The Sherlock Planner 2015 by Watson

Hello creative creatures. I have my official first project for The Sherlock Book by Watson to show you. 

I wanted to make a planner for 2015 and I thought The Sherlock Book would be a great thing to use. I wanted a sturdy cover so I bought a file folder and cut it down to size. This was then covered with a strong craft paper and covered with the kit's cover and then sealed with a varnish. From there I added some Tim Holtz Corners and a bookplate and also one of Meg's lovely Lions Head door knocker charms. 

The inside of the book was a bit tricky as I wanted a lot of pages for the planner.  I ended up having double the pages. This gave me around 36 pages to have in my planner. 12 were turned into a calendar and the rest were added the the divided sections. The back of the pages (because this was a printed kit rather than the download) I inked misted and splodge to add some distressing. 

The ephemera I added here and there to the sections of the planner to later use which they are held in with paper clips. I also used some extra ephemera from the Vintage Ephemera Packs

The closure of the book is really simple, two islet holes on the front and back cover and some twine attached which just get tied together when the planner is in my bag. 

Here is a video of a flick through of the planner. 

The Gentlemen Mini Album by Kerry-Jean Watson

Hello there crafters. Todaying I am sharing my next project for Meg's Garden. 

I created a mini album using The Gentlemen Collection I design from Meg's Garden. I have been itching to do another mini album but didn't have anything to put in it, until I realised I have a lot of pictures of my archery adventures. This is now my archery brag book. 

There is a youtube video at the end of the blog post which shows the construction and completed project in it. 

I used the Kathy Orta Hidden Hinge mini album method which I really like as you can create so many pockets and interactive pages. 

Inside the front and back covers I created pockets for extra photos and cabinet cards.

Two of the pockets in the mini album were created to hold small booklets for journalling as well, there you will see when you watch the video below.

The Gentlemen Collection Mini pack

Metal Embellishments Filigree Oval

Metal Cogs

Tim holtz book plate

Other Products

various washi tape

Tim Holtz metal books corners

Thanks for reading and please leave a comment or question.

Paris by Adriana Bolzon

Hi there everyone, welcome bloggers..... 

Adriana here today, with a project I created using the wonderful papers from 

"Meg's Garden of Papercraft delight" paper, 

The Gentlemen's Collection, designed by Kerry-Jean Watson.

Now another love of mine is the city of "PARIS".

I created a grungy and vintage Paris page with lots of layers,

bits and pieces with all embellishments which are

all available from Megs Garden Website

Vintage trinkets

Metal Cogs

Tim Holtz products

Here is my page "PARIS"

Besides the black cardstock for the background, I

used a piece of corrugated card, I also embossed

a piece of kraft cardstock with some antique keys, and

distressed all the new paper collections 

The Gentlemen's Collection.

I also cut some Floral flowers with a Tim Holtz die
with the 

The Gentlemen's Collection papers.

 I also cut some leaves and stems with the papers as well.

Inking and creating the flowers I placed some cog
chipboards in the centre of them with brads.

Distressing all the layers of card stock and papers with distress tool and inks and paints.

With the chipboard frame, I painted with some gold paint and placed some

Tea stained Mica fragments also glued some Tea stained Mica fragments also on the side of the black background card stock.  

Tim holtz 
metal frame corners 
with some white paint of top of them.

PARIS

List of Materials used from Meg's Garden website

here are the links to all the products

The Gentlemen's Collection

Vintage trinkets

Metal Cogs

Tim Holtz products

Tea stained Mica fragments

Please check out all the wonderful products 

 Megs Garden Website

and see all the design team members inspirational work at

Meg's Garden Blog

Thanks for looking, till next time :)

Cheers Adriana XX