A new Zentangle Mini-Scrapbook

Hi all!

I want to share with you another mini-scrapbook that I made decorated only with Zentangle.  Yes, that is right!  No flowers, no special designer paper, and no ribbon! A travesty to be sure, but since I became certified to teach the Zentangle drawing method I thought I would try to marry it with my other crafting activities such as cards and min-scrapbooks.

This is the cover

Inside front cover

Each of the page flaps open to reveal
a belly-band.

On the inside of the flaps I used white gel pen.

The middle section has two page flaps

Back inside cover

The album has all the regular places to put photographs and journalling.  The only thing I have left to do is make all the photo-mats.

I used Michael's kraft black paper because it is slightly heavier than other papers that I use. Chipboard plays an important role in constructing scrapbooks and I get mine from a local Scrapbook store - Scrapbook Central. I used a combination of tacky glue and Sookwang score-tape to assemble everything. The Tangles were penned with Micron pens and the paper is Strathmore watercolor paper.

I'll enter the album into the following challenges:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges for Everybody - Anything goes
• Corrosive Challenge - Anything goes
• Crafty Catz - Anything goes
• Polkadoodles and Studio - Anything goes
• Craft My Life - Anything but a card
• Artistic Impressions - Anything goes
• Love to Create - Anything goes

Hope you enjoyed this min-scrapbook project.

NancyD

Dear Santa ...

It is getting very close to Christmas and all the little (and big) children are writing their letters to Santa.  Festive Monkey is here to help make sure that your letter gets to the right place.

This is a Shadow Box card and you can find instructions here.  I used the Martha Stewart sprig punch to make lots and lots of branches for my tree and they layered them up with a bit of glue. Then I added Stickles in green, red and gold.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights , Festive Monkey, Christmas Fireplace Set Colored, Winter Fun Sentiments

Paper:  Bazzill Red and Green, Stampin Up Christmas Pack
Markers/Ink: Distress Fired Brick

Embellishments: Stickles, SU Label Punch, La-La-Land Die, MS Sprig punch (lots and lots of them)

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Crafting for all Seasons - Anything Christmas but a card (shadow box)
• Divas by Design - Anything goes
• Ruby's Rainbow - Christmas
• Sisterhood of Crafters - Christmas Sparkle
• Deep Ocean - Santa is coming!
• Inky Chics - Christmas

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Have a Jolly Holiday!

Some of my family members are hunters so I decided to make up this great new image from Digital Delights with camo shirt and pants.

Not all Christmas cards need to be in red and green.  This BoBunny cream and gold paper is stunning and really helps to showcase my color them with this wonderful Digital Delights image.

Card Recipe

Images: Digital Delights Donnie and Slippy, Winter Fun Sentiments

Paper:  Bazzill Brown, BoBunny Silver and Gold Collection papers
Markers/Ink: Distress Tea Dye

Embellishments: Stickles, Prima Pearls, Really Reasonable Ribbon

Challenges for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything goes
• Crafting by Designs - Anything goes/Penguins
• Creative Craft Challenges - Non-traditional Christmas colors
• Holly Jolly Christmas - Christmas
• Papertake Weekly - Anything goes
• Cards for Men - Anything goes
• Created with Love - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Design Team has come up with for your inspiration. And then hop over to the Delightful Challenges site and check out this weeks challenge.

Have a Great Day!

NancyD

Tri-Shutter Winter Scene for Craft A Scene Challenge

This month at Craft a Scene we are making winter scenes with the option of making a Tri-Shutter card.  I thought you might appreciate a little bit of a tutorial to help transform your scene into a great looking tri-shutter card.

Start with a 5 1/2 by 12 inch piece of cardstock.  Score at 2, 4, 8, and 10 inches.

The tricky part is  cutting between the 2" and 10" score lines, 1 1/2 inches from the edge on both sides.  If you need help with this there is a great tutorial at Split Coast Stampers.

Next, take your piece of cardstock for the scene.  I used plain 120 lb stock because I am coloring with PanPastels, but you can also use glossy if you can find it 12" long.

Mark very line pencils lines at 2, 4, 8, and 10 inches, and along the two cutting lines (between 2" and 10").  This just gives you a guide to help with stamp positioning.

Unfortunately, I didn't take any more intermediate pictures. The next step is to stamp your images onto the paper keeping in mind the pencil guide lines.

After you have stamped and colored your scene, cut along all the pencil lines.  Then cut  1/8 of an inch of each side.

Glue all the sections in place and add sparkles or embellishments if desired.

When you are all finished the card folds flat and fits into a small envelop.  For this card, I used all Stampscapes plus an Our Daily Bread sentiment.  It is colored with PanPastels and highlights were added with Copics.

Challenge for this card:

• Make it Monday - Always anything goes
• Everybody 4 Challenges - Anything goes
• Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything goes
• Simply Create Too - Snow or all white
• Sister Act Challenge - Anything goes
• Crafty Girls Challenges - Anything goes
• Crafter's Cafe - Anything goes

Be sure and take a look at what the wonderful Craft a Scene design team has come up with for your inspiration. 

Have a Great Sunday!

NancyD