City Crafter Challenge Blog Week 167 ~ Strawberry Farm

I really do not like summer here in Las Vegas, but I do love the summer colors, like strawberry on green field.....

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So I am going to pick the theme

Strawberry Farm 

for this week challenge at

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I make a notepad 

and a notebook 

for my sister's birthday this year

I was going to make a set of cards but realized that I used this same stamp set to make her the berry cards for her last birthday, I must have love this strawberry stamp set from PTI a lot! : )

I used chipboard as the backing for the note pad, punch holes on top so it could be hang anywhere in the kitchen or work space

the note book is just ordinary cheap notebook I bought at Michael's bargain bin, just dressed it up with the same paper on and same theme as the notepad

my sister already got the gift few days ago and she loved it.

I hope you hop over and play along with us this week, our special guest star is my blog buddy Linda B, she and the CCCB designers have some beautiful projects over at the blog, check it out!!!!

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LESSology challenge #17 ~ Fun with Envelopes

Hello friends, today's project is for 

LESSology Challenge #17 ~ Fun with Envelopes

I am sure you have tons of these in your mail box every month

I decided to make something pretty out of these...

fold them this way, kind of have a longer end and a short end

trim both ends so you have opening on both sides

I used double-sided tape on the shorter side

and stack all 6 envelopes together, you should have a flip book with lots of pockets at this point

side view......

when I started this project, I have a mini album in mind, but along the way, a little girl named Dolce said: "I wanted a mini book just like that, so I could put all the poems I wrote in the pockets".

Now I have to toss the mini album idea out of the window and Dolce has a say on the patterned paper used on this project

cover all the pockets and envelope with lovely paper

you should now have a pretty book with lots of pockets

last step is to make the chipboard cover front and back, embellished it

Done! Now this is officially a "Dolce's Poem Book"

Hop over to LESSology to see what the creative team had line up for you

Details for our wonderful sponsor for this challenge 

Gauche Alchemy is our sponsor this month!! They are offering a $15 gift certificate to their store!!!

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City Crafter Challenge Blog Week #87 - Get Booked

City Crafter has a NEW challenge theme today

"Get Booked"

Ros wants to see any type of book, it can be tag book, mini book, notebook you make from scratch or alter an old book, fun right? You should go check it out!!!

My project for this challenge -

I started out with a notebook I don't need from Michael's long time ago, I just have that weakness with stationary, are you the same way?

I forgot to take photo of the front, but it looks just like this without the label

and I am doing something called the GLUEBOOK

There is an amazing blog that you need to check it out, Mary Green at Green Paper not only provide tutorial on how to make a vintage gluebook, she also has a lot of free vintage images for you to use, isn't that wonderful?

and I remember her saying somewhere on her blog, that when we die, we can't take anything with us, so why not we "preserved" these lovely vintage images we reluctant to use in a beautiful way

here's the inside.....

this book is going to be my MOOD BOARD

a place where I would like to experiment with colors..... and my ups and downs mood, LOL!

this cute little girl image is from Green Paper, Mary Green also has an online shop that sell beautiful vintage images and she has online classes if you are interested too.

can you already tell which color scheme I am in love with right now?

Now go check out City Crafter Challenge Blog

my blog buddy Sylvia Nelson is our guest this week, she has an adorable book for you as well, AND, she also kindly sponsored a lovely prize package for the winner this week, don't miss out!

Link to

our guest - Sylvia Nelson

our DT

Linda

Cheryl

Ros

LESSology challenge 1 ~ Altered Book

Hey, I am sharing with you my DT project for 

LESSology Challenge Blog

LESSology is all about recycling and upcycling, if you are "thinking green" or a thrift store junky just like me, you are going to love LESSology

Our first challenge is to altered a found book or make one out of scrap, here's a book I found at a local thrift store for 50 cents...

I just love that color of that cover..... I "borrowed" the tulle from a gift wrap and TADA......

A Paris book.........

One of my dream is to live in Paris for at least 6 months.....

by then, I will probably miss my friends and family, and I will need a lot of notecards to send home...

notecards with matching envelopes.....

a lot a lot of them.....

in my Paris Book.....

wrap them up pretty.....

and move to Paris with me......

So come on and join us at LESSology, we have not just one but TWO PRIZES for challenge # 1, thanks to our wonderful sponsor Creative Charms

Embellish…Enliven…Enjoy…this motto is the driving force behind Creative Charms , a paper-crafting embellishments design company based in Pittsburgh, Pa.  They are well known for unique materials, whimsical designs, and smart packaging – allowing scrapbookers to be more creative in preserving life’s special moments.  Please be sure to visit their website - www.creativecharms.com