Altered Notebook

Hey, everyone!

I love notebooks and when Walmart has their Back 2 School special sale it's hard for me to resist stocking up on the notebooks. They are only 10 cents each!! LOL I've always had a notepad with me and since I enjoy making lists, writing notes at church, and entertaining my kids with pen and paper, you can imagine how much paper I have! I recently decided to put all my commitments into one notebook. This would be the best way for me to see it all in once place so I could start getting it all done! I decided to take an ordinary Mead notebook and transform it into something pretty! Here's what I came up with:

I decided to keep the design simple. I will be carrying this around with me a lot so I didn't want to put a lot of embellishments on it that might get torn up. I used Willoughby designer paper and cardstock from The Angel Company. The tag came in the same paper pack! I stamped the sunflower image from Squiggle Ladybugs (from TAC) randomly for a background effect. I colored in three sunflowers with my Tombow marker and a brown watercolor marker I have. To give it a little shimmer I added some dots with my Stardust Clear Jelly Pen. I love that pen!! The scallops were made using my Cloud Scissors available in The Angel Company's main catalog!

I stamped the sentiment in Burnt Umber. The "just a note" phrase comes in the Tag Tidbits stamp set from TAC. I added brown dots to match the brown ribbon I had in my stash!

That's it! I hope you'll have fun altering some of the things you use everyday, too! It makes me smile everytime I see my notebook!

Hugs,