My recent Bloggers Retreat was a chance to meet up with several blogging friends and exchange ideas, learn new techniques, share supplies as well as eat a lot of cake. One blogger generously shared out piles of blank mini-book pages as long as we promised to decorate them using two colours of Distress Ink and share the results on-line. I didn't have time to start during the weekend so I took my blank pages and cardboard covers home and got to work with two of my four shades of Distress Ink ...
... along with some rather tongue in cheek quotes and printed in Type-Ra onto some pages from an old stamp album:
I incorporated a clear page to include a joke that makes me laugh every time:
The pages weren't all exactly the same size so some needed some washi-tape to cover up the joins ...
... while others were fine as they were:
I loved the mix of colours tied together by the repeated font on scissor-distressed and inked stamp album paper:
My embossing folders were a quick and easy way to perk up some plain cardstock too.
Sometimes I could use both sides of the patterned paper for a quote ...
... and sometimes I simply stuck a single-sided piece to another sheet:
Do any of these quotes speak to you? If you do want to take my advice then I'd suggest that:
Love those quotes - very witty and you now have a pretty, little source book to keep on hand as you scrap.
ReplyDeleteBut two colours of distress ink? Were we? I think I missed that bit!
I love this the quotes made me laugh, especially the binary one, procrastination and the organised people one
ReplyDeleteLove what you've made,Jemma....it would bring a smile to anyone's face....and sadly...far too many of these quotes resonate with me....but particularly the procrastinating one!!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, great quotes, what more is there to say, great :)
ReplyDeleteI must get on and start mine!! I have the ideas but sadly not the the actual creating done! Your quotes are very funny, a job well done me thinks xxx
ReplyDeleteLove this Jemma... The quotes really made me smile. It's a great idea for the album - I must start mine sometime soon!
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes Jemma!
ReplyDeleteAlison xx
This is great...loving those sayings!
ReplyDeleteGreat quotes, I think you have a few more to add now too...
ReplyDeleteErm, also, just a little kick from me as there has been no decluttering since March 5th :O
Oh this is fun - and you can add more as you gather them too! :)
ReplyDeleteI love the quotes! Especially the binary one & the organized people being lazy.
ReplyDeleteI love these quotes! What a wonderful collection!
ReplyDeleteI love all these quotes! They made me laugh, and there are many that I've never seen before. I bookmarked them to use later.
ReplyDeleteRinda
Fab quotes, they all made me smile, they'll be good on tags too. Loved the embossing.
ReplyDeleteReally made me smile :). Your inking looks great and I am such a fan of typewritten fonts and didn't know this one, so thank-you!
ReplyDeleteYou've made my day. It's great to begin with a good laugh.
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