Designer Challenge - Everyday Life: BOOKS Mini Kit

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Designer Challenge - Everyday Life: BOOKS Mini Kit

Inspired by Janet's Bundle Look a Book I thought it will be fun to create an everyday life kit about books.

This challenge is to create mini kit called BOOKS - MY PASSION (well the title is still work in progress so if you have an idea for a title share it with us and we can pick our favorite one)

- create 7 papers (2 solids and 5 patterns)
- about 20 elements (7 theme oriented)
- 10 word art pieces (5 theme oriented and 5 generic)
- use a color palette of your choice

And as always if you feel inspired and want to create more papers, elements and/or word are you are welcome to do so.

Oh and if you have ideas for fun challenges please leave them in the Designer Challenges Ideas Thread so Marisa and I can use them as an inspiration.

Hey!! an unusual challenge and still unanswered!! I always love to check in unanswered threads.. smiley
I will work on it..i have some ideas..but I hope it will get noticed..This thread is abandoned from 4 months!! smiley

I missed this one as well,
sounds like fun ,
got my thinking cap on smiley

Ladies, I count on you smiley

I look forward to see what you create.

I'm eagerly waiting to see what you come up with!

I've kept a book log of what I read each month for years (I read a LOT) but got behind starting last December (yes, WAY behind). I finally decided to start doing a hybrid 8.5x11 scrapbook page for each month on the computer with a list of the books, some notes on them, photos, illustrations, whatever I feel like adding. I'll print it, cut the bits out, & then paste them down on kraft paper. I did my first page yesterday (so 2014 is finally done) & am starting January 2015 as I type.

I'd love to see some simple illustrations geared for adults (me!) since most of the book things I find around the web are aimed at children. Surely I'm not the only adult who reads?! Or maybe I'm the only one who keeps a list... smiley

Thanks Sarah..Of course you are not alone..I am a big book lover and that's why I am happy to accept this challenge..I mainly read travel stories to know the world better but love to read other books as well..
I am making two kits..One for kids and one for adults..Children kit is almost done..I will work on the adult kit soon.. smiley

Thanks so much, Sherry - that's great to hear (both that you're a reader AND that you have two kits coming)! I love all the kits for kids, because I do use those while scrapping - it's just I was rather stunned at how hard it was to find simple spot art & book-related paper & simple-but-not-cute word art that worked for grownups, especially items that can be used multiple times. Most of it seemed aimed at one-&-done pages about reading rather than an ongoing project, which is why I was guessing not many readers do book journals as digital/hybrid scrapbooks! That's me - always out of step with the crowd!

And I know I'm not alone as a reader smiley - our entire house is "decorated" with floor to ceiling bookshelves (which is funny because my husband is a very talented artist & we have NO bare walls to hang any of his work - oops!) & everyone I know reads. Several friends are professional authors with books published by the big NYC publishing companies, a few others are writers for papers or magazines, & two others are as-yet-unpublished fiction writers. And my best friend is a long-time publicist for Random House. Hmmm - I hadn't realized *quite* how reader-&-writer-centric my life is!

Here I am done!!!
Well, I had various ideas to add in these kits, but soon I am going out of country for a vacation, so little busy with packing.. smiley
The previews don't include all the elements..FREE FOR PU/CU.
DOWNLOAD AT MY BLOG--Creative Mind's Studio

Sherry I love what you made !

These are great - thank you so much, Sherry! Have a fabulous vacation!!

Thank you very much Sarah & Trudette.. smiley

Thank you, Sherry...enjoy your vacation!

Sherry - I just wanted to let you know how much I love, absolutely LOVE, the open-a-book-find-a-new-world illustrations you did for the kids' book kit. They are marvelous - & I'll be using them in my book journal as well as using them in the kids' scrapbooks because I love them *that much*. Thank you again!

Thank you very much Chitra. . smiley
Awww.. Sarah, thank you again for such lovely comment..All lovely comments are like an inspiration for me to work more sincerely. .I am so glad.. smiley

Wow, Sherry, this is beautiful! I love the whimsy in this.... story time is such a special time. Thank you!

I'm so excited to have completed this challenge (though I didn't do quite as much as requested). Keep in mind, I'm a newbie and I would love input. Thanks so much for this awesome community and the opportunity to grow and learn.

You can find the files here.

Merrit, I'm sorry but I can't see your preview smiley

You can always make more later smiley

Is that better? I relinked with a Blogger link versus Dropbox.

I can see it, Merritt, & just downloaded it. I haven't unzipped it yet but I'm very much looking forward to seeing what you've done up close & personal. smiley

Yes I can see it. It looks great Merritt

Finally kits for us book lovers! Thanks!

Great colors and I love the "chalky" look, thank you!!