O Happy Day! It's Some Kinda Wonderful!

Hi All! Welcome to the Rose Blossom Blog Hop for the month of April! If you just hopped over from from the AMAZING Shelly Nemitz's blog, Just One Pretty Piece, you're in the right place.

This month we're featuring the fun and funky Some Kinda Wonderful collection by Close To My Heart.

I have to be honest, I wasn't certain I would like this collection. Oh how wrong I was! The bright, rich colors are fabulous to create with, and the funky fonts and fun icons can't help but make you smile. I've had a ball using it for cards, scrapbooking, gift packaging, planning, and for today's project: a simple, college-ruled composition book turned Fabulous Journal!

Let's take a look:

I started by covering the front and back of this journal with papers from the Some Kinda Wonderful collection. I added black glitter letters for the title, and then jazzed it up a bit more with stickers and other glitter accents (all from the Some Kinda Wonderful Compliments pack). I kept the layers fairly flat because this will be traveling with me.

Here's a collage of the close ups of the front:

And here's the back, which I kept very plain:

Now let's take a look at the inside covers.

I covered the inside front cover with Glacier cardstock and added a stash pocket. I matted the pocket and cover with patterned paper. I like to add my name and contact info in my journals in case I happen to said journal, so I created a little name plate from a 3 x 4 journaling card on the cut apart page included in the paper pack. I added a stickers from the compliments pack for a little extra somethin', and then turned to the back cover.

Here, I added a pocket that I made from a sheet of patterned paper and blinged it up with more stickers and black glitter compliments. 

And that's it! A fabulous journal just waiting to be filled!

Hope you enjoyed this project! Now for more inspiration hop on over to the FANTASTIC Mary Newman's blog, The Pixie Dust Playground. If you get lost along the way, here's a list of hop participants:

Brenda

Lynn

Marg

Shelly

Kim {that's me!}

Mary

Kristine

Ginger

See you soon and have a wonderfully creative weekend!

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CTMH Uptown Fundamentals Paper Pack	CTMH Liquid Glass	3L E-Z Dots Adhesive	Sookwang Double-sided Tape

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HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Happy NEW YEAR All!

One of the things that I like to do each year is start a fresh, clean journal. It's like the year: brand new and full of possibilities. So I thought I'd share the journal I made to start out 2013.

When I say "made," what I really mean this time is "covered." (Perhaps "personalized" is a more accurate term.) Anyway, this journal started out as a simple little composition book from the office supply store. I covered it using the Pemberley Collection by Close To My Heart. (By the way, it will be retiring at the end of the month, so stock up now!) I used papers from the paper pack to cover the front and back covers both inside and out. I left the outside back cover fairly plain. 

I take my journal with me everywhere, so all bling and embellishment has to be on good and tight. To make sure that is the case, I use my Liquid Glass. I also used a  Blue Ice Sharpie on the Clear Sparkles and Silver Shimmer Trim to color them to match. "Life is Good..." and "true story" are from CTMH's It's Your Life stamp set [retired] stamped in Outdoor Denim Exclusive Ink.

Here are some close-ups of the cover: 

I added a pocket and detail to the inside front and back covers. The stickers and journaling boxes are from the Pemberley My Stickease assortment.

Take a look:

Hope you enjoyed my journal. I'll post the other one as soon as I get it done. 

Happy New Year! May this be a fabulous, fun-filled and creative year for you and yours!