{ Impression Obsession DT challenge - "me" day }

The challenge is to show how I would spend a "Me" day. I didn't want to do a card for this so I did something different. I like little books with cute quotes and sayings about friends, love, life...and I decided to make my own. I just adore Sing Loudly (WP276) and Believe Birds (WP277) and the sets are perfect with the sayings from Life & Flowers (CL250) stamp set. I started by stamping a sheet of cardstock with Cover-a-card Wood Grain (CC034) stamp and Sunset Strip Shimmerz Vibez. Then, I stamped the journaling stamp from Journaling I (WP165) stamp set. After I cut them out I started decorating with patterned paper, trim and ribbon.

I used a different stamp for each background and all the different sayings. The album "formula" is pretty much the same for each page with fun little detail changes. Pretty simple and quick to put together.

When I was done decorating I punched a hole and added a ring and ribbon. The flower is from the same Life & Flowers (CL250) stamp set as the sayings. I stamped the flower on patterned paper and colored each one with a marker and added a little colored pearl to the center. What do you think? I can add some paper and a fun photo of me on each page or I can leave it like this. While I was experimenting with backgrounds for the above album I had this left over so I decided to make a little notebook to carry with me. I love to journal and write everything down and this would be a great place to keep things together. It's a small notebook, but perfect for writing down ideas and cute little things that Alex is saying lately. I used Cover-a-card Large dots (CC007) for the background with Journaling I(WP165) journaling stamp. I added some patterned paper and rick rack that was laying around. The beautiful bluebonnet stamp is from Sweet Delights (CL278) stamp set. I used my watercolor pencils to color the flowers.

I hope you'll take the time to visit the other designers' blogs for inspiration! Dina, Jeanne, Jenny, Julie, Deborah, Rosemary and Laura.

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