Here's the Scoop!

Hi, everybody! It's Suzanne, and today I'm sharing this little covered notepad that I made to keep next to my computer. 

I have so many different passwords to remember now that back I'm in school, and I find it hard to remember log in information for websites I don't often visit.

I decorated the front of the notepad cover with the Here's The Scoop and Treat Yourself clear stamp sets and a sheet from the Perfectly Plaid petite paper pack that matched the card stock I used to make the cover.

When the notepad cover is folded, it measures about 3.25 inches by 3.25 inches. I cut about 30 index cards down and hot glued them together to make the notepad. 

You can definitely make a larger notepad or use a larger pre-made notepad; just change the dimensions of the cover to fit your project. The full open size of this cover is 3.25 inches by about 7 inches.

I made an office envelope closure with two brads and some twine, but you can also use magnets or maybe temporary adhesive to keep the notepad closed. I also found that by folding the cover back, it creates an easel to make it easier to read what's on the notepad when it's on the table next to my laptop.

I hope you are inspired by my project to create some little notepads of your own! Thanks so much for stopping by today!

We're starting a new Lawnscaping challenge on Monday, and I hope you'll join us!

Interactive Legends!

Good morning, Jess here with a card featuring my new favorite Lawn Fawn stamp set, Lovable Legends!  I can't stop playing with these stamps...Nessie and the Kraken are SO cute!!  A few days ago I was looking at the stamp set and thought it'd be fun to make an interactive "spinning" card with the Kraken!  I decided to make a birthday card to celebrate Lawn Fawn's 6th birthday!

To create my card I stamped the Kraken in versafine and heat-embossed him with clear embossing powder.  Then I used my Scan N Cut to cut him out with a slight border.  I colored him with copics and added some accents with googly eyes and a white gel pen.  Next I adhered two pennies and foam mounting dots to the back of the Kraken to create my spinning piece.  The order of elements on the back of the Kraken is: Kraken, foam mounting dot, penny, thin foam mounting dot, penny and the track will go in between the pennies.

Then I used the Ocean Waves border dies to die-cut several blue patterned papers from Lawn Fawn to create depth in my ocean.  I stamped the sentiment onto the darkest paper and heat-embossed it with white embossing powder.  I used a spinner die to create my wavy track but you could use a craft knife to cut that shape.  I carefully bent the paper slightly so that I could insert the spinning Kraken and then used (cough) six layers of foam tape to put my card together.  The dark blue sky and light blue polka dot layer are adhered together with regular adhesive.  Then there is a double layer of foam tape adhering the diagonal polka dot layer which allows room for the back of the spinning element.  There are four layers of foam tape adhering the dark blue checkerboard paper to the card which allows the front of the spinning Kraken to move freely (the googly eyes and foam mounting dot adds thickness to the front of the spinning Kraken).

Finally I stamped the tiny ship with versafine, heat embossed it with clear powder, colored it with copics and fussy cut it.  I adhered it to the top of the waves with foam mounting tape and I love how it gives the Kraken even more depth!  When you hold the card and tilt it the weight of the pennies will cause the Kraken to spin from left to right!  This is definitely not a card that would be easy to send in the mail (due to the six layers of foam tape) but the fun spinning element makes the extra postage worth it! ;)

Thanks so much for visiting today and I hope this card inspires you to give interactive cards a try!  Have a fabulous Monday!

-Jess

You Brighten My Life

Good morning!  Jess here today with a lot of sparkles!  I just received a new wink of stella clear glitter brush marker in the mail and I was excited to use it!  I used my last one until it literally had no glitter left and I had forgotten just how sparkly a new marker would be!

I started off by die-cutting the Puffy Cloud Borders using white cardstock, silver glitter cardstock, and vellum.  I also used the Rainbow die to die-cut colored cardstock and then heavily applied clear wink of stella glitter all over the rainbow.  It's so sparkly it practically blinds you when it catches the light!

I stamped the sentiment from Life is Good onto one of the cloud layers and embossed it with silver embossing powder.  I adhered the starry patterned paper from the Pint-Sized Patterns: Beachside collection to an A2 card base and then arranged the clouds and rainbow over the background.  I used foam mounting tape for some of the pieces to give the scene a little dimension.  Finally I adhered a stitched frame around the edge of the card to cover up some of the uneven edges!

The current Lawnscaping Challenge is Sending Love, using hearts or love sentiments on your projects, and I created this card with the challenge in mind!  I hope this inspires you to play along with the challenge!  Thanks so much for visiting and have a fabulous Monday!

-Jess