Dream Journal

I hope you're not sick of seeing all the journals. I am having so much fun with them! I love making up a bunch of them and then leaving them blank to decorate for challenges. Then I don't have to think or hunt for sketches to use to decorate them. I am hoping to have 15 or so ready for the craft show on December 5. I'm only halfway there so far!

This one is decorated with a Bella stamp - one from the newish Ketto line. I colored her with copics and spicas. I added the primas and the dewdrops. I only played with the MOJO sketch a little... I made the piece of cardstock along the bottom bigger and stamped the letters for DREAM across there. The papers I used were from the paper studio's pink armadillo pack.

The sketch is for the current MOJO challenge, and I'm also entering this for the PALSPAPERARTS challenge - use pink!

Enjoy the weekend ~ make sure you find time to craft!!!

Bookmarks!

First - go buy this stamp (stack of books) HERE. You also need to check out her AWESOME NEW SET - it's embossed backgrounds -- DIGI-NESTIES for only $3!!!!!! She also has her first new CHRISTMAS SET in the store for $1.50!! You could also just go buy out her whole STORE and be about as happy as can be... (oh, I forgot to mention Lindsay is now featured on a new website - MY GRAFICO - check it out!)

Details on how I made these! First, I hope you can tell, each of the stamps (and therefore the bookmarks) are different sizes. I printed the stack of books in different sizes and then had fun coloring with different colors within a color family (it helps me to figure out which markers will blend to see them all in a row like this). It is fun to do the monochrome thing. I then used my janome sew mini to sew the stamp onto a sheet of bazzzzzillll. Then I used some supertacky red tape stuff to attach another piece of bazzil (in a coordinating shade of brown) to make the bookmark sturdy and protect my stitching. I set the giant eyelets with my cropadilebigbite. Then tied in a bit of fiber... oh, I also used my spica pens for the apples, and used a teeny bit of glossy accents (diamond glaze stuff) on the glasses. These bookmarks make great stocking stuffers, presents to hand out at work or church, and sell for $1 at craft shows like HOT CAKES!

Thanks for looking, now head on over to the other designers' blogs for lots more eye candy, and Lindsay's blog, because she is totally creative in the NEATEST ways!!

Tamara

Leanne

Shannon

Cindi

Lisa

Melissa

Janet

Margie

Tracey

Erin

You guessed it...

Another journal!

I think this one turned out pretty neat! I wasn't sure when or how I would end up using this "ribbon" .... but with the way I store ribbon (in a pullEZ) with all the ribbon wound in a little circle, it made the cutest little swirl down the side and the curl on the end of the bookmark part of the ribbon! I used papers from the Paper Studio's pink armadillo set. The stamp is from Whiff of Joy. The sketch is from THIS challenge. (I noticed that Stamps and Smiles now has some DIGI stamps - yay for the checkbook!! Hopefully I will be able to pick up some of their stamps now!) I just love their sketches!!! I did the scallops down the side a little differently from the sketch, but I think they turned out ok. Also colored with copics... hmm... not too many fun details.

Life just is ... enjoy the roll

Another Journal

I know, you're shocked and amazed by another journal showing up on here...

This project was inspired by 3 different challenges. They are Flutter By, Truly Scrumptious, and CopicsColourChallenge.

Flutterby -- the butterfly on the "background" paper is from Me & My Big Ideas. Also the little butterfly in the stamp (fingers crossed - sugar nellie)

Truly Scrumptious -- I might get dinged on this one ... They had the sketch. Instead of a circle sentiment on the top right corner, I chose to do the trio of flowers in the bottom right corner. Also, I could not stand covering up the awesome foiled butterfly on the front so it is taking the place of the giant circle from the sketch. For the recipe part - I included the three flowers, three brads (two that are brown with "icing" and a gray velvet one) and for my three pearls, I used the liquid pearlz on the girl's head scarf. (The rest of the dots I filled in with my clear sparkly spica pen from copic.)

Copics Colour -- I used the YG06-Yellowish Green on her shirt, I used the R20-Blush on her scarf and apron, and the E33-Sand on her shoes -- and the dirt around her feet. (I also used E00 and R21 on the skin, B39 and blender on the jeans, and E53 with a little E31 on the hair. And the pink and purple spica pens on the little bitty butterfly.)

Also, I'm not sure if any of the challenges allow two entries - but I hope so. I just couldn't help myself this week. I really liked all three challenges, and I enjoyed combining them and making them into two beautiful, yet completely different journals!! (Plus, let's face it. In close to a year of blogging, I have only won one challenge... I want some free goodies!!!!!)

enjoy your day!