CSF BIRTHDAY BOOKS

and finally my envelope for the last book I am participating in - The High Fivers "Blast from the Past" book.

I made a collage from some old sepia family photos and scanned it into my computer. I then printed the collage out on to silk and vellum. I really liked the silk printing as the ink had blurred slightly on the fabric and gave an older effect, I used the silk to cover the envelope with.

I decided that all my embellishments on this project would be in copper to keep in with the old feeling and edged the envelope with copper peel offs. I added a Joanna Sheen stamped fan (on vellum) and a couple of other small stamped images to the front of the envelope. A couple more completed the back of the envelope. The inside of the envelope is a rich chocolate brown so only need a stamped vellum image on the inside of the flap.

The insert - I added a few pieces of the vellum printed collage to the front and secured them with a piece of acetate and copper brads. One of the pictures is particularly old being of my husbands great grandmother, I mounted this behind a Joanna Sheen frame that I had stamped onto vellum and mounted it on to the acetate, just adding a couple more peel offs to complete the front.
On the reverse of the insert I mounted a piece of backing paper that I had 'aged' with distress inks, added a couple of peel offs and a few crystals to the corners. I then stamped a Victorian collage onto vellum and embossed with copper powder. I ripped the edges and chalked them, then added this to the back of the insert. My project was now completed.