I’ve heard some people comment on how plain the Stampin’ Up! scrapbooks are. I’d like to offer another train of thought, just think how much you can do with a plain scrapbook! I have seen Stampin’ Up! scrapbooks that have been decorated so they look more lovely than any scrapbooks I’ve seen in the store.
Today I decided to try doing a 
little something to my 12×12 post linen scrapbook. I think I’ll probably do some other things too but that’ll have to be another day. Today I used the Kind Thought Flourish Stencil from out of the current Decor Elements Brochure. One of my upline members, Jan, gave this to me for a prize a while back and I wasn’t sure what to do with it at first. We rent so 
the walls were out of the question but once I started thinking outside the box . . .
To get this look, I first positioned the stencil and applied Chocolate Chip Craft Ink with a sponge. Once I was done with the stenciling, I lightly rubbed the Chocolate Chip Craft Ink 
all around the cover to give it a bit of an older look. I used the heat tool to speed up the drying process and then prepared for the next step. Once again I put down the stencil but I went slightly up and to the left this time so the Chocolate Chip would appear as a shadow. For the second round of stenciling I used Brocade Blue Craft Ink. I like the look!
I haven’t decided yet what other things I’m going to do to the cover but I’ll share with you once I get it done. I must say there is something exciting about knowing you’ve decorated not only all the pages but also the book itself!
While I’m talking about Scrapbooks, I’m going to put in a little about my preference in scrapbooks. I personally like Post Bound scrapbooks. I like how the post bound books hide the connections and 2-page layouts end up with the pages right beside each other instead of a gap in between. I like to make my pages flow together and seeing a gap just doesn’t help! So there’s my little take on it, everyone is different of course but I hope you’ll find this information helpful.
Happy Monday and thanks for stopping by!
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How cool! I just bought this stencil and I will have to try this tech, you are very creative in deed!!!
Amazing! You did a fantastic job! It looks like it is raised!
Becky, that is too cool. Great job.