CSI case file #63: Sewing Clothes

Hello! Thank you for stopping by my blog! Time for another CSI:Color, Stories, Inspiration challenge. Sizzix is sponsoring CSI this week, and there is of course a prize to be won. Here is this week's absolutely gorgeous case file:

I loved the inspiration photo, and decided to scrap about an old hobby of mine. I used to sew a lot of clothing as a child and teenager. 

From the evidence items I used: ribbons, flowers, pearls, tape measure, vintage elements, lace, sewing, dress form, and from the testimony, I documented a hobby. I wrote a long piece of journaling which is tucked behind the photo. On this photo I am cutting my mom's clothing pattern paper with a pair of scissors, but the paper on my head hides that I had also cut my own hair. The tab to pull out the journaling was die cut with Tim Holtz new Mini Clipboard die.

I used watercolour paper for my base since I wanted something sturdy. A piece of clothes pattern paper was glued on top with multi-medium, wrinkling it as I went along. The paper was whitewashed with acrylic paint to tone it down a bit and I dry brushed a bit of brown paint on top here and there. Sewing mini blueprints and other sewing related stamps were stamped with Archival Jet Black. I also stamped some circles and dots with Juniper paint dabber (always clean your stamp immediately after stamping with paint). The edges were embossed with Stampendous Shabby Green Embossing Enamel and I also stitched around the edges and here and there on the page.

The title was stamped with Tim Holtz new Worn Text stamps and white embossed.

A lot of flowers were die cut with the Tattered Flower Garland from scraps of pink patterned papers and vellum. They were shaped and layered together.

Natural sticky-back canvas was adhered to mat board and three spools die cut from it. The spools were inked with Gathered Twigs and wrapped with twine. The pin in the middle twisted when I took the photo, it says 'memories' at the top.

To make the dress forms, I adhered natural sticky-back canvas to mat board and die cut them from that. They were inked with Gathered Twigs. When I was a child, I collected scrap pieces of fabric from my mom and used it to make doll clothing. I still have quite a bit of these scrap pieces and used it to make the dresses on this layout. These particular pieces comes from a fabric swatch book where I tore out all the fabric. I thought some were too pretty to use, so they were just collected or used as blankets and table clothes for dolls. I think these two flower patterns belonged to the latter. I stitched along the upper edge and pulled the threads together to shape the skirts a bit.

The small dress form was made the same way, using a smaller swatch of fabric.

Another of the flower clusters.

For a border at the bottom of the page I used cheese cloth, lace dyed with Victorian Velvet Distress Stain and a tape measure ribbon.

The journaling is long and is about my first memories of sewing together with my mom, the smells and sounds, all the dolls clothes I made, my first pair of trousers when I was about eight years old, the complicated jeans jacket and balloon skirt I made when I was twelve, and about all the clothes I made as a teenager. I've forgotten quite a bit about making clothes, and these days I almost only sew on paper.

Did you see that CSI has a design team call? I hope you will apply, it is a fabulous team to be a part of. You can read all about it here.

Thank you for the visit! Have a great weekend!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Dies: Sizzix: Sewing Room, Mini Sewing Room set, Tattered Flower Garland, Mini Clipboard Top & Bottom
Stamps: Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz: Mini Blueprints, Attic Treasures, Worn Text, Tiny Textures; Hero Arts: Simply Handmade CL429, circle
Surfaces: Sizzix Little Sizzles mat board 6x13; Claudine Hellmuth natural sticky-back canvas; MME and BasicGrey patterned papers; clothes pattern; Daler & Rowney watercolour paper; vellum
Ink: Archival Ink Jet Black, Coffee; Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs; Ranger Emboss-It dabber
Stain: Victorian Velvet Distress Stain
Embossing powder: Stampendous Shabby Green Embossing Enamel; Ranger Seafoam White
Paint: Adirondack: Juniper, Mushroom, Snow Cap paint dabber
Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-olgoy: Clothes hanger, stick pins; tape measure ribbon, lace trim, fabric scraps

Chic to be Shabby

Happy Monday! This week we are going shabby chic with our challenge at Simon Says Stamp and Show, 'Chic to be shabby'. My fellow team mates did a wonderful job just as every week, so don't miss their projects. As always there is a prize to be won from our sponsor Simon Says Stamp.

When I hear 'shabby chic', I think of lace, buttons, pearls, pink and a whitewashed vintage look. I made a pop-up card using Karen Burniston's fun Square Ornate 3-D Frame, which is so easy to use and fits for any theme.

