Take note revisited

Each month the Papertrey Design team revisits an older stamp set. This month it was the turn of Take Note and it was a reminder to me to take out my set and make some more notebooks to have on hand for gifts.

I've been reading about 'polished silk' glitter - apparently a super fine glitter that adds a silk-like texture to card stock. I have so much glitter on hand that I don't need to buy yet another sort, so I improvised and used some Doodlebug fine glitter over these copic coloured cupcakes. I used a score-tape sheet to adhere the glitter:

And here's a close up of the glitter effect:

I'm so pleased with the result that I might just keep this notebook for myself :)

Supplies
Paper - PTI hawaiian shores, rustic cream, melon berry & hawaiian shores paper packs
Stamps - PTI Tremendous Treats: Birthday, Take Note
Ink - Memento; Versafine Onyx Black
Accessories - scor-tape, PTI ribbon, copics

Just a note

I made the mistake of popping into my local scrapbooking shop the other day, just to see what they had in stock. Not planning to buy anything ... famous last words, of course.  I came out with a couple of bags, including a big shot to replace my cuttlebug.  Have to say I'm very impressed with it so far. I always had problems with some dies in my cuttlebug, but the big shot is more stable and seems more powerful. Now that I have a dedicated craft space, portability isn't so much of an issue.

Anyway, I digress.  In the shop I also discovered some  resist canvas shapes from Prima and I've been having a lot of fun with them over the last few days.  I decided to use one of the shapes as a mask. So here's a card which features a cute string of birds.  I also coloured the canvas piece itself, and that will feature in a scrapbook layout I have in mind.

Supplies
Other - green pearls

Another gift set

I've been making a few extra gifts.  Here is another set of cards and matching notepad. More Restoration paper and chipboard from Crate Paper.  The background uses Michelle Wooderson's 'one sheet wonder' technique described here.

These are so easy to make and hopefully will be appreciated by the recipent:

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Gift set

It's always good to have a few small gifts on hand for Christmas and other occasions, so I decided to put together a set of notecards and matching notepad.

This set features Crate Paper's Restoration collection. To make the patterned background, I cut strips of paper and glued them onto a piece of cardstock, using the technique which Michelle Wooderson describes here. I then trimmed the panels to the size I wanted and stitched around the edges with my sewing machine.

And here are the other cards:

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Christmas notebooks

I'm making a few notebooks to have on hand for Christmas gifts - either as 'stocking fillers' (although we don't actually use stockings for Christmas), or as extra gifts to have on hand. Here are a couple more I've added to my stash. Great way to use up patterned paper and other elements you might have lying around:

Supplies
Paper - PTI dark chocolate, pure poppy, SU kiwi kiss, baja breeze, Bella Rose DSP
Stamps - PTI Take Note
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Memento cocoa
Accessories - SU buttons, PTI scallop border, paper doily

With gratitude

Today I  broke out Graphic 45's Steampunk Debutante collection. Love the colours  and patterns here. I want to incorporate a butterfly and thought I'd make my own with  fussy cut images from the paper and some crystal effects. Hard to see here, but the butterfly is very shiny IRL! I combined stamps from several sets to make the sentiment:

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white, Graphic 45 Steampunk Debutante
Stamps - PTI  Botanical Sihouettes, Take Note, Mat Stack 3 Collection
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories - Zva pearls, crystal effects, foam tape

More notebooks

Can you bear looking at a couple more notebooks?  These are going into my gift stash ready for Christmas.

Supplies
Paper - PTI dark chocolate, ripe avocado, spring moss, turning a new leaf patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Take Note
Ink - SU chocolate chip
Accessories -PTI buttons, vintage cream button twine, SVG tag

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Paper - PTI new leaf, hawaiian shores, aqua mis, green boutique patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Take Note, Just the Ticket
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories -PTI new leaf ribbon, SVG ticket

Me and my big bright ideas

Yet another notebook to go into my stash of gifts. Always handy to have on hand :)

Supplies
Paper - PTI new leaf, hawaiian shores, aqua mist, green boutique patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Take Note, Just the Ticket
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories -PTI buttons, SVG ticket, stickles

Christmas in April?

I'm getting a head start on some gifts and cards this year so have been using up paper scraps making notebooks. Who wouldn't want one of these in their stocking?

Supplies
Paper - PTI pure poppy, hawaiian shores, SU kiwi kiss, PTI beautiful blooms patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Take Note
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories - SVG tags, PTI hawaiian shores ribbon, buttons, vintage cream button twine, paper doily

Yet another notebook

Can you bear looking at yet another notebook? This is a grocery list notebook I made for my friend Pattie. Now I'm running out of people to make them for. Hmm, I don't have one yet!

