Sweetness Journal

Last evening we had 

a terrific thunder storm. Dark clouds rolled and boiled, buckets of rain fell... and we lost power (a bloggers nightmare). 

I didn't get any photos 

taken yesterday due to the overcast skies, but I do have photos of a journal I haven't shown you yet. I made this with a couple of sheets of the Pink Paislee Sweetness collection from one of the old Pixie Dust Paperie kits I've been holding on to. I was keeping it back, not because I love this paper... but the reverse. One side of the sheets are the most beautiful florals, and the backsides I don't like at all. So here's what I did to kind of hide some those parts I'm not fond of...

I used this print for

my cover. I thought it was so pretty, I didn't want to cover it with embellishments.

Now when you open

it the trouble starts. See that bright yellow print on the warm brown background?... that's what I could do without. It's just not me... not my style, that's all. So I covered it up with a pocket, tags, and a Prima flower.

This page had another

backside print I didn't like, so I covered it with a full page pocket and tucked in a tag. I used the Alterations Mini Butterflies dies to make some adornments, added another Prima flower, and a Crate Paper sentiment (also from an old PDP kit - Kirsty, have you any idea how much I loved those!)

Now this backside

I could live with, so I didn't cover much of it. Actually I really like it... probably because it's blue, which is my favorite color. I just put on a square of the gorgeous floral image, tucked in tag, and again, Prima flowers.

Here you can see

the pink backside that I covered with another pocket, tags, Prima flowers, Authentique Diction sentiments, and American Crafts lace. The large rose at the bottom right was fussy cut and forms another pocket with tags inside.

Last page with a

fold-out journaling tag, Crate Paper sentiment, Prima flowers and Say It in Crystals, more AC lace. I also used a Martha Stewart Doily Lace punch, Walnut Stain Distress Ink, wrinkled pink seam binding, and wide eyelets from Memory Keepers.

I'm linking up at:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp - April Showers and/or Spring Flowers

Word Art Wednesday - Anything Goes

I hope your week

is going well for you. You've all been a blessing to me in leaving such kind comments... thank you so very much! Love you guys!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Happy Birthday CCCB!

City Crafter Challenge Blog is having a birthday!

There's a lot of celebrating and prize giving going on over there, so hop over and take part.

Make a birthday card and enter the challenge.

There's a fantastic prize being given to the winner.

Mine is made with

the Graphic 45 French Country collection along with flowers from Prima, Petaloo and I Am Roses. That large rose in the center was sprayed with Lindy's Stamp Gang Clam Bake Beige Starburst. 

I also used Antique 

Linen and Vintage Photo Distress Inks and a black doily.

Take part in the 

CCC Blog Hop and you may win a prize there as well. Be sure to check it out! The girls have all made some beautiful cards to inspire you, and Kirsty has a special announcement you'll want to read.

Let's all join in!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Mother's Day Paper Bag Mini Album

Hello dear bloggers!

Last Monday you may recall I showed you a mini album made from paper bags. Well, I just had to make another... this time using Graphic 45's French Country collection.

What a difference 

the papers make... this is so totally unlike the other. I made this one as a Mother's Day gift. I thought my Mom would like it out on her coffee table to show to visitors and where she can easily pick it up to look at photos of some of her family.

What I like about

making these little albums is they go together so quickly, yet there are so many photo and journaling spots. Plus, aside from the cover, you really don't need a lot of embellishments. 

Thank you, dear

friends, for the visit and for your kind comments. You mean so much to me! Have a wonderful week.

I'm linking up at:

 Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

A Perfect Day Journal

Hello blogging friends!

Are you all having a pleasant weekend? The weather here today is gorgeous... so wonderful to see the sun shining. You might say a perfect day!

Following Steff Miller's

video here on Live with Prima, I made this quick and easy journal using Prima's Romance Novel by Marion Smith. I have to confess, I've been hoarding this collection since it first came out... but no more. Now was the time to break out all these lovely papers and flowers, and with Steff to guide me... how could things go wrong.

