The patterned paper is from the Angelee Collection by The Angel Company.
And here's the back of it with magnets, inked edges, and the ends of the ribbon that I adhered with glue dots on the back.
It's pretty plain and simple. I used some paper from the Juliette collection by The Angel Company. The flowers across the bottom is the strip that comes on the edge of the patterned paper that you would normally cut off and discard. I added a little dot of Stickles in the center of each flower.
And here's the magnets that I glued on the back. You can also see that I inked the edges of the cardstock with a brown marker.
Pretty plain and simple on the front but if I were to carry this in my purse, I wouldn't want any delicate embellishments on it. The sentiment is computer-generated.
I created the template in Excel based on what *I* wanted to keep track of if/when I use this. (For now, I'm still using my manilla file folder Christmas Planner though!)
On the front, the numbers are stickers from a Basic Grey collection that I've had for a few years. I also used my Martha Stewart branch punch of course!
I used some pop-dots here, but each number circle stack varies in dimension.
And here's how it would sit on my desk. Except I gave it away, LOL! This was one of my door prizes I made for our Women's Christmas Cookie Exchange and Workshop at church last weekend.
I used:
Here's a closer view of the front to show the "bling".
When you flip the front cover over, it stands up on it's own like an easel. First, I printed all the numbers using a Snowbiz font I have on my computer. I colored them with Tombow markers, then used a tag-shaped punch to cut them out. The green tag layer was cut with a trimmer and scissors, but of course if you have another size tag punch it would be much quicker. I have numbers 0-9 on both sides so you could start counting down the days at 99 "Days Til Christmas" if you wanted, LOL!
Here's a closer view of some numbers.
This sentiment was computer generated.
I covered two coasters, each with a 6" square piece of patterned paper. Fold the corners over to the back and glue, then the sides. (I didn't mess with notching the corners out on this project and it turned out great!)
I used paper from My Mind's Eye, some Nestabilities dies, a white gel pen, and the stamp set Little Inspirations from TAC.
For the inside, I cut a piece of Bazzill cardstock to 3 15/16" x 8 1/4". I scored it at 3 15/16" from each end and rounded the 4 corners. Then I glued it to the back of each coaster, with the small scored section "hanging out" in between the coasters. This gives you enough room to add a pad of Post-it Notes to your sandwich!
It's simply a little book that I can keep by my computer for sketching card layouts. I see so many neat things while blog and gallery surfing but then can't remember them. Or where I saw it. So with this book, I can draw the sketch and write down where I saw it.
The front and back covers are 4" x 4" coasters. I covered them with a 5" x 5" piece of Rustic Chic paper.
Glue the coaster to the back of the paper and miter the corners with scissors.
Glue the sides of the paper and fold them over the edges of the coaster. You will then cover the back side with a 3 7/8" x 3 7/8" piece of paper or cardstock with rounded corners. (I used a smaller piece here so I didn't have to round the corners).
Another view.
And the inside.
I bought some little board clips to make clipboards. These clips are a little small for 4" coasters in my opinion, but oh well. I put a magnet on the back of the coaster since it will go on my fridge. I had to flatten the back side of the clip so the clipboard would be able to lay flat against something. The stamps sets I used are "Alpha Grunge" and "Simple-bet", both from The Angel Company.
I got the inspiration for this project from the "Sweet Swirls Album" project card. I've also seen this technique called "Maze Book". You begin with a 12" x 12" piece of cardstock and score at 3", 6", and 9" in both directions. Once again, I used my Scor-pal. The great thing about the Scor-pal is you can make all three score lines without even moving your cardstock! Next, you will cut on three of the score lines. You can see the diagram HERE that shows you where to cut.
The pages are folded accoridan-style. Three pages have the edges facing out so I fastened the corners together with an eyelet to create tag pockets. I stamped random sayings and quotes on the pages as well as various swirls and images. I also stamped several shapes with my Mega and Giga Scalloped punches from various patterns from the Frutti Fusion paper. Those shapes are on various pages throughout the book as well.
I used Colorbox Fluid Chalk inks to complete this project. The stamps sets I used were:
I whipped up a coaster magnet this afternoon using my favorite stamp set and favorite TAC cardstock (yeah, you may get tired of seeing these two items on here! LOL) 