Taking Notes... Funky Style...

...tis Friday already! Can you believe that we are nearly a week into August already??? Where is this year going??? I reckon someone has their finger on the fast forward button LOL Anyways, cos it is Friday, it means it is my day for the Bubbly Funk DT... I used some divine Tando Creative chipboard to make myself a little notebook.



A little known fact about yours truly is that I have this habit of having to make lists and notes all the time... I mean, I have to make a "to do" list for each day - otherwise I will get nothing done... I have done this for years but have noticed that as I am getting older, I have to make more and more lists... tis a memory thing I think :O)) Anyways.. to see what I made and how I made it in more detail, please click here... and by the power of time travel you will be transported to the Bubbly Scrumptious blog... oh and while you are there, why not check out all the divine pieces of art by the rest of the DT... oh how I wish I could make a scrapbook layout like some of those girlies do :O)) This is a short n sweet post... I will be back later with ... some news!! Ta for looking... TTFN

Hels x

Little Books for Notes

Morning Peeps,

A while back, actually nearly five months ago, I made a couple of note books, using my Bind It All, for a swap I was involved in. I took photo's of the books, popped them into my computer and then forgot all about them. I happened across the pics tonight and thought I would pop them on here.

Book 1 Front & Inside






Both books are made using the same materials and methods but each is unique as I will never be able to make them exactly the same again. Mainly 'cos the paper that I used for the note pages has been used up LOL

Book 1 Back & Inside






The covers are made from mountboard, covered with Rustic Gem papers and then decorated with inks and stamps.


Book 1 Inside Front





The pages are made from some Prima booklet papers which I just aged using Walnut Stain Distress Inks.

Book 2 Front & Inside






The embellishments are from the Tim Holtz Idea-ology range, including clips, spinners, tags and little door knobs and the tickets, also from the Idea-ology range have been altered using Distress Inks, stamps and embossing powders.

The stamps are a selection by Lost Coast Designs, Tim Holtz Collection by Stampers Anon and Catslife Press.


Book 2 Back & Inside





I used several techniques throughout the books, including masking, colouring images using watercolours, distressing with water, distressing with sandpaper, embossing using Distress Embossing powders and highlighting images using Glossy Accents.


Book 2 Inside Back



My favourite bits of the books are the little Idea-ology tickets that I altered, they are quite small to work with so just using part of a stamped image was fun :O)) My favouritest one of the tickets is the "Little Darling" stamp of the chubby smiley girl - I love this stamp (it is one of the Tim range) and I really love the colours that I achieved - I am pretty sure I will have used Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade and Fired Brick Distress Inks to get this blend.


Tickets from both books





That's all from me for now - I have shocked you haven't I? Go on, admit it....I usually sit here waffling away about the way I have made stuff but I have to be honest, it is so long ago since these little books were created my memory is a little rusty LOL The Idea-ology range, distress inks and embossing powders can be found at The Artistic Stamper.

Thanks for looking - have a good day everyone :O))

Hels x