Wednesday, August 25, 2010

Papertrey's August Blog Hop

Hello everyone! I'm so glad you could stop by here! Here I am participating in my very first Papertrey Blog Hop! I can't wait to see what all these talented bloggers have come up with! This is also my first take on a brown paper bag book (I've only seen one, and my friend showed it to me after she made it at a workshop), and this is my first scrapbook. I've been strictly a card maker up until this point...
Last week I had the pleasure to go on a field trip with my three-year-old twins at a Nature Center. We had little brown bags with scavenger lists stapled to them and we were supposed to have the children find everything on the list. As we were approaching the half-way mark, I realized I'd be making a paper-bag book for the Blog Hop! This is a work-in-progress paper-bag book. I'm waiting to take my children on a fall walk during late September, early October, so the pages might change by then, but the great thing about this book is that it's so easy to add pages. To start, I took three paper bags, and snipped the end off of the bottom of the bag, laying them down alternate top and bottom. This leaves six open-ended pockets for each page - for slipping in cardstock for journaling about our fall walk, for things the kids find, or for pictures we take. Can't wait for this part! I used small post-it notes to lay-out my design, and went through the whole book stamping the words (especially LEAF), then going back with the leaf stamps, then the die-cuts, followed by journaling inserts. I was going to bind this book with a twig and rubberband, but the rubberband was harder to come by in my stamp room, so I used twine. The three twigs shown here are ones that my kids collected during our field trip. I'm really looking forward to my fall walk(s) with my kids. I hope you'll make a book of your own for yourself, children, or grandchildren. I'm also thinking I'll be making leaf walk books with my first graders this year. Thanks for stopping by and I'm looking forward to visiting your blogs and being inspired!
Supplies: Paper: three brown paper bags, Vintage Cream cardstock (Papertrey) Stamps: Leaf Prints, Fresh Alphabet, Mini Scrapbook Series: Tabs, Mini Scrapbook Series: Library Ledger (all Papertrey) Ink: Rusty Brown StazOn (Tsukineko), Timber Brown StazOn (Tsukineko), Tangelo Memento (Tsukineko), Creamy Caramel (SU!), and Chocolate Chip (SU!) Embellishments: Twine, Twigs Tools: Leaf Print Dies (Papertrey), Mini Scrapbook Series: Tab die (Papertrey), Cuttlebug

36 comments:

  1. So cute, Melissa! Love this idea! The twig on front is adorable!

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  2. What a great scavenger hunt idea!! Love the paper bad idea!

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  3. Awesome idea Melissa!! This will be perfect for your Fall walk.

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  4. What a FUN idea!!! This really turned out CUTE!
    Have a GREAT day.. Happy Hopping!

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  5. This is a great idea....... your kids will adore this when you are out for Fall walks........ LOVE IT!!!

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  6. This is such a creative and wonderful project!

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  7. So rustic, the twig is the perfect touch.

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  8. Love, love, love this project! This would be so fun to take on a hike with my boys this fall!

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  9. What a neat idea to have a project you can work together with your kids on. We are a nature walk family and I love this idea!!!!

    It's a good life!
    Terri E.

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  10. such a fun idea....and a learning experience to boot!!!

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  11. What a sweet little keepsake, what a great mom you are! So glad you came hopping!

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  12. What a fun book for the kids! I love this!

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  13. How cute is this?!!! Love it!!!

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  14. What a fun idea, and it's so great for learning and keeping treasures! So creative!

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  15. this is so wonderful....i love collecting things from nature walks i take with my husband....what a wonderful thing to do with your children:)

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  16. How cute it this!!! Your children will have fun fill this book up.

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  17. what a wonderful idea! Love the fall colours!

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  18. What a terrific idea!!!! What a fun project it will continue to be!!!!

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  19. Oh how fun! What a great idea & I love how you incorporated the stick!

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  20. What a great idea- I'm loving that twig!

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  21. This will be a fun excursion! Love the stick binding. Cute.

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  22. This is a terrific idea for scavenger hunts/nature walks. The kids will love gluing their treasures into the book.

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  23. Wow! three year old twins! What a FAB idea for a nature walk project! What a wonderful mom you are!

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  24. Well, this is just fabulous and what a great way to preserve your fall walk memories!

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  25. What a great project! I bet your kids will love it!

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  26. Congratulations on all your firsts! This a fabulous project and so special. First you shared the experience and then you made the book so that your children can remember it.

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  27. Congrats on your first blog hop! You did a great job! What a nice way to commemorate your nature walk. Thanks for the step by step instructions!

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  28. Congrats on your first blog hop! You really did a great job on your first try! Can't wait to see more of your work.

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  29. Pure genius! I know what you mean about being a cardmaker and it being difficult to think outside of that! Great job!

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