Boy's Altered Notebook

Haven't had much time for blogging lately as we have been hounded with snowstorms for a couple of weeks, and with the kids home there is less time to craft and scan the net!  Oh well.  I'm here now!!

This is a notebook I have whipped up for my son to give to his friend as a birthday gift.  Nine years old is a hard age to shop for, so we decided upon a notebook and pen so he can write stories etc.  Hence the 9 on the cover!

I have to say, that my daughter came up with the brilliant idea of the cowboy roping the number.  I absolutely love how it came out!

Papers, ink and stamp set Bronc Buster from Stampin' Up.  I have distressed the background with different shades of brown and carried that over to the pocket.  The number nine is a chipboard piece that I heat embossed with silver.

The tag on the pocket, and the horseshoe star was my first attempt at the faux metal technique I found here.  I love how well it came out, and it was fun!  Clean-up: not so fun.

I have entered this into the following challenges:

Stamp with Fun #95 - blue/brown
Creative Card Crew - for men
CRAFT Challenge #86 - sports
Allsorts Challenge #87 - male/boy
Paper Sundaes - distressing
Cards for men - let's party
Woodware USA - anything goes
Dude Time Doodles - anything but a card

Twilight Notebook

Here's a quick project to get you all through the weekend! My son is going to yet ANOTHER birthday party tomorrow, so here's the gift I made to go with him! Abbi is a Twilight fanatic, and that is the theme of her party, hence the photo!

I made this altered notebook with the sketch from Charisma Challenge #7. Black and real red cardstock from Stampin' Up, circles cut from the Creative Memories circle cutter, and silver eyelets put on by my crop-o-dile. The A is chipboard embossed with silver embossing powder.

Head on over to Charisma Cardz and take part in their challenge!

Lilly's Flowers

Hello all! This is my first attempt at an altered book. I found a great cardboard fronted, bound notebook at Staples (don't worry it is recycled paper!). I was able to buy the notebook for $2.49, and between the rest of my supplies was able to make this book for about $5. Not a bad price for my son to give as a birthday gift! And who doesn't like a personalized gift?

I used Stampin' Up cardstock and some patterned paper I found at Michael's. Ripped the green and placed it on the purple. Cut a strip of patterned paper and taped to the green edge. Then I used my crop-o-dile to set some eyelets on the patterned paper. Used some dark purple Offray Ribbon from Ben Franklin and weaved it through the eyelets.

The next thing I did was stamp the flourish from the Stampin' Up set Doodle This in the bottom left corner. Added some flowers from Petaloo at the top of the stamped image so it resembles a flower bouquet. The letters are chipboard that I embossed with detail black. All of the embellishments are attached with my new favorite craft glue called The Ultimate.

I hope you come back again to view my creations! Until then, I hope you indulge your cravings!