Perfect Fall Memories

Happily, it's finally fall here in California with cooler temps and everything seems to be getting a little greener thankfully.  Sure would like some rain to give all the plants a good drink though :)  So.... going to pumpkin patches and picking apples is not much of a secret to everyone that I just love doing every year.  I had a neat book kit from Heidi Swapp in my stash so I decided to create a mini book that I could put all the photos I took this year of the fun we had.

To start, I inked around the edges with brown chalk ink and then created this design in the center of the book.  I used a piece of orange print paper I had in my stash and then I added a wooden doily from the craft store and a sticker, some leaves I die cut and Jute String from RRR.  The gorgeous ribbons on the rings is from the November Ribbon Club Assortment.

The inside I did really simple and used tags and other goodies from Echo Parks fall collection of papers and stick on tags and goodies.  It was really fun and now I just need to print out the photos to pop inside of it.  How fun!!

Thanks for stopping over today.... Teresa

You are fabulous Mini Book

I was so inspired with the new colors this month for our August Ribbon Club Assortment I really, really had fun with my projects to share this month.  I found a few new things that of course i had to have, lots of RRR ribbons and added a few things I had in my stash.  This easel is a great find by Heidi Swapp and you can even ink it in colors or use color sprays to make it whatever you want it to be.

So today i am sharing this mini book that i did with the easel I picked up and some fun papers by Kaisercraft called Spring Bloom.  The rich oranges, greens and pinks were perfect to mix with my new ribbons and there is lots of places for photos to put of my daughter and her friends. 

 On this page i used the Burlap Center Stitch Ribbon with a red line down the center. I think it mixes in really well with the kraft tags and the embossing on them.

 You can never have enough colors of bakers twine and i love adding a little texture on my pages just by tying a quick bow on it.  You can find all the twine colors in the shop here.....

On this page i used a kraft envelope and glued it down and then covered it with a piece of

kraft paper that i embossed.  I just added a pretty white seam binding ribbon with a pin and a few

stickers from the sticker sheet in the set.  Super quick and easy and this way i can add more

photos if i wanted to.  And you could make a journaling card to put inside too.

I especially love this wired woven chevron ribbon and love the way it mixes with all the 

other pretty ribbons that i have.  I mixed the seam binding with it and added a little

bit of jute just because i am a little addicted to using it lately.  I love how it looks and

the ribbons has the prettiest design with the satin and mat together.  

Well that's all from me today but i have lots more to share and don't forget to check out the challenges this month for a chance to win some of these beautiful ribbons!!  

Have a wonderful weekend....Teresa