Mini book by Yasmin Tölche

Hello! It's Yasmin here on the MSD blog today and wow! it's december and I bet there where loads of little kids and big ones opening their advent calendars today.. I have made a little book I wanted to share with you today.

I used the cut out sheet from Marion Smiths "Posh" Collection and some of the most beautiful junque and gems.

I love the cut out sheet and I've fuzzy cut them out and glued them on to a piece of cardstock. I also glued them again onto some patterend paper from the Posh collection, so the front covers got really sturdy.

Aren't these junque and gems pretty?? They are so sparkely and pretty.. absolutly gorgeous. The big button is also a MSD product. The leaf is die-cutted out of a paper in the "Posh" collection.

Here are some of the products I've used:

Thank you so much for stopping by and checking out my project today! See you a bit later in December :) Hugs Yasmin 

Thankful for the opportunity to be creative

Hello All!!

In the US, today is Thanksgiving, so HAPPY THANKSGIVING to everyone...I pray you are all having wonderful days, filled with family, friends, food and fun.

Aside from the people in my life, one of the biggest things I am thankful for is the ability to express my self creatively. 

I made this with the Rhonna Farrer iPhone app a while back and I think it is so true:

Sometimes life just makes thing difficult and there are no words that can express them.

Creativity is good for the heart and soul, so put them into everything you do!

That is my thought behind my project for today.

I used an old wire bound journal I have had for a while and covered it with "Garment District" papers from Marion Smith Designs.

To tone down the colors a bit, a did a light wash of brown watercolor and a light stamping of Marion Smith's "Texture" stamp using Ranger Archival Ink in Brown, all before layering my tags, cut from "Garment District" paper. (NOTE: my "Garment District paper is 6x6.)

Around my edges I added some TEAL Smooth Iridescent paint to pop up my tags and the project as a whole.

I finished by adding some fun embellishments like:

*Lace 

* Metal Words: Making Memories (vintage)

* Metal "Create" & "H-E-A-R-T"-unknown

* Wooden Birds (Studio Calico) Colored with Smooch

* Flowers and Rhinestones-Junque & Gems by Marion Smith Designs!!

Here are a few close-up shots!

I hope you enjoyed today's project and are inspired to be Thankful for YOUR creativity and express it with your whole heart.

Until next time...

XOXO,

KERI