A Fun Happy Birthday Banner!

 Hello everyone!  

Here's a fun to make Happy Birthday Banner!  

This is posted to Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Blog today where I share directions how to make it with step out photos.  Click HERE to read the post. 

happy crafting!

Judy

Handmade Fabric Cover Journal

 I love making handmade books so last spring I joined the Handmade Book Club. It's managed by Ali Manning of Vintage Page Designs.  It's been a wonderful place to learn about book making.  So far I've completed 5 books and have one in progress.   

This is my most recent journal.....

I made this for the Fabric Journal Challenge, five days of video instructions with all the how-to to make this style journal with a fabric cover.  I used quilting cotton to make book cloth for the cover.  The pages are Mohawk Superfine Text paper that's ideal for writing.  Beautiful paper for signatures!

It was amazing to see all the variety of journals created for this challenge...hundreds of journals with no two alike!

Happy Crafting!

Judy

Ribbon Background Card

 I put together this quick card for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L blog.  

It's an easy way to use ribbons for a background.  I'm trying to downsize my craft stash a bit but this card didn't really make a dent in my ribbon collection! 

I'm planning to make a few more backgrounds in various colors to have on hand when I need a quick card.  I'll add a greeting when I need it. 

You can find all the directions with step out photos HERE.

Happy crafting!

Judy

Celebrate You Collaged Tag

 Find all the details about this tag at Scrapbook Adhesives blog with step out photos.

Many of the papers I used  were from Gel Press papers I printed.  There's also some tissue from Tim Holtz that I colored a bit and clear heat embossed over it embossing powder from Seth Apter that looks like bees wax.  The piece with botanicals at bottom of tag is one of those.  It has a sheen to it. 

I also used old music and dictionary pages.  

Those embossed stars are fun!  I used a E-Z Runner® Stars Refillable Dispenser to apply adhesive stars.  Then I added gold embossing powder and heat embossed them.  A few curled at edges which fit with my design! I think the stars didn't stick quite as well to some of painted papers in my collage.  

There 's a bit of stamping across the tag as well. The script and black specks were stamped with stamps from Tim Holtz stamp set The Poinsettia.

This tag was pure fun for me!  I've come to enjoy making collage backgrounds.

Thanks for stopping!

Judy