G45 Botanicabella Altered Notebook

I absolutely adore Graphic 45 paper! I recently found a few sheets from the Botanicabella Collection in my paper stash. I decided to create an altered notebook with the pages that I had.

Here is a picture of the completed notebook cover.

Supplies used in this project:

• (2)-12x12 sheets of Graphic 45's Botanicabella Collection Botanicabella #4500045
• (1)-12x12 sheet of Graphic 45's Botanicabella Collection Ode to a Butterfly #4500053
• Golden yellow cardstock 
• (1) 8.5x11" shimmery white cardstock
• Composition Notebook
• Adhesive for book making and paper ( I used Glue Arts High Tac and Perma Tac)
• 1/8" pop dots
• sharp scissors
• Wild Honey Tim Holtz Distress Ink
• Ink distressing tool
• Red gems in 2 sizes
• scotch tape
• metallic thread
• Heritage Corner punch from Fiskers
• Zots for Bling
• craft knife
• bone folder
• ruler
• other embellishments

 Directions-

-Using High Tac or other book making adhesive (Mod Podge for example), outline the edges of the cover of the Composition notebook. NOTE: Do not cover the black spine with adhesive.

-Center one (1) sheet of the Botanicabella 12x12 paper over the adhesive so that the edge abuts the black spine so that the red with gold design is facing up.


-Smooth paper down on the top of the notebook

-Trim the over hang along the width of the notebook leaving about 1" on paper past the edge of the cover.

-Take the bone folder and placing the notebook on it's cover run the bone folder around the edge of the cover. This creates a crease line-making the next step so much easier. 

-Fold the paper over the edge of the cover on one of the short sides and the long side. Place the ruler on an angle that connects the inner and outer corner of the folded paper. Using the craft knife cut along the edge of the ruler. Be careful not to cut through the cover. Remove extra paper and adhere the flaps to the cover. Repeat process on the other corner.

-Repeat this entire process for the back cover using the second piece of Botanicabella.

-Cut two pieces of golden yellow cardstock to fit within the cover of the notebook (if using a smaller or larger notebook than the standard composition notebook, cut the cardstock so that it rests 1/8" in from the long and short sides of the cover.) These inside pieces measure 9.5x6.75"

-Using the Wild Honey distress ink ink the golden yellow cardstock around the edges and adhere to the inside of the back cover.

-Create a pocket on the liner for the cover by placing the back side of Ode to a Butterfly on an angle across the liner. Using the corner covering process from above to adhere the pocket to the liner. Using scraps from the Botanicabella cardstock cut a strip of butterflies and adhere as a pocket edge and wrap around the back of the liner.

-Adhere liner to the inside of the front cover.

-Cut a piece of the the white shimmery cardstock to 3.5x5" Using the Heritage punch, cut all four corners of the cardstock

-Distress with Wild Honey ink and apply title (I used a "Dream" rub-on)

-Thread clock face embellishment (or embellishment of choice) on to the metallic thread. Using the cheater method attach the thread to the title block.

-From the paper scraps of the Botanicabella paper cut out seven butterflies. Create dementional butterflies by using pop dots to layer two of the butterflies together. Adhere two of the butterflies to the front cover around the title.

-Attach one to the center of the pocket liner on the inside cover. Attach the last butterfly (flat) to the top right corner of the cover liner.

Attach the red gems to the bottom of the front cover as pictured.

Coloring Pumpkins with Copic Markers

Good Morning Everyone!

I know it's been a long time since the last time I posted. So many things have been happening. However, I'm very excited to share this video with you. I love Halloween! It's the one day of the year that children can dress up and be anything they want to be. I also love the colors of the season. The reds, oranges, yellow and browns....so beautiful.

This video show cases my love of Fall. I used Copic markers to color in the pumpkins. The colors I chose and how I blended them helped create a vintage look. Once the new Happy Hauntings Graphic 45 paper comes in at Stamping Memories in Belmont NH; this will look perfect on it.

Card Series--Post #2

Good Afternoon Everyone! Welcome to the second video in my summer card series. I hope you enjoy the video and find it inspirational. Please feel free to leave a comment.

Materials:
blank card and envelope kit-card measures 4x5.5 inches
The Paper Company, P49740, Ivory Cardstock Value Pack, 8-1/2 by 11 (50 Sheets)
Dye Ink Value Pad: Black
Tsukineko StazOn All-Purpose Cleaner, 2-Ounce
3/8'' Double-Sided Satin Ribbon Violet By The Yard
Crayola 50ct Long Colored Pencils
Allary 5/16-Inch-by-1/4-Inch Permanent Scrapbook Tape Runner
BASIS COLORS - 8.5 x 11 CARDSTOCK PAPER - Light Purple - 80LB COVER - 100 PK
Plaid Pop Dots, Package of 104, White, 1/2-Inch
Fiskars 9698 Euro 12-Inch Portable Paper Trimmer 

Instructions:

1. Cut a piece of light purple cardstock to 3 15/16x5 7/16
2. Cut a piece of light purple cardstock to 2 1/4x2 3/4
3. Cut a piece of cream cardstock to 2x2 1/2
4. Cut a piece of patterned paper to 5 3/16x3 11/16
5. Using black ink, stamp image of umbrella flowers from Stampin' Up Send a Celebration on cream cardstock. Clean stamp.
6. Using colored pencils color stamped image.
7. Adhere stamped cream cardstock on smaller light purple cardstock using tape runner, centering image.
8. Using preferred method adhere ribbon to pattern paper. (I used the "Cheater Method" with the tape runner) Tie a bow.
9. Adhere pattern paper to larger light purple cardstock using tape runner.
10. Adhere larger light purple cardstock to card base using tape runner.
11. Place pop dots on back of mounted stamped image. Place image toward top of card at a slight angle.

Color Choice

What color goes with what color? What will look good with this paper?

Age old questions, hopefully this blog will help.

Primary Colors--are the basic colors from which all other colors are made. The primary colors are blue, red and yellow.

Secondary Colors--are the three colors that are made by mixing two primary colors. The secondary colors are purple, orange and green.

Monocromatic Color--is using various shades and tints of the same color. For example, monocromatic scale of purple would be lt purple to purple to dk purple.

Complementary Colors--are the two colors that are across from each other on a color wheel. Red complements green. Blue complements orange. Yellow complements purple.

If you have a paper that is rich in color try using a cardstock that is one of the lesser used colors in the paper.

For more information on color relationships check out this website:

http://www.worqx.com/color/combinations.htm