Mini Album Makers ~ October Challenge: Faux wooden Inlay

Hello Creative Friends
How are you all doing..??

It's so nice to take a little break from busy life and get back
to blogging today. With the start of a new month it's time for
October's Mini Album Makers Challenge.

In need for a practical place to store creative ideas
I've created a faux wooden veneer notebook.

With admiration for Marquetry and the talented way they inlay wood
this creation came about when I discovered some self adhesive
wood veneer sheets within my stash, similar to straw rather than
wood I will call this *Faux* wooden inlay to save any confusion.

Here's how it all came to be and those how to do's...

Taking two pieces of card size 8½" x 5"
scoring and folded both at 3¾ and 4¾
this creates a 5" x 3¾" sized album.

One piece forms the album cover with the second piece the inner cover.
A hole punch nips the spines edge to anchor elastic to hold notebooks
and punched side holes to thread elastic that will hold a pencil.

To create the front cover I've die cut a tree image 

peeled off the adhesive backing, stuck down on to a page 

then stained the image with distress ink.

Carefully piecing those bits we usually throw away back 

into the design the contrast of colour is really effective. 

Cut up strips of the veneer are used to build up the inlay to the size of

the cover darkening some of the design using an alcohol marker. 

Larger sheets of adhesive veneer are used to cover the album. 

With the inlay panel now cut down to size I triple embossed to 

create a lacquer effect using clear embossing ink and powder 

gently heating each layer so's not to scorch it's surface. 

Then glued the embossed panel into place. 

 This is the inside cover covered with the self adhesive veneer

and three small notebooks covered with veneer and 

coloured with alcohol markers which are all 

held in place by the elastic as is the pencil.

Gluing the front and inner cover together I have left the 

spine unglued so the elastic can easily be replaced if needed.

An inspirational quote is handwritten inside with a 

brown pencil reminding me a little of pyrography. 

That triple embossing adds great weight to the cover 

which closes securely like a good hardback book.

A simple design with no complicated clasps or closures makes this
5" x 3¾" album extremely accessible when an idea comes to mind...

This month Seth Apter is our generous Sponsor @ 

MINI ALBUM MAKERS OCTOBER Challenge offering a 

full set of 8 PaperArtsy stamps as Octobers prize.

Please pop on over HERE and see what the Mini Album Makers 

creative and inspiring Design Team have made this month.

We'd love you to share your creations with us 

please follow the LINK HERE...

Sending creative wishes your way 

Hugs Tracey xx