Paris in my 7 Continents AB

It's been awhile since I worked in my 7 Continents altered book.  I call it the oldest UFO or unfinished object I have.  Started as a swap project with 14 other players in 2005, I went on to tip these pages into a Physician's Desk Reference (PDR).  When the book fell apart because I dropped it down a flight of stairs, I looked for ways to salvage it.  After lamenting about it for nearly two years, my friend Kathy's husband drilled holes in the pages so I could add them to a 3-ring binder.  That got me back on track, but I quickly lost interest when I became overwhelmed with "too much stuff."  In fact, I have three large tubs of "stuff" I eventually sorted.

Prior to this sorting, I had focused on a single continent at a time.  Once I got back on track, I decided that whatever I picked up, or whatever inspired me, I would work on, regardless the continent.  You can see other pages here, here, and here.

Once again, I started with a page from my PDR as the background, over which I added gesso and some blue pigment ink.  To that I added as many images of Paris as I could find.

The three detail shots above show I gathered Paris memories from various books and magazines.

The back side's images came mainly from a craft magazine, while part came from other fodder, including scrapbook paper, sheet music, and the word "love" I kept from a paper bag I originally used in my Collage AB.  The background was swiped with gesso and pink pigment ink.

Three more detail scans show the second page close up.

Today is Day 6 of AEDM and I created two spreads in my 7 Continents altered book.  Are you keeping up?