Making A Bullet Journal With Susan K. Weckesser House Stamps

Last year my daughter made a bullet journal that she loves.

She was convinced that I would love it too so she sent me all sorts of pins and pictures so I could see what she was talking about.

She used hers and loved it.

So I decided to give it a go this year too.

She used a graph paper notebook but I did not want to go buy something to do this so I used an extra notebook I picked up at Michael's on clearance.

I used a page from an old reader's digest book to stamp my images.

I wanted a matte finish so American's Decou-Page from DecoArt was the perfect adhesive.

I used it to stick a piece of  Color Burst Paper on the cover.

Before I stuck the paper on, I added a piece of ribbon to use as a book marker.

Once it was dry, I scuffed the edges with a bit of sandpaper.

I fussy-cut the houses and glued them on, stamped a sentiment and sealed the whole cover with DecouPage.

Done!

Love it!

I stamped each of the inside pages for some fun color/design.

I am going to love using this to keep myself organized!

Supplies needed:

Hardcover notebook

Colorburst Paper

Scissors

Markers

Ribbon

ColorBox Color Pop Premium Dye Ink by Susan K. Weckesser

Heartful Homes Stamp Set

Brooke Bock...Susan K. Weckesser Design Team Member

A Sparkling Kitty - Everyone Should Have One...

The Susan K Weckesser Inc Design Team is so excited to be partnering with the Want2Scrap Design Team all week.   We are kicking off the week here at Susan K Weckesser Inc with a fabulous project by Lynne Mizera.   We hop you are inspired to check out all the fun projects all week here and will hop over to Want2Scrap to see what their team creates as well.  

Hello all you lovely, sparkling people out there!  Lynne here today to share with you something I use to lift me up when I need a pick-me-up... my "Sparkling Kitty".  She is a wooden image made by my Uncle George, and she is supposed to sit on an outside door frame to scare the mice away.

But my wee Kitty sits in my studio and brings me joy whenever I look at her.  She also helps to empower me and gives me courage whenever I am feeling a teensy bit insecure about whatever I am working on. 

because she reminds me to "Never Let Anything Dull My Sparkle" and to allow my true, authentic self to shine out, and that I am FINE exactly how I am right now... (Big Giant Smile!)

I covered her with Susan's paper and then, because I LOVE to sparkle, I totally BLINGED her out using  a lot of Want2Scrap embellishments.   And to really bring it home, I pasted every good word I could think of to every part of her.

 This Kitty makes me smile - she makes me feel good - and she sparkles -  Everyone should have one!

Thanks for stopping by to share with me today... Lynne Mizera, (Smile!)

Celebrating the Simple Things...

Hello Everyone!  Lynne here today and I want to share with you a layout that I created after having two of my grandsons here with me for three amazing, wonderful, joyful weeks. 

As I have grown older and maybe a wee bit wiser I have come to realize that it really is those simple things that you are doing Right Now that will make the sweetest and longest-lasting memories.  So I created this layout to celebrate some of those little things that I hope my grandboys will remember fondly when I am long gone and they are much, much older!

Like a double scoop of ice cream and a HUGE piece of homemade beef jerky from the Bergen General Store all eaten by the river; Or a dip in Poppa's hot tub every morning after breakfast when the mountain air is still quite chilly.

I also wanted to show you how you can scrapbook a "boy page" using flowers and butterflies and sparkle and it is STILL a boy page!  Susan's paper line makes it easy to impart a bright and cheerful feel to the page without it being too "girly", and I balanced sparkly stickles with some pearlescent stickles to give the page a little more down to earth feel. 

So while you are spending time with your family this Summer take a mental note of some of those simple things you do together so you too can make a memory page for their future.

Cheers
Lynne Mizera
(and for more of my philosophy on life and grandchildren - visit my blog - Grin)
As well as Susan's paper I used the following stamp sets on this layout:
Celebration of Simple
Create Your Day
The Happy Homestead

Lifes unexcpected moments...

Hello artsy crafters, Rita Barakat here! 

Don't you love when you capture life's unexpected moments?

I was thinking I was going to get this beautiful shot of my kids petting

a horse, so I sent them up there and they were like ..."hey mom"...
Totally nervous of the horses, except baby girl who is absolutely fearless of everything! LOL
It wasn't the shot I intended but it still makes for a good layout! LOL!

 About the LO:

I made these sweet little tags first with Susan  K Weckesser papers

cutting out some of the pieces and popping them up.

 Adding a little painted chipboard, bling and ribbon trim.

 Then I added them to the layout!
SO even if the pictures don't come out exactly

how you wanted them too you can still scrap about it!

Bloom where you are planted

Hey there bloggers! Rita Barakat here today with a fun project!

I used Susan K.Weckessor's whimsical paper line

 and her stamp, The Happy Homestead form Unity. 

Some close ups...

 

 The cute little house was stamped, embossed and then colored with Gelatos.

 I cut the letters out from one of the papers.

 Of course that bird id so stinking cute, I had to give her a little sparkle!

 

 I got the textured letter background by adding molding paste and a stencil.

I painted the background with Gelatos.

The piece is mounted on clear acrylic...

I dont know why- but this piece makes me happy, i hope it makes you happy too!