I am absolutely in love with the new square borders in the 2" Decorative Monogram Kit, the borders are a variety of widths and are so elegant. To design my project I selected the border from the kit that best coordinated with my journal. I stamped the image with a versamark watermark pad and embossed the image with super fine detail embossing powder from Ranger. I used a copper Krylon leafing pen to edge the stamped image. For my mat I used the Spellbinder's Fleur De Lis Pendant die and die cut it using Foil paper from American Crafts. Then I layered it on black cardstock die cut into a Scalloped Square. Then I accented it with silver metallic pearls from Michael's Recollection Collection.
JB-08345 Decorative 2" Square Monogram Kit This monogram kit includes a 2" Square Wood Stamper, 4 Square Borders, 95pt uppercase Special Occasions font set (36pcs), 50pt uppercase Spec Occ font set (92pcs), and an uppercase 15pt Spec Occ font set (264pcs)-- that's 392 characters! For my next project I altered an address book also from Office Max. Here is the address book before I personalized it. Here is my decorated version:For this address book I used the JB-08340 Deluxe Monogram Kit- 2" Round This monogram kit includes a 2" Round Stamper, 4 Borders, 95pt uppercase Times New Roman font set (36 pieces),50pt uppercase TNR font set (92 pieces), and an uppercase 15pt TNR font set (264 pieces)-- that's 392 characters!
Then I embellished an 8 1/2" x 11" notepad with a magnetic glasp. The black edge is magnetic.
Our decorative round 2" border was the perfect design for altering this book. I added Fleur de Lis Red cardstock punches (Martha Stewart Punch) and metallic rhinestones. I also added strips of paper to the black edge of the notebook which in it's original state was just plain black. For an additional accent I attached a metal Fleur De Lis Charm on top of the bottom red cardstock fleur de lis. Here is a photo of the gift set. These were quick and inexpensive ---don't they look like a million bucks with the custom embellishments!! Check out what the rest of the team designed: Barb Schram Becca Feeken- is having computer issues- but I linked a great Hip to be Square Project that she designed last week! Debbie Olson Heidi Blankenship Kathy Jones Kellie Fortin Angela Barkhouse Lauren Meader Lisa Somerville Michele Kovack Michelle Wooderson Sharon Harnist Sharon JohnsonLabels: November Blog Hop, November Release