The paper collection Recess, from Basic Grey, was getting completey overlooked by me. I had totally forgotten about it being I seem to be in a rut reaching for the light and bright colors instead. Well Jasper, or perhaps it was Buddy, (one of our cute little puppy threesomes) reminded me that this was a very delicious paper indeed - the corner seemed to be especially tasty. So the girls pulled it out of our supplies and brought it up to my table. I flipped through it and absolutely fell in love with the funky designs and earthy colors that are a part of this collection.
For some time now I have been meaning to decorate a little notebook for Katrina's teacher and this series of paper just screamed teacher to me. No wonder they named it Recess, LOL - it was a bit of a duh moment for me.
This is just one of those cute little notebooks you can purchase at Target. Hunting through Target for little office supplies and booklets was once one of my favorite things to do. It's a good thing that I have a little stash of stuff to work with at times like these when time no longer is a luxury Ü.
I adhered the striped Recess paper using my ATG gun. I then used the seed packet to create the little envelope on the front of the notebook and slipped one of the lined papers cut out as a tag into the little packet. Rather than embossing this little packet I just ran it through my Wizard using the "cut only" option so that the word "seeds" would not be visible. I adore the little curve in the top of this packet - with spring time right around the corner I think I will be using this little packet to perhaps house some real seeds. Can you imagine a garden journal with these little pockets tucked in to the pages?!!
One of the things that people always ponder is the layers of color that appear when using colored pencils. I took a quick picture of the range of Prismacolor (and Faber Castell, yep one lonely one) color pencils that I used on this little colored pencil jar. Beginning with a light color tone and adding layers of varying depth aids in creating the round shape of the pencils. To finish it off I used a layer of Glossy Accents on the jelly jar. I wish I could capture in this photo the incredible depth this adds to this little piece.
The tag was finished off with some of the coordinating Recess ribbon and a red brad that I added some R89 Copic marker to to make it work better with the Dymo Label. I had not yet tried my new little Around the Block labeller until today. I must say that I am VERY pleased with the results - I'm loving the clarity of this particular font and look forwards to trying the lowercase one at some point as well.
My plan is to have Katrina write a short note on the little tag. For once I am ready for teacher appreciatian!!! WOOHOO! Being that you don't have a little puppy reminding you that some of the best stuff you have may be stashed away I hope that this little project inspires you to pull out some of those goodies you may have completely forgotten about.
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Posted by: ana salgado-aguiar | September 29, 2008 at 01:45 PM
Love the notebook! That paper is really pretty, and I love that colored pencil jar!!
Posted by: Rose Ann | February 25, 2008 at 01:36 PM
That journal is adorable, Katrina's teacher will love it! It is really a great thing to make a teacher feel appreciated for all the hard work they do!
Posted by: michelle g. | February 23, 2008 at 11:44 AM
oh, what a wonderful project! Love the colors and theme and the seed packet is perfect!
Posted by: liannallama | February 23, 2008 at 05:21 AM
Okay this post is for Ellen's birthday! Happy Birthday Ellen! Have a terrific celebration.
Posted by: Debby Moreau | February 22, 2008 at 03:16 PM
That paper is awesome Ellen. I love that stamp too. Keep up the good work.
Posted by: Debby Moreau | February 21, 2008 at 04:45 PM
Great project! It would be perfect for a garden journal, great idea!
Posted by: Danielle | February 21, 2008 at 11:39 AM
This is a wonderful way to show your appreciation, I'm sure Katrina's teacher will love it!!!
Just in case she doesn't for some very strange reason...like she's an alien from outer space, please send it to me, LOL. Ellen, you did an awesome job as always. TFS.
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Posted by: Keri Brown | February 21, 2008 at 10:27 AM
Adorable! What a fortunate teacher!
Posted by: Ruth Gore | February 21, 2008 at 07:59 AM
What a gorgeous project! I don't comment much, but I just wanted to let you know that I'm checking in every day and I just love all your great information, tutorials, and fabulous projects. You are such an inspiration!
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Sophie
Posted by: sophia Landry | February 20, 2008 at 09:48 PM
This is such a cute project and I love the way you colored the pencils and added Glossy Accents to the jar! Our dogs aren't to bad to bother my supplies but our cats are another matter! They seem to like the taste of PP and I have to be very careful with ribbon!
Posted by: Beth | February 20, 2008 at 09:36 PM