Japanese Book Drill (screw punch) – bit holder

January 17, 2011 /
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OK – here goes – first post… Japanese Book Drill (screw punch) – BIT HOLDER Keep in mind that I like to change/improve/build things to fit my work style. To that end, when I purchased my Japanese Screw Punch (one of my top three – can’t do without – tools) from Bonnie’s Best Art Tools…

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Fairy Book

February 12, 2010 /
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I got an iPod Nano for Christmas and couldn’t possible throw such a cool box away. The Nano box was turned into this fairy book. The inside and out were covered with brown paper. Inside Left: Stamped acetate with a vintage picture behind it, moss, acetate butterfly and real postage stamp. Inside Right: a vintage picture was…

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Perpetual Calendar

December 12, 2009 /
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Candyland

January 12, 2009 /
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I saw a template for making a box out of a game board on Readymade.com . I adapted it to a vintage Candy Land game board. I stripped the graphics off of the extra pieces and glued them on for accents. The feet are the games pieces.

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Asian Calendar

December 12, 2008 /
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Flower Family Album

September 12, 2008 /
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Another NYOBC (Not Your Ordinary Book Club) challenge. However, the only item I used from the packet was the album blank (black card stock). 6″ x 6″ closed All pages were covered by 2 patterns of decorative paper. The front and back covers have glued on cut outs of one of the patterns. The letters…

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Pin up Fan

September 8, 2008 /
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Another NYOBC (Not Your Ordinary Book Club) challenge. The theme was summer. Our packet included paper, stickers and ribbon. It would have made a nice scrapbook page but I needed to do something different. Fan: I cut fan blades out of chip board. Papers: Vintage pin up pictures were copied onto paper from the packet…

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Scrabble Card

July 12, 2008 /
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Shell Book

July 2, 2008 /
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Cat Calendar

March 12, 2008 /
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I volunteered to provide the cover (8) for a Cat inspired calendar. The person responsible for January wasn’t able to make January’s page so the cover became the cover and the January page. 6″ x 6″ Chip Board Decorative paper covered the chip board Cat Face Stamp: Inkadinkado / 90917 Cat Lover Stamp: Rubber Stampede…

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Goo Card

February 12, 2008 /
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Crab Purse

February 12, 2008 /
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5″ high x 7 1/2″ wide (2″ at base when closed) Mr. Wonderful and I went on vacation Hersey, PA then on to New York and New Jersey. We had a ball (it doesn’t take much). The purse holds pictures inside in the order of the cities we visited. The outside pocket contains the CD…

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Seabee

February 12, 2008 /
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Another NYOBC (Not Your Ordinary Book Club) challenge. 8″ high x 5 3/4″ wide (closed) My husband (Mr. Wonderful) retired as a Senior Chief from the Navy reserves 10 years ago (something he still misses). A picture of him on a dozer is on the cover. Inside are pictures of his retirement and some of…

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Bob the Tour Guide

October 5, 2007 /
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8 1/2″ long x 5″ at the widest point This was a fun challenge. I belonged to a “Not Your Ordinary Book Club (Pine Cone Press)” at Impressive Ideas in Roswell, GA. We met monthly. In September 08 the NORBC members received a Halloween themed packet containing 4 pieces of card stock, a black blank…

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Asian Book

July 12, 2007 /
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This photo album was a tribute to my Step Mother, Kimie Gorday, born in Okinawa, Japan. Sometimes I have an idea and look for a need. This one started with a set of Martha Stewart plain black cards and envelopes on sale after Halloween for 90% off! The envelope flaps have a decorative edge (as…

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Joe Montana

June 12, 2007 /
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14″w x 7″h x 1-3/4″d This was fun. I got to collaborate with my daughter Laura Donnelly. We belonged to a “not your ordinary book club”. Wherein each member is given a choice between two packs of paper containing a few coordinating miscellaneous items. We discuss the theme of the paper and items and go…

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