Wednesday, November 17, 2010

Lowri - Stocking Stuffers and Scraps

Hi Everyone!
I have a few different ideas for the Stocking Stuffers and Scraps theme! I made heaps of kids party bag ideas this week BUT I have decided to keep them for a theme later in the countdown.

Stocking Stuffer - Music CD

OK - so who doesn't love Christmas Carols!!  One of my fave Christmas Collections (and fave collections of all time in fact) has been Kaisercrafts' "Christmas Carnival".  I understand they are not producing any more 12x12 papers, but I had heaps of embellishments left as well as the 6x6 pad, so I decided to make Liz a CD!


I have decorated a plain tin to put the CD into - I have mostly used pieces from the Christmas Carnival Collection along with some ribbon and rhinestones Liz sent in my DT bits and pieces. The star is from a old Thickers pack and I have stamped music onto using Stayzon Ink and the Kaiser Music Stamp. I had  been hoarding the musical note cuttlebug die for so long - I was thrilled to find a use for it!


This picture above show the CD tin open. I have printed a playlist for the inside cover and I made a folded paper holder for the CD


The buttons from the Christmas Carnival embellishment pack were the perfect attachment for lifting the CD out! 

I also just a got a new printer which prints directly onto CD's so I was desperate to give that a whirl too. I was a bit naughty and just copied and pasted an image of the Kaiser paper from the internet for the CD and I used the Artfull Crafts font for the title.


There are some wonderful carols on the CD - I hope Liz enjoys them!


Scraps - Mini Christmas Keepsakes Album

This is a really simple album I put together. I have used plain cardstock for the pages and used my paper scraps to make a mat for some mini photos.  What I really love about this is the cover!





I took some plain red cardstock and run it through my cuttlebug with the Snowflakes embossing folder. I then inked over the raised part with some white ink before sealing with 2 layers of glossy mod-podge.  It's a really neat effect and somehow the combination of all three effects make it looks like embossed leather!



Scraps - Make your own Chipboard Buttons

OK- the awesome thing about making these is that you only need a 1" square piece of paper, and some cardboard (I use cereal boxes!!) Also - if you have kids that think playing with your craft punches without getting told off is cool - you will hardly have to do anything!


First I covered my paper scrap with glossy mod podge, then when it was dry I used my 1" circle punch to punch several layers of cardboard and one patterned paper circle and glued them all together.  It's not rocket science but it's a nice way to get a cheap embellishment from a piece of paper you might have otherwise thrown away. Of course you could make these any size and shape as long as you have a punch or die to get them exactly the same size and shape.

I have used the buttons here to decorate a couple of goodie bags.


I bought the bags from the $2 shop, removed the ties/ribbon and used my co-ordinating ribbon scraps to replace the ties.  Here I have used paper and ribbon from the Imaginisce Cottage Christmas and Kaisercrafts Lush collection


I hope that these bits and pieces have given you a few ideas of how to use up your scraps. I HATE throwing bits away...  Keep tuned for some more ideas from the Design Team later in the week, and don't forget to e-mail Liz with your version of this week's theme to be into win a great prize!

As always I will post some more detailed pictures in my gallery later on along with direct links to the Artfull Crafts shop for some of the products I have used.

I also have some additional projects on my blog at http://papervinenz.blogspot.com/ - I'd love for you to drop by!

Lowri

5 comments:

  1. These are just gorgeous, you are the queen of making ultra-cute stuff! The CD tin is stunning.

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  2. Well Done Lowri, fantastic ideas...this theme was tricky tricky! but you've nailed it!
    Love the little lollie bags...

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  3. Hi Lowri, the CD tin is fantastic!! Good Job. Please can you let me know where I can get one of the tins from. Thanks

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  4. Hi ems1 - do you live near Timaru? Lowri :-)

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  5. hi there, no I dont live near Timaru unfortunately. We do get to Timaru every now and then to get to the shop!

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