Unit Swap Post-It Note Booklet

I am so sorry that it has been a few days since my last post! It has been a little while since I have been able to sit down and "play"! I wanted to show you all what I made for Shari's unit swap this month. If you read on down to the bottom of this post, I will give you the dimensions I used to create this booklet.




When I signed up last month to participate in the swap, I asked Shari to surprise me with my swap item. She chose a dimensional item for me to make. I like dimensional items because they always challenge me to come up with something fun! Up until the day of the swap, last Tuesday, I had NO clue as to what I was going to make. LOL Nothing like procrastinating until the last possible minute.



SOOOO, Last summer I went to my first CTMH convention and had a BLAST!! While I was there, a fellow CTMH sistah Pamela gave me a darling little bag decorated and filled with lots of goodies!! One of those little goodies was a little Post-It note booklet, which I decided to make for my swap! Because I had not prepared ahead of time, I did not have enough paper to create each little booklet exactly the same. But, I think that just added to the fun of creating them!!



As I was struggling with what to put on the front of the booklets, I decided to get out my Dimensional Elements Alpha Solos and personalize each booklet by putting the first letter of the first name of each in my swap. After I had adhered the letter on the front it still felt like something was missing.......soooooo........what else would I add to the front but a little BLING!!



For the covers of this booklet, I used coasters trimmed down to 3 1/2 x 3 1/2. I covered them with paper cut to 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 so I had plenty of room to bring around to the inside of the coaster. I then cut a piece of CS to 3 1/4 x 6 3/4 and scored at 3 1/4 and again at 3 1/2. I took both covers and set them side by side and adhered the scored piece on top. This gave me a finished look on the inside of each coaster and created a "spine" for my booklet.

For the Post-It notes on the inside, I set them in the center of the right side, marked where I was going to put a hole in by using my paper piercer and piercing all the way through the paper and the coaster. After I had it marked on both sides, I used my Exchangeable head punch and punched holes in the notes and both sides of the coasters.

After the holes were punched, I put the ring through and tied ribbon to it. And there you have it! Easy peasy!! Thanks Pamela for such a fun little project idea!!! If it were not for your gifts, I would have been up a creek without a paddle for my unit swap this month! LOL

OH and by the way......they were a HIT!! Yay!!

All supplies are CTMH (except the coasters)
Paper: My Reflections Stardust
Ink: Moonstruck, Topiary
Embellishments: 3/8 White Daisy Organdy Ribbon, Square Sparkles, Dimensional Elements Alpha Solos

I hope that this has inspired you today!

Thanks for stopping by.......even when I have not posted for a while.......at least you have not given up completely on me! LOL

Jen

My March Stardust Cube Workshop

Back in late December I received a phone call from my upline Shari. She asked me if I would be interested in coming up with a workshop project using the My Creations Cube and My Reflections Stardust paper pack AND teach it at her unit meeting in February. While I was thrilled at the chance to teach, BUT I was not initially thrilled about using the My Creations Cube as my project to teach!


Once I received the cube and opened it up, I realized that it was a lot cooler than I had thought. After all, I had not seen it in person, only a picture of it in the Spring Idea Book. The cube measures 5 inches all around. That makes it the perfect size to keep on an office desk, coffee table, or a shelf for display. Also, it is perfect for adding photos to it without making the photos so small that you can't see them!


To come up with the LO's for the whole cube, I turned to my CTMH Originals Card Program book. I looked through the sketches for 6x6 and 3x3 cards and adjusted the size according to the 5x5 inch surface that I had to work with. I ended up making all of my cuts to equal 4 1/2 x 4 1/2 so I could leave space for my holes to put the hemp through.


After I came up with each of the LO's, I added my accents. Since I was making this project to use as a workshop, I wanted to keep the cost low (you know, with the economy and all) and could not go crazy with bling! That was super hard, let me tell you!! So, I went with White Daisy Ric-Rac, Natural Hemp and the White Daisy Mini-Medley accents. Each customer will get 1/2 Mini-Medley pack to embellish as they wish and enough Ric-Rac and Hemp to embellish as shown.


Before adhering the paper to the cube, I sponged all of the edges of the cube with CTMH Bamboo ink and all of the paper edges with CTMH Moonstruck ink.


I really had fun playing with the new White Daisy Mini-Medley accents!! The crocheted flowers are just darling and the ribbon slides actually have 2 different textures on the edges. A fellow ctmh sistah, Megan, suggested adding a square sparkle to the middle for a little bling! I think I am going to have to try that!! OH and last but not least are the little metal frames that I added the dotted paper in the center were super fun to play with also!!


All supplies are CTMH:
My Creations Cube
Paper: My Reflections Stardust lvl 2 paper pack
Embellishments: White Daisy Mini-Medley accents, White Daisy Ric-Rac and Natural Hemp
I hope that you found inspiration in my workshop project! I know I was inspired to create more with this versatile cube! I will be posting my Daydream version tomorrow!
Thanks for stopping by!! Please come back to see the "girly" version tomorrow! As always, if you like the CTMH products that I use to create my projects with, you can order from my website and have it shipped straight to you!!
Jen