Happy New Year - Altered Journal

Hi everyone and HAPPY NEW YEAR!!!

I hope everyone had a great start into a wonderful new year 2012!

I started the year by altering an old and ugly little hardbound journal into a 'tie-through' 2012 journal.
This is my first ever journal I created and it will definitely not be my last :-)
 I really had a blast with this little project! 

This is what the original hardbound journal looked like before I started creating (as I told you.. old and ugly *lol*)

And here are some pictures of my altered version :-)

before and after

front (inside)

 back

 inside

inside fully opened  
(all pages are blank yet, but soon to be filled ;-) )

Thanks so much for stopping by today and I hope 2012 will be a great one for you!

recipe:

• patterned papers - Crate Paper 'Prudence' collection
• stamps - Whimsy Stamps 'Lavish Flourished' by Raindrop Echo Designs
• dies - Spellbinders 'Labels Twenty' and 'Twisted Metal Tags and Accents'
• tools - Big Shot, Crop-A-Dile
• other supplies - hardbound journal from stash, Dani Peuss dark brown cardstock, Sew Sweet brown crinkled seam binding altered with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mists in 'Lime Pie', Sakura white gel pen, Distress inks in Vintage Photo + Antique Linen, American Crafts white glitter foam Thickers alpha,Bo Bunny blue half pearls, 2 dark brown eyelets from stash, Making Memories white acrylic paint, Basic Grey precision file, foam tape from stash

~°~ Thanks for visiting my blog ~°~

Sylvia