Bo Bunny Garden Journal Mini Album

Here's a mini album I made using the gorgeous Bo Bunny garden journal! I am entering it into the Simon Says Stamp Anything Goes challenge.

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Justin - Senior 2011

Here's a two-page layout that has been sitting on my "work in progress" shelf for a long time. I used a lot of CTMH products on it! These are some of our nephew Justin's senior photos. I added the dragonflies in memory of his little brother who died last year. I'm going to enter it in Simon Says....SPOTS &/or STRIPES challenge as well as my friend Stacy's challenge.  You can see spots all over if you look carefully!

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Mini Book with Skewer Binding

I've been thinking a lot about hand-made books for the last few weeks. I found a great book on them at my library a few weeks ago, and you might say that began my complete fascination with them!  I made a mini a few weeks ago that was so simple.  This skewer binding book is a little more complicated but not so bad--especially when you happen to have a fantastic blog in your reader whose author just so happened to post a tutorial via Ustream video  yesterday!!! It was made from Handmade Decorative Books!  Sarah's work is so great! She makes the best shabby chic stuff and is just an all around nice lady. I love listening to her voice in the video!  If you go visit her, please let her know that Kelly Massman sent you over!  Needless to say, Sarah's books are much prettier than mine, but I had so much fun making mine that I will probably make more!!!

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This Was a Difficult Layout for Me to Do

I made this layout for PageMaps.  We just lost our nephew Alex tragically on February 16.  I felt like I needed to do this layout, but it was really hard!  I'm also entering this in Scrapfit's challenge to stand by your man! This is about as masculine as I get...  I also entered this at Sketches 4 All.

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Journal I Made at My Local Library

The Journal -- Finished

Metals: Dragonfly with purple square

Heart and Live, Laugh, Love with clear and green bead

Before I added the stuff around the edge and the Tattered Angels (probably a better photo, but I like the Finished Product much better!

I made this journal at the library.  It is my favorite craft I've done at the library.  When I brought it home, I hadn't sprayed it with Tattered Angels or added the little paper to cover the wrinkles on the edge! I'm even happier now!  The cover is muslin to which we added fabric crayons rubbed over stamps and an acrylic paint wash.  We then hand-sewed in the 4 signatures (5 sheets of paper each).  It was so much fun that I might have to try it again.  The purple circle is polymer clay with an impression of a dragonfly in it! Can you tell that I'm proud of my first attempt at making a book!

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Dragonfly

I helped my husband design this one! He turned each sized dowel separately and then inlaid them in the beautiful platter that he made on the lathe!!!!

Dragonfly Card

I love this Dragonfly card! I made my own embossing concoction for the butterfly wings for the second layer on the dragonfly.  It has blue jewels. Thanks for looking!