Mini Composition Book

I make tons of altered composition books to give as gifts but have never made one to keep for myself.  I decided to make one of the mini ones to keep in my purse. Of course since it was for me it needed to have yellow, orange and red in it! The other day at Jo-Ann's, I found this paper pack from DCWV called Citrus and it is just full of yummy bright colored papers that I love. It is also the thicker card stock weight paper which is perfect for these little mini composition books. The covers on the minis is much thinner than the ones on the full size books so the thicker papers really help. for my monogram I used the Ambassador Monogram set from Papertrey Ink and CTMH Orange ink. The ribbon is from Shirley's 2 Girls and was in a pack that I won from one of their challenges. I will post the cards from my Copic class a little later in the week.

Jenna's Thank You Cards

Jenna loved her invitations, actually, I got a squeal and an "oh they are so beautiful". Pretty high compliments from a ten year old! Actually she wouldn't have told me she didn't like them, but the enthusiasm wouldn't have been there. While I was making the invitations I went ahead and made her some cards to use as thanks you cards. Since I was pre-doing these and didn't know how many she would actually need, I didn't make thank you cards, I just made her some monogramed notecards. I made the same number of notecards as I did invitations and she can use any leftovers however she wants. I used the same papers from DCWV that I did on the invitations below. I used my Just Rite stamper to spell out her name and then embossed it with hot pink embossing powder from Ala Mode (got it at Jo-Ann's) and then used Marvy punches to punch out my scalloped circles. All in all, pretty simple, but enough to make a little girl very happy. Thanks for stopping by!

Monogramed Notecards

I hope everyone has had a great Saturday. It is beautiful here and I have been able to have a very relaxing day. Samantha has been here all day because Jenna had a swim meet and she hangs out here with us on meet days because she gets bored being at the pool all day. That way she can do something fun and their mom can watch the swimmers and do her bit volunteering without worrying about Samantha. We have spent the majority of the day in the craft room. Her best friend for the past two years at school is moving away after school is out next week. She wanted to make Sarah something so I suggested making her some notecards. Notecards quickly evolved into a stationary set! Samantha has watched me give gifts this way so she wanted to do the whole gift set. She picked out all the colors and patterns of everything herself. The monograms were made using the Just Rite stamper, pink Ala-Mode embossing powder and ribbon from J0-Ann's. 

I thought it would be a good idea too to make a little address book so that Sarah will be able to have all her friends addresses before she moves. The address book was made with the same materials above but I added the plaid paper from DCWV and the book was bound with my Bind-It-All. 
Here is the finished gift, we also stamped some plain white paper for letter writing using the same monogram. Samantha painted the wooden box using the same pinks and green that we used on the notecards. We added bows and clear acrylic beads for decoration and our stationary kit was done. 
Samantha also made this card as a thank you for her new Riley stamps. Riley is colored with Copic markers and the skis, water and his trunks are painted with shimmering water color paints. Yes, you read that right, I let a six year old color with my Copic markers. She is very aware that they are different from her school markers and she knows if she doesn't take care of them that she will not be allowed to use my supplies again. They have been crafting with me for several years now and they do take care of everything so they can use most anything as long as they ask first. Have a great weekend!

StampScrapArtTour, Oh, My!

I had so much fun this weekend! I went to the StampScrapArtTour in Chattanooga at the Chattanooga Choo-Choo. I signed up for two classes on Friday afternoon, DIY Monograms and Inky Active Cards. There was also a Make It Take It and dessert reception on Friday night. Saturday the vendor area was open for shopping. I will be posting a few things each day for the next couple of days to show you what I made. The Monogram class was working with the Just Rite Monogram system. Everyone in the class got a Monogram stamp set to keep. Here is the Stationary set I made:

I won a couple of stamp sets as a door prize. Here is one of them. The other is just a sheet of cling mounted rubber and I couldn't get a clear picture but they are all snow flakes and snow sayings.

I had a great time. It was a small show but the demos and make and takes were very good. I got some pointers on coloring with pencils and OMS, I had learned that technique just by reading about it so it was good to see someone actually doing it and explaining how to get the best results. I met several really nice people, including some that I "knew" from SCS, so I can now put a face with a screen name. Most of the vendors had the option of buying their stamps mounted or unmounted, which I loved. I have several new stamps, some new Twinkling H2O paints, a Marvy punch, the Tim Holtz design ruler and tons of ideas. I will post the Inky Active cards tomorrow! Stay tuned for projects made with my new stamps.

Judy's Notecards

I made these note cards as a gift for my friend Judy. I really like the way they turned out. I also stamped some stationary and the envelopes to match. The paper is from the DCWV Far East paper pack. I used CTMH Autumn Terracotta ink to stamp the J. The other papers are from the open stock paper at Jo-Ann's. I used my Nestabilities to cut out the scalloped circles. I hope everyone has had a great weekend!