Hello my dear crafty friends and welcome to my September Bella blog post!

Today I am going to show you how you can make an embellished notebook/planner/album with hand-made  polymer clay flowers made from Makin’s air dry polymer clay with die cutting, dry embossing and stamping. Seams a lot of work? Not really. It’s just a few very simple steps and you can do it in no time.

Materials:

• Makin’s Clay- White, red
• Sizzix die- Tattered flowers
• Cuttlebug embossing folder- Flowers
• Stamp- Rubber Dance
• Ink- Ranger black permanent
• Paint- ESF Ann Butler’s Iridescents Sheer Copper
• Bling- craft shop
• Old notebook

Instructions: 

1.Mix white Makin’s air dry polymer clay with just a small dot of Makin’s red clay. You can add more red if the color is too light , so just add red clay  a bit after bit. Roll the mixed clay with Makin’s Clay machine into #3 setting. This is a setting that fits the die cut devices. Use Sizzix die to die cut your flowers and let them  air dry just a bit.

2.Use permanent black ink and small script stamp from Rubber Dance stamp company and stamp over the almost dry die cut clay flowers.

3. Use embossing folder and dry emboss your dry stamped clay flowers.

4. Arrange your flowers over the blank note-book in your desired flower cluster. Add flower centers and a few shiny leaves.Glue them to the notebook with good adhesive and enjoy!

This embellished notebook is a real conversation starter!  The best part is that this technique can be used on just about anything.  We’d love to know…what would you embellish?