The pop-up was die cut from Tim Holtz Crowded Attic paper and I put vellum behind the frame for a soft look. The silhouette lady was die cut from natural sticky-back canvas and inked with Vintage Photo. Then I realised that the Fancy Frame fit really well on top and die cut it from white cardstock. It was embossed with Platinum powder, I love using the Ranger Emboss-It dabber for this as it is so easy to cover even an intricate shape like this one.

The butterfly was die cut three times from vellum and layered together. I twisted two wires and attached them to the butterfly and the pop-up with mini staples, first making sure that the butterfly did not extend beyond the borders of the card when it is closed.

The Square Ornate Frame die leaves a great negative space on both sides, which can be decorated further, or is perfect for a sentiment or message. I stamped the grey patterned paper with different images from Attic Treasures, some were embossed with Tattered Rose Distress Embossing powder and others with Seafoam White powder. I swept Picket Fence Distress Stain across the paper to give it a slight whitewash and inked the edges.

I used manila cardstock for the base and clear embossed Tim Holtz wallpaper stamp over the entire surface, inside and outside of the card. I painted it one side at a time with Snow Cap paint dabber, and let it dry for a short while. The paint was wiped off from the embossing, which resists the paint, creating a great textured whitewashed effect. Stamps from Attic Treasure were stamped on top with Aqua and Mountain Rose paint, to add another layer of stamping. The Tattered Banner was die cut from white cardstock and the sentiment was embossed with Platinum powder.

Here's the top part of the inside of the card, with more stamped images. I also added a piece of lace on both sides.

This is the front of the card. The background is the same as on the inside. The crinkle ribbon was stamped with a measuring tape stamp and Archival Coffee ink. After I attached it to the card, it started to bleed a bit, as can happen with these types of surfaces. I almost removed it, but decided to leave it.

Here's a close-up of the background. I like the distressed look of the paint stamping on top of the paint resist background. The edges were inked with Vintage Photo.

The frame from Tim Holtz Artful Silhouettes was embossed with platinum powder on a piece of patterned paper and the silhouette was stamped inside and embossed with three layers of Seafoam White powder. I didn't remove the little stray flecks of powder since I thought they added to the distressed look. This stamp is the same shape as the silhouette die cut used on the inside of the card and I thought they were fun to use together on the same project. For the outside, I die cut the Fancy Frame from natural sticky-back canvas and layered on top of the silhouette.

The butterfly was done in the same way as the on the inside of the card.

Show us your shabby chic projects this week and you could be the lucky one to win a $50 gift voucher from Simon Says Stamp.

Thank you for looking!

Happy stamping!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Stamps: Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Attic Treasures, Wallpaper & Wood, Artful Silhouettes
Dies: Sizzix: Square Ornate 3-D Frame, Fancy Frame, Mini Silhouettes, Mini Butterflies
Ink: Distress Ink: Vintage Photo; Ranger Archival Ink Coffee; Ranger Clear Emboss-It dabber
Embossing powder: Ranger Clear, Liquid Platinum, Seafoam White, Tattered Rose Distress Embossing powder
Paint: Adirondack Snow Cap, Aqua, Shell Pink, Mountain Rose
Stain: Distress Stain Picket Fence
Surfaces: Ranger Manila cardstock; Tim Holtz Idea-ology Crowded Attic; Claudine Hellmuth natural sticky-back canvas; vellum
Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Trimmings Lavish ribbons; Hero Arts Lace Ribbon; pearls; wire

CSI case file #62: Laugh

Today I am sharing my layout for this week's CSI:Color, Stories, Inspiration challenge. Sizzix is sponsoring CSI during March and there is a prize to be won. Some of my design team mates from Sizzix are also joining CSI as guest designers. Don't miss all the layouts. Since this is the second case file of the month, we have another great sketch from Page Drafts included in the case file:

This sketch was perfect for a series of photos:

My son came up with a 'happy face' to use when he poses for photos (maybe I am taking too many photos...). It is pretty funny, although I hope he will not look like this on every single photo. I wanted to take a photo of him on this awesome staircase and he wanted a photo taken on every single step, since they were all different. From the evidence items I used: wood, circles, tone-on-tone and from the testimony items, I journaled on circles.

I sanded around each photo to make them stand out a bit more, since they are pretty busy.  I used different BasigGrey papers and some kraft-core cardstock. The background paper was stamped with Archival Vermillion ink, for a tone-on-tone effect. Did you notice that the layout is not completely square? I forgot to cut off the little name strip at the base of the patterned paper, and only realised it once I saw the photo of the layout in my computer.

