SOC: Altered Composition Books

You know I can't let a good swap go by!  And I'm here to tell you that on SOC, there is always a good swap goin' on!  This swap featured altered composition books.  I had to create three composition books as close to being alike as possible.  Easy, right?  


In addition to these instructions, I challenged myself to use layers and detail my details.  Why?  The work the SOC folks pull together is truly amazingly beautiful and abound in details.  I am trying to be like them when I grow up. Truly, I am!  :)


So, here's a peek at my altered composition books.  I used a paper pack from the Recollections line that caught my eye.  I liked the big, graphic turquoise flowers on the white background.  The complementing papers in the pack were also great and lent themselves to helping create this great project.  I had alot of fun trying to pull this together.  


The flowers on the front are Color Me Flowers (I believe).  I glimmer misted them pink and gray and added pearl centers as well as diamond dust to the gray flowers.  The center is embossed with the Cuttlebug spots folder as well as a Butterly folder by Darice.  I pop dotted the layers to give it some dimension and put photo corners on the edges.  I broke out my Prismacolor pencils once again (see prior post) and colored some of the embossed images just to give it a little more detail.  The top layer of the embossed edges are bordered by a shimmery ribbon gifted to me from Princess Jones (thanks Princess!)  Then the flowers were layered on top.  

The books were required to be decorated on the inside and outside covers as well.  For each of the books, I tried to incorporate pockets on the side flaps.  A few examples of the pockets are below:

I hope my swap partners enjoy their new composition books even half as much as I enjoyed making them.  This swap challenge was so much fun!


Thanks for stopping by!

Altered Notebook - my first!

Hello, this will be a quick post.  I just wanted to share an altered notebook that I created for a crafty friend.
I found really pretty ColorBok paper at Big Lots, I used Michael's ribbon from my stash.  I chalked white flowers from my stash that came from Walmart's wedding department.  The butterflies are from the scraps of the project and punched with the M.S. butterfly punch.  The inside cover is also decorated.  It was a pretty quick project and I'm pretty pleased with the results.  I hope my friend likes it!

This is the before picture.

This is the front cover

This is the inside cover

This is the back cover

My first ATC

Over at Scraps of Color, I decided to join the fun in an ATC Swap.  The swap had a twist - we had to "rep our state".  In other words, the ATC had to be about the state you live in.  I thought this was a great idea!  
Being that I live in Pennsylvania - a.k.a.  Penn's Woods. Oneof the first original 13 states known for the Liberty Bell and the Declaration of Independence, my ATC features these things.  Also, I wanted to showcase the state colors of blue and gold so I used a playing card with a blue back as my base.  I trimmed the area with a gold paint pen.  


I hope you like my creation!  :)


Thanks for looking!


Be blessed and be a blessing!

Before

After - front and back sides