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Monday, April 29, 2013
Teresa - KaiserCraft Needle book
Morning all! Teresa here with a cute little project using KaiserCraft's Needle and Thread range. This collection really lends itself to sewing themed projects, so I thought I'd make something practical:
I cut some calico to size with pinking shears to use as 'pages' then used my sewing machine to stitch them into the spine of the book. The outside of the book was embellished with paper from the Cotton sheet of paper, a wooden spool and bits and bobs from the Collectables pack.
Thanks for looking!
It's a needle book. I was getting sick of pricking myself on my needles, and they were always falling out of my pin cushion when I travelled, so I made this little book to keep them in. Here it is open:
and open all the way:
Thanks for looking!
Tuesday, November 20, 2012
Teresa - Mint Twist Christmas Organiser
Hiya! Teresa here with a cute little Christmas organiser that's so easy to whip up, you could make several to give away to a group of friends.
It's essentially a little concertina book, with pockets added to hold lists and receipts. The one I made ends up being just slightly larger than a playing card, so it can fit easily inside a handbag. I used one sheet of Mint Twist jingle paper, and a couple of sheets of white A4 cardstock.
Here's the front of it, all tied up with a couple of different ribbons:
It's essentially a little concertina book, with pockets added to hold lists and receipts. The one I made ends up being just slightly larger than a playing card, so it can fit easily inside a handbag. I used one sheet of Mint Twist jingle paper, and a couple of sheets of white A4 cardstock.
Here's the front of it, all tied up with a couple of different ribbons:
The little elf on the front is a StampIt image, and has been coloured with Copic markers to match the papers.
Here's a look at the inside:
Each panel of the concertina book is decorated with a panel from the Jingle paper. I used a contrasting pattern for the front of the pockets - it was all so easy using the one sheet of paper.
Here's how it looks with receipts and lists tucked into the pockets:
This would look awesome in any of the five Christmas ranges KaiserCraft have provided this year. Just look for the sheets with the 12 panels on them.
Don't forget to join in this week's challenge to be in the draw to win great prizes! Submit your Homemade Gift to the Gallery by the 1st December (max 3 projects per person please!). And remember that you've got until Saturday the 24th to submit your Layout/Photo Gift for last week's challenge.
Thanks for stopping by!
Thursday, June 16, 2011
Lowri - Cosmo Cricket Mini Album
Hi Everyone - Lowri here
I am excited about this project as it was the first one in a while I did purely for fun and - I did it purely for me! It is my entry to the latest Cosmo Cricket Challenge and I am really pleased with how it has turned out.
I created this album from scratch using my Spellbinders Christmas Tree dies, double sided sticky chipboard and papers from Cosmo Cricket's Social Club collection. It's a good idea to take another look at some of your Spellbinders and see if they have any "alternate" uses! I don't have many sets so I like to get the most out of them. I thought these looked like leaves when the tree was upside down!
All of my photos are printed onto canvas. It took a little trial and error but I found out that the best results were from the the plain paper, draft quality settings. I then used my spellbinders to cut the page and backed the canvas with patterned paper for strength.
I found this sentiment sticker on the bottom of my Tiny Type numbers and it was the perfect title for my family album. I love how they are pretty much invisible on an background.
This was really fun to do and I am so happy to finally have made something for myself!
I am excited about this project as it was the first one in a while I did purely for fun and - I did it purely for me! It is my entry to the latest Cosmo Cricket Challenge and I am really pleased with how it has turned out.
I created this album from scratch using my Spellbinders Christmas Tree dies, double sided sticky chipboard and papers from Cosmo Cricket's Social Club collection. It's a good idea to take another look at some of your Spellbinders and see if they have any "alternate" uses! I don't have many sets so I like to get the most out of them. I thought these looked like leaves when the tree was upside down!
I found this sentiment sticker on the bottom of my Tiny Type numbers and it was the perfect title for my family album. I love how they are pretty much invisible on an background.
These buttons from the Social Club collection co-ordinate perfectly. I have added some string for stems and pearls to the centers to create some flowers
This was really fun to do and I am so happy to finally have made something for myself!
If you have young kids, be sure to check my blog - I have a great idea for making dinosaur fossils!
Lowri :-)
Friday, June 3, 2011
Lowri - Bo Bunny Album
Hi Everyone - Lowri here.
I have a really quick and simple idea for a mini album to share today. Quick and simple as most of the hard work is done for you!
I have never used Bo Bunny products before but when I saw this gorgeous Ad-Lib Collection, I thought it would be great for a fun mini album featuring the kids.
Not only that - but they have these amazing jigsaw pieces, already cut and covered with paper to use as the perfect base!.
I have used a selection of black and white photos as I really wanted the colours of the papers and embellishments to stand out.
