Today's color scheme: Pacific Point, Kiwi Kiss, Red Riding Hood (retired in-colors) FYI: Summer Sun coordinates well with these colors.
Yesterday I felt in the mood to take an on-hand 5×7" low-cost spiral composition notebook and personalize it with SU! paper. I chose my favorite SU! in-colors which are unfortunately retired.
To cover a notebook is pretty easy and does not take that much time—unless you decide to get real fancy. For me I like to keep the look pretty simple and without to much fuss.
The front, back, and inside cover pages of the notebook were covered with DSP cut to 5×7" and punched with holes that correspond to the notebook spirals. To do that I pull a page from the notebook and use dotto adhesive to temporarily adhere it to the DSP. I use the torn page as my guide to know where to use my small circle punch. After that is done I use my SU! scissors to cut a slit opening in each punched circle. The slits will allow me to gently thread the custom cut DSP to cover the notebook cover. I used Tombow glue to secure my custom fit DSP panels to the notebook covers.
A non-SU! BigZ die was used to create the cover's flower. A non-SU! border punch was used on the Pacific Point paper wrapped (2" x 7", folded in half, then border punch on the long edges) around the notebook's edge.
I also used my SU! round tab to punch out several tabs from the leftover DSP and Pacific Point paper. I'll attach these after I figure out for sure the specific use for my personalized notebook.
OK—now it is your turn to take an inexpensive composition notebook and make it your own! 
Yesterday morning started early with a phone call about Hawaii would be hit with a tsunami generated by Chile's 8.8 earthquake. First, an 8.8 earthquake?! Next thought was get busy in completing the precautionary steps to be prepared for whatever problems the tsunami could create such as no electricity or water for multiple days. We are fortunate that we do not live in an evacuation zone so that was one less worry to address.
Today's color scheme: Sweet Pea DSP colors! Old Olive (card base), Chocolate Chip (corduroy button), So Saffron, Taken with Teal, and Rose Red.
You will notice there is minimal stamping here—just the sentiment stamped with Taken with Teal ink and punched out with the Modern Label punch. The punch out was layered on to a slightly larger punch out (Taken with Teal Paper) created with my Magnetic Movers and Shapers die.
The flowers were made by running SU!'s Original die, Blossom Party (115971), through my Big Shot with three different paper colors: Taken with Teal, Rose Red, So Saffron.
One sheet side from the Sweet Pea DSP was used to accent the card's front including using SU!'s Scallop Trim Border punch.
Here's a cute picture of my assistant (Alice the cat) taking a much need snooze… 
Today's color scheme: Not Quite Navy and Sage Shadow
This is a note card (Not Quite Navy base) I made for a wonderful friend on the Mainland. She needs some cheering up and since she loves cats this Penny Black stamp seemed the perfect ticket. My note card dimension is 6 3/4 x 4 7/8" and then folded in half.
The Sage Shadow was texturized using SU!'s Perfect Details Texturz plate. I used some leftover card stock as a shim to help ensure a good embossed look. Spellbinder dies were used to create the scalloped ovals from Not Quite Navy and Whisper White paper.
I used my SU! write markers and blender pens to color in the stamped image. Can you believe the inner tube was colored in with Bravo Burgundy?!
Enjoy!
I am playing along with Paper Pal Arts PPA30-KISS (Keep it Simple, Sweetie) challenge. My card is simple—trying to take a representative photo of the card was not. Let me just say my photo shoot and prop spot is limited so that in itself poses challenges for me.
Today's color scheme: Rich Razzleberry, Crushed Curry, Melon Mambo, an Razzleberry Lemonade DSP. Card base is Whisper White.
The card's completed dimension is 3 1/4" x 6" (6 1/2 x 6—folded in half). The Blossom Party BigZ die was used to create the flower. The Scallop Trim Border punch (Sale-A-Bration catalog – pg.9) was applied along the card's bottom front flap. A strip of 1" x 6" Rich Razzleberry was adhered to the card's inside to help emphasize the scallop trim border. A strip of Razzleberry Lemonade DSP was adhered just above the scalloped border. Truth be told—I had stamped the sentiment there and made a mess of it. OK—go with Plan B! I added Rich Razzleberry polka-dot ribbon to the card's front, assembled my flower (lots of flower choices with the Blossom Party BigZ die!!), added couple dimensionals to back of flower and stuck it to the card's front.
Now came another moment of truth. Did I feel brave enough to try stamping the sentiment from Of the Earth (Hostess stamp set) with Rich Razzleberry ink to the card's front? Downside—mess up and I get to start all over. I took the plunge and whew—it turned out OK.
Here's another photo of the same card except I added a butterfly made using my Beautiful Wings embosslits die. The little butterfly was a leftover from another stamping adventure and thought what the heck—let us see what the card looks like with the addition of the butterfly.
Enjoy your day!
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Today's card was inspired by a card made by Nichole Heady (PaperTreyInk). In fact I was so inspired I made TWO cards. Once again I am using the medium size Timeless Type Junior Alphabet sizzlit dies to make "Hi!" from Basic Black card stock.
Here's what the second card looks like:
The card base is SU!'s retired [...]
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Tuesday Midnight Madness
