Novel Idea Book Club Art Journal

Last year I had the special privilege of being invited to join the "Novel Idea Book Club," which started in 1992. I'm the newest of 10 members. We meet once a month to discuss the assigned book over a meal. At the start of this year I decided to keep a book art journal to document the books we read. I used a plain old composition book for my journal and altered the cover using these steps.

1. Painted with black acrylic paint.

2. Layed down drywall repair mesh tape and lightly sprayed with gold paint.

3. Removed the drywall repair mesh tape and stamped with gold and black acrylic paint.

4. Added a piece of the gold drywall repair mesh tape.

5. Heated sticky back craft foam and stamped a dry image. Added a light layer of gold "Rub n Buff." Stuck to cover.

6. Created letter tiles with paper clay. Painted with black acrylic paint. Added a layer of gold "Rub n Buff." Glued down with E6000.