90th Birthday Book

My Mum asked if I could make her friend Georgie a 90th birthday card and after seeing the book I'd made then decided that was what she wanted instead, because obviously I can knock them up in a flash! It's very similar to my previous book but this time I used my Hannah papers by K-Ology, I also rooted out all my Hannah stickers to compliment and finally got round to using some bits from the K&Co TSV that QVC had ages ago.

For my front cover I used a chipboard letters and greeting from the TSV kit and also some Prima Christmas flowers attached with a brad. On the inside cover I used my Crafty Individuals hope stamp just because I love it and on the first page I popped a tag on from the TSV kit, the super useful Hannah chipboard letter and used a Dawn Bibby flower stamp with an adhesive stone in the middle.










I used my velacetate quotes, Hero Arts etched flower stamp, Dawn Bibby stamp and Hannah words stickers on these pages as well as my chipboard letters.

I've used my dragonfly brads again, also some adhesive stones but otherwise it's all pretty much K-Ology stuff again.

The last page is very similar to my first book with a K&Co quote added from the TSV. The inside of the back cover had a simple die cut added and a flower sticker. On the back cover I thought I'd best make some reference to the fact it was a 90th birthday present and the only numbers I had were peel-offs so I finally managed to use some of my considerable peel-off stash! I added a few ribbons to the binding wires and hey presto it's done. Not sure I like it as much as my first but Mum was really pleased with it and hopefully Georgie will be too :-)

My First Bind-It All Project

Well I finally got round to using my BIA and I've been really impressed with the results. My first project was a book for a friend of mine who's birthday I am very late for. I decided to use my K-Ology Addison papers as I has plenty of bits to co-ordinate. For my front cover I added Prima flowers and a chipboard initial.





Inside the front cover I used my Crafty Individuals hope stamp for the first time and used my Dawn Bibby stamps and a velacetate (what an awful word) sentiment on my first page.




For my second page I use an Addison Grand Adhesion and chipboard letter and some of my favourite dragonfly brads. For my third I added more Prima flowers.





For my fourth and fifth pages I used some new stamps I'd bought, as you can see I substituted the R in art for an Addison chipboard letter, and I must say I'm loving my Hero Arts etched flower stamps!




More Dawn Bibby stamps on page 6 and another gorgeous dragonfly brad and then a chipboard flower on page 7 which has been coloured with my Adirondack paint dabbers





My final page has another of the quotes I've been using and also a stunning face stamp which is another new buy of mine. On the inside of the back cover I used a Beach Bum stamp to add a quote from Picasso!

My back cover is similar to my front with another quote used. I'm really pleased with the way this book turned out and I hope the recipient likes it. You may have noticed her name spelt out in the pages of my book! I'd love to hear your comments on my first BIA project and I hope you enjoy looking at it as much as I enjoyed making it xXx

P.S. I apologise if the pictures are in the wrong order or if the page looks a bit wonky but it looked fine on preview and goes belly up when I publish!!!

B is for Bailey

I bought some large letters to alter a while ago and I've finally got round to titivating one. First of all I covered the letter with Blonde Moments papers, I then applied embossing powder to all of the edges to camouflage the slightly rough edges. I used some Blonde Moments stamps to decorate the front of the B and also some Blonde Moment buttons and Prima flowers. Down the spine of my letter I used chipboard letters covered in acrylic paint to spell out Bailey's name. I'm really pleased with my first attempt it's just a shame my pictures haven't come out too clearly!

I've discovered if you click on the pictures you see the image in a lot more detail!