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Black & White Flowers Are Very Striking

March 22, 2021 Leave a Comment

After yesterday’s very colourful card I have a different floral project for you today. It’s no secret that I love black and white colour schemes, but sometimes I also add a pop of colour. This 5″ x 7″ notebook purchased in Dollarama already had a bright pink binding, but the rest of the cover did not excite me at all. That is until I took it into my craft studio and set to work.

Striking decorated notebook created using a black and white floral design from the True Love paper pack and a sentiment from the Hydrangea Haven Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

BLACK AND PINK

When I was buying the notebook I thought the pink was the same as Stampin’ Up!’s Flirty Flamingo. However when I got it home I realised it wasn’t the same at all. So I decided not to try and match the binding, but contrast it with black (and white) instead.

I immediately knew where to look for my alternate cover; the True Love 12″ x 12″ Designer Series Paper (DSP) pack. This pack contains a variety of black and white floral and geometric patterns that are really versatile. I chose this quite busy all-over floral pattern that might be too much on a smaller project. But on the cover of a notebook I thought it would be perfect.

After measuring the notebook cover I cut two 4″ x 7″ pieces of the black and white design. Then using Multipurpose Liquid Glue (Tombow) I fixed them to the front and back covers, lining them up against the open edges.

Next I cut two 1/4″ x 7″ strips of Basic Black Card and glued them along the edges of the DSP closest to the pink binding. This created a great contrast between the binding and patterned paper.

Finally I trimmed the corners of the DSP with Paper Snips, using the edge of the original cover as a guide.

HYDRANGEA HAVEN

I could have left the project there, but instead decided to add a sentiment from the Hydrangea Haven Stamp Set.

I chose “The world is better because of you” and mounted the clear photopolymer stamp onto the hinged plate on my Stamparatus. Then I stamped it onto a 1-1/4″ x 3-1/4″ piece of Whisper White Card using Tuxedo Black ink. Next, leaving the stamp mounted on the plate, I cleaned it off using a Simply Shammy. Now if I didn’t move the Whisper White Card I could stamp on the card again in exactly the same place.

Striking decorated notebook created using a black and white floral design from the True Love paper pack and a sentiment from the Hydrangea Haven Stamp Set from Stampin' Up! #papercraftwithme

This time I inked up the stamp surface with VersaMark ink and stamped onto the original sentiment. Then I removed the card from the Stamparatus and sprinkled the sticky ink with Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder. After tapping off the excess powder, I removed a few stray specks and then melted the rest using my Heat Tool set on 2 (high). This gave me a black embossed sentiment even though I didn’t have any black embossing powder to hand.

While the embossing was cooling I cut a 1-1/2″ x 3-1/2″ of Basic Black Card. Then using liquid glue I mounted the embossed sentiment onto the card before attaching it to the front of the notebook.

Finally I added a line of three Matte Black Dots beneath the sentiment and my revamped notebook project was complete.

I love how this notebook turned out and it really didn’t take long at all.

PRODUCT LIST

BUNDLE BONUS – I bought the Hydrangea Haven Stamp Set in a bundle with the coordinating Hydrangea Dies (not used today). Buying the two items using a single ‘bundle’ item number meant I saved 10% off the cost of buying them separately. I’ve included a link to the bundle below in case you want to explore this option.

Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Basic Black 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
True Love Designer Series Paper
True Love Designer Series Paper
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Cardstock
Matte Black Dots
Matte Black Dots
Hydrangea Haven Photopolymer Stamp Set
Hydrangea Haven Photopolymer Stamp Set
Hydrangea Haven Bundle
Hydrangea Haven Bundle
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Tuxedo Black Memento Ink Pad
Versamark Pad
Versamark Pad
Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder
Clear Stampin’ Emboss Powder
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
Heat Tool (Us And Canada)
Stamparatus
Stamparatus
Simply Shammy
Simply Shammy
Paper Snips
Paper Snips
Paper Trimmer
Paper Trimmer
Multipurpose Liquid Glue
Multipurpose Liquid Glue

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