GIFTS

I thought I'd share a gift I sent to a friend of mine before Christmas to document her daughter's Christmas.  I used an Ikea frame which actually has 'plastic' glass rather than normal glass if you know what I mean.  I used some Me to You Bear papers that I'd got in a stack and just played.  The back of the frame is a book type cover made using chipboard and brown gummed tape as the base and then pages inside that on a concertina fold.  

 Slightly better shot of the book without the glaring lights 

The inside pages were just a mix of the papers, torn or cut to a rectangular shape and then inked.  The books I've done in the past for her have been predominantly pink but this one uses a selection of different colours, the papers providing the colour inspiration.

 I left the back of the book simple with a paint technique on the same. 

 From the top you can see the frame edge and the 'book' element of it and the concertina pages contained therein.  I had much fun creating the book and I know Karen enjoyed receiving it and took loads of photos to document the Christmas festivities!

Hope you're all having a great weekend!