Vacation Blog Hop

Good Morning Everyone!! TGIF! I hope you are hopping right along with us and came from Nancy's blog, isn't her travel wall so AWESOME!  I was lucky enough to see it in person and it's so much better than the photos!  She did a great job with it and her family will have so much fun planning their next trip(s) together.

Here is my super fun project.  A while ago I was making a gift for Nancy for her birthday, she was soon going on a trip and I wanted to make her a travel journal to take along with her so that she could write everything down.  If you want to see it, click here.  The whole time I was making it I was thinking that I would love to have one for myself and that "someday" I would make one.  This blog hop was my perfect excuse!  My husband and I are always talking about where we want to go next, what activities we want to do over the summer, etc.  He is always saying, "let's write that down" and of course we never do.  Well I have made this cute little book so that we can.  From now on when ever we say that, we can just jot it down in the book and use the book to plan out our vacations or activities.  I am just in love with this little book and can't wait to start using it!  I am dividing up the book into two sections, vacations and activities.  This way we can keep everything straight.  Here are a few photos.

 I used the Stampin UP! Flower Folds Die with my Sizzix Big Shot to make the flowers and the scalloped square. If you would like to see a video tutorial on the flower, I made one here.  I sewed the square onto the fabric along with the ribbon. I then glued the fabric onto chipboard for the front and the back of the book. I took another piece of  cardboard and covered up the inside of the front and back cover so you wouldn't see the fabric edges.

 I am in love with this stamp set from Market Street Stamps.

 This is the back. I just stuck a flower on with this eyelet to hook my ribbon to.

Supplies Used: 

Stamps: Market Street Stamps Simple Joys, Stampin UP! Four Frames (Sneak peak set from the new catalog out in July)

Ink: Stampin UP! Rose Red and Chocolate Chip

Paper: Stampin UP! Crumb Cake
Accessories, All fabric is Stampin UP! along with the ribbon, Jumbo eyelets, buttons, and the Stampin UP! Flower Folds die to cut out the flowers.

Your next stop is Jen over at Memories with Jen!  

Don't forget about our sponsor, Simply Betty Stamps and make sure to leave a comment on each blog for a chance to win one of these adorable stamps!:-)

Here is a list of the blogs in the hop in case you get lost along the ways:

Nancy - http://blog.fancywithnancy.com/

Jessica- http://thecreativestamperspot.blogspot.com/

Jen R. http://memorieswithjen.blogspot.com/

Gill - http://scrappincreationsbygillm.blogspot.com/

Lisa - http://lisagarrow.blogspot.com/

Monica - http://scraps2treasure.blogspot.com/

Jill - http://Thescrapoholic.blogspot.com/

Jackie - http://jackiesscrappinpad.blogspot.com/

Nadia -  www.nadiasbeautifulmess.blogspot.com

Shannon - www.purplelionpaper.com/blog

Jenn P - http://jennscrap2.blogspot.com/

Betty - http://simplybettystamps.blogspot.com/