Thursday, 30 September 2010

Domino Book (and Is Anyone Else Having Problems with Blogspot?)

First of all, is anyone having problems with uploading comments on their Blog?  I received lots of comments yesterday and the day before which I clicked to Publish but they never appeared.  Clicked them several times and got the response but they still did not appear on my blog.  Apologies to anyone who has sent me a comment and does not find their original on the last two posts.  I have copied and pasted the comments myself.  Not a clue what is happening.

I joined a swap for a domino book on one of my Yahoo Groups and struggled.  With the virus I have had (for ages - will it ever go away?) I found it difficult to concentrate on anything.  In fact my lovely friend Leigh (on another Yahoo Group) has postponed the dates for me with another swap I was involved in because I could just not get my head around it.  Shame really because my partner was on target.  You will get to see this later as I will blog the stages in the swap (it is Artists in Synergy) which is ongoing for three stages.

Anyway, up to the wire for the Domino Book I just about made the deadline.  I decided to do "Alice in Wonderland".


This is the book closed


Back and Front covers
"Stamped Dominoes"


The book opened


Pages before sticking in

I first prepped my dominoes using Brilliance ink, coloured the images with Sharpies and then put Glossy Accents over the top to seal them and give a glossy finish.  Then I cut a long strip of scrapbook paper and measured out my pages, stamping and colouring in each image.

I put some ribbon across the inside of the back domino and stuck my page on, folded it up, accordion style, and stuck to the front domino. The back of the scrapbook paper was left as it was. 

Hope my partner likes it.

13 comments:

Sarah Anderson said...

I'm sure they'll LoVe it Neet, it's gorgeous :) ps blogger behaved itself last night for me but know others were having problems, and I had major ones earlier in the week

Helen said...

Yes, have been having some problems too, although not (touch wood!) today....
your domino book is lovely.

Von said...

Hi Neet a Lovely domino book :) aww sorry your still feeling under par and yes keep getting error messages when trying to post comments :(
Hugs Von x

Gez Butterworth said...

Absolutely stunning. What a great theme too! Enjoy the swap. I have a domino awaiting altering & I am too scared to touch it in case I make a mess! never altered one before!
Hope you are feeling lots better.xx
As for Blogger??! I'm not his friend!
Take care.xx

hazel said...

I'm sure your partner will love this, it's lovely. I don't think I will ever get fed up with Alice.
xxx Hazel.

Paul B said...

This is stunning Neet. Love the Alice & Mad Hatter images you've stamped on the dominoes. Beautifully composed and your colouring is beautiful. Also, if you turn up Saturday, I'll tell you about Little Moreton Hall. Hope your virus clears up soon. Pxx

Carol Q said...

I do like that Neet. The images you've used are wonderful.

Dotpat said...

Love it Neet, well you know I am a big Alice fan

Anne Jagger said...

Wow Neet. Lucky partner! This is wonderful, I really love it. Hope you soon feel much better. X

Sid said...

Fab dom book Neet !!

sam21ski said...

Yes I was, but it's been ok today up to now!!! Great Alice book though!!!

Smita said...

Lovely!!! Such a fab book!

Smita said...

...books, I mean :-)