Let's Celebrate - A retirement wish book by Venus

Posted by Venus on May 11, 2012 in Anything goes, Books, Guest Book, Martha Stewart Punch, Maya Road, Sizzix sizzlits flowers, Venus' Posts,

Hello my crafty friends! It's me Venus, posting here. Oh how time flies!You still haven't signed up for our giveaway? My sister and I will be drawing one lucky follower from our individual giveaway this Sunday - Mothers Day. Two chances of winnnig! So, please check out the left side bar for the goodies.

Today's post is a project that I made for my office mate, whose mom is retiring and celebrating her birthday at the same time. I call this a "wish book" rather than a guest book.

 

See how lovely the cover is.  This is an 8"x9" scrapbook with 20 plain white cardstock pages.

 

To cover the book,  I used DCWV 12x12 paper in teal and white flowers.

I  layered a green cardstock with a doily printed paper by October Afternoon.

 I embellished the cover with a border punched with Martha Stewart flowers and vines; Tim Holtz rosette, foam flowers; handmade die-cut paper flowers by Sizzix sizzlits-  I misted the flowers with walnut glimmer mist; fabric flowers glittered with stickles, foam swrls, and Martha Stewart punched butterflies. The chipboard silhouette is by Maya Road which I painted with MM scrapbook paint. I did the same with the chpboard alphabets. Lastly, I stamped the sentiment "It's time to celebrate" on a piece of  cardstock then just cut around it to form a wavy banner. 

 Challenges entered

http://doyoustackup.blogspot.com/ - #71 Use A Flower

http://littlemissmuffetchallenges.blogspot.com/ -#34 - May Flowers

http://theseinspiredchallenges.blogspot.com/  -#23 Inspired by 

http://craftsandmechallenges.blogspot.com/ -#83 Use Punches or Die Cuts

http://stampinroyalty.blogspot.com/  - Challenge: Punches

There you go! Easy Peasy project! Hope you liked my post. Thank you for visiting!

Venus