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Its my brothers birthday on the 20th so I decided to make him a notebook instead of a card. I like the wording on the stamp so I started with that...

In my boys themed stamps and paper collection, I have got quite a few maps to hand from various sources and they always come in handy for the men.

Along the journey theme, this is the back inside cover...

And this the front inside cover. I used a Martha Stewart punch to make the border. He can rip out the Happy birthday front cover when he wants to use the note pad.

Front cover which contains a metal strip I made with a Kabuka mould. Most of them are too big but this one works well I think on a 4" x 4" page. I put glass over the vintage picture and edged it in metal then distressed it a bit with a metal wheel (Ten Seconds Studio). Both bits of metal have been alcohol inked in order to tone them down a bit. Then everything is distressed around the edges with distress ink...

All this cheered me up from the disaster of the workshop I was missing today (now that is a very long story...)!