Vellum Pockets with Bug Theme

 I made some vellum pockets yesterday. 

Made from cardstock weight vellum. One sheet of 8 1/2 x 11 sheet

makes two pockets. 

I used a doily on each one then layered up some

bug ephemera that a crafting friend Cara sent me. 

I added some black rub-ons on the left side corner. These

are from Tim Holtz field notes collection. 

Rain yesterday, and more coming today. I'm beginning to

think we will never get the wood floor put down. Hubby

has to set up the table saw outside to cut the pieces, and

he can't do that in between rain drops. Oh well I didn't

think the remodel would get finished before September anyway. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Peacock Wedding Card, Tea Party Junk Journal Cover

 My daughter's best friend Melinda got married three weeks

ago. This is the wedding card I made for the happy couple. 

Melinda likes peacocks so this was perfect. I tried 

to match her beautiful teal color that she used for the wedding. 

Inside view. I used an embossing folder for the layer on 

the card front and used the same folder on teal card stock to 

connect the inside card with the outside. 

We are still working on the living room part of the remodel. 

Almost all of the subflooring is in place. Next comes the wood flooring. 

Hubby put up the other vertical blind on the window in the kitchen yesterday. 

Looks so good. I'll share photos when it is finished. 

I've been busy planning the tea party for my birthday. 

I started a junk journal yesterday, so I can do all the planning, 

and have the guests add to the journal pages while they are here. 

Sneak peek at the cover. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Coffee Sleeve Journal

 This is a coffee sleeve journal I made for my friend Deb. 

The base is a Starbucks coffee sleeve. 

Top has two natural coffee filers attached. I folded them over

an turned them into pockets to hold additional things that Deb could

used in her bee themed journal she is making. 

Inside cover and first page. 

I used Tim Holtz paper dolls and other ephemera to decorate the pages. 

Added some pockets. 

another little pocket made with a butterfly. 

On the other side of the "noteworthy" is a pull down

spot for additional writing. 

I held that space together with a paper clip. 

and the back cover. I was happy to be able to use some of my coffee

dyed paper. I'm trying to make enough of it to last 

me through the winter. So much easier to dry it outside in the sun. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

More Bee Embellishments

 Made a few more embellishments for my friend who likes bees. 

This is made from the bottom of a paper lunch bag. 

Decorated both sides and added a tab. 

When you pull a tab the bag opens. I stamped some bees

on a book page and layered that on yellow before 

attaching to the bottom of the bag. 

This will be great as an embellishment for a journal. 

I also made some adorable tabs. The top row was sponged 

with honey ink over a honeycomb stencil. 

The bottom ones are black glossy cardstock. 

Really happy with how this came out. A flat tassel done with

black, and yellow ribbon, lace, and fibers. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Bee Happy Journal Cover

 A friend asked for a journal cover. I knew

she liked bees, and vintage sewing. 

I was in a bee mood seeing how it is summer, so that is what I went with. 

Started with a piece of white cardstock.

Added some stenciling using distress ink. 

Then added the bees using jet black StazOn ink. 

I thought it was a little plain so I did some more stamping with

a script stamp. 

The word bee was made with little letters thinlit set from SU. 

Happy is also a from a SU set. Both were cut out using glossy black

cardstock. 

The panel was then layered on glossy black cardstock. 

Happy that I'm finding some ways to use this cardstock as I found

a big stash of it that I forgot I had. Bought it from Hollo's some years ago. 

I think you will be seeing me use much more of it. Halloween is coming

so it will be perfect for those projects! 

Happy 1st day of August! 

Stamping trails
Karen 

Blizzard Book

 Made this little book for a swap. The pattern

is called  blizzard book, named by the lady who

came up with the fold during a snow storm. 

For my cover I used some green canvas, and pattern paper. 

Found some old metal plates in my stash and used that with some

words. Dolls by Tim Holtz. 

The book is folded to allow pages to be inserted into them. 

I embossed the cream color pages in the book just along one edge. 

Didn't really decorate much on the pages. I added

one little rose to cover up a wrinkle that was in the paper pocket. 

