Fancy Anya's Summer Vacation

Hi! Here is yet another travel journal that I've bound with my Cinch. This one is for my daughter. She picked TGF's Fancy Anya which I just bought. She is just like my daughter who would rather wear a dress or skirt to do everything including traveling. I decided to case TGF's Mystery Monday card for the cover of this journal.

I didn't want to make the cover too dimensional since we'll be taking it during our summer vacation so I tried to keep the cover as flat as possible and used some tape to add some fun.

Here's a close-up of Fancy Anya with her little camera ready to take some pictures. I also used PTI's note die and Text Style stamp for the background lettering behind Fancy Anya.

This is the title page. I got to use a lot of my American Crafts stickers that I bought a while back from Peachy Cheap. The camera is a coordinating stamp with the papers.

One of the inside pockets with a little scooter stamp too. I added some tabs made from PTI's tab die and mini scrapbook stamp set. This journal has 30 pages and 3 pockets and measure 6x6 inches.

Blogger was down last night for a while wasn't it? I was worried I wouldn't make the deadline for Wee Memories CRAFTS (Color, Ribbon, Acrylic, Floral, Twine and Stamps) Challenge #55. You could use either all of the above or not. Obviously I just have the color and the stamps since I didn't want the cover too bulky.

Thanks for reading and have a great weekend!

Comments

Lea L. said…

Very cute!! Thanks for joining in at Wee Memories this week!

May 13, 2011 at 6:31 PM

Cheryl said…

This is my 3rd time trying to post a comment since yesterday...I'm always getting interrupted! Anyhow, very cute journal! Love the little camera and washi tape! The notebook die looks good as background paper, I will try that one day. That must be fun buying cute dresses with your daughter.

May 14, 2011 at 3:19 PM

Unknown said…

ADORABLE! Such a fun mini scrapbook. You color SO good...slightly jealous here. :-) Thanks for joining us at Wee Memories this week.

May 15, 2011 at 4:13 AM

Lorraine said…

This is adorable, Eva! Also love the inside pockets and tabs. What a cool journal for your daughter.

May 16, 2011 at 4:59 AM

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