My Take on the Midori

   Two weeks ago, I jumped on the bandwagon for the midori (handmade version is called fauxdori). It is basically a cover that has elastic running through the spine to slip notebooks in. Everyone, knows I have a notebook sickness. I have a stack of them in my bedroom. When I told my mom about this leather cover book I was going to make she said she wanted one too. I did two different ones and will just share my personal one today. For my mom's I followed the instructions on this blog post I found on the blog Stamped in His Image.   

Here is mine. This one is a little different from the blog post I linked to. 

1. I added two extra elastic strings by adding an extra hole in the top and bottom of the spine. 

2. I also ran the fabric lining through the whole inside. I didn't find that the fabric bunched when it was folded. 

3. I didn't use the tooling leather on mine (only reason was they only had one package at my Hobby Lobby and I was using it for my mom's). I ended up buying the leather trim pack, the leather is softer. 

 Supplies: fabric, leather, twine (Timeless Twine), elastic 2mm cording, wooden bead, loose sheets of notebook paper. hole puncher (We R memory Keepers, and pattern paper (Nikki Sivils, DCWV, ?)

   Here is what the inside looks like. The fabric I used was a scrap from a purse I made four years ago. 

 The notebooks were simple to make and very cheap too. I bought a packages of 150 sheets of notebook paper for 82 cents and just used some of my pattern paper scraps to make the covers. All you have to do is trim the paper to the size you want, fold i have and staple it. I then just trimmed the pages with a craft knife so they were even. The last step in to glue them into the covers.

Layout About Cards

Remember, those WCMD cards I made for Paper Crafts Magazine I ended up loving them so much I printed photos of them and made a layout.

I used a sketch from Sketch -N- Scrap.

I ended up making little flip books to house all the photos.

Mother's Day Hop

Welcome to your third stop. If you didn't come by the way of Melissa Johnson., go back to the start to Amanda because you don't want to miss any of these projects.
I am going to share with you a card and a necklace I made for my mom this year.
The card was made with three different collections from Cosmo Cricket (Early Bird, Salt Air and Jolly By Jolly - the banner was made with it)

 Up next is a rolled flower necklace. I know it is not the kind of necklace you had in mind but my mom like camouflage material so I thought she would love this.

All you need is:
1 1/2" x 15" strip of fabric folded in half width-wise.
Chain
Hot glue
Beads
Felt

Steps
1. Cut a 2" circle out of felt.
2. Glue one end of the strip in the center. Twist stripe and glue down. Let it coil around itself.
3. Trim any excess felt off the flower.
4. Cut a strip of felt and glue to center of chain so it looks like a tab. Glue tab to back of flower.
5.Glue on you beads.

Your next stop is to Robyn .
Enjoy.

Paper

My dog loves paper. When holidays roll by he acts a little crazy when he tries to get the wrapping paper from us. I did this page to show how much he loves it.

Property of MJ's Kraze

Supplies are fro Scenic Route, the Paper Studio, Prima, Jenni Bowlin, Simplicity, Cosmo Cricket, K& Company.
Page was based on Sketchy Thursday 8.4 sketch
My poll is still going on the side bar. Please vote on where you shop for handmade goods.

Waiting

This page is based on Sassy Lil' Sketches July 28 Reveal.

Property of MJ's Kraze

The photos are of Buster waiting patiently for me to finish taking photos of new carpet tiles for my feed mats.
When I was finished I saw him looking through the railing on the deck trying to keep himself amused by watching for wildlife, which he never crossed his path.
Thanks for stopping by. Tomorrow I have some news about my Artfire studio

A Hidden Photo

This page I wanted to add an extra photo but I didn't want to have small pictures on this 8 x 8 page. I had some cute little file folders from the Rusty Pickle came to my rescue.
Here is what the page looks like when the folder it closed.

Property of MJ's Kraze

Here it is when it is open,

Property of MJ's Kraze

The folder allowed me to add an extra photo and journaling without making this page look overwhelming.
I love how this page came together with all the different textures. Thanks for visiting. I will see you tomorrow with another page.

Poker Dog

This layout is sure to bring a smile to your face.  The costume was something I made for Buster for a pet costume photo contest. I love these photos of him. I think he has a good poker face and a great hand.
5 ACES.  I think he is a little cheater.

Property of MJ's Kraze

Supplies: cardstock, rub-ons spray ink, ribbon and metal frame.
Sketch for this page was from Sketchy Thursday. Since I made 8 x 8 pages I adapted their sketch to accommodate the size of my photos.
Thanks for stopping by.

News and Roasted Veggies

  My news is about one of my Artfire studios ( Critter Crafts) I have recently decided to close it and move all my pets items over to MJ's Kraze. This means that you can shop from this one studio to find handmade items for you and your pet. This does not mean that I am trying to get rid of pet items. I am still adding new pet items to MJ's Kraze. I just wanted to simplify my life so I had more time creating.
  As I promised I am going to show how to make these veggies that my dad just can't get enough of.

Property of MJ's Kraze

Ingredients:

2/3c. extra virgin olive oil
5 large zucchini 
2 large onions                                       
4 - 6 garlic cloves
3 T. dried parsley

3 T. dried oregano

2 - 3 t. salt ( I used kosher) 

Directions: 

1. Preheat oven to 450.

2. Peel and slice zucchini in half. Then cut them in to about 1/4" planks.3. Cut onions in half and cut in 1/4" slices.
4. Mince garlic cloves.
5. Mix all the ingredients together.
6. Spread everything out on two large baking sheets in a single layer.
7. Cook for 15 minutes, after 10 minutes flip the zucchini. Veggies should be soft.

Here is the finished product. YUM.  Property of MJ's Kraze

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Thanks for stopping by. I hope you had a great Independence Day.