I love Tim Holtz new Picture Wheel die, and just happened to have bought a viewmaster to my son recently. It was die cut from grey paper. The same day I made this we had gotten a parcel with this 'Alfons' sticker on top, which was perfect for the layout and fit right on top of the Picture Wheel. It had been torn so I had to piece it together. The two blueprint light bulbs were stamped on watercolour paper and watercoloured with Iced Spruce. The mini filmstrip was die cut from kraft-core cardstock and sanded a bit. The green paper was die cut with the Torn Notebook On the Edge die.

The gears and stars were die cut from white mat board and inked with Citrus Adirondack and Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink. Then they were coated with Glossy Accents, which gives them a really nice and finished look.

Underneath the title I stamped this new great sentiment stamp from Tim Holtz repeatedly. The title letters were die cut from kraft-core and sanded. The title translates 'Laugh'.

Loved the little cluster at the bottom of the sketch and I just happened to have had exactly ten photos taken in the staircase so it was the perfect place for my last photo and a bit more journaling. I added a frame around the layout with a white gel pen.

Thank you for looking! I hope you have time to join us this week.

Enjoy your weekend!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Dies: Sizzix: Picture Wheel, Mini Filmstrip & Mini Tickets, Torn Notebook On the Edge, Mini Gears, Circle Framelits, Star & Circle set, Vintage Market
Stamps: Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz: Industrial Blueprint, Mixed Media, Mini Blueprints 3, Simple Sayings
Ink: Ranger Archival Ink Vermillion; Distress Ink: Iced Spruce, Squeezed Lemonade; Adirondack Citrus
Surfaces: BasicGrey patterned papers; Core'dinations Tim Holtz kraft-core cardstock, Sizzix Little Sizzles white mat board 6x13; watercolour paper
Adhesive: Ranger Glossy Accents

Tattered Florals challenge

Tim Holtz has a fun challenge to use the Tattered Florals die, and since this is one of my favourite dies, I just had to play along.

Two years ago I made a mixed metal Tattered Floral flower and placed it on a small canvas (10x10 cm). It's been displayed on a little shelf at my desk since then, and as I read about the challenge I just happened to have the same size blank canvas on my desk. I was inspired by my previous canvas (see the end of the post) to create a new one.  

Here's my finished new canvas showcasing a dry embossed canvas/metal/modeling film/tulle tattered flower. The background was painted with watered-down acrylic paint (Sandal, Pebble and Mushroom) and I used one of my favourite sentiment stamps from Tim Holtz.

Here are the different flowers before assembly. I forgot to take step-by-step photos. I covered white modeling film with white sticky-backed canvas and cut four flowers and one tattered leaf from that. Another piece of white modeling film was covered with a foil sheet and another four flowers and one leaf was die cut from that. One metallic flower was die cut with the Mini Tattered Florals dies. I also cut flowers and leaves from tulle. Most of the flowers were dry embossed using different embossing folders. 

The canvas flowers and leaf were inked with Distress Inks (Tumbled Glass, Peacock Feathers, Broken China, Gathered Twigs and Peeled Paint). The ink is darker on the embossed areas. I misted them with Biscotti Perfect Pearls for some shine (doesn't show well on the photos). The metallic flowers were painted with Sunset Orange, Sunshine Yellow and Aqua and sanded to distress them and reveal the metal.

The flowers were heated with a heat gun one at a time and shaped. Be careful not to burn yourself. The modeling film keeps its shape perfectly. Love that stuff. Try not to reheat the flowers since the dry embossing can disappear then.

I placed a metallic Idea-ology flower in the centre and alternated the different materials and colours. The flower was glued to the canvas with hot glue.

The birds and dots were embossed with platinum embossing powder, which I've really enjoyed using lately. This bird stamp is a favourite of mine, I use it a lot.

This is my old tattered florals canvas, made two years ago. I used a sheet of copper, copper mesh, metallic mesh, and a foil covered piece of cardstock to make it. The foil pieces were stamped with a script stamp before they were embossed and the copper pieces were embossed and distressed with black paint. The canvas was painted with watered-down acrylic paints and the swirls and birds were silver embossed.

Thank you for stopping by!

