Summertime Fun

It’s cold here (for California), but not much rain this year. If it’s gonna be cold or cloudy, I’d rather have rain because we need it. It already feels like spring and we haven’t had winter. The birds in my backyard are VERY loud. My favorite season is summer, so this book makes me happy. I LOVE Cosmo Cricket and this paper line- Hello Sunshine is one of my favorites. This is the Maya Road Window Round Tab Chipboard Book. O.K. so most of my books are a lot of work, but this was more like a ton of work. Hahaha. I decided to use paper squares, since covering each full page with the different sized windows is not easy. I painted it white first, but shabby white, not completely covered. Then I cut out a ton of squares in 2 different sizes, so I could mat each one. Next comes the fun embellishments. Really this sky is the limit with this one. It has a great variation of embellishments. I am really into the small sticker alphas right now too. They are so easy to use and fit well on mini book pages. You can see the new Maya Road Vintage pin on the front cover butterfly. You can also see the new double stitched ribbon in yellow on the cover. MR also just realeased a very cute singleton stamp called “Build a Tree”. You can add as many leaves as you want to your tree. Notice the stamped trees on some of the pages. The birds that are included in the stamp set are just too cute as well. You can even add an owl or a pear.