Top Dog Altered Chipboard Book and the Many Faces of Nellie

I love making these little chipboard books, I am displaying them in a basket on my coffee table...fun for my "guests" to look through.......this one is probably not as detailed as my last one, but It turned out pretty good, all the same!

I used a chipboard "house" I purchased for $1 at our local craft store.....as soon as I saw it I thought "A doghouse for Nellie"!  All the doggie pictures are of "Nellie" even though it looks like different dogs. she is a Goldendoodle and does not shed, so they are her "looks" in-between her various trips to the groomer!  She is just the best, I love her so much!

Part One Unity HIPHOP Hangover Garden Journal

This is the first part of my Garden Journal, to see the rest, just scroll on down to the next post. I had to do it in 2 posts, as it was so large.

I made this entire Journal using almost all Unity Stamps from various KOM, except for 2 stamps, one is a SU ,and not sure of the other one. I just received my August KOM today, and managed to even use it...I LOVE them.

The front of the journal is using the sun from the July KOM...do you recognize it? I put all these little "snippets" of ribbon I had behind each sun ray! The inside has a few vintage stickers from Crafty Secrets, I put SU Crystal Effects on one, though you can't tell in the photo.

The chipboard flower base was from Michael's, in the dollar bin....I covered it with various papers and sanded it, then inked the edges with Ranger Distressed Ink, I used Tattered Rose, as I figured that fit my garden theme, see how crazy my mind works?

I used the Unity Endings and Beginnings stamp.....Endings being the end of winter (2nd page) and beginnings being my Spring garden (3rd page).......love it!

Don't forget to scroll on down to the post below to see the rest......comments are welcome!

Part Two Unity HIPHOP Hangover Garden Journal

This is part two of my Garden Journal.....I can only load 5 pictures at a time...so this is the end...what do you think?? And yes, that is a Hummingbird in my hand, I found him laying in the garage, at that time I had a red SUV, and I guess he liked it so much he knocked himself out, I picked him up, took him outside, he flew away, a few minutes later he came back and landed on my hand, my son grabbed the camera and we got this photo, I guess he was saying "thank you"!

Altered Prayer Journal

I did a swap on SCS for a for an altered journal called "a prayer journal". I loved how this one turned out, and wanted to keep it for myself...LOL! I used some new paper from K&Company~it has such a vintage look to it! The book has lots of detail through out , but could not show all of it here. I made a bookmark to go with it, 4 little notecards are in the back tucked in a "pocket". Also at the back of the book in an envelope is a vintage "Blessings" little booklet. I hope the recipient loves it as much as I do! The sentiment on the front cover is from "Unity Stamp Company", a newly discovered stamp company for me! If you click on the pictures, you can read all the sentiments pictured. I used the Stampin'Up! Spiral Punch for the front and back covers. It fits perfectly in the coils when you punch your paper.....for only $10.95 its worth its weight in gold for projects like this! If you would like to order one...just email me and I would be happy to place your order! As you can see, I also used the Stampin'Up! Eyelet border punch, I grab for this one all the time, it has become a favorite!

Also please note the NEW Stampin'Up! Occasions mini catalog is now available to order from. Click on the catalog picture on my side bar and it will take you to my web site for viewing, click on promotions and view the entire catalog! Remember those cute little matchbox boxes in some of my previous posts? The die for them is in the mini.....I am telling you~you will LOVE this die, its a "must have"!!!