More from Ira Huberts our March Guest Designer!
Ira has made the most amazing book. The detail is this book is jaw dropping fabulous!! Here is what Ira had to say about it:
I wanted to “do something” with the Alice in Wonderland theme all along, and I found that the “Playtimes Past” papers worked wonders for me. I also used scraps of “Fashionista".
I specifically wanted to have the outside look like a book; I even used several famous quotes (book spine, quote is Alice’s) and clock embellishment on the front of the book (quote is Mr. Rabbit’s). I made the flower in the left bottom corner by using my scallop nestabilities (paper is Childs Play) and folding the petals together.
The queen is embossed with the cuttlebug folder Queen of Hearts, I used cardstock which I inked with several colours. The clock embellishment is a Playtimes Past Tag, I worked circular word art around it.
In my view the inside should be somehow like a secret garden. And the main house hides what lies beneath, Alice’s world. Two curious faces are looking outside to see who’s coming to visit them and their secrets. I placed Alice on a teacup and tried to insert several symbols of her Wonderland, but since it’s only a small book I couldn’t put anything else in there anymore. Alice and Mr. Rabbit are coloring pages, I used Derwent coloursoft pencils to color them.
Below is the outside of the book.
Here is a close up of an amazing flower that Ira has made for the book.
Here is the spine of the book.
Now here are some photos of the inside. Can I say wow!?! Look at that details she put into this to create a story.
All I can say it that this book would be an amazing treasure to pass down. I have so enjoyed just looking at all of it - super fun! Thank you Ira! This is spectacular!
Happy Scrapping Everyone!
Susan Dupre
WOWZA!! This is uber-awesome!! I have to say this is the most creative project I've seen in a long time!!
Posted by: Denise Jensen | March 12, 2010 at 06:50 AM
This is stunning!!! Amazing work, what a wonderful imagination Ira has!
Elaine Allen
Posted by: Elaine Allen | March 12, 2010 at 08:02 AM
gorgeous! what intricate details! thanks for sharing :)
Posted by: steph | March 12, 2010 at 08:11 AM
What an amazing project your created Ira. Visited your blog and see so many beautiful things. Thanks for sharing.
Posted by: Mariska | March 12, 2010 at 08:18 AM
holy cow - unreal!!
Posted by: Tara Orr | March 12, 2010 at 09:08 AM
Gorgeous! And SO, SO inspiring!
Posted by: Christie | March 12, 2010 at 10:22 AM
This is Beautiful!
Posted by: Jill Cornelius | March 12, 2010 at 12:40 PM
This book is so beautiful and I love the whole Alice theme!
Posted by: Rosalie | March 13, 2010 at 09:29 AM
Wow - this is really amazing - I'm lovin' it!!!
Posted by: Andrea | March 13, 2010 at 10:59 AM
This is amazing!
Posted by: Glyniss | March 15, 2010 at 07:52 AM
That is wonderful. I would love to have the directions on how to make the flower.
Posted by: Lola | March 16, 2010 at 02:13 PM
Hi everyone,
thank you all so much for your nice comments. I had big fun in making this book.
Lola, could you please hop over to my blog? And leave me your email address?
Thanks, all the best from the Netherlands, Ira irascreacorner.blogspot.com
Posted by: Ira | March 17, 2010 at 05:00 AM
This is UNBELIEVABLE... so darn creative and soooooooo beautiful! FANTASTIC JOB!!!
Posted by: Tracey Locher | March 18, 2010 at 06:57 AM
This is just gorgeous! I'm looking at your blog after this and cannot wait to see it. This is the absolute most creative thing with paper I have seen in I don't know how long. You really did create a wonderland with this one!
faith, trust, and faerie dust,
~Angelique
Posted by: Angelique | March 22, 2010 at 04:35 PM