Mixed-media binder by Ola Khomenok

Hello dears!

It's Ola here. Today I would like to show you how to create a binder from scratch, with sea themed Mixed Media cover.

First I cut 3 pieces of heavy weight chipboard:

2 pieces -  9.1/2"x8.1/2"

1 piece – 9.1/2"x2"

Then I connected all pieces with fabric adhesive tape, wrapped with thin cotton fabric and covered with fluid gesso. To create the texture, I made some waves on fabric, used pieces of lace, applied Stone Effect Pumice paste and added modeling paste through stencil.

I colored the cover surface using Lindy's mists, and embellishments with Art Alchemy Metallique and Sparks paints.

After the outer side of the cover was ready, I covered the inner side with 7 Dots Studio papers (Cotton Candy Dreams – Cloud Watching and Illumination – Tolerance), and attached the ring binder.

You welcome to watch the tutorial, again with my voice instructions. It's a little bit long video (28 minutes) and I'm sorry for this. But all steps seemed important to me, so I couldn't shorten more.

My video tutorial:

Mixed Media Place supplies: