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Tuesday, 31 May 2016

My crafty notebook

For years now, I've kept a crafty notebook, to scribble down ideas, sketch designs and list any forthcoming DT challenges so I can mull over  ideas for them. Until recently I have always altered my current notebook before starting to use it, but I started my current one in January this year and somehow still hadn't got around to it.

But today I have my granddaughter for the day and as it is pouring with rain and we can't go out, she wanted to spend the day trying out all - ALL - my rubber stamps and inkpads. And while I was lifting them all out, I thought I would have a good old play as well. So I picked out a selection of stamps - some favourites, a few that had never seen ink, and raided the snippets box for a bundle of snippets in various green/orange/yellow shades.

I covered the front of my notebook with black paper, then stamped an assortment of images onto various sized rectangles of card. I inked and the edges of each panel, and overstamped some of them with distress effect stamps - yes, even those fingerprints are stamped, not real. Then I arranged them all on the cover, moving them around until I was pleased with the arrangement. Then I stuck them in place and added a few Wink of Stella highlights.

Finally I stamped the Dylusions sentiment, that describes perfectly how I feel when I am crafting - and especially how I felt while I was making this!


I am sharing this with

Pixie's Snippets Playground - Week 231
Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers - Not a Card
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10 comments:

  1. Di31 May 2016 at 17:46

    Oh Jane, this is absolutely gorgeous! Wonderful way to use up lots of snippets - and also to while away a wet day. Isn't the weather dire - and we aren't actually camping in Hampshire. Phew!

    Hugs

    Di xx

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  2. Di31 May 2016 at 17:47

    Forgot to say how much I love the sentiment - perfect :) xx

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  3. Barb31 May 2016 at 18:56

    What a good idea to keep a book of crafty ideas. I write notes on pieces of paper then loose them ....

    Your cover looks really good Jane. A great way to use snippets and stamp some oldies and goodies and NBUS too. Love the earthy colours. Barbxx

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  4. AlisonC31 May 2016 at 20:53

    What a wonderful cover. I do like all the black on the colours. A great way to remind yourself of all your stamps too. I wish I was organised enough to keep a note book, I just have bits of paper shoved into a book.

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  5. Cara1 June 2016 at 20:32

    The sentiment made me giggle, think I would have added a few proper inky fingerprints as well (although they may or may not have been intentional!) Cara x

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  6. Unknown1 June 2016 at 22:45

    Haha I l ve the words that me all over lol fabulous Debbs xx

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  7. Majo2 June 2016 at 15:55

    This is very good idea! Thanks for joining the fun at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

    Majo -DT ♥

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  8. Lindsey4 June 2016 at 22:50

    That is the best sentiment for this kind of journal! This altered cover is awesome. Thanks for joining the fun at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

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  9. Chelle (PhotoArt/MaybeCreative)5 June 2016 at 00:31

    Love it, looks awesome and I am very jealous. Thanks for joining the Sisterhood with Not a Card.

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  10. Lynne Mizera12 June 2016 at 18:09

    Wonderful! Thank you for joining us for the N is NOT a Card challenge over at the Sisterhood of Snarky Stampers!

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