Creating.
Tags:Getting the chance to scrapbook and play the last couple days. It feels so darn good.
Just wanted to share my circle journal in a box. This is for an artsy circle journal I am participating in with some very creative ladies. I thought they needed a challenge. And rather than taking it "out of the box" I decided I would keep it "in the box."
This box comes from a company called The Weathered Door. For this project I painted it with the color chocolate from Making Memories and added a bunch of rub ons and embossing and such on the cover. The cover also doubles as the sign-in location (I took photos last night before boxing it up - apologize for the interesting colors).
The theme of the album box is play. The theme of the larger project is play as well (we are all about playing) so I simply wanted to repeat that idea here in the jounal. Inside the box are a bunch of blocks. The women are instructed to decorate the blocks in whatever manner they would like - as long as it relates to play in one way or another.
I can't wait to see how this looks when it returns home!
I also had the chance to finally do some pages again for the Creating Garden at Two Peas. The theme this month is fabric - I was totally loving using my sewing machine and pulling out what bits of fabric I have around here (which is not much). There are a TON of amazingly inspiring pages over there. Check them out.
Here are a few that I am particularly fond of this month:
• from Cathy Blackstone
• from Rhonda Bonifay
• from Mary Grace Abuzman (the whole concept of doing dream pages is just fantastic)
• from Marie Cox
And then this was my favorite of the ones I did...
That's it for now. Working on my first page for my Christmas journal and completing a couple other circle journal pages that are long overdue.
And answering emails that have been patiently waiting...


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I love it
I'm so jelous. I can't do scrap-booky stuff to save my life
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WOW!! these are so cool. If only I had an ounce of your creativity:)
jen
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Geez girl - you are on a creative high! Loved your pages for the CG today - so awesome! And your box - awesome!! Totally inspiring!
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I am astounded by your Christmas Art Journal. It is so different and so beautiful and creative and I want to keep looking at it. (OK,sorry gushing again) Anyway, thank you so much for sharing your over the top ideas. The rest of them are amazing too (the block circle journal and of course the fabric layout with your son), but honestly, I can't stop looking at the page with the film reel. Un-be-liev-able!!
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hey girl - love the idea of decorating blocks...never would have thought of it for a circle journal. Way to think inside the box LOL They remind me of the blocks we use to test IQ... hmmm, this could get very interesting!
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I'm so loving your CJ box. What a unique take on a circle journal. So creative!
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Ali - so happy to see you in the creating garden again! Had fun getting inspired yesterday with all the cool layouts! (and ssshhhh - getting nothing done at work) Totally gonna lift Marie's photo frame layout :) Love your Christmas Art journal - I signed up for Shimelle's class yesterday - still waiting for my info so I can start... Thanks for the link :)
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Ali,
I am SO inspired by this.
Thanks so much for sharing your ideas.
I MUST KNOW WHERE TO GET THAT CHRISTMAS TREE STAMP
and the MADE BY STAMP.
Please share!
Thank you!
~jane
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WOW this is so cool Ali!
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awwww...thanks, friend.
and you know you inspire me constantly. and just look at simon rocking that hat. ;)
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