French Flight Matchbook

A matchbox accordian booklet I created using the new French Flight stamps from Artistic Outpost.  Love these stamps for collage work!

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New Stamps From Artistic Outpost

French Flight is the newest addition to Artistic Outpost's catalogue of unique vintage inspired stamp collections.

In the late 1700's , two French brothers, Joseph and Etienne Montgolfier launched the first manned ballon from the from the center of Paris and flew for a period of 20 minutes. In 1793, Jean Pierre Blanchard became the first to fly a hot air balloon in North America, yet another French adventurer!

This stamp collection pay homage to these adventurers.  It is available in both unmounted rubber sheets or pre-mounted on EZMount cling foam and hand trimmed on a clear cling storage card

I created this mini book with a pull out tag from the new stamps.

To see more great art using French Flight check out these designers:

Gerrie Johnnic Lisa Somerville Judy Hayes Lynn Stevens Barbara Washington Stephanie Severin Suzanne Czosek.

Spring Book -- Part 2

Here is Part Two of my Book on Life: 

This page features a pull out tab which shows the sentiments shown below:

(Once again, click on the images to get a better view.)

Spring Book Part I

I don't want to let a month pass without a post (Yikes, it's been that long?), so even though I'm moving backwards season-wise I am posting, in two parts, a spring book I just completed.  I'd been wanting to make this all spring and summer, but it took me finishing my Halloween book to get the inspiration going to actually make it.

The cover for this one is also made from the 7 Gypsies book covers.  The theme is Life.

My inside cover and first page:  Dreams and Trust that Life is Good.

This page includes a small paper sack with a pull out tag covered with an arch I made long ago for the Gothic Arch challenge.  Its sentiment is to feather your nest.

The next page is made from a large 7 Gypsies ephemera sheet and defines Blessings.

Wishes -- and a gorgeous image from Paper Whimsey.

I love the sentiment I stamped here on this mini bag:  Live life one day at a time and make it a masterpiece.

A tag pulls out from the bag.

Two sliding botanical cards grace the page titled Take the Road Less Traveled.

The sweet image on the opposite page is the center of my Love page.

Leave a Legacy is my next page created on some more 7 Gypsies ephemera cards.

I then included a plastic sleeve in which I placed the Tim Holtz birdcage over some sweet vintage ephemera and faux rhinestone embellishments.  The theme here is the vitally important life statement that Every Girl Needs Some Sparkle."

Clicking on the pages will make it easier to see all the details.