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Dies: Sizzix: Tattered Florals, Tattered Leaves, Mini Tattered Florals

Embossing folders: Sizzix: Bubble & Honeycomb, Diamond Plate & Riveted Metal, Collage & Notebook, Burlap & Swirls, Dot-Matrix & Gridlock,

Stamps: Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz Mini Ornates, Tiny Textures, Warehouse District

Ink: Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs, Peeled Paint, Tumbled Glass, Broken China, Peacock Feathers, Evergreen Bough

Paint: Adirondack Sandal, Pebble, Mushroom, Aqua, Sunset Orange, Sunshine Yellow

Embossing powder: Ranger Platinum

Surfaces: Wendy Vecchi Clearly for Art Whiteout modeling film; Claudine Hellmuth natural sticky-back canvas; Ranger metal foil sheet

Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Foliage

Unfound Door Canvas

Hello everyone! We are focusing on 'numbers' at Simon Says Stamp and Show this week. Fabulous challenge theme, I love using numbers and number type of themes, journaling lists etc. on my projects. Don't miss the very creative projects of my team members.

I was planning to do a tag, but another idea jumped into my head and this project really had a mind of its own and wanted to be a canvas (30x20 cm) instead.

I was thinking about numbers and the number 'nineteen' literary jumped into my brain. If you visit my blog often, you might now that I love books and to use text type of elements on my projects. I read a large variety of books, from many different genres and authors. One of my favourite series of books are the Dark Tower books by Stephen King, in which the number 19 plays a pretty important role, as well as other numbers - time, distance, 13, etc. I used a line from the books at the title of my canvas: 'a rose, a stone, an unfound door' and all the details have a symbolic meaning: numbers, a door, New York, roses, keys, compass, train track, clocks, arrows, gears, 'destiny' Philosophy tag, circles, glass balls, journey embellishments.

I was so into this project, I totally forgot to take a single photo of the different steps.

For the background, I used a really fun transfer technique. First, I painted the background with blue and red paint dabbers (Aqua, Pool, Stream, red). I scratched into the paint to add more texture. When dry, I used a number stencil and applied a mix of modeling paste and brown paint through it, creating dimensional numbers. I left the paste to dry.

Several years ago I did a layout about reading these books and then I had written a list of words from the books in a Word document. I flipped the words and printed them on an ordinary printing paper. A medium-thin layer of multi-medium was smeared on the canvas and I pressed the printed papers into it, burnished them down carefully and left for a short while (1-3 minutes I think). Pull off the paper and quite a bit of the text has been transferred to the canvas. I used a little bit of water and my finger to rub away some of the white paper that was stuck too, but left quite a bit of it, since I thought it added a nice sort of dreamy quality to the background.

I added quite a bit of stamping on the background, placing a book underneath it to give support.

Around the edges, I used Rangers Emboss-It dabber and embossed a frame with Stampendous Antique Silver powder, very cool stuff. I also die cut gears and flourishes from grungeboard and embossed some of them with the silver powder and some with Ranger's Rust Antiquities powder. The story has a sort of grungy, distressed, worn down feeling to them, with a bit of industrial steampunk thrown in.

Time plays a major role in the books, and time has gone quite funny and unpredicatable. To add more dimension, I painted a small canvas (2x2 in) silver and black and mounted a clock and three game spinners on top.

Three different number 19s are on the canvas. This one is from the Tim Holtz Grungeboard Digits set. The letters were painted black, coated with Clear Rock Candy Crackle Paint, left to dry and then Brushed Pewter Distress Stain was applied on top.

These numbers were die cut from grungeboard with the Cargo Stencil  Numbers die, painted red and a bit of silver around the edges, stamped and coated with Glossy Accents.

The canvas is called 'Unfound Door' and doors are central to the story. I stamped Tim Holtz subway stamp on cream mat board, and embossed with Rust powder. Brushed Pewter Distress Stain was swept across it to add a more metallic feel. The door was embellished with a number die cut from grungeboard with the Word Play die, painted silver, distressed, inked with Black Soot and coated with Glossy Accents. I also used a pen nib and a Philosophy tag, which also happens to have numbers. I attached the door with hinges to the layout.

When you open the door you find the dark tower. I stamped one of the houses from Hero Arts Newspaper Skyline stamp on tissue paper and glued to the canvas with multi-medium, adding a bit of white paint around the edges to make it stand out more. Roses were painted very simply with red acrylic paint. The stamped sentiment comes from Darkroom Door.

Roses are also very important in the books, and these were made with the Tattered Pinecone die and red kraft-core cardstock. They were sanded to reveal the kraft core before rolling them up. I also added some silver paint as well as a bit of Dry Distress Stickles Rock Candy glitter, which doesn't show so well on the photo. The sentiment was printed and placed inside and ornate plate.

The arrow was cut from grungeboard, painted red and a bit of silver, stamped repeatedly with a word and coated with Glossy Accents.

I found three flat-back glass marbles on my desk and they were perfect for the canvas since glass balls also feature in the books. I adhered them with glossy accents on top of important words. They function as a magnifying glass for the words.

I hope you will join us this week and show us your projects on the 'number' theme. As always, our great sponsor Simon Says Stamp gives a $50 gift voucher to one random participant.

Thank you so much for the visit!

Happy stamping!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Stamps: Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz: Psychedelic Grunge, Remnants, Stuff to Say, On the Railroad, Elements of Time, Warehouse District; Hero Arts Newspaper Skyline S5573; Darkroom Door Doors
Dies: Sizzix: Word Play, Cargo Stencil Numbers, Mini Old Jalopy & Arrow, Tattered Pinecone, Mini Flourish, Mini Gears, Hardware Findings,
Ink: Distress Ink: Gathered Twigs; Ranger Emboss-It dabber; Stazon Jet Black
Paint: Adirondack: Pitch Black, Silver, Stream, Aqua, Pool; Jenni Bowlin Chili Powder, Brown Sugar
Stain: Distress Stain Brushed Pewter
Embossing powder: Stampendous Aged Silver Embossing Enamel; Ranger Rust Antiquities embossing powder
Glitter: Dry Rock Candy Distress Stickles glitter
Crackle paint: Rock Candy Distress Crackle Paint
Surfaces: Tim Holtz Idea-ology grungeboard, Grungeboard digits; Core'dinations Tim Holtz kraft-core cardstock; cream mat board, canvas
Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology: Word Bands, Pen Nibs, Ornate Plates, Game Spinners, Sprocket Gears, Timepieces, Locket Keys, Philosophy Tags, Long Fasteners; Canvas Corp 2x2 canvas; 7Gypsies arrow photo turn
Stencil: The Crafter's Workshop Mini Numerals
Adhesive: Claudine Hellmuth multi-medium matte; Ranger Glossy Accents

Robinson Crusoe Tropical Scene

Hi everyone! A new month and a new challenge at Craft a Scene. During March our challenge theme is 'Tropical Shores' - palm trees, beaches, water, etc. This was fun for me since I don't use my tropical stamps so much, partly because it is an environment that I am not used to.

I was looking at my stamps and wanted to use the Island Mountain by Stampscapes, since it was uninked. It made me think of Robinson Crusoe who was stranded on a little tropical island. That's the inspiration behind the card, so the guy on the stone trying to catch a fish is Robinson Crusoe. The scene is tall and uses glossy cardstock. I started stamping the Palm Cove with Archival Jet Black and then continued with the mountain, but using Memento Nautical Blue instead, to make it look as if the mountain is further away. I stamped it twice so that it wouldn't be right in the center of the card.

The stone was stamped twice in the water and I added some more palm trees. The scene was coloured as usual with a Colorbox Stylus Tool and dye inks (see this post), starting with the lightest shades (Aqua and Willow) and gradually building up darker colours. I wanted a tropical teal and green look with just a little bit of pink mixed in. If you use pink in the sky, remember to add a bit of it to the water too. I also used some of the bright green Citrus ink in the water and liked the effect a lot. Highlights were added with a white gel pen and just a little bit of mist with white pigment ink.

Finally, I also want to thank Kevin Nakagawa for having offered to give a RAK for my Make a Scene challenge that I hosted during Winterfest (9-17 Feb.). Don't miss Kevin's Stampscapes 101 videos, they are fabulous if you want to learn more about the wonderful world of scenic stamping.

Thank you for the visit!

Happy Stamping!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:
Stamps: Stampscapes: Island Mountain Lg. 095G, Palm Cove 096G, Palm Cluster 100D, Spear Fisherman Sm. 109A, Rock (1) 129B, Sentiment Sheet 3
Ink: Adirondack: Aqua, Willow, Citrus, Pool, Denim, Stream, Meadow, Bottle; Memento: Cottage Ivy, Nautical Blue, Rose Bud; Distress Ink: Peacock Feathers, Broken China; Jenni Bowlin Chewing Gum; Archival Ink Jet Black; Colorbox Frost White
Surfaces: Kromekote glossy cardstock

CSI case file #61: Going to the library

Hi everyone! This month Sizzix is sponsoring CSI: Color, Stories, Inspiration. Join us and you can win some fun goodies! That also means that some of my design team mates at Sizzix will join us this month at CSI guest designers. Don't miss their layouts, or the layouts of the CSI team. This is our pretty case file for this week:

I used the 'Daydreaming on Paper' prompt and it gave me the fun topic of 'my first library card', I adapted it a little bit and made a layout about library memories:

I've loved libraries ever since my dad started taking us to the local library to borrow children's books when I was maybe three or four years old. There is something so special about the smell, all the books and stories to be discovered, and the quiet environment. From the evidence items I used: gold accents, pleating, and a white background (although it didn't remain white). I made my own stencil using the Word Play die for the background. Here's how:

Use the Word Play die and die cut a strip of Eclipse tape, with the sticky side facing up. Eclipse tape is great for masking and can stand pretty much water. If you don't have Eclipse tape, you can do the same with a sheet of transparency and just spray it with temporary spray adhesive first. I've done that in the past and it works just as well and also gives you a more durable stencil which you can use again.

Place the homemade stencil on your paper and press it down. I used watercolour paper. I also wanted to use the die cut letters for the title and placed them at the top of the layout. So we are making both a negative and a positive mask/stencil. I misted the paper with clean water and then swept Distress Stains across (Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, Rusty Hinge). If you want to you can use mists or watercolours instead. Leave to dry and then remove the masks. I wasn't aiming for a perfect result and a bit of ink seeped in where I hadn't pressed down the tape properly.

Tim Holtz Vintage Typewriter was die cut from black Kraft-Core cardstock and sanded to reveal some of the kraft core. I removed all the lose parts and placed a dictionary page underneath, which just happened to have the definition of 'Lilleput' - the place where Gulliver goes in his travels, with the very small people. The golden finger points to that text. Love those types of little details. A word band was attached with brads and I stamped a white paper with my favourite alphabet background stamp from Tim Holtz and placed a photo booth photo of my dad, my sister and I on top, tucking it into the typewriter.

The masked title letters were a bit too stark white, so I inked them a with Scattered Straw.  I used a date stamp and stamped it all over the background.

Lots of more stamping on the background, some of it with grey ink and some with black. The alphabet stamp used on the typewriter paper was stamped repeatedly in grey ink, using first and second generation stamping. The edges of the layout were distressed and I also added strips of tissue tape here and there, some of it was pleated.

I love using dies in ways that might not seem obvious at first, and my mini-book for the journaling was made with Eileen Hull's Square Box die, which is meant to make a box (see this project). I was looking at it, thinking it would make a fold out panel for hidden journaling, which I often need since I tend to journal a lot. I die cut it from manila cardstock, and cut the two flaps off on both ends, rounding the corners. Since the Scoreboards dies both cuts and scores the paper, my hidden journaling fold-out flap was really easy to make. I stamped and inked it a bit.

I printed the journaling inside the folder and stamped the second flap too.

Here's the whole journaling panel folded out. The journaling is a bit long to translate, but it is all about memories from all the different libraries I have gone to. When I had just gotten my very own first library card I walked off to the library and took out Astrid Lindgren's Ronja book (see this layout), only to realise when I came home that I had by mistake taken the Finish version and could not understand a word. Off to the library again to get the Swedish one. I also wrote a list of some of the writers I liked as a child (only some, I was a constant reader from the moment I learned how to read). I loved classic books and read everything from Jules Verne, Mark Twain, Dickens, and all the Narnia books, Gulliver's travels, all Astrid Lindgren's books and I loved Enid Blyton's 'Five' books, among others.

Thank you for the visit! Have a lovely weekend and I hope you will join us this week at CSI. If you have never done a CSI challenge, I hope you will, it is really wonderful challenge and a very friendly community.

Happy crafting!

Anna-Karin

Supplies:

Dies: Sizzix: Vintage Typewriter, Word Play, Cargo Stencil Numbers, Square Box

Stamps: Stamper's Anonymous Tim Holtz: School Desk, Mini Ornates, Classics #5; Hero Arts: Love Books ST506, Calico Borders 331074; Artistic Outpost: Favorite Book; date stamp

Ink: Distress Ink: Scattered Straw, Walnut Stain; Archival Ink Jet Black; Versafine Smokey Grey

Stain: Distress Stain: Wild Honey, Scattered Straw, Rusty Hinge

Surfaces: Core'diantions Tim Holtz Kraft-Core cardstock; Ranger manila cardstock; Canson watercolour paper; Eclipse tape

Embellishments: Tim Holtz Idea-ology Word Bands, Pen Nibs, Terminology tissue tape; twine; Making Memories gold embellishments; 7Gypsies photo turn