Gift of Journaling

Hi there!  We got more snow - but only about an inch.  I am so done with the white stuff already.
Yesterday was a busy day, which is why there was no blog post.  I finished addressing envelopes for our daughter's wedding invitations, discussed reception plans, made flight reservations, worked on class projects, and then tried to figure out why my printer won't work.  Me thinks it's time for a new one!  Ugh!
The notebook above was a gift that Pam D'Urso sent to me in the mail.  What a wonderful surprise!  (Thanks again, Pam!)  The size of the notebook is 5x7 and has a Crumb Cake cover.  She stamped the focal piece in Old Olive ink with the Ex Libris background stamp.  Some Baked Brown Sugar 3/8" Ruffle Stretch trim and a Cherry Cobbler butterfly adorned with a Vintage Faceted Designer button complete this lovely notebook.  It's so pretty that I don't want to use it!

Must run.  Thanks for coming by for a visit today!

   

Altered Creations (a bit late)

Happy Friday everyone!  Hope you had a good week.  I had promised to show you our first Demo challenge that my friend, Jayne, initiated.  She challenged our Pieces of HeART team to alter the notebooks she provided.  The pressure!  And who knew it would turn into a monthly thing!  The anticipation to see everyone's creations makes our meetings even more exciting.  Participation is optional, of course.  Jayne handed out the notebooks when we met at her house to carpool to the Branson Regional in March.  We were to bring our altered creations to the April Demo dinner meeting.  

Look what we came up with.

 Jayne's notebook - made from Love Letters DSP, the Fun Flowers die, the Dotted Scallop  Ribbon border punch, Scallop border punch, and the Round Tab punch

Pam's notebook -  made from layered strips of various border punches.  A trinket key dangles from the vintage flower she made from circle punches.

Another version of Pam's.  It was difficult to capture the IRL beauty.

Patty's notebook - she added dimension by using our Backgrounds 1 Texturz plates, the flower image is from the Because I Care stamp set. Pearls were the finishing touch.  Sorry for the blurry photo

My notebook - made from Greenhouse Gala DSP, Bold Blossom, Apple Blossoms, & Nature Walk stamp sets, Dotted Scallop Ribbon punch