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Saturday, January 25, 2014

Vintage Style Fabric/Paper Journal Cover {Featuring Bo Bunny Blooms and Tresors de Luxe Lace}



I've been wanting to create a soft vintage style journal cover for ages now!  To create my book design above I chose blooms in the pink and natural colors from the gorgeous Bo Bunny blooms and combined them with gorgeous lace from Tressors de Luxe.  I thought the subtle colors would work well for this style book.  I wanted to have the cover have a nice fabric feel to it so I also incorporated the new pleated canvas strips as well from the  Bo Bunny Kraft collections.  Here is a view of the book opened so you can see front and back.

 
I kept the back very simple with just a little stitching, because the back of it needs to sit flat.  Here are a few close-ups of the cover.  

 
 
For the creamy, earth tone, large bloom I used a touch of pink paint to give the flower a two-toned look.  After gluing down the blooms, I brushed all the blooms lightly with white to give them a more aged look.
 
 
I used Bo Bunny Vintage dot (Decaf) paper to make my heart design.  I added some machine stitching to give the paper a fabric look.


I added some pearl strands, ribbons and lace to the spine to finish the book design.
 
Bo Bunny Supplies:
Blossoms: Natural Earth Bouquet, Blush Bouquet, Natural Earth Dahlia, Natural Earth Daisy, Natural Earth Zinnia
Essentials: Kraft Canvas Pleated Lace
Double Dot Cardstock: Decaf in Vintage Dot
 
I hope you enjoyed my project today!  This project is a lot of fun to make, you don't have to be exacting in your design, just be free and easy, gluing and stitching down pretty things!  You can find the gorgeous lace trims I used on this page at Lucy's amazing etsy shop 'Tresors de Luxe' and you can check your local scrapbook stores for beautiful Bo Bunny Blooms (BTW, Bo Bunny is featuring projects all week long using their gorgeous blooms at their blog, so don't miss out having a peek at all the lovely projects!!) xo

35 comments:

  1. Oh wow, I'm truly in awe! What an amazing journal cover with so many gorgeous textures and details!

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  2. Absolutely gorgeous! I love how soft and feminine it is.

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  3. Be still my heart! I love this! So gorgeous! Would love to see how it came together.

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  4. wow..This is just stunning! Soft colors and gorgeous little details. You are so creative :)

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  5. Beyond gorgeous...I love your style. TFS :)
    Hugs xx

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  6. OOOO I saw this on the blog list and had to get a better look! So many amazing details! Stunning work!

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  7. hi gabrielle
    sorry but my englisch are very bad, but your work are so cute and nice!!!!!!!
    greats from corry

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  8. oh my good!! This is just sooooo beautiful!!!

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  9. oh my good!! This is just sooooo beautiful!!!

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  10. oh my good!! This is just sooooo beautiful!!!

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  11. just beautiful......tfs
    love it xo

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  12. Shabby chic lusciousness! I love it :)

    Paula xoxo

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  13. This is so fascinatingly beautiful! I love the layers and warmth. And the textures are astounding! When are you going to start developing your own lines of paper and embellishments? - I really hope you will!!!!

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  14. Gorgeous Gaby, love all the laces.

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  15. Olá, Gabrielle!
    Seu trabalho é simplesmente magnífico!
    Parabéns!!

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  16. Ohhh myyyyy Gabi, I HAD to come to your blog to tell you how much I LOVE this cover, it's totally gorgeous!!!!!!!!

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  17. Oh my goodness this is absolutely stunning! I love Every little amazing detail on it!!

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  18. Åee Gabriella, hvor er det dejligt, det er jo lige sådan jeg gerne ville kunne scrappe, og så i de dejligste farver som jeg også elsker. tusind tak for det dejlige syn, jeg håber jeg lærer noget af din blok. knus morkaren.

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  19. I love your work Gabriele...I have been a fan for a long time. I love watching your videos on You Tube and you are a great source of inspiration for me. I think we would be good friends in person because we love all the same things.

    Thank-you for sharing! This book is gorgeous as is everything you make!
    Betzie

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  20. WOW!! This is stunning!! The colors, the items you used to make the cover, everything.....simply gorgeous!

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  21. There are just no words to describe this. Only thin I can say is: I Love It!! Hugs,
    http://littlecreass.blogspot.be/

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  22. wow...m ur 4600th follower :)
    such a pretty card

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  23. Wowzer girl! :) This is the total essence
    and definition of shabby chic!
    (put this one in the dictionary!:) LOL
    I like the fabric feel; down to the
    twill tape (& cool buttons) closer.
    Absolutely love it~ Thanks so much for
    sharing!

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  24. Wow, Gabi!! This is absolutely stunning!! Your always so inspirational, my friend!

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  25. Truly breathtaking work. Absolutely beautiful!!

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  26. This is beautiful.. oh so feminine, love all the lace and calico and flowers.. this is divinely created and I love it!!

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  27. Oh my gosh - this is DIVINE! Nicola x

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  28. This is so beautiful! Would love for you to do a video tut. of something like this. Thank you for sharing your wonderful work!

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