Tuesday, August 18, 2009

Back to School Notebook

I have a non-card project today! It's a little covered notebook that I've had in my things-to-alter box forever:


I wanted to play in the In Style Stamps Wednesday Challenge, but the theme is Back to School and I didn't have any suitable images from In Style. Then I thought maybe I could alter the Mellie image by covering up her birthday cake with some apples and it worked!

I stamped a bunch of apples from The Greeting Farm's Wishing Tree set, colored with Copics and cut them out. I colored Mellie with Copics and then glued all the apples over the cake. It's like she has an apple for each of her new teachers!

I finished off the front with a piece of paper taken from the book and punched with the notebook paper punch, a bit of patterned paper, ribbon and a couple buttons. BTW - the notebook is about 3.25" wide and 4.5" tall.

Other challenges: I hope you like it and TFL!

10 comments:

  1. Maureen,

    This card is so beautiful! Lovely colours!

    Saskia :)

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  2. That is a beautiful notebook Maureen - you did a great job X

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  3. What a cute idea! I like how you used a piece of the paper from the notebook as part of your design!

    Thanks so much for entering the Simon Says Stamp Challenge!

    <3,
    Steph

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  4. you always color your copics really nice! i've been following your blog and finally decided to make a blog! i love the soft pencil digi images that you use...i bought a few but just tried one so far!

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  5. Congratulations on winning the Instyle challenge!

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  6. Very, very cool how you swapped the apples for the cake! Love your coloring 'n shading expertise with the copics. And that double button embellie is so, so cute!

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  7. Oh my goodness, Maureen, this is so adorable. That image is so cute and I love all that you did to make this. Thanks for joining our Copic Creations challenge.

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  8. what a cute idea! Nice job on the copic creations challenge!

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