Anything But Not A Card

Good Morning All
Allsorts time again and the theme this week is Anything But Not A Card so get your thinking caps on and away you go.

I chose a Digidarla Sentiment and decided to make another book, a sort of diary/ reminder book for birthdays, appointments etc.

This is a brilliant way of using all your bits - short pieces of ribbon or twine, any odd flowers and any odd embellishments, see further down on this post.


I made a mistake by cutting two holes in the wrong side of the front, so I cut corresponding holes in the back and put some rope through to use as ties for keeping closed.  These were very, very white so I rubbed some ink on them to tone them down, the same colour ink as I used for the edges of the sentiment and the front and some embellishments.

Inside this book I put quite afew leaves,  folded and glued to make pockets to store any bits and bobs - photos, appointment cards or any other stuff.

 This is the inside of the first cover.  I used a sheet from Astrid Artistic Efforts HERE and I made a book mark and slotted it on the inside.    

Then a full year of monthly diary  sheets from Cuddly Buddly HERE.

 I use these for my birthday reminders.



I only stuck these down at one edge so that they can be removed at the end of the year and fresh ones glued in without making too much mess.

I glued the remainder of Astrids sheet on different pages.

Odd bits of waste peel-offs to make the pouch stand out.


I tied strips of webbing on coloured paper clips, both to use and for decoration.

I stuck envelopes on some pages, and on others, I glued triangles of card  to make a little pouch for storing photos or cards.

 I cut tags that could be used as a title card for what is stored in that pouch.  I cut these from pieces of birthday / Christmas cards that people give me to recycle.

I carried on decorating the pages with odd bits that I had on my desk and in my scrappy box (which is getting very full again, I will have to have a splurge again soon).

A different envelope.

Another piece from Astrids sheet.

On the back sleeve I had a larger print of the sentiment so I made another pocket with it and put a tag in it.

This piccy show the top edge of the book and the bits of  web / ribbon tied around the page clips.



An odd scrunched paper flower and a felt flower stuck to the middle of it.


I loved making this book and could probably have used alot more bits.

Back to the Challenge -------
                                          Digidarla Designs will give the winner 5 images of choice.

And Pin & Tack who are giving a  $10 voucher

                                                             

Here is another example of a book using the same sentiment.

                                                                          Front Cover

Not as many embellishments though.

Inside

At my slimming club we have a raffle every week. We all take a piece of fruit or a tin of something, I took this book and a lovely lady won it whose hubby had passed last year (I think) and she said she would use it to keep memories of him in - snippets from newspaper, cards and notes etc etc, which I thought was a lovely                                  
                                                                idea.

  As a result of that I got orders for four others too.

Have fun with this challenge and I look forward to visiting your blogs to what you have created.

xxxxx

Wendy L

CHALLENGES -----

By The Cute & Girly - Vintage

Joanna Sheen - Recycle  Odd pieces ribbon and old birthday cards for tags

4 Crafty Chicks # 139 - Felt

Crafty Ribbons # 44 - Anything Goes with Ribbon

Paper Crafting Journey - Use a Sentiment

Crafting by Design - Anything Goes

Deep Ocean Challenge - Fave Colour Combo

Bearly Mine # 83 - Digi Days