Mini Books from Masterboards

One of my mail art friends recently

sent me a few

lovely collaged 3" squares

and introduced me to 

Mini-Books from Masterboards.

Before I reciprocated, I viewed

the three-part YouTubes on the topic.

Next, I gathered some papers,

ephemera, stickers and postage stamps.

Collaged Masterboard 1 possible layout

This afternoon I really had fun

making two collage sheets 

starting with full-sheet

scrapbooking papers.

Collaged Masterboard 2 possible layout

I added more images, bits of

sheet music copied on

coffee-dyed paper, and

snippets of other scrapbook papers.

Then I cut the squares apart, and

for some unexplained reason

I only ended up with nine

3" squares out of each sheet.

Math-challenged here :(

Finally I finished the squares

with magazine pictures,

rubber stamped images and stickers, 

then scuffed the edges

of each square with a brown 

cats eye ink pad.

To finish them I will add

sayings, poems or

observations on the backs.

I will probably punch a hole

in the upper left corner of each square

that I keep for myself, and then

use a cord or ribbon to keep them all together.

SO MUCH FUN!!!!!