Sketch Pads

 I got these

sketch pads 

at a place

called Ollies

for .99

I recovered them with various

papers and embellishments

the lettering was from

Cricut Twinkle Toes

The Palm tree is from Doodlecharms

The glasses are from Cricut Forever Young

The flower is from

Cricut Forever Young

The Figure and mirror are from

Cricut Forever Young

The Crown is from

Cricut Twinkle Toes

The ovals are from the

Cricut Doodlecharms

the OSU is a sticker

I will be selling these for $5

Fridge Notepads

My first project

in my new studio
came from this inspiration
from Kristy at
Next to Heaven

I took these coasters

from the $1 bin

at Michael's

I lightly scuffed

them up
with a sanding sponge

Using my cricut 

I cut a 4in

circle using the 

craft room

 and George cartridge

I modpodged

them together

and put a layer

on top to seal 

the paper

I then took the sanding sponge
and sand with a downward motion

sanded I removes the excess
paper and seals the papers

match up the notepads

Also with cricut

I cut a rectangle

1.25 w x 1.986 h

out of scrap

paper to cover the binder clip

I also scuffed it up 

with a fine sanding sponge

glued them in place

then added

embellishments
this one is a flower button

that I cut the
 shank off of it
and glued it to
he binder clip

and added a magnet
on the back

I also cut a 6 in 

piece of ribbon

and tied it on

 to the back clip

This project will use 

a lot of your scraps

 up not to mention

those leftover 

embellishments

I will be selling these
and my next
 major decision
is whether or not
I should wrap
them in cellophane or not

the pro is it keeps them protected
The con is they are slightly obstructed

What are your thoughts
cellophane or not?

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Signs,signs everywhere a sign...

Have you ever wondered what to do

with those yard signs

that you have had at election time?

This kind is the honeycomb style

I took two of these 

and made it into an sign for 

a robot and kids carnival sign

for our towns First Friday

I spray it with  

clear primer for plastic first

it bubbled w/o it

I then painted one white then the green

Valspar Satin Summer Leaf

then the other just with the green

it really didn't take anymore

so I would skip painting it white 1st

I was going to use blue letters

but after doing a trial run

with blue paper (instead of vinyl)

I decided on using white

and I did some rearranging of the letters

I used everyday contact paper

for the lettering

much more economical

I cut the letters out with my cricut machine

using the George cartridge

size 4 1/2

You could use idea this for anything

I have another project in mind for these sign

so check back soon.....

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Teen Doodle Journal

My great- niece

 will be having

 her birthday this month

so I made her a doodle booklet

I explained in this posting

 how I did these booklets

Inside pages

Back pages

Since she was very little

I have given her 

a charm for both

Christmas and her birthday

She told me this year

her bracelet is full...

So she gets another one!

I also stuck in

some stickers

and embellishments 

for her to make

 her own pages

I used Cricut

Twinkle Toes

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and

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