Supplies
Paper - PTI pure poppy, aqua mist, Basic Grey Nook & Pantry 6 x 6 patterned paper
Stamps - PTI take note
Ink - versafine black
Accessories - red felt from stash, PTI pure poppy & aqua mist buttons,  rustic cream button twine, white ribbon from stash, PTI eyelet lace border die, cricut die cuts

Bright spot spirograph

Here's the photo for this week's Tuesday Trigger over at the Moxie Fab Blog.

I've taken some of those bright dots of colour and incorporated them in this card which also features my interpetation of a 'spirograph' sort of background. I created the background by layering elements from a number of Papertrey Ink stamp sets - Take Note, Vintage Ornaments Additions and Beautiful Blooms II.

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white,raspberry fizz, SU tangerine tango
Stamps - PTI Take Note, Vintage Ornaments Additions, Beautiful Blooms II, Just the Ticket (sentiment)
Ink - Versafine onyx black, Memento London Fog
Accessories -Heather Bailey epoxy button stickers, foam tape

Grocery list notebook

For Christmas this year, I'm churning out notebooks. Haven't had so much fun in ages. I got inspired when I saw the many wonderful notebooks on Mish's blog.  Here are a couple more I've made as gifts for friends and relatives:

Supplies
Paper - PTI new leaf, pure poppy, Basic Grey Nook & Pantry 6 x 6 patterned paper
Stamps - PTI take note
Ink - Versafine black
Accessories - PTI new leaf grosgrain ribbon, new leaf & pure poppy buttons, rustic cream button twine, white ribbon from stash, cricut die cuts

Supplies
Paper - PTI aqua mist, pure poppy, Basic Grey Nook & Pantry 6 x 6 patterned paper
Stamps - PTI take note
Ink - Versafine black
Accessories - PTI aqua mist grosgrain ribbon, aqua mist & pure poppy buttons, rustic cream button twine, white ribbon from stash, cricut die cuts

Birthday card & bookmark

After my notebook frenzy, I've discovered bookmarks.  Papertrey Ink's bookmark die makes it super easy to crank them out (literally!)  Here's a set I made for my Godson's sister Sophie (shhh don't tell her). 

I often cut letters or sentiments with my cricut but for this bookmark I wanted to stamp a monogram instead.  Since I don't have any alphabet stamps I improvised and inked up the 's' in the 'notes' stamp from PTI's Take Note. Maybe I don't need alphabet stamps after all?  Here's what I came up with:

Supplies
Paper - PTI stamper's select white, SU Cutie Pie DSP
Stamps - PTI birthday  bash sentiments, take note (tag circle & monogram)
Ink - Versafine onyx black
Accessories - SU so saffron grosgrain ribbon, circut die cuts, foam dimensionals, PTI vintage cream button twine

Another notebook

I've been decorating more notepads for gifts. I'm tempted to give one to almost everybody I know because I'm having so much fun making them. Great way to use patterned paper and they come together so quickly.  I give the measurements for the cover in an earlier post:

Supplies
Paper - PTI hawaiian shores, new leaf, aqua mist, green boutique patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Take note
Ink -Versafine black

Accessories - PTI notepad, hawaiian shores saddle stitch grosgrain, hawaiian shores, new leaf & aqua mist buttons, rustic cream button twine

Notebook frenzy

Ok. I have to confess that I'm now addicted to making covered notebooks. I've seen the fantastic items that others have produced and thought they'd make lovely gifts.  I recently bought some of Papertrey's notepads and gave them a try myself.

My cover  is an 8 1/4 x 5 3/4 inch piece of cardstock scored along the short side at 2 3/4 and 3 inches to make a spine for the pad. If you want to have a pocket flap on the inside left cover, use an 8 1/4 x 8 1/4 piece of cardstock and score at 2 1/2, 5 1/4 and 5 1/2 (or use Nichole's great  template which you'll find here). Then decorate!

Supplies
Paper - PTI dark chocolate, ripe avocado, spring moss, turning a new leaf patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Take note
Ink - SU chocolate chip
Accessories - PTI notepad, spring moss buttons, rustic cream button twine

Supplies
Paper - PTI pure poppy, hawaiian shores, SU kiwi kiss, PTI beautiful blooms patterned paper
Stamps - PTI Take note
Ink -Versafine black
Accessories - PTI notepad, hawaiian shores, simply chartreuse & black felt, hawaiian shores button, rustic cream button twine