Happy Thursday! Welcome to another fun Unity Hip Hop Thursday. Angela mentioned the other day how she feels like her week are measured from Thursday to Thursday and I so gets what she's saying now. Lately I have two Unity sets on my desk, this month's kit of the month, Together We Bloom, and this month's Stampin' Store Kit, Super Sweet & Stuck on You. For today's hop I wanted to share with you a quick tutorial on how to put a notepad holder and thought the Sew Cute subset of the Super Sweet & Stuck on You set was perfect for it. This is what I came up with.
My base is Pure Luxury Innocent Pink card stock and I'm using Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl pattern paper. I had a lot of fun with these images, coloring them, cutting them, and just making the overall theme. Here are some more close up photos, startign with a photo of the pin cushion and buttons.
As you notice, after coloring the images, I added some Crystal Effects to the pins and the cherry; added white gel pen accents to the bottom of the pincushion; and threaded some floss to the buttons. Here's a close up of the sentiment.
I punched two holes to the left of the sentiment in order to thread a pin through...this way I carry the theme through. Here's a side view where I show you the pen holder section and where I added the pattern paper.
Stamps: Unity Stamps: April KOM, Super Sweet & Stuck on You
Paper: Pure Luxury Innocent Pink and Ivory card stock; Cosmo Cricket's Material Girl
Ink: Memento Tuxedo Black Ink
Accessories: Copics; Red Satin Ribbon; Crystal Effects; Cuttlebug; Swiss Dots Embossing Folder; Spellbinders Circle and Small Big Scalloped Circles dies; Sewing Machine; Floss; Pen; Halfback Pearls; Large and Scallop Oval Tag punches; Double Sided Tape; Copics
If you'd like to put a notepad holder of your own, here's a video tutorial to show you how. You can watch it below or just click on the links above the video to view it over at YouTube or Vimeo.
watch video below /Watch at YouTube / Watch at Vimeo
Ready for more inspiration? Hop on over to Julie's blog to check out her amazing project!
Thanks so much for stopping by!
do you have to use a card stock or could it be any type of paper by the way this is so cute
Posted by: dafne | April 08, 2012 at 04:44 PM
This looks to be quite a bit bigger than similarly-designed notepad holders that are always in the Michaels $1 section, and I really like it! Just a quick question - what size notepads are you putting inside? Also, are you going to tell us how you made that cute flowery pen, too? :)
Posted by: Sophia | April 23, 2010 at 11:51 PM
wowowowowoowowowo!!!! YOu are awesome! this is so gorgeous! love the colors, detail... so pretty!!!
Posted by: sunghee | April 18, 2010 at 07:16 PM
WOW...everything is fabulous! I love oogling over your project! :)
Posted by: Karen M | April 15, 2010 at 10:50 PM
This is amazing! Great job and thanks for the tutorial!
Posted by: Robyn Leonard | April 15, 2010 at 06:42 PM
You are so stinking amazing...you blow me away!!!!
Posted by: Maria Gurnsey | April 15, 2010 at 04:44 PM
wow this is simply AMAZING!!! Love it.
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Posted by: lisa a | April 15, 2010 at 04:39 PM
How fun. Both items cute, That note pad holder? Way too CUTE!!!
Posted by: Jane Harrah | April 15, 2010 at 03:46 PM
wow that Is and awsome card... I love the embeshiments the colors the project is out standing.
Posted by: Linda | April 15, 2010 at 02:14 PM
FABulous! seriously, fabulous! love the colors and all the elements you added-you rock!
Posted by: Lisa Henke | April 15, 2010 at 02:06 PM
OH MY CRAFTYNESS....THIS IS AWESOME GIRL....AMAZING in fact! :)
Posted by: eryn hagen | April 15, 2010 at 01:07 PM
That is so cute! I can't wait to watch the tutorial at home tonight (at work now).
Posted by: Toni | April 15, 2010 at 11:28 AM
This is soooo CUTE! Thank for the tutorial
Posted by: Cheryl (Shestamps) | April 15, 2010 at 11:14 AM
fun fun fun!!
Posted by: Rona | April 15, 2010 at 10:33 AM
LOve it, love how you sewed the "buttons" on!
Posted by: Gwen | April 15, 2010 at 10:06 AM
Super cute project Carolina!! What a bunch of eye candy all wrapped up into one awesome notepad!! Love it!
Posted by: Kelly Landers | April 15, 2010 at 09:27 AM
how very cute is this i would love to have something this cute sitting on my desk. thanks for the tutorial.
Posted by: jan farnworth | April 15, 2010 at 09:20 AM
Thank you for the video. Cute notepad.
Posted by: Pam Spradlin | April 15, 2010 at 09:00 AM
Fabulous project! Thanks so much for the video! I can't wait to try to make one!
Posted by: Tara Prince | April 15, 2010 at 08:52 AM
LOve the inspiration Carolina! Such cute and awesome projects!
Posted by: Jenny Johns | April 15, 2010 at 08:47 AM
This is a BIG WOWIE!!! AMAZING work, so love your design with the stamps, your colors, it's just such a gorgeous little project!
Posted by: Eva | April 15, 2010 at 08:37 AM
LOVE this project - thank you for sharing the video!!! LOVE the stamped buttons - just makes me want the store KOM even more!
Posted by: Marilyn | April 15, 2010 at 06:56 AM
WOW! These are amazing! LOVE your tutorial great job. I have the store kit in the mail on the way to me, can't wait!
Posted by: Maria Levine | April 15, 2010 at 06:32 AM
wow girlie.. this is amazing.. so much detail.. I sure hope u are keeping this or giving it away to someone really special.. it's beautifuL! xoxo
Posted by: Bonnierose | April 15, 2010 at 06:30 AM
Wow!!! Carolina I'm speechless! What an amazing and creative project! Absolutely stunning! I've never seen such a beautiful altered notebook! You are so talented! Thanks for the video tutorial! Have a wonderful day!
Posted by: Stephanie Zito | April 15, 2010 at 06:13 AM