wanting to know why he couldn't go to the brunch

Gracie wanting my phone to call Meranda

If you want to learn about collage and the layering process involved in mixed media art, I highly recommend the Robin Marie Smith online class, Booklet Bundles of Joy. Please google Robin-Marie Smith. I tried several times to put in a link, but her website refused to connect from this blog.

There are multiple steps in making the bundles, and I did a fast shortcut yesterday morning so one of these could be a Mother's Day Present for Cathy. I tore a page out of a drawing prompt book I purchased from a discount table, cut the sheets, then grabbed some ordinary graph paper. I only put 4 papers inside because they are sewn to the cover. So that part is mine. I have yet to watch the final video on how to assemble the inside pages.

I have gone into my stash and pulled out a few gel plate prints to tear up, as well as several tags. I did use some scrapbook paper, book pages, and vintage sheet music. I had previously used gel prints for the junk journals I made from a Julie Fei Fan Balzer class. This current class has me once again thinking of collage as a finished piece of art. Ideas are percolating.

Robin Marie has a short video on her website about the class, if you are interested.
Linda