Club Scrap Blog Hop: Literature

Welcome to the October

Club Scrap Blog Hop.

We present to you the October kit called

Literature.

Above you see the contents of the Deluxe kit.

We share with you all kinds of different projects,

like scrapbook lay outs, cards, mini books and more

to inspire you to use the papers and stamps.

I hope you arrived here from

Jennifers Blog

seen her inspiring project and left her some love.

You know, one can never start reading early enoug!

The twins already love reading their books.

This page is made with the digital Literature kit.

(btw. my first digital scrap page!)

And now let's see what else I made for you:

This month we were asked for the Artist Team challenge to

share some gift ideas for the December month. I had so many ideas,

that here are some more gift ideas. My idea for everything is

books and coffee a perfect combination!

So my first project is a box of coasters.

I found some plain looking wooden coasters in the $$ store

that needed to be decorate. Six coasters came in this cute

holder. Everything ready for decoration!

I started with giving all the coasters a layer of

white gesso, which makes stamping so much easier

When the gesso was drie (and that is real quick) I colored

all the sides with brown ink.

Next step is stamping. I stamped with the same brown inkpad.

Not wanting to make all the coasters the same but

all there own look. I used the rubber stamps that came

with the kit. You can see all the stamps HERE.

After everything was stamped all in brown,

I used a blending tool to add some color.

Here a few finished coasters.

I really love the finished look

and will for sure use them (or give them as a present).

My other project for today is the one you can not only

use for December, but all kind of occasions. I found this idea

on pinterest and here is my version of it. On one side

there is a pocket for a pen and a post-it block

of 3 x 3 inch. It can also be a great teacher gift.

On the other side there is a pocket, which

can hold a gift card or a little note.

You can also leave out the pocked and add

a calendar on the other side.

Here is the template with the measurements

of this post-it note gift set.

This is how it looks after the cutting and folding.

Here some more views of how to construct this.

I used the red tape for strong construction.

Of course there are many ways to decorate this

fun little gift, so my way is just to inspire you.

On one I use a ribbon and on the other I used

some of the cut apparts. On the right one I added

the clip that came with the kit, that is perfect for a book clip.

I also found some pens, that I could decorate

with matching paper. For this I printed some

of the papers from the digital Literature kit.

And now for even more inspiration

head over to

Pam's Blog

and see what see has in store for you.

If for some reason you loose your way,

you can alsways go back to the

Club Scrap Blog.

Thanks you for looking and

have a creative day!