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Art friends whose sites are worth visiting, but do not open in a new window
- Altered Book Lover's Tutorials
- And Then We Set It On Fire
- Art by Canace
- Art by Rikae
- Carol Ann the Queen of Scraps
- Carol's Vintage Rose Art
- Cathy J's fabulous fabrications
- Charleen's time 4 art
- Cindy Mc Math's picture trail
- Corinne Stubson
- Creative Explorer Terrie Purkey
- Cyn Richardson
- Dandelion and Daisy
- Daphne's Sew in Art
- Darlene (aka Hugger)
- Diana at Idaclare
- Donna's World of Joy
- Dragonfly Design Studios
- Druga Szesnascie (2:16)
- Fannie's fabulous fabrics
- Gina of Aunt Gigi's House: gone but never forgotten
- Girl Unwinding
- Healing Woman
- Jackie Smith
- Jeanene (life2nene)
- Jenniebellie Studio
- Jennifer's Art Diversions
- Judy Matheny
- Karen's Carry Ons
- Kat's Kuriosities
- Kate Stockman
- Kelly Kilmer's mixed media and collage
- Kristen's Journey
- Kristin's Twinkle Twinkle
- Leigh's Artful Wanderings
- Margaret at Alice and Camilla
- Marsha of Tumble Fish Studio
- Mary in NH
- Mo at Mass of Hair
- My Art Journal by Diane Salter
- My Art Journal by Lynn Cohen
- Outside the Margins (Aileen)
- Patsy's heARTworks
- Patti Edmon (Altered Attic)
- Pesky Little Sister Dawn
- Pulp Redux
- Sherry's Got Art?
- Stephanie at Purple Lotus Art
- Susan's Art & Inspiration
- The Altered Page
- Vera in Brazil (gone but never forgotten)
- Wen Redmond the Fiber Art Goddess
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Bleubeard and I welcome you
Click on any lesson you might have missed or want to review
- The AB Class Syllabus
- Lesson 1: Finding the right book
- Lesson 2: Supply list and prepping pages
- Lesson 3: Prepping cover and front pages, creating a niche
- Lesson 4: Glue and Gesso
- Lesson 5: Design Principles (Part 1)
- Lesson 6: Design Principles (Part 2)
- Lesson 7: Design Elements
- Lesson 8: Color and paint
- Lesson 9: Backgrounds
- Lesson 10: Magazine images and frames
- Lesson 11: Pockets
- Lesson 12: Folded Pages
- Lesson 13: Windows and Doors
- Lesson 14: Zippers
- Lesson 15: Decorative Edges
- Lesson 16: Fabric
- Lesson 17: Polymer Clay
- Lesson 18: Students choice: Transfers and Pop-up
- Lesson 19: Bringing it all together
- Lesson 20: Decorating your book cover
- Epilogue: Future ABs
Two of my completed altered books
Word to art by in 2019
I'd rather have comments than awards, please!
Time for art in Kansas
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Music that inspires me: my steel drum friend, Joseph Peck
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