I used a Reader’s Digest Condensed Book  that I removed several of the pages and gesso’d the rest for my art journal.

On the front cover, I used a Ranger Dylusions stencil called small keyholes.  I put Martha Stewart’s Stucco Effects mixed with Archival Black Ink on the stencil.  On the back cover, I did the same with the Tim Holtz Clockwork stencil.  On the bottom, I ran another Tim Holtz stencil of a ruler and used the same Martha Stewart Stucco Effects on it. I colored this with silver metallic rub on.  I have several industrial style stamps that I had in my stash and one of them I used with Ranger embossing ink in the center of the back and heated it.  I used black paper quilling strips to make the ruler stand out as well as the side of the keyhole.   I found a cardboard key in my stash so I used a metallic embossing powder and heated it to make it look like it was a metal key.  I kept adding more and more of the embossing powder to make it really thick and then pressed a stamp into the molten to make it look like it had a design in the key.  Sparkle and Sprinkle mixed media  embossing powder is what I used for this. I used metallic rub ons to really color the clock and backgrounds, primarily the bronze and silver colors.  I stamped a couple more industrial stamps on the back and tried to heat emboss them, but the embossing powder wanted to stick to the metallic rub on, so I wiped it back off.  I used the silver rub on for the keyholes so they would show up and then used Gray Archival ink on the keyholes to make them more defined.  I used Dusty Durango ink from Stampin’ Up on the background of the right side of the front cover.  I had a cardboard piece that I stamped “Imagine” into and then rubbed Hickory Smoke from Distress ink onto the cardboard to make it darker gray.  I used two black brads from Michaels to attach the piece to the front cover.  I had some black stickers that I had in my stash and I attached them to the binding of the book.  I attached the key on an angle on the front cover.
On the top right hand of the front cover, I used a stamp of gears and heat embossed it.  Below it, I put down three metal buttons. I stamped with Ranger Archival, a postage style stamp on the right side of the front cover and stamped it a few times.

 

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