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Coffee Filter Book

By Stephanie Loomis
Crafty Cruisers
Intermediate Stamping Team Designer

Craft supplies are everywhere—you just have to think outside the paper and look in your cupboards for substitutions! 

Supplies:

• Maestro (The Angel Company)
• Swirl (Close To My Heart)
• Gift of Music (Stamps Happen)
• Great Impressions #J13 (Stampa Rosa)
• Raw Sienna Palette inkpad (Stewart Superior)
• Cognac Palette inkpad (Stewart Superior)
• Burnt Umber Palette inkpad (Stewart Superior)
• Antique Linen Distress Inkpad (Ranger)
• Walnut Stain Distress Inkpad (Ranger)
• #4 Cone Style coffee filters
• Stardust cardstock (Office Depot)
• Scraps
• Sheet music (downloaded from internet)
• Watercolor pencils (Prismacolor)
• Photographs
• Ribbon
• Personal Die cutter (Sizzix)
• “Music Notes” die (Sizzix)
• Embellishments, charms, etc.

 Instructions:

1.    Stamp “Maestro” with Burnt Umber ink on Stardust cardstock. 

2.    Color with Prismacolor pencils. 

3.    Tear into a circle. 

4.    Stamp sentiment on coffee filter 5 times alternating between Raw Sienna and Cognac inks and age with Distress Inks. 

5.    Distress sheet music by tearing, crumpling, and tapping with Antique Linen Distress ink. Edge with Walnut Stain Distress ink. 

6.    Randomly stamp coffee filter pages with Swirl and Great Impressions stamps. 

7.    Trim photos to fit. Round or oval will work best. 

8.    Punch two holes on edge as shown. 

9.    Cut several music notes with Sizzix using scrap paper. 

10.                       Assemble photos and secure to pages. Embellish as desired. 

11.                       Stamp Gift of Music on tag and tuck into filter “pocket.” 

12.                       Tuck recital memento into another filter “pocket.” 

13.                       Tie album together with ribbon as shown. 

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