My Other Creations: Matchbook Notebooks using The Stamp Market's Vintage Slides Die

"Frame It" is this week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme.  It seemed like the perfect opportunity to whip out a new set of dies I've been excited to try: The Stamp Market's Vintage Slides dies.  I used them on the front covers of these little matchbook notebooks.

I started by cutting out seven matchbooks using Tim Holtz patterned paper and the Tim Holtz Matchbook die.  I also cut out seven "frames" using The Stamp Market's Vintage Slides die.  I cut the frames out of Strathmore Mixed Media paper.

I stamped images onto my slide frames using a bunch of different Inky Antics stamp sets and Ranger Jet Black Archival Ink.

I sewed my slide frames to my matchbook notebooks and smeared on some acrylic paint.

While that paint dried, I cut out several strips of patterned paper and sewed them to a piece of scrap text paper I had.  Then I added some more paint to blend the patterned paper into one giant collage.

I cut up my collage page and attached bits and pieces of it to my books.

I cut pages out of scrap paper and sewed them inside of my notebooks, then I added sentiment words to the front of some of the books.  All of the sentiments came from Inky Antics stamp sets.  I added some Tim Holtz flowers on here and there and bound each notebook closed with rubber bands.

Here's a view from the top when one is open:

I love books and notebooks of all shapes and sizes and had fun making this set!

Here are the supplies I used, which you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

The Stamp Market Vintage Slide Dies	Tim Holtz Sizzix MATCHBOOK SET Dies	Big Shot	Tim Holtz Idea-ology Paper Stash Correspondence	Tim Holtz 12x12 French Industrial Paper Pack
Wallflower Paper Stash	Inky Antics Branching Out stamp set	Inky Antics Color Wheel stamp set	Inky Antics Big Houses Stamp Set	Inky Antics Tiny Houses Stamp Set
Inky Antics Circle Stems stamp set	Inky Antics Muse News Clear Stamps	Inky Antics Sassy and Saucy Clear Stamps	Inky Antics Andrea Ockey Parr Brave and Good	Inky Antics Groovy Girl stamps
Inky Antics Library Love stamp set	Inky Antics BIG BOLD BORDERS clear stamp set	Pink and Main Sunset 6x6 Paper Pad	Pink and Main Sunrise 6x6 Paper Pad	Altenew Verdant Walk 6x6 Paper Pack
Doodlebug So Much Pun 6x6 Paper	Reverse Confetti Cheerful and Kind 6x6 Paper	Sunny Studio Polka Dot Parade 6x6 Paper	Heidi Swapp Wolf Pack 6x6 Paper	Dina Wakley SKY Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley RUBY Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley TANGERINE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley LEMON Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley heavy body acrylic Ocean	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley heavy body acrylic Blushing	Dina Wakley LIME Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley Fuchsia Acrylic Paint	Dina Wakley Marine Acrylic Paint
Dina Wakley Olive Acrylic paint	Dylusions Paint, Mushy Peas	Ranger Dylusions Paint - Calypso Teal	Dylusions Paint Polished Jade	Dylusions Paint - London Blue
Ranger Dylusions Paint PURE SUNSHINE DYP52746	Dylusions Paint, Laidback Lilac	UHU Glue Stick	Tim Holtz Idea Ology BOUQUET Findings	Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad

How will you Frame It this week?  Upload your projects to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store.

My Other Creations: Dylusions Pocket Insert Revamp using Dina Wakley's Scribbled Silhouettes Stamp

This week's Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge theme is to use stencils.  What a fabulous challenge!  I do love me some stencils.  I decided to cut a Dylusions Pocket Insert in half and decorate both halves using some of my favorite stencils and stamps.

I started out with a Dylusions Pocket Insert folder that I cut in half horizontally.

Then I got to work with my stenciling.  I stenciled white paint onto Strathmore Mixed Media paper and used AALL & Create's 28 stencil.  When that dried, I laid the paper face-down on some inky "water puddles" I'd made with Distress Stain.  Then I sprinkled on lots of different colors of Infusions color stain and spritzed it with more water.

While that was drying, I decorated the covers of my Dylusions folders with paint and did some stamping.  Then I cut my stenciled page into smaller sections.

I whipped out the sewing machine and sewed the panels onto the front of my folders.

After that, it was just a matter of sticking on some die-cut shapes (like Tim Holtz's Crochet thinlits) and doing some stamping (Dina Wakley's Scribbled Silhouettes).  I also added more stenciling with Altenew's halftone stencil.

Apparently I was feeling weary and old when I made these because one folder has a "She was tired" sentiment on it and the other folder has "going gray" pasted near the silhouette's head.

I did enjoy making these projects and these are the supplies I used, which you can find at Simon Says Stamp:

Dylusions Dyalog Pocket Inserts	AALL-and-Create-STENCIL-28	Altenew Halftone Stencil	Dina Wakley Scribbled Silhouettes Cling Stamps	Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps 2016 HALFTONE AND RINGS CMS260
She Was Tired stamp by Impression Obsession	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Stain RIPE PERSIMMON Ranger	Shabby Shutters - Distress Stains	Squeezed Lemonade Distress Stain	Spiced Marmalade - Distress Stains
Distress Stains - Peacock Feathers	Paper Artsy A BIT JADED Infusions Colored Stain	Paper Artsy Orange County Infusions	Paper Artsy LEMONCELLO Infusions Colored Stain CS04	Paper Arrtsy Emerald Isle Infusions Colored Stain
Paper Artsy SLIME Infusions Colored Stain	Tim Holtz DISTRESS SPRAYER	Jane Davenport Happy Little Unicorn die	Tim Holtz Sizzix CROCHET Thinlits Dies	Sizzix Big Shot
Strathmore Mixed Media Paper	Tim Holtz 12x12 Wallflower Paper Pack	Ranger Inkssentials Non Stick CRAFT SHEET 15 X 18 Reusable NSC20677	Fiskars Acrylic Blocks	Dina Wakley Ranger WHITE Media Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Dina Wakley OCEAN heavy body acrylic paints	Dina Wakley TURQUOISE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley TANGERINE Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley LEMON Heavy Body Acrylic Paints	Dina Wakley LIME Heavy Body Acrylic Paints
Ranger Archival Jet Black Ink Pad

Can't wait to see how you run with stencils this week!  Upload your creations to the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge Blog for your chance to win a $50 voucher to the Simon Says Stamp store!