Take the Challenge: Cover It!

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It’s time for another Take the Challenge with Clear & Simple Stamps. The theme for this month’s challenge is “Cover It,” in honor of the time-honored tradition of covering textbooks at the start of the school year. Instead of covering a textbook (I’m sooo glad I’ve finished grad school so with classes again—at least for a little while . . .), I covered a mini composition book. In keeping with the back to school theme, I used some October Afternoon apple patterned designer paper to cover a portion of the cover. I used the letter block stamp from the ABC . . .123 stamp set to make the panel for the lower portion of the cover. The two blocks are divided by a strip of green grosgrain ribbon.

I stamped the crayon image from the set on a scrap of Kiwi Kiss paper and cut it out, then added the word “notes” using the soon-to-be released Bitty Alpha Modern. The crayon is attached to the ribbon. I added a green button as a fun embellishment.

Be sure to visit the rest of the CSS DT to see what they’re covering up. Here’s where you can find them:

CSS Blog

Beth Matson

Jen Tapler

Kim Howard

Maria Levine

Neva McMullen

Robyn Weatherspoon

Sue Berker

Millie Dawson-Hardy, guest designer

Materials Used: ABC . . . 123 and Bitty Alpha Modern stamp sets (Clear & Simple Stamps); Noir Black ink (Palette); Kiwi Kiss Classic ink, Kiwi Kiss and Very Vanilla cardstock, corner rounder (Stampin’ Up!); designer paper (October Afternoon-Detours line); green ribbon (Michaels); green button, twine (Papertrey Ink); mini composition book