Course curriculum

  • 1

    Introduction: What's in the Course

    • How to Use This Course
  • 2

    Basic Techniques for Preparing Your Board Books

  • 3

    Library of Printable Images

    • Tips for Getting Pages That Pop

    • Tips for Printing on Tissue Paper and Cloth

    • Handwritten Pages for Backgrounds

    • Holy Cards

    • Butterflies, Insects, and a Bird

    • Postcards Nuns and First Communion Children

    • Italian Cemetery Angels
  • 4

    Project 1: The Book of Wings Art Journal

    • Introduction and Materials

    • Layout 1: Collage and Gesso

    • Layout 2: Birds & Bees on Tissue Paper

    • Layout 3: Paper Napkin and Floral Background With Angel

    • Layout 4: Collage & Angel and Ruins on Tissue Paper

    • Layout 5: Stamping into Acrylic

    • Layout 5: Carving a Frame

    • Add Cover
  • 5

    Project 2: Mini Art Journal

    • Part 1

    • Part 2
  • 6

    Project 3: Diptych Shrine or Frame

    • Materials

    • Part 1: Preparing to Carve Frame and Arch

    • Part 2: Gluing and Painting Your Boards

    • Part 3: Embellishing the Cover
  • 7

    Appendix: A Look at a Few Other Altered Board Book Pieces

    • A Look for Ideas and Inspiration