Unpacked

The journey is over and the altered book is almost complete.   Just the cover to do - unless of course you've already done it!

I had some pages left over when I got to the end of the daily prompts and you can see what I did with those pages on NewlyCreative.

This is the inside of the back cover.

Do you remember covering your text books at school?  Well this is exactly the same.  I used an old map which I cut to the size of the book plus extra to fold in.  I cut diagonally at the spine and cut the pieces out.

I folded the map over the edges and then folded a triangle so I knew what to cut off.  You don't want bulky corners.

I stuck the map down with double-sided tape and then stuck the back page to the back cover.  I did the same with the front.

Here's the map attached to the book.

I made a tag to put on the front using the tutorial that Nicky provided for 12 Months in View. You can see how I made it on my blog. I used some letters from my stash for the title.

Thank you so much for following along with Passport to Art.  It's been great fun.  I will be showing the whole of my book on NewlyCreative tomorrow.

Please share your cover or blog post using the linky.  It is so encouraging for all of us to see what other people do with the prompts and the techniques.

Day 31: We've arrived

Quote

No one realizes how beautiful it is to travel until he comes home and rests his head on his old, familiar pillow.                   Lin Yutang

Bible Verse

There is a time for everything, and a season for every activity under the heavens:   Eccl. 3:1

Inspiration

Take me home country roads

Journaling

Sum up the journey we have taken over the last month.

Technique Challenge

Cut out triangles and attach to your page to look like bunting.

Or make it from washi tape

When you've unpacked from your journey, come back tomorrow for one last post.

Today's PDF can be downloaded here.

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Day 30: Where next?

Quote

A nomad I will remain for life, in love with distant and uncharted places.  Isabelle Eberhardt

Bible Verse

So be careful to do what the Lord your God has commanded you; do not turn aside to the right or to the left. Walk in obedience to all that the Lord your God has commanded you, so that you

may live and prosper and prolong your days in the land that you will possess.   Deut. 5:32-33

Inspiration

Pentangle: Light Flight

Journaling

So where next?  Where do you plan to travel next?

If you can’t travel, where would you like to go and why?

What’s next in your life’s journey?                                                            

Technique Challenge

Use your favourite technique from this month on your page.

Today's PDF can be downloaded here.

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Day 29: Favourite Place

Quote

It is good to have an end to journey toward, but it is the journey that matters in the end.   Ursula K. Le Guin

Bible Verse

Her ways are pleasant ways, and all her paths are peace.         Proverbs 3:17

Inspiration

Thomas & friends video

Journaling

Where is your favourite place?  It may be far away or very close to home!  A beautiful city in a far away country or a bubble bath at home.  Describe your favourite place and why you like it so much.

Technique Challenge

Watercolour paint and clingfilm background. You can use any water based sprays.

Watercolour and salt, watercolour and clingfilm video

Glimmer mists and clingfilm

Today's PDF can be downloaded here.

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Day 28: The Road Goes On Forever

Quote

Life ain't always beautiful, but it's a beautiful ride.          Gary Allan

Bible Verse

You provide a broad path for my feet, so that my ankles do not give way.   Psalm 18:36

Inspiration

An Inklings Sermon

Journaling

What adventures have you had? The poem is thought to be about the journey of life and the adventures along the way as well as the drudgery of continuing.

Technique Challenge

Use alcohol inks on foil

Alcohol & Faux Metal video

Gesso & alcohol inks video

Try this with tin foil if you don't have the product Linda uses.

Today's PDF can be downloaded here.

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Day 27: The Seekers

Quote

The World is a book, and those who do not travel read only a page.              Saint Augustine

Bible Verse

Direct me in the path of your commands, for there I find delight.         Psalm 119:35

Inspiration

The Seekers  John Masefield

FRIENDS and loves we have none, nor wealth nor blessed abode,
But the hope of the City of God at the other end of the road.

Not for us are content, and quiet, and peace of mind,
For we go seeking a city that we shall never find.

There is no solace on earth for us--for such as we--
Who search for a hidden city that we shall never see.

Only the road and the dawn, the sun, the wind, and the rain,
And the watch fire under stars, and sleep, and the road again.

We seek the City of God, and the haunt where beauty dwells,
And we find the noisy mart and the sound of burial bells.

Never the golden city, where radiant people meet,
But the dolorous town where mourners are going about the street.

We travel the dusty road till the light of the day is dim,
And sunset shows us spires away on the world's rim.

We travel from dawn to dusk, till the day is past and by,
Seeking the Holy City beyond the rim of the sky.

Friends and loves we have none, nor wealth nor blest abode,
But the hope of the City of God at the other end of the road.

Journaling

What disappointments have you met with during your life? 

Is it better to ‘travel hopefully than to arrive’?

What occasion or holiday has been less or better than your expectations?

Technique Challenge

Wax resist.  You can do this with wax crayons or with a candle.

or this blog tutorial from Julie Fei-Fan Balzer

Today's PDF can be downloaded here.

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