Working on Kings and Queens AB for my friend Kathy.

In case you missed the first post detailing this latest altered book I've started, please see here.

Since I haven't seen the latest there doesn't seem to be a new altered playing card challenge this week, I've had time to work a bit on my Kings and Queens altered book I'm making for my friend Kathy.  I've created a few new messes pages and wanted to share them with you.

Using the same double sided tape I described in my previous post, I created this spread, although I smeared the white ink before it was completely dry.  Again, I am trying to keep my embellishments flat until I get further along, or completely finished with the book, when I can add a few without them getting in the way.


Henry I was the next king and he reigned between 1100 and 1135 AD.  I'm not going to apologize for these pictures, because I didn't print them.  I just used the ones Kathy had printed.

Henry I's wife and Consort (the name given to the wife of a king, although sometimes referred to as Queen Consort) was sewn to a page that looked like it had been made on a Gelli plate.  After I sewed the two sides, I folded the page and turned it into a tip-in.  I tipped it in by cutting two adjacent pages somewhere between 1/2 inch and 3/4 inch out from the spine, which created two flaps.  I then added glue to the inside of the two flaps. While still wet, I inserted the folded assembly between the two flaps.


I found this picture after I had created this page and already entered it into the book.  That's when I realized I had to go through every picture to make sure I hadn't missed something.  I had no other way to display this than to use my double sided heart tape to place it over what I had already created.  You can see I have added the last of my colored tyvek to this page.

I hope people will understand this is an interactive page (she says sheepishly) and lift the image to see Stephen who reigned from 1135-1154.

I sewed the picture Kathy had provided to the doily and the colored paper, then glued the entire piece to the page.

Henry II's wife and Consort was Eleanor of Aquitaine.

Apparently Kathy was taken by this Queen, because she had several images and notes about her.  After reading about Eleanor, I was also mesmerized that she was both Queen of France, then later, Queen of England.  I mentioned in my previous post I would be using that "not me" background, and I found a use for it fairly quickly.

I see that Kathy created/printed these pages in March, 2009.  I can see why she gave up on ever creating this book, after she let the pages sit for nearly six years.  I suspect she will be quite surprised if (at this point a BIG IF) I get it finished in time to give it to her for her birthday in early April.  Right now, it's too cold to be in my craft room for any length of time at all.  I'm hoping for warmer days SOON.

Thanks for following this altered book as I work my way through it.