Embossing Continues with Paper Sweeties

Who knew the  new border stamps from Paper Sweeties would make such a pretty butterfly?  Welcome to Day Two of the new stamp release and I've got more embossing!

I started out making a simple journal - just some folded notebook paper and cardstock sewed down the spine.  To make the middle part, I stamped and embossed the border several times and die cut a butterfly.  (The sentiment is from the new You Are stamp set.) Then I wanted  to package it up and add a special tag.

This would make such a sweet little gift.  The Paper Sweeties blog has all the details for the August release festivities and sweet inspiration, too!

Supplies

embossing powder    |    black cardstock    |    white cardstock

pink cardstock    |  cream pearl pen

Fancy Monograms at Paper Sweeties

Wait 'til you see these pretty petite monograms at Paper Sweeties!    I've been wanting to make a little journal to keep in my purse.  A lot of times I see something that triggers an idea and I have no where to keep track of it.  I'm sure I could probably use my phone - but I prefer the "old school" method for this!

This is a moleskine journal that's been hanging around for awhile.  The edge is wrapped with kraft tape.  I used the Upper and Lower Alphas stamps to create the tabs:  design, color, and etc...  Here's a closer look at the tabs:

Be sure to visit the Paper Sweeties blog today for more wonderful ideas!  And the Paper Sweeties store to see the Fancy Monograms and all the other stamps in the March Release.  Come back here tomorrow to see more ideas with the new stamps.  Thanks for stopping by!

Frame It at Recycle, RePurpose & ReInvent

Time for a new challenge at Recycle, RePurpose & Reinvent:  Frame It!  Of course, that's the bonus round, as always Anything Goes!  Meet Charisma:

I created a little journal with this wonderful image by Chris at CS Designs.   What is recycled you might ask?

All the pages (I also used one on the cover) are from one of my daughter's diaries from when she was four.  She drew pictures and wrote and dictated whole stories for Mommy to write.  I had actually forgotten about the diaries and it was like discovering hidden treasure!  There was quite a bit of paper left in this one, so everytime I open my little journal that paper reminds me of Lauren's sweet stories.

I bound the pages with purple twine and simply tied it in the the center.  At the end of my little  journal, I created a pocket.

I added a tag with a pretty flower that copies the colors in Charisma.

Come join us at Recycle, RePurpose and ReInvent.  The design team all chose different images to showcase.  Thanks for stopping by!

Thanksgiving Dinner Planner

I'm guest blogging at Passionately Artistic today!  Maggie is highlighting Thanksgiving themed creations for the month of November.  Dennis and I began cooking Thanksgiving dinner for our family a few years ago.  Our notes and recipes are all over the place, so Dennis asked me to create a book that could house all of our important Thanksgiving dinner papers.  So, I came up with this Thanksgiving planner.   Warning  - there are quite a few pictures!

I'm not quite through with it - I need to add our recipes, pictures, and lists.  I plan on doing that sometime this weekend...or at least before Thanksgiving!  The planner is full of little goodies that make me happy:   like vintage images,

 and all kinds of tags,

 and pockets.  

I delivered several of these to friends at the beginning of the week and it was so nice to hear how excited they were at the thought of having a keepsake to pass on to their children. 
This pocket is made with a brown lunch sack - simply folded up and sewn. 

I was able to use my vintage, really thick bingo cards to create one of the pockets - love that! 

I can't wait to get started on the next stage of adding all of our traditional recipes and all the little notes that we've made to make cooking all that wonderful food easier! 

Thank you for having me, Maggie!  Hope everyone has a wonderful Thanksgiving! 

Tooth Pillow for The Cutting Cafe

It's inspiration time at The Cutting Cafe!  This time it's a litte different though.  All the participating designers will be giving away the set they use!   So if you leave me a comment saying that you would like to win the Tooth Shaped Card set, I'll enter you in the drawing.  I'll close the comment section Friday, Sept. 2nd and announce the winner on Saturday, Sept. 3rd.  

 I used Regina's cute little tooth fairy image to make a tooth pillow.  I just enlarged it to use as a pattern and cut two from white fleece.  The image on front of the book is the image I used.

   The pocket for the tooth is actually in the star of the wand.

 The circle sentiment and the pages of the book are also a part of this set. 

 There is a tooth shaped card and 28 other images!  Be sure to visit The Cutting Cafe blog later in the week to see the creations and sets used by the other designers.  You will probably want to comment on their blogs for a chance to win other sets!   

Halloween Rhymes

It's still Anything Goes at Craft Us Crazy!   The sponsor this week is Di's Digi Downloads.  I used 4 of her images to create this little book.   The house is colored with copics and I printed the moon on new Echo Park patterned paper.  The other papers are from the new Bo Bunny halloween collection.  The ghost (from Inkadinkado, so is the kitty) is stamped on white felt.  This is a short book - perfect for little ones.

  I love the idea of having that sweet coloring and writing to keep forever.  I would include a picture in the front - maybe of the little sweetie in costume.

   I added the text for each page to the image before I printed it. 

  The book is bound with my zutter machine.

The last page could be used to write name, date and each rhyming word.  Be sure to check out Craft us Crazy for all the challenge details and this week's projects! 

Here are a couple of journals I made recently. This one uses Webster Page's paper and a darling vintage fairy image. It's hard to see, but there is a wonderful layer of glitter on the fairies.

This one is Graphic 45 papers with vintage fashion images.
What do you think about the flower made from old pattern pieces?
Have a great week!