Thursday 2 December 2010

Notebook Christmas Gifts

I got bored of making Christmas cards! Felt like being a bit more messy! I like to make presents for my crafty friends at this time of year, as they know I can't afford expensive presents, and I think they know I will put a lot of love into what I make for them. I hope so.

You can get these irresistibly plain and good value notebooks from the Artistic Stamper, which are crying out to be decorated:-


 I love the fact that you can get the ones with the photo bit in the middle, and there are two sizes as you can see. First of all I decorated the 'frames' of both of them:-



This is a close up of the Angelina Fibres, melded to the frame with the heat gun. It's a new colour for me, I thought it would be gold but it is sort of straw coloured with a little gold running through. Unfortunately it looked disgusting at first, like the contents of my hair-brush! So I dabbed on some of the blue pearl paint I was using and I preferred this:-


This is the only one I have finished so far.This one has lots of gold leaf and I left the 'straw' as it was. I popped a little Crafty Individuals romantic 1920s Paris image into the frame. I have a particular friend in mind for the style of this one, although she might like the pink one I am currently working on .........!

17 comments:

  1. wonderful gift idea...thanks for sharing.

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  2. Wow! This is gorgeous. Love the fibers!

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  3. Fab fibres, love the sparkle !!

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  4. Beautiful - love the use of the fibres :-)

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  5. This is beautiful. What a special gift for your craft friends. I know they will love their books. Lucky Friends.

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  6. No timmy tags then Lucy!!!

    I love the framed books, i really should start using my fibers more, you make them look so good:D

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  7. fibers on the cover is a wonderful idea--such pretty colors too!

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  8. That is absolutely beautiful.

    hhtp://michelesscrappyworld.blogspot.com

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  9. Lucy, gorgeous notebooks. Love that image, love the sense of faded romance. Looking forward to seeing what else you make with those plain notebooks. Lynne x

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  10. Wow! That's stunning Lucy!
    From your very bestest friend in the whole wide world! ;o)
    Alison xx

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  11. Fabulous, amazing what you can do with that Angelina Jolie. xx

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  12. Really pretty, lots of lovely texture and details - I'm sure your friends will love a hand made gift like this!

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  13. This is stunning! Love the textures and the details, these fibres and the colours look amazing!

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