Journaling:  I was all set to photograph my beautiful pumpkin pie.  It was perfectly golden… and when I walked up to the counter, a perfect little fingerprint in the middle of the pie.  I asked Jordan, “Did you do that?!”  He smiled and nodded and said, “I did!”

First I drew a circle with a compass on the orange paper.  I cut it out with a pair of pinking shears.  I painted a circle in burnt umber acrylic paint on black cardstock, allowed it to dry and mounted the orange circle on top.  I cut out along the painted edge and mounted on foam dots over another black cardstock.  I punched a few notches on the main photo with the Stampin’ Up! spiral punch and adhered them to the paper.  I measured out some buttons along the edge to determine how many buttons I’d need.  Then I used a needle and natural crochet thread to thread all the buttons and glue dots to adhere to the edge. I mixed the burnt umber paint with the ivory paint and painted on the journaling area.  I also dry brushed ivory paint over metal mesh in three areas around the circle. I used the back of a paint brush to paint dots all around the edge of the cardstock.  I also added random dots on the orange paper. I used black pigment ink to make Jordan’s fingerprint right under the journaling, and a soda bottle cap to stamp an acrylic paint circle around the print.  doodle bug stickers spell out the title i did on a prima shaped chipboard journaling spot.  Three making memories flowers with button centers placed around the layout.  I cut a pinked circle out of the patterned paper with a spellbinders die.  pierced holes around the edge and backstitched with the crochet thread.  Punched a word window and hand wrote “thanksgiving 2008″, mounted with foam dots to circle.  A strip of hero arts gemstones in yellow colored with red copic look orange and accent the circle and the main photo.

materials: Bazzil Black cardstock, CK KOTM orange dot paper, Stampin’ Up! Spiral Punch, word window punch, Making Memories- Polka Dot Flowers, Paper Piercer, Spellbinders pinked circle die.  Yellow Bulk buttons from LSS, brown buttons- favorite findings, Natural Crochet Thread, Needle, Foam pop dots, Hero Arts Gem Stones (colored with Copic Marker), glue dots, Tonic Scissors, American Crafts velvet ricrac, IOD Prima Chipboard, Doodlebug letter stickers, Black Sharpie, Delta Acrylic Paint- Ivory, Burnt Umber, Bottle Cap and Paint brushes, mesh, pinking shears, compass.  Black Pigment ink, Jordan’s finger (print)