Bicycle Notebook

Hello crafters! I really enjoy making notebooks / sketchbooks and other types of mini books, Today, I have a notebook to share made from a gel printed sheet of paper.

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I stitched around the edges and along the spine. The notebook has a travel theme and I added 49 and Market Travel Diaries laser cut images and stamped sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self which fitted the theme. 

The best thing with making your own notebooks/sketchbooks is that you can use your favorite paper for the inside. Here I used a thin dotted notebook paper.

This is the paper that I started out with, from a recent gel printing session. The printing was done with Simon Says Stamp Mix and Match Circles stencil and Star Lattice embossing folder. 

Stamp sentiments from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self and Chill Vibes. Round the corners with a We Are Memory Keepers Corner Chomper. 

Stitch around the edges of the cover. Cut papers for the inside, fold and score. Round the corners. Stitch along the spine with a sewing machine. 

I added a few hearts die cut with Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts from Luxe Glitter sheets.

 

The ticket was folded and stapled to the cover. I added a Tim Holtz Clippings Stickers to the ticket. The paper planes come from 49 and Market Travel Diaries Laser Cuts. 

I used more Clippings Stickers and also elements from the Travel Diaries Laser Cut set. 

I love bicycles and the whole book was inspired by this bicycle from Travel Diaries. 'Live Your Story' from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self was the perfect length for the cover.

I added tiny flowers to the basket. They are the inside part of flowers from Simon Says Stamp Poised Primula.

The back cover was left plain. The original print didn't cover the entire page, but that was okay since I placed that part on the back cover.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and that it inspired you to make your own notebooks. They are also great as gifts. 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Smile Layout

Hello friends! Today I have a scrapbooking layout to share, with stitching and patterned paper.

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I wanted to use a mix of Tim Holtz Palette paper, and in particular the collage papers with all the small details. All I added was some ephemera, die cut butterflies, a title and some stamped sentiments. I used an old childhood photo.

I started by cutting out pieces from the collage papers in various Palette Paper 8x8 in sets, picking designs that I liked, or that fit the theme.

Arrange them on a background paper, distress the edges and then stitch around the design with both straight and zigzag stitches.

The background is kraft paper and I added more Palette paper, distressed the edges and stitched another frame.

I really like Tim Holtz Sizzix Alphanumeric Bulletin letters and die cut the title from another pieces of palette paper and from Simon Says Stamp Rainforest cardstock.

Butterflies were die cut from more patterned paper with Simon Says Stamp Bright Butterflies. The bodies come from Simon Says Stamp Flourish Butterfly Trio.

I used ephemera from 49 and Market Faded Memory Lane ephemera and chipboard sets and sanded the edges slightly.

The sentiment is from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self. The camera is from 49 and Market Travel Diaries and the flowers from Faded Memory Lane Laser Wild Flowers.

Glue the title and add lace trim underneath as a border.

This sentiment also comes from Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self. 

A few more flowers and a butterfly. 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Adventure Card

 Hi friends! It is Monday again and I hope you had a fun weekend. 

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This week we have a Stitch It theme at the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog. Don't miss the last project by our July guest designer Rox aka Red Dirt Crafter.

I made a card with messy stitching around the edges of the focal panel, which is a quick way of adding interest. The card was made with an embossed paper that I made for my last gel printing session. I also added some ephemera from 49 & Market and stamped and die cut sentiments.

The paper was embossed with Simon Says Stamp Heart Showers, which is such a lovely die. I used in for gel printing and then liked the embossed background so much that I decided to use it for a card. The coordinating clouds were die cut from Simon Says Stamp Pawsitively Velvet Luxury Cardstock Snow. 

The large letters were die cut with Tim Holtz Sizzix Alphanumeric Bulletin letters. I die cut from a piece of 49 & Market Faded Memory Lane Ephemera and from brown cardstock.

The airplane comes from 49 and Market Travel Diaries Laser Cut Elements. The edges were sanded. 

Emboss the edges and stitch around them. The little hearts were die cut with Simon Says Stamp Drawn Hearts from Luxe Glitter. 

I added an additional sentiment stamped with Tim Holtz Nature's Wonder.

Stitching is fun and a great way to add a border.

Join us this week in our Stitch It challenge! You have a chance to win a $25 gift voucher to do some fun shopping at Simon Says Stamp. You have until Monday 8am Ohio time. 1pm UK time, 2 pm CET to join in.

Do you use Instagram? If so please add #sssmchallenge so we can see your entries there too.

Thank you so much for visiting today! 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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Sailing Card

 Hi! Today I have a dry embossed and watercolored card to share, with a summer feeling.

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I made a summer card using Simon Says Stamp Sunshine Sailboat embossing folder combined with the Simon Says Stamp Frames set. The background was watercolored and I die cut clouds from velvet cardstock for an additional texture.

Start by die cutting one of the frames from Simon Says Stamp Frames, from watercolor paper. Mist with water and emboss in the Sunshine Sailboat folder. 

Paint the setting sun and the sky with clean water and then immediately with watercolor paint. Let the paints flow into each other and blend. I used peach and yellow for the sun and shades of dark blue for the sky. Paint the water in the same way.

I didn't like the look of the cloud on the background and wanted more clouds, so I die cut them with Simon Says Stamp Heart Showers from Pawsitively Velvet Luxury Cardstock Snow. 

Sentiments were stamped with blue Archival Ink using Simon Says Stamp Be Your Beautiful Self set and die cut with the coordinating dies. Die cut the mat one more time from Soft Navy cardstock and off-set slightly.

Paint the boat with brown paint and add a shadow.

Hello was die cut with Simon Says Stamp Scripty Hello from white glitter cardstock and Soft Navy cardstock.

The edges of the focal panel was distressed. I added an outer frame and matted on Soft Navy cardstock. The cardbase was made from Simon Says Stamp Apricot cardstock.

In my first attempt, I didn't use water in the background and wasn't happy with how the colors blended. When watercolor paper has been dry embossed, much of the texture disappears and the paint dries faster giving you less time.

I hope you enjoyed this post! See you again tomorrow for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. 

 

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

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