In the big Idea Book & Catalog there are clear checkbook covers...and they are way cool! You can just stamp and/or decorate a piece of cardstock, slip it in the clear cover, and you have a fabulous (and personalized) checkbook cover! It makes me happy to pay bills because that means I get to look at my cool checkbook cover. *Please note that this is the point at which I am falling out of my chair laughing hysterically at the absurdity of being happy about paying bills*. Okay, so they don't make you deliriously happy about paying bills...but they are fun!

They're not all that expensive, and you actually get two in the package...perfect to make one for yourself and a friend! The other awesome thing about having a handmade checkbook cover is that when I get tired of the one I have, I simply stamp a new one, and I'm good to go! That's precisely what happened a few days ago...I got bored with the one I had had for the past six months, so I got to workin' on a new one. Here it is:

Even though there's no stamping involved, I think this turned out very cute and quite 'spring-like'. I used some leftover pieces parts from the Island Blossoms Simply Scrappin' Kit (Level One Hostess). Let me say, I love love love these scrappin' kits! I made a 25 page 6x6 book, several cards, and this checkbook cover with one kit...and I still have more stickers and a few 6x6 sheets of the designer printed paper. What a deal! The colors I used are: Tempting Turquoise, Certainly Celery, and Barely Banana. I used the Crafter's Tool Kit to do some paper piercing around the little squares, and a silver brad in the center of the big flower. There's also the direct to paper technique in celery around the edges. This went together really quick...and it makes me smile a little when I pull it out of my purse...but only for a second...until I realize that getting it out of my purse means I'm paying yet another bill...