Well, the title says it all … and so does the page itself. What inspired me to choose that theme? My own procrastination, of course!

The page had been pre-painted a while ago with FW acrylic inks. I don’t have any stencils, so I cut my own square grid from an OHP sheet and used a stamp pad ‘direct to page’ over the over it. I then used a Marvy Le Plume II (brush end) to write the main word, then the fine end to write the text around the edge. The page looked too dull at that point, and the stencilled squares didn’t stand out enough, so I used a scarlet Le Plume II to do wiggly borders around the squares. OK, not brilliant, but not too bad.

Actually, I do have an excuse for my procrastination, as we’ve been dealing with a very sick kitty (CRF) for the past three weeks, so my mind hasn’t been on art or crafts, but I needed the distraction today. We still don’t know whether she is going to make it, but we are doing everything we can to help her.
What finally inspired me? My own procrastination!

The page had been pre-painted a while ago with FW acrylic inks. I don’t have any stencils, so I cut my own square grid from an OHP sheet and used a stamp pad ‘direct to page’ over the over it. I then used a Marvy Le Plume II (brush end) to write the main word, then the fine end to write the text around the edge. The page looked too dull at that point, and the stencilled squares didn’t stand out enough, so I used a scarlet Le Plume II to do wiggly borders around the squares. OK, not brilliant, but not too bad.

Actually, I do have an excuse for my procrastination, as we’ve been dealing with a very sick kitty (CRF) for the past three weeks, so my mind hasn’t been on art or crafts, but I needed the distraction today. We still don’t know whether she is going to make it, but we are doing everything we can to help her.

These two pamphlet stitch books were made from a single sheet of Gerstaecker cartridge/watercolour paper. I am considering using this paper for making journals, as it is very economic and it is supposed to cope with wet media. I made these small books so that I and a friend can test it.

The blue book is a single 4-sheet signature, with pages 6? by 5? (15.2cm by 12.5cm). The pink one is a 5-hole Japanese double pamphlet stitch binding, with two 4-sheet signatures, and the pages are 6? square (15.2cm). The card covers of both books are just slightly larger than their pages.