make-your-own stamped, shabby chic fabric roses

Created by:  Trisha Neal, Design Team member Description:  stamped, shabby chic fabric rose embellishments Stuff I Used:  Stamp Set--Greco-Roman, Full Sheet, Tattered Rose Distress Ink, Rich Cocoa Memento Ink, and Fireworks spray in Angel Pink For step by step instructions for these versatile embellishments, visit my full blog post at easily amused, hard to offend. Happy Sunday! :)trisha

The Owl and the PussyCat - Another Fringe Fairytale by Leigh S-B

Created by: Leigh Snaith-Brunton aka The Sharpie Domino Queen and Design Team Member

I'm back today with another fun 'Fringe Fairytail' project and this time we're going to sea with the Owl and the Pussycat!  This one measures 7.50 inches x 7.25 inches.

Stamp Sets Used:  Fringe Folktails, Christmas Morning, Seascape-Fishes and Alphabets.

For step by step instructions for this card, visit my full blog post on Leigh S-B Designs.

Piano Hinge Pocket Journal

Created by: Stacey Dunning

Description: Piano Hinge Pocket Journal with Fireworks! Spray Ink Background

Stamp Sets Used: Victorian Invention, Nature Medallions, Stargazer, Feeling Regal, 123 Backgrounds - Butterflies from Blockheads.

Did you know that journaling can actually help you sleep? It's true that putting down the thoughts that keep you up at night helps rid your mind of them so you can sleep in peace without fearing that your thoughts will be lost. Well, that's true for written journals, anyway.  I'm not going to get up in the night to go to my craft room and make a book like this to get my thoughts down in a hurry. That's why I made this into a journal with pockets so I can slip my scribbles made on a spiral notebook in the middle of the night into the pockets in the morning. Later in the day I might get a chance to look over some of those ramblings.  Sometimes I come up with really great ideas at night!

In addition to using the piano hinge book binding technique (continue reading for link), this was the first opportunity I had to use the new Vintaj Patina Inks.  The brass charms in the image to the left were used to as embellishments in this journal.  You can brush these inks on using a brush or