Composition-Book-Turned-Recipe-Book

Supplies: paper (Making Memories, The Paper Company); image from recycled book; Sizzix Nouveau alphabet; McGill tab punch; composition notebook.

I had fun with this one! I had picked up this book for a little bit of nothing, and it's filled with the most gorgeous images. (It's by Karla Dornacher, who has a wonderful talent.) This cupcake stand was just begging to be made into a recipe book for my Secret Sister!



As usual, I lined the inside of the book with coordinating paper.



Since this is intended as a recipe book, I made tabs to divide it up. And since my decorative paper was flimsy, I used a file folder base for these tabs to make them more durable. I just adhered the decorative paper over the top of the file folder. I left the tabs blank so the recipient could choose her own categories.

I loved this book so much I almost didn't want to give it away!

I Challenge You Wednesday: Heartfelt Creations Sunflowers

This was another of my friend's purchases that she let me try out. Let me tell you, I need to get a set of these coordinating stamps and dies! I absolutely love the sunflowers!



Supplies: stamps (Heartfelt Creations); ink (SU! Chocolate Chip, BIC Mark-Its); paper (Making Memories, unknown); Nestabilities Blossom and Labels 1; MS corner punch; dark brown flock; black gingham fabric ribbon.

I thought the MS corner punch sort of looked like a sunflower, so I used it. I really, really like this one!

Size: 5-1/2 x 7-1/2".



Supplies: stamps (Hampton Arts sentiment, Heartfelt Creations sunflowers); paper (unknown, Making Memories); ik (SU Chocolate Chip); MS corner punch; CB corner die; black gingham fabric ribbon; CM circle cutter; orange rhinestones; dark brown flocking.

I've been having so much fun making lacy creations with my MS corner punches lately! I've found that once you experiment with them for a bit, it's really quite easy and fast.

See the inside of the sunflowers? I used brown flock to make them a little more realistic. It gives it more of the bumpy look I was after, and it's a really neat texture, too.

Size: 5-1/2 x 7-1/2".

Well, that's it for me this week. Now you can go check out what my friend made. Enjoy!

Seatwork Notebook

Supplies: stamps (Daisy Hill and Studio G alphabets); ink (white, BIC Mark-Its); paper (Making Memories, The Paper Company); composition notebook.

In addition to the spelling notebook, my son needed a seatwork notebook for homeschool. I thought this one was pretty fun, and I was glad to finally get to use that number paper! It's really cute, but it has limited uses.

At first, I couldn't think of how I wanted to embellish this one. When I hit on the chalkboard look, though, I really liked it!

Fancy footed cake plate, dollar-store style

I've had this idea in my head for awhile now, and this past weekend I found the perfect items to do it! You've probably seen the footed cake plates made from a dollar-store plate and candlestick. They can be quite lovely! But I had another idea ... something that I thought would look really, really fancy:



How's that? I'm not sure where I ever got the idea, but I had to have seen something similar before. After searching online for awhile, though, this is the closest I could come. (It's also the only similar one I could find.) $223?!? You've got to be kidding me! No offense, but anyone that buys that has to have a lot more money than sense.

Anyway, back to the project at hand ... If you want to make something similar, it will cost you about $4 (not including the E6000 glue). You need:

• 3 dollar store figurines - $3
• 1 matching plate - $1
• E6000 glue - I had this on hand, and you don't need much (it's around $5 full-price at Michaels, but don't forget you can use a coupon)

The first thing you want to do is make sure your figurines can touch somewhere, probably along the bottom. Just set them down so they form a triangle and make a note of where they touch. Put a dab of E6000 glue at each of those places and stick them together. Mine were glued where the lady's skirt touches the man's foot.

You can let that dry before moving on, but it's not necessary. I was too impatient, so I just kept going. :)



Figure out what part of the figurine your plate will rest on (i.e. the highest points). In this case, it rested on the men's heads. Put a generous dab of E6000 on that spot and carefully center your plate over the whole thing.

Let it set up, and you're in business!

I hope you enjoy this as much as I did. The possibilities are really endless. I saw some cute clear snowmen, and they'd look really cute holding up a clear glass plate. I might just make one as a Christmas gift. :)

Spelling Notebook: Altered Composition Notebook

Supplies: stamps (Studio G letters and numbers); paper (Making Memories?, The Paper Company); Scrabble letter tiles; Sizzix bookplates die; mini brads; composition notebook.

My son needed a place to write his spelling list each day for homeschooling, so I decided to decorate this composition notebook to make it more fun.

The Scrabble tiles came from an old game that I picked up at a thrift store. It was missing quite a few pieces, but it was worth the $0.25 I paid for it just for the letter tiles. :)

Magnolia Journal

I've had this sitting on my desk for a few weeks, trying to decide how I wanted to finish it off. When our Conference President and his wife visited, I decided to put her first initial on it and give it as is, since it's a lovely decorative file folder anyway.



Supplies: stamps (Inkadinkado letter); ink (Versamark with gold embossing powder); paper (Dollar Tree decorative file folder, unknown); off-white grograin ribbon; green glitter embossing powder; composition notebook.

I lined the inside front and back covers (as usual), using the same color that I used on the spine. It turned out quite lovely for such a simple project!

I was on a roll with the composition notebooks, so expect to see quite a few in the next few days!

Sunflowers

Supplies: stamp (free digital image); ink: colored pencils blended with baby oil; paper (Making Memories, The Paper Company); MS corner punch; chalks

This is another free digital image I've had colored for awhile now. I simply added blue chalk to the background to make it softer, and I love the effect!

I also love how the Martha Stewart corner punch makes such neat-looking medallions. These reminded me of sunflowers.

Size: 4-1/4 x 5-1/2".