Each page was glued down to the the folds. I could 

have just inserted the pages and called it good, but I didn't want them

falling out. 

There are three pockets in the book, with 5 pages in all. 

For each pocket I made little cards with tabs at the top. These

can be used for journaling. Just a little washi tape at the bottom

to dress them up. 

The back of the book matches the cover. 

Pretty happy with it. Might make a few more to send as happy mail 

Enjoyed having the kids over yesterday. It was John's 33rd birthday. Where does the time go?

Me and my little baby boy 33 years ago. I was 28. Ah to have those days

back again! 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Pocket Decorated Coin Envelopes

 Made some decorated coin envelopes yesterday while 

the countertop was being installed. Hubby overlooked that process. 

It looks great. I will post pics, but hubby is now working on the backsplash. 

So when that is done and the sink is in I'll post a pic. 

The coin envelopes have a pocket on the front to 

hold little ephemera. 

I also made a journaling card to fit in the envelopes. 

I made three different sets. 

Pretty happy with these.

I got up this morning took a shower then did some running around. 

Had to stop at the post office to mail a package. Next stop

Hollo's to pick up two more paper packs. On to Marc's to get 

chicken to grill today. Last stop was Giant Eagle to get my blood pressure meds. 

Suppose to have thunder storms this afternoon. Won't be going out no more today. 

Stamping trails

Karen

Tassel Bookmark from Fan

 I bought a few fans at the Dollar Tree. 

After taking them apart I was able to use the frame work to

make these cute tassel bookmarks. 

The two ends pieces of the fan are thicker, and won't bend when you

take them in and out of a journal, or book. 

The other fan blades are really thin pieces so I had to glue two of them back

to back. I actually used Fabric-Tac to glue them together and it worked great. 

I also used goo-gone to clean the glue from the fan blades. 

At the top of the fan blade I added a large jump ring. 

To that I added a clip. Next step was to 

pick out some strips of ribbon, and fibers. 

These were threaded through the clip then folded over.

I used thread to wrap around the top to hold the tassel in place. 

Beads were also added to the ends of the thread. 

I was also able to find a fan that had white blades. 

Love this little elephant charm. 

This was a fun, and pretty simple project. If 

you make some just remember to have the tassel on the left side of the fan blade. 

If you don't then you the tassel won't be able to hang down the spine of a book. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

France Scrap Box

 Last Thursday I took a little trip to JoAnn's because they were having

a 4th of July sale. I had coupons, and they were giving 25% military discount.

Score! So I found this pretty large book box. It was on sale, and after the discount

it was pretty much free. 

I'm using it to hold all my paper scraps from junk journaling. 

Love the word France, and the tower on the cover. Fits really nicely with

my Paris themed craft room. 

Tomorrow we are getting in the countertop!!!!! I can't

wait. It has been taking forever to remodel the kitchen. After

the countertop goes in hubby can put in the new sink, and start the 

backsplash and new wood flooring. We were pretty much on hold as we

had to get the countertop in before anything else could be done. 

I'll be back with photos. 

Stamping trails

Karen 

Coffee Themed Sleeve Journal

 This is a little coffee themed book made using a sleeve

from Starbucks, and some natural coffee filters. 

I used parchment paper for the inside pages. I crumpled them up after

cutting them to the size of the sleeve then used vintage photo ink to lightly 

go over the wrinkles in the paper. 

Pages were decorated with stamps, stickers, and other embellishments. 

Love these washi coffee themed stickers. 

Made a few pockets, and added some ephemera pieces. 

Coffee goes great with donuts. Am I right? 

Center of the book. I used two holes, and jute to bind the book. 

Know what else goes good with coffee? Little Debbie snack cakes. 

I cut out this image from a box of them. 

Little side pocket. Added some stripes of color with markers then

stamped the image of the girl drinking coffee. 

This little journal loves coffee and donuts! LOL

More stamping. 

And we have reached the back. Happy with this little

book. It went out as a swap. I'll be making a few more

as I cut extra pages while making this book. 

Stamping trails

Karen