CR84FN70 Guest Designer

Hello and welcome!

 

I'm back with my second and last Guest Designer project for January. It has been fun to join Mona Pendleton and her talented CR84FN design team this month. If you've never played along with this challenge I encourage you to as they welcome all skill levels and styles.




I made a mini book (see my previous post) that inspired me to create this mini as a gift. It's full of stamped quotes that I personally like and hope the recipient will too. The main challenge colors are  aqua, tan, and light yellow with neutrals being the exception. I stayed true to the challenge requirements on the front cover and for several of the pages but did incorporate a few dp's from the MME Follow Your Heart-Be Amazing collection that featured additional colors.

Side View


All of the quotes are Verve stamps with the exception of two. The Albert Einstein quote is from the Words of Wisdom set by Waltzingmouse Stamps and the Jean De La Bruyere quote is part of the Faith & Hope set by Taylored Expressions. I will include the stamps I used by Verve in my supply list at the end of this post. A Cinch binding machine was used to punch through the chipboard and to bind the book together.

Thanks for taking a look and I hope you will drop by the CR84FN Color Challenge and leave some love for the talented designers who work hard to inspire all of us.

Hugs and Happy Crafting,
Lisa xx

Stamps by Verve: Plain Janes-Grace, Light Tomorrow & Hope Perches; Sets-Text Objects, Autumn Splendor, One Person and Blue Skies



The Squirrel and The Fox Challenge #35

Front View of Mini Book

 

 

Welcome to the first challenge for 2013, Anything Goes, at The Squirrel and The Fox!

 

We're sponsored by Robyn's Fetish and I'm using their Sunflower 1 image on the cover of my mini book. I love sunflowers and you might note that I've used this image before but what can I say, I really like it. :) A big thank you to Robyn's Fetish for providing the design team with images to play with! You can visit the challenge blog to see what my teamies created with their images or click their links on my right sidebar.

Now for my Mini Book which features some of my favorite quotes and Scriptures. It will sit on my desk and provide instant encouragement, anytime. I should note that I used black medium weight chipboard for the base and cut each one to 4.5" square. A Cinch binding machine made it a snap to put this project together and I opted to bind it at the top so each page will flip easily.

pg. 1

pg. 2

pg. 3

pg. 4

pg. 5

pg. 6

Side View

I used dp's from October Afternoon's Modern Homemaker collection and cs in my three main colors of red, yellow and black. All of the edges were distressed with Black Soot Distress Ink and black alpha's from The Paper Studio and red tiny type alpha's from Cosmo Cricket spell out the title on the front cover. Throughout I've used various stamps and dies and you can check the supply list for those details.

 

Super fun project that inspired me to make more of these to give as gifts. Everyone can use a little encouragement, right. Thanks for taking the time to visit me today! 

 

Congrats to the Winners and Top 3 of Challenges #33 & #34!!!

 

Happy Crafting,

Lisa xx

 

 

Stamps:

pg. 1-Words of Wisdom & Borderline (Verve); Friendship Blooms (Taylored Expressions)

pg. 2- Philippians 4:13 & Curvy Cross Plain Janes, Borderline Set (Verve)

pg. 3- Faith & Hope (TE); Sewing Box-Hugs (Waltzingmouse Stamps)

pg. 4- Thankful (TE); Borderline (Verve)

pg. 5- Jeremiah 29:11 Plain Jane (Verve)

pg. 6- Unity Quote Bundle (Unity Stamp Co.)

 

Dies:

Front Cover-Spellbinders Classic Ovals Lg. & Scalloped Ovals Lg.

pg. 1- Friendship Blooms, Leafy Branch  and Frame It Up Dies (TE)

pg. 2- Curvy Cross & Tagged Rectangle Dies (Verve)

pg. 3- Classy Label Die (Verve)

pg. 5- Spellbinders Label Eight; Layering Doily Die Lg. (TE)