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Last Friday of August....how did we get to September already?!  Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday challenge this week is "Office Supplies".  I know its back to school for my friends in the States so this challenge is a perfect time to repurpose those items for some crafty fun.

I found this binder in my mom's garage sale pile and knew it would be perfect for a project.  Aden had been asking me to make a book with his "model" poses and this binder was just right.  Aden is such a character.  This book will be an ongoing project for awhile.  As long as he is giving me model poses, I'll be taking photos. :)

I used patterned paper, twine, doily, tags, buttons, and a wooden boy for the front cover.

On the in covers, I inked it with distress ink and added some embellishments.  On the back cover, someone has done a math problem.  Just made me smile to see it there.

A few of the pages.....

Aden's personality just cracks me up.  This book is going to be a fun one now and to look back on.  Hope he never loses this personality.  :)

Many more pages to come.  :)

Hope you will join us at Frosted Designs for this week's challenge "Office Supplies".  Make sure you link up your projects to the blog for the chance to win a great prize and so I can check them out.

Happy Crafting!  :)

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The challenge at Frosted Designs this week is "twine/ribbon".  I just love twine so this challege was right up my alley.  I have created a keepsakes for my boys.  The tin originally held Prima flowers.  I spray painted it white and then added twine around the lid.

I've used Trendy Twine for this project.  I just love their twine!!  Such lovely colours.  I used three different colours here, one to represent each of my boys.

Inside the tin, are wee glass bottles.  They first held glitter and flocking but after my boys played with them they magically were empty!  :)  Perfect for a "note in bottle" project.

The notes are tied up with the three colours of twine and each boy has a set of notes.  The top is embellished with flowers and a pearl bling.

It was fun to look around and see what I could repurpose and also to use twine in a different way.  Hope you will join us at Frosted Designs for the twine/ribbon challenge.  Make sure you upload your project to the blog for a chance to win a prize and so I can check them out.  Can't wait to see how you use twine!!

Happy Crafting!!  :)

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Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday challenge this week is "Fabric".   Anything goes with this challenge.  My best friend Lynne and I bought this fabric and have made a number of things with it.  It is the coolest!!  Just love the pattern and the colours.  The frame originally was a mirror for the bathroom.  But with three boys in the house, it was bound to get broken....before it got hung!!  :)  Perfect for this project once it was spray painted black.

A bit of cotton trim and buttons and its ready for photos.  Hope you will join us for the fabric challenge.  Make sure you upload your project to the Frosted Designs blog for the chance to win an awesome prize and so I can check them out.

Happy Crafting!!  :)

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Frosted Designs Fabulous Friday challenge is a colour challenge this week.  Here are the colours what you do with them is up to you!

I decided to take these colours and make a layout with them.  I came across this photo of Ian in the ones my Dad took on their Grandparent/Grandkid camping trip.  It cracks me up every time I look at it!!

So I decided that needed to be my title.  "this....cracks me up!"

Ian has just turned 11 so I used items that had the number 11 on them for this page.

Love this paper range from Crate Paper.

Hope you will join the colour challenge with us at Frosted Designs.  Make sure you link up your project for a chance to win a prize and so I can check them out!

Happy Crafting!!  :)