August Sweet2Repeat Blog Hop

Hi Friends! It’s time again for our monthly, Sweet 2 Repeat Blog Hop ! Now that so many of you have our Summer Product Release stamp sets in your hot little hands, our Pod Squad of designers have geared up to inspire you with even MORE creative possibilities featuring the newest SugarPea Designs sets!

I used the new SugarCuts-Notebook Journal Card die and the chipboard sheets sold in the SPD store to make a desktop notepad. The base for the notepad is simply an inexpensive clear acrylic 4x6 picture frame. Instead of a photo, I slipped some notebook patterned paper, layered on a pair of contrasting mats, inside of the frame.

I decorated the top of the frame with elements I die cut from chipboard. The letters in the word “notes” were inked with red pigment ink before I arranged them on the frame. If I’d been thinking ahead, I would have backed the chipboard with a wide piece of ScorTape before cutting the letters so that all I’d have to do to adhere them was peel off the backing and stick. Maybe next time . . . The pencil was also cut from chipboard to make it sturdy and give it dimension. I also die cut the pieces for the pencil from different cardstock scraps, then mixed and matched them to assemble the pencil. The pencil’s tip was rubbed in gray pigment ink to get the look of a sharpened pencil.

Once I had the chipboard pieces in place, I added a pad of yellow sticky notes to the frame. This makes such a great back to school gift for a special teacher! I can tell you from my own experience that teachers can never have too many sticky notes!

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Materials Used
SugarCuts-Notebook Journal Card die, chipboard stack (SugarPea Designs); Memento Luxe Love Letter and Gray Flannel inks (IMAGINE Crafts/Tsukineko); Real Red, So Saffron, and Pink Pirouette cardstock (Stampin' Up!); Fine Linen cardstock (Papertrey Ink); silver paper (Target); Simple Lined-Turquoise designer paper (Luxe Designs); acrylic frame