Altered Notebook+BONUS PROJECT

Hi all Kimi here, welcome back to Meg's Garden.  Today I have a vintage inspired altered notebook using the fabulous Chantilly Cream paper kit.  Once again I have chosen Kraft cardstock as my backing papers.  I think it really sets these papers off.

I have had this little notebook with pen in my stash for quite sometime.  I thought, with its Kraft cardboard covers, that it would go perfectly with the Chantilly Cream Collection.

Here is a before pic:-

I wanted to add a little pink to this project, so I pulled out Tim Holtz Distress Ink - Tattered Rose and inked all the edges with this first.  Then followed this up by lightly going around in Walnut Stain.  I really liked how this turned out.  The Tattered Rose blended beautifully with the soft creamy tones.

I also wanted to use the seam binding supplied in our kit, so I spritzed my glass cutting mat with some water and added a few drops of Tattered Rose re-inker to change the colour.

....and here is my altered notebook.   I love the softy peachy colour.  This little notebook is now a lovely "vintage-y" journal.

  I have used layered two of  the paper flowers and lightly dusted them with some of the Tattered Rose.

 I added the seam binding to a little light pink lace from stash and topped it with the Pearl bead string from the kit.  The beautiful vintage photo is from the Cut & Create Sheet.

 On the inside cover I created a punched border/pocket to hold a small journalling tag and added the small flower trim that was part of our embellishments.

 I also covered the pen with the lovely long flower cut out that can be found on the 12x12 Cut & create sheet.

 The inside back cover is left plain....

 ....however I have decorated the back cover with another one of the cut outs.

Products I have used:-

Chantilly Cream Papers

Gardenia's

Vintage cotton Lace

Cream Ribbon

Pearl Bead trim

BONUS PROJECT

The 12 x12 Chantilly Cream 12"x12" papers come with these 4"x12" strips.

  When I first saw these I thought how perfect they would be for creating pocket letters!!  So I found myself with a little extra time and decided to add a bonus pocket letter project.

I have used a few of the cut outs to decorate the pockets with and some embellishments from my stash.

 I have used the Chantilly Cream 01 - p6445 to mat the backs.  Now all that there is left to do is fill the pockets with some goodies.

Products Used:-
Chantilly Cream 4"x12" strip 01 - P6455
Chantilly Cream 4"x12" strip 02 - P6446
Chantilly Cream 4"x12" strip 04 - P6448
Chantilly Cream 4"x12" strip - Cut & Create - P6451
Vintage Cotton Lace
Cream Ribbon

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