Another Card using Moonlight!

HAPPY SATURDAY!!!  I am sitting outside on my deck, overlooking the lake and soaking in the GORGEOUS Saturday morning weather.  I plan on spending as much time as I can OUTSIDE this weekend!!!  It is hard to believe that we are already at the beginning of SEPTEMBER!!!  OH MY GOODNESS where did the SUMMER go??  This time of year is always bittersweet for me.  I LOVE the Fall and the cooling temps, BUT I DISLIKE the COLD in the winter and I have a feeling that we are in for a long, cold, miserable winter.  THANK GOODNESS I have paper crafting to keep me busy...otherwise I think I would go CRAZY!

WHEW....I am done ranting now!  LOL  ONTO the card...

I am SO STINKING excited to share this card with you all.  NOT because it is the CUTEST card I have EVER created, BUT because this was my FIRST Creativity in Motion TEAM swap!!!  We had 8, yes 8 girls on my team that participated in the first month's swap!  And let me tell you, they are some STINKING TALENTED girls!!  I am SO blessed to have such a great group of girls on my team!!!!!

I will share my card first, then I will share EVERYONE'S swaps over the next couple of days....

SO when we were swapping our creations, as my card was passed around, everyone mentioned how HEAVY it was!  LOL  Yeah, I guess I got a bit carried away with the layers of paper!  There are 6 layers of paper, then the sprial thingy on the top plus the cardstock circle and flower on the top of that.  OH not to mention the layer of Tulle....I guess I just could not help myself.  Each layer complimented the other and I don't think it would have turned out at cute with out each of the complimenting colors!

Thanks for stopping by to check out my latest creation!!  

I hope that this has inspired you to add a few extra layers to your card patterns!  HAHA  Might not want to mail it though...might cost you a small fortune! 

One more thing....If you are thinking about joining Close to my Heart, I would LOVE to have you on my team!!!  In August alone, we welcomed 6 new girls to Creativity in Motion and I tell you what, we are REALLY setting things in motion and moving forward!!  Join us on this AMAZING ride!!

Happy Scrapping and Stamping!!!

Jen

Welcome Stacey, to my team "Creativity in Motion"!!

Towards the beginning of April, Stacey joined Close to my Heart and my team "Creativity in Motion"!!  We have not met in person YET as we have both had schedule conflicts since she joined.  BUT tomorrow we are going to meet for lunch and I can't wait!  Stacey has been a consultant with Close to my Heart before, but she picked me to be her upline this go round......Thanks for giving me the opportunity! 

I created this altered notebook to give to her tomorrow and I wanted to share with you all.  I have posted an altered notebook last year when my downline Deb signed up.  This one is similar to the one before, just changed up the papers, ribbons and embellishments.

I thought I would share with you the first version of  the notebook and then the 2nd and final version.  After taking a photo of it to upload here, it looked like it was missing something.  Maybe a flourish or something to fill in the space that was bugging me.  Then I remembered that I had purchased the Primavera Rub-Ons from the Spring Idea Book!  And there it was, the most perfect sized flourish AND a little scalloped edge for the "stacey's notes". 

After adding rub-ons I even changed the background of my photo to chocolate.......silly I know.....but I think it made a bit of a difference in the way it photographed.  Made it not so bright.....

If you don't know by now the name of the paper pack that I used, I will tell you once more...LOL  It is Topstitch.  The alphabet that I used is Cocktail and I LOVE it!!  The only 2 things that cannot be purchased through CTMH are the spiral notebook and the punch that I used for the edge of the Crystal Blue paper.  Everything else can be found and purchased on my website http://www.lovinscrappin.myctmh.com/.

The dimensions for my notebook are 8 x 10 1/2.  I unwound the spirals from the original cover, measured the cover and cut my Chocolate Cardstock to match.  I then lined up my Chocolate CS with the original cover and marked where all the holes are and punched them out.  After that I decorated at will!

Thanks for stopping by!!

I hope that I have inspired you to create your own Altered Notebook! 

Happy Scrappin' and Stampin'!!

Jen