Dylusions/Distress Altered Composition Notebook Project + Distress Paint Winners!

We are so happy to see such a positive response to the new Distress Paint colors. We're glad you are as excited as we are. These additions are sure to be a part of some amazing holiday projects this year. As promised we are giving away a few sets, but first we want to share this very cool project by Marjie Kemper.

This Dylusions/Distress Altered Composition Notebook is the perfect way to put a crafty touch on a traditional, boring composition notebook. For this project you will need:

Instructions

Step 1. Cut a piece of Kraft Resist paper to fit the notebook cover and round the right-hand corners.

Step 2. Apply gel medium through both the Eye Chart and Bubble stencils.

Step 3. Note that while wet the gel medium is white. Carefully lift your stencil off and let dry.

Step 4. Scrape off excess gel onto a clean art journal page or blank tag (you’ll have a great start on your next project); clean your stencil with water or a baby wipe.

When dry, the gel medium is clear.

Step 5. Apply 3 colors of Dylusions Ink Sprays to the Kraft Resist paper and let dry. Wipe off all of the ‘resist’ areas with a baby wipe. Apply adhesive with the Xyron Creative Station and attach cover to notebook.

Step 6. Apply black paint through the Schoolhouse stencil using a Distress Paint Dabber.

Step 7. Diecut the Washer Board and Styled Label; dry emboss them with Texture Fades to add interest.

Step 8. Snip the ends off the Styled Label die to make it a good fit for the Idea-ology Ornate Plate.

Step 9. Ink mini alphabet stickers with Distress Inks and an Ink Blending Tool.

Step 10. Attach Styled Label, Filmstrip, and Ornate Plate to cover. Fill the center of the Ornate Plate (and the center of one of the open sprockets) with Glossy Accents. Let dry overnight.

The Glossy Accents looks great once dry.

Step 11. Fill in random stenciling in open areas with Distress Paints.

Step 12. Attach diecut border and remaining Idea-ology pieces with Glossy Accents.

Enjoy your altered notebook!

Now, as promised... on to the lucky winners! If you've been following our blog this weekend, you may have noticed that we were also a part of an Operation Write Home bloghop this weekend as well. If you haven't gotten a chance, check out that post by clicking here. In addition to those of you that posted on our Distress Paints announcement, we also decided to pick 3 winners from the Operation Write Home blog post too. Double the winners! Each of you will receive the 6 new Distress Paint colors - Festive Berries, Aged Mahogany, Pine Needles, Stormy Sky, Iced Spruce, and Evergreen Bough!

First up, the 3 commenters from the Distress Paints post are:

And our surprise OWH winners are:

Congrats to all the winners! You'll receive an email from us shortly with information on how to claim your prize. Thanks again to everyone for continuing to be a part of our online community!