5.18.2010

my first Bind-it-all project...

I have to confess I was not sure after getting my Bind-it-all ....if I will have fun with it ...or not...lol
Last weekend finally I decided to try it. In order to make a simple notebook as a gift for one of my BFF...her name is Hindy. She's my Godson Tomás's mom.
My big challenge here was that I've chosen the more cheap materials I could find among my craft stuff....I mean I took some "trash"...lol...as ordinary brown cardboard....and a lot of empty brown paper bags I've saved from my supermarket shoppings....lol ...at last  some old natural color cotton...I have tried some of my silkscreens...made previously for my polymer clay projects.
Then...some Tim Holtz's Distress Ink( tea dye)...some Ranger's UTEE+ Melting pot...a silicone mold from a coral I got from my last vacations at my favorite brazilian beach...I mean....8y ago...( too bad...) and a golden string. I couldn't forget a bunch of asian rubber stamps I got from Stampfrancisco a couple of years ago....and some MS border punches, of course...lol
I've printed some of the brown paper bag pages on my HP laser printer .

(oops NO AFFILIATION with any craft product mentioned above)

I think it resulted pretty cool...and I have a lot of fun making it at my mom's apartment....( I swear I've cleaned all my mess when it was finished....lol).
Hope my BFF likes it.











24 comments:

  1. AWESOME!!!!
    Just AWESOME!
    **U**
    Nance

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  2. It came out great, you would never know that you took all the cheapo stuff to make it... Awesome job!

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  3. How can she not like it! It's stunning! It looks very professional (but then, what else would we expect from you!) You are amazing!

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  4. Oh Paulo this is very elegant! I loooove it!!!
    Huggs,
    Jessie

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  5. Oh it is so beautiful! I love the colors so much.

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  6. Oh Paulo....your BFF is going to CHERISH it!!! This is a GORGEOUS creation!!!! LUCKY BFF you have!!!!!!! Thank you for letting us see it!!!

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  7. diga para as moças seguidoras acima , que sim , sou uma sortuda , sou sua bff mais feliz do mundo,diga tbém que moro bem perto de vc a muitos anos e que comadre no brazil tem muitas entonações , diga que amei tanto que vou quardar com suas fotos dentro , com petálas de rosas , com perfume ! bjs meu lindo e obrigada tantas vezes ! bjs

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  8. querido chegou meu comentario ai ?

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  9. Paulo, you did a great job! Is there nothing you can't do? LOL! Great, wonderful job!

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  10. Paulo,
    You have created a beautiful and elegantly simple journal. The colors and the papers work so very well together. I'm not sure you should change anything about it. I think adding anything to the book would take away from it's current elegance.
    Dawn

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  11. Your BFF is going to love this!!! You made this from scraps, trash and whatever you could find????? OMG...! Just shows what an incredible artist you are. Beautiful!!!

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  12. Wow, Paulo. I am almost speechless. That is the most beautiful book I have ever seen. You would never know you used cheap brown grocery bags to make it. Your colors are fabulous too.

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  13. she'll love it! it has wonderful colors.
    soraya

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  14. It's beautiful! I think she's going to love it.

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  15. Just Gorgeous!!!

    MichelleMyBelle

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  16. Hi Paulo! Gorgeous notebook and a wonderful of way of recycling! Your BFF is going to LOVE IT!! :)

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  17. What a beautiful book - she will love it!

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  18. Annette in Ohio5/19/2010 9:11 AM

    Gorgeous, Paulo! She'll love it!

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  19. Paulo

    Your BFF is lucky to receive the album. I really like how you used found items to make
    the book. Great job!!!!

    Sandi N.

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  20. This is absolutely beautiful.

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  21. Gorgeous!! Hard to believe you used found and recycled objects. Love it (and all the files you do.)
    Cindy

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  22. The prettiest trash I've ever seen. Bravo, Paulo!

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