Mel's 50th Birthday book

The front cover of Mel's Birthday Book.
Mel and I both love red wine, so I thought the pages in this book were very appropriate.

first 2 pages of Mel's book

First 2 pages after the front cover

50th Birthday Book for Mel

Last 2 pages with room for a photo after the party...

Another tag using the Papillon stamp

Another tag using Tim's Papillon stamp.
I used ditress stains, distress inks, grunge.distress stickles.

Tim's Papillon Stamp

I used Gesso first, then Tim's stains, Tim's Tissue and distress inks.

First Copic class

I did my first Copic Class Yesterday on the Gold Coast at. www.creativescrapbooking.com
The other ladies there had all used Copics before.
I was the only newbie there, and she said Red was 0ne of the hardest colours to blend first. so here is what I made.
the hat is a bit wonky as the jewel was a bit bulky for the scanner...