I've used this journal

pattern before, but Marion Smith's papers made this one so much simpler to create.

Lots of journaling spots.

Isn't this paper amazing!

A fold-out page

with a tuck in journal spot.

Another fold-out page...

with a pocket on the back-side.

Fold-out journal spot.

The back cover

with a pocket envelope...

and we're back at

the beginning again. The flowers are all Prima except for a few from Pedaloo. The other embellishments were all cut from the paper collection. The eyelet is by Memory Keepers.

The Penmaker has 

been at it again. Just look at this beautiful one...

I love the variation

of color. You can see it here on the end (below) before he turned it on the lathe...

The Penmaker's latest 

haul. Check out those pieces of antler.

I'm linking up at:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Have a fantastic weekend!

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Breathe

I've gotten a ton

of projects done this week, and still have some I haven't posted from last. Here are four pages I made for my Christmas mini album...

This album started

back here, and since then I've added here plus todays pages. I have a dozen or so more at the front of the album I haven't posted. All in all, it's getting rather chunky and I may need to double up some shots on pages to get it all in.

I also have a couple 

 of art journal pages that I haven't shown you...

I did these in 

that cheap composition book I told you about awhile back. I love the texture these thin pages gave this by wrinkling up... a look I only like with this style.

This map paper is

actually a piece of a bag I've had in my stash for a couple of years. I thought it was time to give it a new use.

The border was 

created with a Dylusions border stencil and Tsukineko Walnut Ink spray antiquing solution. I guess I didn't shake the bottle good enough, because the sticky stuff wouldn't dry. Such a shame because it looked really good. I ended up wiping it with a rag and blending it in as best I could. When it finally dried, I went around it with a charcoal pencil, smudging as I went.

Lots of stamping

and stenciling with molding paste.

One more thing to show...

Isn't this a beauty?

 The Penmaker is going to town again, making one pen after another... I had to show you this one. The colors are absolutely gorgeous!

Sorry this was

such a long post. I had so many things I wanted to show you today.... hope it didn't get boring.

I'm linking up at:

Balzer Designs - Art Journal Every Day

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

Vintage 75 Cents Card

When I printed a

download sheet of Vintage Angel Children from Jodie Lee, I just knew they would go perfectly with Kaiser Craft's 75 Cents collection.

I chose this image

from the nine that came on the sheet, and started to work with Recollections kraft cardstock along with a sheet of black. 

The flowers and leaves,

from I Am Roses, are sitting on a bed of cheesecloth and nestled up beside a 75 Cents Collectable. The die-cut is topped with an Idea-ology mini gear and a key charm from my stash. The metal corner piece is by Memento and the lace is from Hobby Lobby.

Stop by Jodie Lee's

blog here, if you'd like your own sheet of Vintage Angel Children... then check out her new paper collections from Prima here... superb!!!

I'm linking up at:

Make It Monday - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda

75 Cents Easel Card

No this isn't

a sale price. This new collection from Kaiser Craft is called 75 Cents, and I bought it because I thought it would coordinate well with Prima's Engraver, which is at the top of my list right now. Here I used it as a solo, and did an easel card...

With it sitting here

on my desk, I'm realizing it has an extremely large number of layers. No wonder it took me so long to make. While I'm creating something I'm having fun with, I don't usually notice how much is going into it until it's completed.

The base is Recollections 

kraft cardstock. I also used some in white and black... everything else is 75 Cents.

The flowers are

from I Am Roses, cheesecloth and black lace from my stash, the pearls are by Queen & Co.

Dies: 

Alterations - Vintage Cabinet Card, Vintage Cabinet Card Mini, Brackets

Die-namics - Layered Label

Spellbinders - Floral Doily Motifs, Classic Ovals

The other die cuts are 75 Cents Collectables by Kaiser Craft. 

Inks: 

Jet Black Archival, Antique Linen and Walnut Stain Distress

I'm linking up at:
Crafting by Designs - Anything Goes with a Twist

Sentimental Sundays - Shaped Cards
Simon Says Stamp - Anything Goes

Thanks for stopping by!

Linda