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Wednesday, 5 May 2021

Pride and Prejudice


I am really quite missing the posts I wrote for Effy's Blog Along, so I thought I would share another one!


This journal page is my week 18 of Wanderlust and based on a lesson by Marta Lapkowska


I was looking for 'book paper' in a charity chop and came across a tatty copy of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice. I normally wouldn't dream of ripping a page from P & P but my daughter persuaded me that it would be putting this book to good use! I chose a page at random and it turned out to be the scene where Lady Catherine de Bourgh takes a turn around the "prettyish kind of a little wilderness" with Elizabeth, when she calls unexpectedly.

 

I used a quote from this same scene when I made this card last September and these pictures come from a post back then. I was talking about my favourite book...

I made this card for the Clever Dexter Challenge Blog which I design for.



This is my copy of the book - my Aunty Hilary (and godmother) gave me this for my Birthday in 1965 - I was 13! I have a collection of real rubber Pride and Prejudice stamps which I used for the card.



To get back to the journal page, I started by adding book and music papers and also a photocopy of one of the pages from Mum's cookery book. I think it was about preserves.


I also added some die cuts (given me by a friend), more collage and yellow paper napkin with black roses - a freebie from Scrapbookingncraft. Next came the ladies - a digi from Taylormadecards4u. Finally I added white gesso, splatter, black distress around the edges, some penwork...


I will add this to TaylorMadeCards4u May Challenge

Happy Crafting!

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6 comments:

  1. Kim Switzer6 May 2021 at 10:19

    Love this! And it's great when we can give battered old books a second life this way when they're really not in shape for keeping on the shelf to read anymore. Wonderful!

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    1. Susan Renshaw6 May 2021 at 12:17

      Thanks for your visit Kim...far better than them ending in landfill!!

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  2. The Serendipitous Art Therapist6 May 2021 at 12:30

    I get a twinge of ... something... whenever I rip out book pages to use in my spreads LOL but I love, love, love the look of book pages in spreads and I adore yours! Keep posting, I love seeing your journal spreads.

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    1. Susan Renshaw6 May 2021 at 16:45

      Yes the book pages really add something... However I bought half a dozen Mills and Boon for a dollar. I wouldn't read them and am not sure I can use them on my pages...

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  3. Effy10 May 2021 at 21:53

    Gorgeous!! I just watched Pride and Prejudice yesterday and it was so lovely to escape into that world.

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  4. Debbie J12 May 2021 at 22:23

    So Lovely. Thanks for participating in the TaylorMadeCards4U Challenge!

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