Southern Girls Challenge blog launches challenge 1 today!

Today is the first challenge over at Southern Girls and I am lucky enough to be a member of a very talented Design Team.

The theme for the first challenge is Anything Goes and we have a fab sponsor in Wink Wink Ink.

For this challenge I decided to decorate a notebook I bought a couple of months back.

(Sorry for the bad photo, but this was the best I managed.)

It originally had a picture of a cake on the front - very tempting!  I took the book apart (it was spiral bound already) and covered the front and back covers with Basic Grey papers in Brown and pink.  This is one of my favourite colour combos at the mo.  I added some brown braid to the front to hide the join in my papers (big mistake!)  Unfortunately when I came to punch the holes again with my Bind-It-All that bit was a little bit too bulky to fit easily.  This means that the inside is slightly torn where it stuck in my Bind-It-All.  I don't suppose it matters too much as it's only for personal use, but I'll bear it in mind next time!  The letters are bare basics from Papermania that have been covered with Nutmeg Art Institute Glitter and then Glossy Accents.  The image I have used is Little Bird from Wink Wink Ink which I coloured with my Copics.  I added some of the brown braid and some pink and brown organza ribbon to the wire binding.

I hope you'll join in this fab new challenge and also check out the inspiration the other Design Teams girls have created for you - It's fab!