Customized Travelers Notebook Cover for Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Hello again crafty friends.  I'm so happy to continue on with the Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L design team.  Today begins my first post for the new term that will head into 2019 and I thought it was time to get motivated with a new Traveler's Notebook.  My teenager is a culinary student and plans on owning his own restaurant one day.  He attends cooking competitions, assists with creating product for catering events and I thought it was time that I began to chronicle this time in his life.

Today's project is all about designing the cover.  I wanted to create something neutral that would work for a guy or a girl.  Let me tell you, I had a hard time finding a tn journal that would fit the guys!  I finally settled on this aztec design from the Simple Stories Carpe Diem line.  I had soooo much fun designing this with creative foam sheets and adhesive sheets.  Be sure to head on over to the SBAby3L blog and get all the details!  

You'll find the full product listing below.  Thanks for stopping by!  Terri

SUPPLIES

I’m listing the products I used throughout this post. Click on the link to go directly to the product. Where available I use compensated affiliate links which means if you make a purchase I receive a small commission at no extra cost to you. Thank you so much for your support!

Ranger Inkssentials Craft Mat 15x18 Shop at: SBC	Ranger US HEAT IT CRAFT TOOL Shop at: SBC	Cricut Explore Shop at: SBC	Ranger Ink Super Fine Black embossing powder Shop at: SBC
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L 3D Creative Embell. Kit Shop at: SBC	Spellbinders Prizm Die Cutting and Embossing Machine Shop at: SBC	Lawn Fawn Black Licorice 8.5x11 in 100 lb cardstock Shop at: SBC	Spellbinders D-Lites What's Cookin' Die set Shop at: SBC
Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Creative Foam Sheets Shop at: Amazon	Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L Adhesives Sheets 12x12in Shop at: Amazon	Kaisercraft Bon Appetit 12x12 paper pack Shop at: SBC	Simple Stories Carpe Diem Traveler's Notebook Aztec Shop at: SBC

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Baking Cookies with Kaisercraft Bon Appetit

I've been saying for awhile that I wanted to make a layout of this photo.  Originally, I had it sitting in a glass frame on my mantle.  Out of the blue, it fell one day, crashing to the floor, glass shattered everywhere, and that was the impetus to remove the photo from the frame and make a sweet layout.  Today's project comes to you, courtesy of Kaisercraft Bon Appetit!

If you've never heard the history behind the Kaisercraft company, it's an amazing story, one that I heard first hand from a couple staff members who flew all the way from Australia to the Craft and Hobby Association Paper Arts trade show in Atlanta, GA in 2014.  

I purchased the Kaisercraft Bon Appetit collection last year with the intention of making this layout sooner, however, I'm an admitted procrastinator.  In fact, my son is a teenager now, and he frequently chastises me for letting his life in pictures go unnoticed.   This should satisfy his craving.

My son is an excellent chef.  He has been a foodie since birth.  His first word at the age of one, was "calamari".  Ok, maybe not but seriously, he loves to cook and eat.  In fact, he is so driven to pursue a gourmet cooking career, that he has the next 3 years of high school mapped out to take culinary classes at the nearby University career tech center.  This boy is determined to go to culinary school!

I really, really love this collection so I'm sharing my affiliate links, if like me, you must have it.  The papers are simply scrumptious.  They're double sided and very sturdy,  and I love the ephemera and recipe cards that are double sided as well.  In fact, the "happiness" quote is a recipe card, on the flipside.  So, you can use it as an actual recipe card, or have it as focus on your layout.  The only thing that I added to this layout that was not included in my purchase is the deep red, embossed cardstock frame around my photo and the ribbon.

You can view the entire Bon Appetit collection, here, however I've included some links below for the products that I used today.  Thanks so much for stopping by!

Kaisercraft - Bon Appetit Collection - 12 x 12 Double Sided Paper - Knead - $0.94

from: Scrapbook.com

Kaisercraft - Bon Appetit Collection - Collectables - Die Cut Cardstock Pieces - $6.64
from: Scrapbook.com

Kaisercraft - Bon Appetit Collection - Recipe Cards - $5.69

from: Scrapbook.com

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What's Cookin' with TPD Stamps

It's time for another project featuring Two Paper Divas Stamps, and I've got a fun card today, using stamps from the What's Cookin' stamp set.  There's a store wide sale of 30% off so this is the perfect time to add this set to your collection.

My son loves to cook.  Loves it.  Did I say, he loves to cook?  In fact, he wants to be a professional chef.  I have to say, he's incredibly gifted with cooking skills in the kitchen (takes after his mom, of course).  I recently purchased some amazing papers from Kaisercraft which pair perfectly with my stamps today.

But first, I need to color up my images.  I'll admit, I've had this idea brewing for awhile so I knew exactly the direction that I wanted to take, with a vintage mixing bowl as the star of the show.  I've used my Zig Clean Color brushes for all my images today, sticking with the colors, gray, deep red, flesh, oatmeal and a white gel pen.  I also used my waterbrush to blend and dilute some of the color.

Here's a short two and a half minute video, if you'd like to see the coloring process in action for the bowl.  Today is also the start of #thedailymarker30day challenge on Instagram, hosted by Kathy Racoosin.  I'll be sharing this project over there as well.  

 When coloring the bowl, I left white space in the middle, touching up with a gel pen as well.  The gel pen served to add a little "flour" to my rolling pin, also.  Use a waterbrush to soften the look.  That's right, I use my water brush all the time with my white gel pen.  Both are staple tools on most of my projects.  Once I finished coloring, I added some glossy accents to my images.  Be sure and let your colors completely dry so they don't bleed when applying the glossy accents.  If you have a heat embossing tool, you can just take a few seconds to dry your image.

Purchase What's Cookin', here.

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