Stamps Ahead

What do you do? There are many ways to use up left over scraps of paper and embellishments. This notebook (and 5 others) I made for myself and to give away. These were made using products available from Kaszazz and use scraps I had left over from some recent projects. Firstly, used my gel plate and Ranger Distress paints to colour white cardstock.  I loved the way they spread on the gel plate as I applied the paint prior to using brayer.  Another piece of brayered cardstock. Next, after paints were dry I cut to size and I applied texture paste.  Then once the paste was dry I used scraps of paper, stamps and ribbon to finish off the notebooks. More recent notebooks I made are below. I made these notebooks (actually about 20)  for charity fundraising. They are made with Kaisercraft papers and embellishments from my stash. Thank you for looking, Margaret

Here are several of the little notebooks I have made using my gel plate prints.  I love that I am able to use the prints and not have them sitting around. I have made them for fundraiser to be held later in the year.  The mini notebooks my sister purchased overseas. Thank you for looking, Margaret.

Firstly, an update on my digital camera - it is in hospital!!! Expected to make a full recovery and be home in about 2 weeks.  These photos taken with my mobile/cell phone. I spent today with a friend, Jane, making 40 notebooks - 20 pirate for boys and 20 stars and ribbons for girls. Here are the boys notebooks that Jane made - 'Write like a pirate.......aaarrgh" We also covered some pencils and I made some eye patches. Some of the 20 notebooks I made for the girls - the saying "If you dream it, you can do it" is a quote from Tinkerbell. I also made some wands with this beautiful pink glitter paper. A close up of one of the wands that I made.   I love them.  I added a small bell to each one and as they are waved around you hear the magical twinkle of the bell. These are all heading to Southern Cross Kids Camps.  There request was for Pirates (tick) and Tinkerbell for the girls.   Now, you have no idea how hard it was to locate Tin...