Day 23: Damselfly Embossed Pocket Notebook

ah! so i've finished my project, but now i'm posting 6 minutes after the day is already over. but... this still counts as Day 23, since i started and finished my project... just didn't get it posted. ugh.

anyway, i bought a new plain black blank notebook at Borders tonight, so i thought add a little more character to it. it's been a while since i've used any of my embossing powders, so i thought i would add a bug stamp to the book. and, i haven't used the Stampin' Up Bugs and Slugs stamp set i got from Ebay yet, so it was the perfect time to test them out!  picked out the little damselfly stamp, my VersaMark stamp pad, the silver embossing powder, and the mini hair-drier.



it took me a little while to figure out how close to put the drier, but i got the powder to melt finally!



it's not perfect, but the design is now permanent!  yay!  new notebook for work!