Valentine Chunky Page

A chunky page is very much like an ATC in that it is a small piece of art, only bigger and thicker. A Chunky book page is 4” x 4” and is on a sturdy surface such as cereal box weight cardboard or good watercolor paper. The pages are decorated front and back with an emphasis on the front. The back of the page is never left unfinished and is a much simpler version of the front. The reason for thickness of the surface is to be able to hold the embellishments and be able to be bound into a book without the page buckling.

Do not place holes (intended for binding) into pages sent to your partner. Everyone has a different way to bind their book. Me for example, bind mine with one metal ring in the top left corner. You may want to bind yours with several down the left side or put together with ribbons and pretty fibers.

Keep embellishments ½ inch away from the front left hand side of the page. This allows your page to be bound into a book without problems. That being said, also leave ½ inch on the right hand side on the back of your page for the same reason. If your page in a book would let the book be flat..it doesn't have enough embellishments!

Note: One can never have too many embellishments on a "Chunky Page". Chunky pages sometimes even have pockets that contain pretty embellishments. Check Google and Flickr for examples of Chunky Pages.

If this type of swap does well, I will put up monthly swaps with different themes. This month’s theme is Valentines. For this swap you will have 1 partner to make a Chunky Page. Do your best work and send something you would be thrilled to receive yourself. As with any piece of art, please sign it!

Sorry, due to the heavy embellishments it would be too costly to do international. Feel free to do an International one you’d like. So USA only. This is a newbie friendly swap and I will angel if necessary. No recent unexplained 1’s or 3’s and I reserve the right to ban anyone I feel cannot fulfill swap obligations.

(Note: the image used is one from Flickr…This beautiful creation not made by me)