Happy Birthday

 Hello everyone and welcome to my blog.  

Just a quickie post to share some cards I created last year.  

The mojo went west a while ago and has not yet returned so I'm posting cards I made previously that haven't yet been shared.

Most of the papers used for these is by Kaisercraft.  They are from some older  collections.  I'm trying very hard not to buy new papers as I have a ton in my stash.  Must confess, I caved in and bought a few digital ones though.   Nothing new on these though .. all of the bits and pieces are from my stash.

Tore up a few tickets and labels and such, and layered them to create a small collage.

The Happy Birthday is a word chippy by Scrapmatts

 

 Used a few die cuts and a handmade flair, which was left over from a previous project, as well as a piece of torn washi tape and bits of ephemera in this collage.

The greeting on this card was generated on my computer and mounted on a piece of cardboard.

 

 

Hopefully, the mojo will return to base soon but, in the meantime, I will post things made previously but not yet shared. 

Thank you so much for stopping by and for any comment you may care to leave.  I truly appreciate you taking the time to visit.

Take care, stay safe and God Bless.

Notebook Covers

Hello everyone and welcome.  

I hope you all had a great start to the new year.

It's been so long since I posted anything here.  I started writing this last year and thought it was about time that I got it finished!  LOL!!   

So, here I am to share a couple of notebook covers I created as Christmas presents.  These were a last minute idea and I used them as stocking fillers.

 The papers I used are all digitals by Vectoria Designs on Etsy.  The dragon papers are from the Dragon Journal Kit and the floral papers are from the Vintage Flowers Journal Kit.  I was going to post these books separately but, as they are very much the same, I decided to show them together instead so you will find the Dragon book on the left side and the Florals book on the right.  Simply click on the picture to get a larger view.  Having said that, I won't be doing my posts this way again.  With the new Blogger set-up, it was a total pain to edit.  Had to keep jumping back and forth from draft to preview just to get it looking right.  It was a nightmare.  If anyone knows of an easy way to do it like this, please share.  I did not enjoy the experience.

 The design is also by Vectoria Designs.  There is a tutorial on their YouTube channel HERE. 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 I did change the design up a bit by covering the spine with fabric.   The papers on the cover of both books are edged with rose gold foil.

 

 

 

 

 

   

I loved that this design has a pen holder on the inside front cover.

As well as the pen holder, there is also an envelope inside the cover.  Mine is a deconstructed envelope ..

 

 .. which is held closed with magnets and will come in handy for holding small tickets and/or notes, etc.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

I've hidden the magnets under the seals.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

There are two removable signatures in this book.  The first is a plain notebook containing lined pages.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

  These papers are also digitals, this time from ArtyMaze.  They are from the Floral Collage Kit. 

The second signature is a small junk journal. 

 

It can still be used as a notebook but, with the different sized and coloured papers, it is visually more stimulating.

I won't show all of the pages in these junk journals, this post is long enough already.  I'll just show the odd one or two .. or three.  LOL!!

This page has an envelope attached to it with a paperclip.

Here is a journaling card also attached with a paperclip.

 

The journaling card on the right is attached with washi tape and can be lifted for some secret writing underneath.  You can see the flap of the envelope on the left.

There is a little bit of stencilling done throughout both books for some more visual interest.

As stated before, there are different coloured and different sized papers in this part of the journal.

I have used a mix of plain papers, tea stained papers, designer papers and scraps I had in my stash. 

I simply mixed them up until I was happy with the look of them.

There is a diagonal pocket on the inside back cove wich will come in handy to store loose papers, etc.

This pocket was also edged with rosegold foil.

The back covers were also edged with rose gold foil.

I hope you enjoyed seeing my little books.  I'm certainly pleased I finally finished this post.  Hopefully, my next one won't take so long to do. 

 

 

 

Thank you so much for your visit and any little comment you may care to leave. I must apologise for not visiting much lately and I do hope to be a bettter blog visitor from now on.  In the meantime, please take care and stay safe.  

God Bless.