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My
altered board book of Queens has returned from its year-long rounds through the hands of several
Traveler's Hart artists and it really is great! This is the cover that I did that survived all the travelling much much better than I'd thought it would. Guess that foam padding helped, I thought for sure I'd lose at least one of the letter tiles. All that extra glue and glitter held it together though.
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This is how the first spread by Kathy Martin looks, aren't these colors and transparencies fabulous? So much great complexity on these pages.
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This is an almost graffitti looking urban design, how about all those great fonts together?
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I loved the little message pocket on the right, it has a very cool poem on it.
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Turning the page we get to meet the Queen of The Rodeo by Terry Owenby. Doesn't that expression just make you smile?
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and her neighbor The Button Queen by Shelley Boose, love all the embellishments on this page, so dimensional.
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Next up is Queen For A Day! by Kim Wood. She's used some of my favorite vintage
Anne Taintor imagery.
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She's co-ruling the Queenly Housewife page spread with Queen Of Her Kitchen by Vivan Montre. She looks like she would scare the potatoes right out of their jackets with her intensity.
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Here's my page spread with the signature card pocket on the far right.
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Here are the signature cards, actually queens of various suits from a couple decks of playing cards which each artist altered to suit her work.
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And the reverse of those cards.
What a fun collaboration! I'm so glad that I played in this project because I learned a lot working on all these altered board books.
You can see the work I did in all the other altered board books for this project:
Jewels & Treasures,
Land Of Sky Blue Water,
Doorways & Passages,
Inspirational Quotes,
Favorite Quotes,
Eat Your Vegies.