Highdesert Stamper – Artistic Inkspirations

I saw an old post by Amy Celona on a tag book she made after receiving one from a friend. I decided to reproduce a similar book using some of our retiring colors. Recipe follows. I have been working on a different way to do the flap, since it’s a bit difficult to score all the “flaps”..when you get a bunch of layers.  How do you like it??

Front with flap closed

cover untied

tags in pockets

I made this book to use the 3×5 flat cello bags. I did insert a blank pc of cardstock so the tags show, but it really doesn’t need it.
I made it so you could easily repeat this for a class, using designer papers for the bases of all the tags and the front cover. You can use a 6×12 sheet for each person, the different colors of cardstocks and some scraps. The flowers were punched using the Bigshot Blossom Party die. The birds and leaves are from the new large bird punch.  The body of the booklet is a 3 1/2  x 10 1/2 inch piece of Ruby  Red cardstock, scored at 5 & 5 1/2.  The ‘pockets’ inside are 3×5 flat cello bags (#103104). I ran the scallops through the lattice embossing folder to give them more texture with the gold spray on them.

Accessories, inks, papers: Ruby red, garden green, choc chip DSP, yoyo yellow, very vanilla, large bird punch, round fire rhinestones
Oval punch, 1 1/4″ circle punch, bigshot Scallop Circle #2, crop a dile, kraft tafeta ribbon, gold foil smooch spray, sponges, scallop circle punch, scallop border punch (available 1 July 2010)

Watercolor Trio stamp set.