Mini Scrapbook:  Loving Life

This book has to be one of my most favorite books
that I designed for Susan Moore at EMI Scrapbook
Store.  I happen to love GLITZ paper, but when
I first saw this paper with all that purple and yellow
together, my first thought was what will we do with
that?  It made me think of this teacher I had in college
that wore only purple and/or yellow.  She even had a
purple car. I also happen to love a lot of color, and the rain
.....but I had just never really worked with all those vivid
colors in a paper line.   So I just decided to embrace it.  If you
 ever watch some of those decorating shows where they don't
 have enough money to do a total remodel...they give advice to
embrace the worst part and work with it instead of against it.  So I
started thinking about this paper....I wanted it to be a happy
book...like the title of the line "Dancing in Sunshine,
 ...not a book about the rain, which is what some of the paper
pattern and stamps were about.  And that is how I came up
with "Loving Life!"  I began to think about what I loved about
life, like dancing in the rain...listening to the rain...seeing a
rainbow after the rain...feeling the sun on my face...Just being
HAPPY from simple pleasures in life! I went through all my
stamps about being "HAPPY" and even went on line searching
for happy quotes.  This is what I do when I start prepping for a
new mini book.  I hunt and gather info and products so I will
have everything that I might need at hand so when I begin, it
will all be in reach.  Here are the pictures to "LOVING LIFE:"

 

 

 

I think this book has so many details.  I used stamps, hand made flowers,

marker detailing, inking, punches, distressing, eyelets, and hand cut

designs.  When I go through this book, I see so much that interests me. 

I have a lot of "favorites" in this book.

First favorite is the hand-made scrabble letters on the cover.  I ran

across a blog by Lisa - What a Beautiful Mess - one day when I was

searching how to make scrabble letters.

I knew I didn't want to use the real scrabble letters because I felt they

would be too bulky and heavy for my cover.  I love learning anything

 new when it comes to scrapbooking.

It keeps my interest level high, and I feel as if I have

accomplished something else along the way.   So when I ran

across this scrabble letter tutorial, I was hooked. I couldn't wait to begin.

You can check out the tutorial here...so easy...

http://what-a-beautiful-mess.blogspot.com/2011/01/faux-scrabble-letters-tutorial.html
 

 Second favorite is the dolly on the cover.  I had just purchased this die

by Sizzix and was really itching to use it.  (Oh and the flourish floral with

 leaves that I layered the flowers on top of the flower to give it more

 dimension.) This dolly on the cover turned out sooo cute.

All I did was layer it with chipboard, cut larger flowers out of phone

 book paper, and use a crochet flower with a brad in the middle. 

I think it turned out just right. 

 

Here are the DIES I used by Sizzix:

 Dolly - # 657357

Flourish - # 656520

Vintage Lace Die by Tim Holtz - #657481

 

I also like the little fold out bird page with the lace tacked on the end.

I love birds and the lace gives it such a feminine/romantic look. 

 This turned out sweet.  All I did was cut the paper into a 4" x 12" strip

and score it at the folds. I hot glued the lace to the end along with the

ribbon and an antique button.  To get the lace bird look, I hand cut

the bird out with my Cutter Bee Blade  and glued the lace under to
 cover the opening...and put Kraft cardstock on the back to cover
 and added a quote.  I just tacked the ribbon under before gluing.

 

Another favorite is all the hearts in the book. I am a heart lover. 

I absolutely "LOVE" scrapbooking and want to share it with everyone. 

 So my heart is in everything I do.

 

 I guess you can tell from how I'm going on and on that I came to

absolutely love this paper line. If I had more of this paper, I would

love to create something else. 

 

I hope you have enjoyed checking out this mini book...If you have any questions or

comments, send me an email.

And don't forget to scrap!