Monday
Jan182010
January 18, 2010 at 4:55 AM OUR RESOLUTION WRAP-UP...
is today.
And YES, I know today is the 18th of January.
An awesome project - that starts off with just one page. But as the year moves on this teal-beauty will get fuller and fatter, thicker and more inspiring. I envision it, a year from now, full of snippets and scraps, hunks hanging out and tid-bits tucked in. {Lolly - you'll show us some pictures come July...won't you?}
But I believe we're allowed to tweak, perfect, elaborate and revise our goals for the new year all January long. It makes sense, don't you think? Thirty-one days to plan out the next 334. {LOL!}
So Lolly took her "2010 Resolution" assignment, and decided to turn it into more of a monthly journey. A journey to fun, crafty adventures. To do this she took a chipboard album and covered the front and back...plus one interior page.
For now, check out some pictures, and I'll walk you through what she did:
First of all, she embellished the H-E-double-hockey-sticks out of her front cover. She covered the chipboard with quilt batting and then went to town with anything she could find in teal and lime green. Chipboard swirls, patterned papers and supplies to make up some cuter-than-cute individual flowers. COOL STUFF!
For her "2010" title she used the Label from the Santa's Workshop and embellished the title with a Sizzix Butterfly. To make the butterfly "pop" she simply die-cut two of them, stapled them to each other along their spine and covered the staples with some adhesive backed pearls. FUN IDEA!
{I'm going to try and talk Lolly into showing us how to make these flowers. Don't you think that'd be a fun idea? Ohhhhh Lolly.....}
Okay, but moving to the inside of her mini-album...
She covered the insides of her chipboard covers with paper, fabric and other cute accents. She used the Spellbinders Label Three set quite a bit...she said it's one of her fave dies. She used some Thickers from her stash to personalize her book, but this font is just exactly like QK Studio. Such a great classic font!
On the first page in her album, she made space for a "monthly mini album". This will be added to, the first day of each month. She's already half way into her January album-lette, and is in love with the process. Here she used her Sugarplum Mini Album Bundle. And you'll never guess what she cut most of her pages from...brown paper lunch sacks! I love it! Perfect for sketching, punching, tearing, altering and doing samples on. How fun!
You can see here that she filled her January album to capacity, using only the squared pages. Decorated and embellished and ready to go - this is soon to be full of "Lolly craft-isms". She explained to me that she plans to create a new "page" the first of each month so she has a place to document fun stuff for the month ahead. That's her actual resolution. Being organized, being prepared and documenting so nothing is forgotten. I love the concept!
{Edited To Add - I forgot to point out that she used her Spellbinders Labels Three to cut a felt spine for her mini album...so fun! She cut the felt piece first, then laid it inside the Sugarplum album die to get the holes and the perforated lines. She made her own spine! She said she "felt" so clever!}
Here she is showing off just a couple of her first pages for the month. New die purchases, new punch shapes, color combos, sketch ideas...it will ALL go in this little January album. She thinks it is going to be fun to go back and look through the whole year, as she documents her favorite techniques, papers and die-cuts.
See how she put some vellum pages in over some of the kraft pages...love the look it gives. Soft and subtle...but still totally usable!
For the back cover Lolly used her Santa's Workshop Label again, along with the Santa's Workshop font.
An awesome project - that starts off with just one page. But as the year moves on this teal-beauty will get fuller and fatter, thicker and more inspiring. I envision it, a year from now, full of snippets and scraps, hunks hanging out and tid-bits tucked in. {Lolly - you'll show us some pictures come July...won't you?}
In fact - I think we'll have to have a "June Resolution Check-In" and see how the "Fab Four" is doing on their goals, their progress and the personal challenges. GOOD STUFF!
If you have a question for Lolly, leave it here. Well, write out some comment-love first, then tack on your question at the end. She'll get back to you with a comment-answer toot-suite!
Tomorrow, January 19th is release day for QuicKutz. January's release is amazing, and I can't wait to show you some of the ideas we've come up with
But you'll have to check back tonight.
Official QK release time is midnight EST. Which is 9pm in California, 10pm in Arizona and 11pm in Texas. So be here at the appropriate time, and prepare to be inspired.
I'm here for your habit...
Reader Comments (15)
I've been a fan of 'Lolly Crafts' foe a while now, and now I have a feeling I'm gonna follow Scrappy Land a lot more, thanks to Lolly's lovely creativity...Ah, the stuff she makes!!
Hahahaha, Susan. When I was reading that Lolly embellished the hockey sticks, I was looking for the hockey sticks! I head to read it again to see the H-E-double hockey sticks!!! You're funny.
Lolly, this a beautiful project. I'd really like to know how to do the flowers. I envy you the time you have and your creative eye. Keep inspiring!
I am going to start on the Feb. page at a crop this Friday! I can hardly wait!! I think I need to stay ahead of it if I am gonna make it through the whole year!
Thanks for the sweet post Suz!
great project lolly...so cute! Yes, I can't wait to see what this little guy looks like at the end of the year.
I am in awe of that cover! I know that teal is your fav color, but did Susan make you put lime green on it too? I can't wait to see how to make those flowers! You are so crafty I am sure that we will learn a lot from you! Thanks for sharing and please show us what it looks like at the end of the year! :D
Whoa, Lolly!! This book is beautiful. Please, please,please show us how to make the flowers??! Your sense of color and style are impeccable. Can't wait to see what you do next! Gail
I had to go back and re-read the beginning like Diane...I was looking for hockey sticks too :)
Lolly--would love to see a tutorial on the flowers they're so pretty. I like the fabric cover and the use of the smaller album inside--way creative. Thanks for the inspiration :)
Amazing, she is so incredibly talented and as one of her followers I have to say again you guys were so lucky to get her! Can't wait for the flower tutorial! She will surely do one, she is great that way! hugs from Conroe, TX!
What a nice idea - wonderful job.
Lolly, the album is beautiful. I too want to learn to make the flowers.
The mini albums are a great idea. Are they held in place by a sleeve?
What did you use for the flowers on the back cover?
Karen
Love it! I would like to learn how to do those flowers. Beautiful work.
Hi Karen... I made a little pocket from fabric that I sewed on to that page (so it makes a sleeve of sorts). You just put the back of the album into the pocket to hold it in place.
I'll be sharing a video tutorial on how to make those flowers on my blog within a week! I got my broken video camera back today!
Sigh...I think Lolly needs to travel around giving workshops on stuff like this! This is absolutely delightful and I want to make one NOW!
This book is BEAUTIFUL...the color choices take my breath away! Thanks Lolly for sharing!
That is so beautiful! I love the idea of documenting crafty favorites throughout the year.