Sage’s counting book
by Leigh Penner, Morden, MB

supplies:

cover & back: patterned paper, Luxe (blue grid), October Afternoon (trees), Bo Bunny (house), Cosmo Cricket (car, door of house), Dream Street (road)

1 owl:  patterned paper, Pink Paislee (background, owl), Love, Elsie (tree), BasicGrey (nest); black cardstock, Bazzill;  gems, KI Memories

2 pumpkins: patterned paper, Scenic Route (background blue and green plaid), Rob & Bob (orange stripe), KI Memories (Orange swirl), Cosmo Cricket (leaf), Love, Elsie & My Mind’s Eye (stems); stamps, Red Star stamps from www.myscrapshoppe.com

3 houses: patterned paper, Scenic Route (background blue, roof, chimney and stripe on first house), K&Company (green polka dot), BasicGrey (windows of first house), Stampin’ Up! (door of first house), October Afternoon (body & roof of second house, critters inside doors), KI Memories (window & door of second house), Bo Bunny (roof of third house), My Mind’s Eye (chimney, body, door and window of third house);  Thickers, American Crafts (doorknobs)

4 apples: patterned paper, Luxe (blue grid), Love, Elsie (tree trunk), KI Memories (tree leaves), October Afternoon (apples), My Mind’s Eye (grass)

5 trees: patterned paper, Love, Elsie fabric (sky),  My Mind’s Eye (solid green, white with green leaves) Scenic Route (tree leaves, large and small polka dots), October Afternoon (apples), My Mind’s Eye (grass); tree stamp, Red Star Stamp from www.myscrapshoppe.com

6 birds: patterned paper, Scenic Route (blue background, birds), Cosmo Cricket (tree trunk), Chatterbox (tree leaves). Note: for this page, the Scenic Route birds were a little too small for the page, so I enlarged the patterned paper on my scanner and printed it on white cardstock.

7 butterflies: patterned paper, SEI (blue background), Scenic Route (pink, pink & orange, green butterflies on first page), My Mind’s Eye (dark orange butterfly on first page, orange butterfly on second page), Bo Bunny (yellow butterfly on second page) and October Afternoon (striped butterfly on second page); butterfly stamp, Red Star Stamp from www.myscrapshoppe.com

8 leaves: patterned paper, Stampin’ Up! (blue background), Love, Elsie (tree trunk), My Mind’s Eye (tree leaves on tree, red leaf), Autumn Leaves MOD (yellow leaf at base of trunk & yellow leaf falling from tree), Bo Bunny (yellow leaf in tree), Scenic Route (green, plaid and brown polka dot leaves, grass) and Dream Street (brown leaf); leaf stamp, Red Star Stamp from www.myscrapshoppe.com

9 flowers: patterned paper, Love, Elsie (blue background), Chatterbox (flowers), K&Company (leaves)

10 cars:  patterned paper, KI Memories (sky), Scenic Route (green stars), K&Company (green polka dots), Autumn Leaves MOD (yellow flowered pp), Cosmo Cricket (cars and trailers) and October Afternoon (trees)

instructions:

1. Cut pieces of chipboard to 6 x 6 ” and round the outside corners.
2. Cut pieces and shapes from patterned paper to make the “scenes;” adhere them to the 6 x 6 “ background. Stitch in place if desired.
3. Stamp images onto patterned paper and cut out with a craft knife. Again, stitch in place if desired.
4. For the houses and tree trunks, cut the shapes from chipboard; adhere to patterned paper. Using a craft knife, cut the patterned paper to fit the chipboard.
5. Be creative and use your scraps.
6. Round the outside corners of the completed pages. Adhere to chipboard backgrounds—back to back.
7. Punch 3 holes and use binder rings to keep the book together.

 

 

We just loved Leigh Penner’s counting book that she created for her daughter, Sage. We knew that some of you would want to re-create it for your own special little people, so we have included Leigh’s list of supplies, images of the additional pages that were not shown in the spring issue, as well as instructions. Have fun!