A really nice gift for a wonderful mother! This one of a kind book has the beauty of the handmade paper, the special sentiment of the original and unique poem from artist Glenda Castillo. All together evoque love, care and the most precious feelings. The frames and graphics are also very inspirational and moving. The book is signed […]
I found a poem, very inspiring to me. Dreams are sometimes everything we have, sometimes they are just part of us and sometimes we forget they exist. If you’d like, read this beautiful poem written by Virna Sheard (1913): DREAMS Virna Sheard Keep thou thy dreams–though joy should pass thee by; Hold to the rainbow beauty of […]
We continue with the Altered Book 101 Series. This time, I would like to explain more about how to change the background of a page using different techniques. Some of the same faux painting techniques for the walls, can be applied to the papers. SPONGING Sponge: Natural or man-made Acrylic paint thinned down with water […]
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This is the second part of my series about altering books. If you need to read the first part, you can find it here. Once you have all the pages glued and dried, it’s time to start building them. The first thing you need is the appropriate background upon which everything else will be glued, […]
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Make the Cut has a new release, version 4.1.0. This version is going to allow Mac users to work with MTC. Not just that, the other features included make this download a must if you are a MTC user or if you are planning to get the program. To download the update Version 4.1.0 of Make The […]
In this session we will make the book ready for writing, painting, etc. So..let’s start! 1. The first question that you need to address is your book theme. What is your book going to be about? Mine is going to be a little bit simple, there are many things happening now and I want to […]
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Hello, I’m Glenda Castillo and I want to invite you to explore with me the art of altered books. This is the first article of the series. Every Thursday, I plan to bring you another tutorial and we will build a wonderful altered book together. Altering a book, changing it a little or much of […]
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Between different activities, I managed to play with My Memories Software. This digital scrapbooking software is very easy to use. When you open it, you can choose to create an album from the designer templates, design your own or even open a recent album. Once you choose from those options, you can choose the album […]
Craftwell is coming out with the eBosser. We all love the look of embossed paper but sometimes we feel limited by the folder sizes. Then, if we want to emboss a larger paper, we have to maneuver it in order to have the whole sheet embossed. Well, the eBosser is the new embosser machine that will allow […]
I would like to present you a video explaining how the New Cinch version 2 works. You’ll see some differences from the previous version, which I have and like so much (I’m not planning to upgrade it). But if you don’t have a Cinch, I recommend to get this new version since it can cinch smaller […]
