"Bird Song" Mini Vellum Book by Leigh S-B

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

Description: I created a really cute mini book made out of vellum using a combination of stamped images coloured with water-based markers, Marvy Le Plume II and Distress Markers, and embossing folders for Blockheads' current technique challenge - Easy Mini Book Binding Techniques!

Stamp Set Used:  Frogs and Birds

For step by step instructions for this mini book, 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