There is a HUGE selection of sentiments on the various sticker sheets available making it really easy for the pages to come together.
The puzzle shaped pieces add heaps of interest and spots for stickers to add extra colour.
This is my favourite photo! (They were all taken on a walk around our vineyard on Good Friday)
This would be a great projects to do with your kids. It would only take a couple of ideas to put together and would make a perfect homemade grandparent gift.
Hope you have enjoyed this. I will certainly be on the look out for some more Bo Bunny products as these were lovely to work with and the colours are gorgeous!
Lowri :-)
Friday, May 27, 2011
Lowri - 70th Birthday Album w/ Kaisercraft
Hi Everyone - Lowri here. I will now be posting the challenge entries as part of Sunday Scrapping so today I have an album to share instead....
This project had been on my "started but MUST finish" list for about 2 months and I finally got around to it! It's an album for my Father-in-Law - he turned 70 in March and I love him to bits!
This project had been on my "started but MUST finish" list for about 2 months and I finally got around to it! It's an album for my Father-in-Law - he turned 70 in March and I love him to bits!
The front of the album has a Kaisercraft Wooden Flourish (Elm Tree) and elements from the Secret Bird Society collection including a journal tag I printed onto.
I applied some white ink to the flourish and then stamped over with a Kaisercraft text stamp to try and get a whole family, story, nature feel!
I have used 2 of my favorite Kaisercraft collections from last year in this album - Up, Up and Away and Secret Bird Society. Both collections had a lot of lovely detail in their papers and their soft muted colors were a perfect match. Rob has spent his whole life outdoors and the Secret Bird Society collection offered a subtle and classic option for this album.
I was very kindly lent some of his old photo albums and I scanned in the photos I wanted to use. I decided to make all the pictures black and white - even the modern ones that were taken in colour and I think the effect works really well.
I wanted this to be an album that Rob could have in own input into so each page has a blank journaling spot for him to write his own memory. I have only known him the last 10 years and given that this is a record of his life - he should be writing the story!
Inside the front cover I have attached a little pocket (from the Kaisercraft Class of '87 Collection) covered with paper and put in it a collection of decorated blank journal tags. I thought it would be nice if he asked special people who looked at the pictures to write their own little note that would be kept with the album. The tag I made and it has my personal message written on the back :-)
Projects like this which are very personal are always time consuming - but I loved making this album and I know Rob will really enjoy it - and to me, that's what this whole scrapbooking thing is all about!
Lowri :-)
Thursday, April 21, 2011
Lowri - Bits and Pieces!
Hi Everyone - Lowri here
I have a couple of bits and pieces to show you today - mainly projects that I have been trying to finish for a while!
Class of '87 Mini Album
I have made this in advance of my son starting school in May. My Mum will be staying with us and I am going to take heaps of pics on his first day, fill it with his art from his school visits and first day so she can take it back to the UK when she goes home. It will be great for her to be here as it is a real milestone!
I have used the technique shown in the tutorial on my blog here to make the book and then embellished it with a few goodies from the collection.
From the Class of '87 Collection I have used the Sports Day and Science Project patterned papers as well as the B/W rubons,Colour rubons and a couple of elements from the 6x6 paper pad.
To make the flag I cut an element from the Sports Day paper, mounted it onto come chipboard to give it some body and then cut around it again. I used used a bamboo kitchen skewer to make the flagpole part!
I am excited about getting it filled up with some great pics!
Nan's Favourites Cards
Now - I am not much of a cardmaker but I like this collection so much I thought I would try and make a couple!
Here I have used one of the Recipe Cards from the Collection as a card base and simple added a journal element from the 6x6 paper pad, a cut out piece from the Lemon Slice paper and a Chipboard Lemon! A piece of garden twine round the fold of the card just adds a rustic feel.
I got the idea for this from a card on the front of a magazine and I thought it was really neat. It's the first time I have used a black outline pen so the lines are a little wobbly. I probably should have inked the edges of the pieces too for more definition - but it was a first attempt! It was a great way to use up the scraps I had from my other projects. I have used the garden twine again - just 'cos it looked so good the first time!
Easter Cupcakes
I made these flowers a while ago one afternoon (you can see how on my blog here) and I was wondering how to use them. I have used some old Cosmo Cricket paper - but it is a great idea for using up some scraps you might have lying around...
I used some as cupcake toppers and stuck some onto kitchen bamboo skewers for using as a "bouquet".
It's just a simple and fun idea :-)
Hope you have enjoyed these and don;t forget to enter our challenge to win a spot on the Design Team for a month. All the details are here.
Lowri :-)
I have a couple of bits and pieces to show you today - mainly projects that I have been trying to finish for a while!
Class of '87 Mini Album
I have made this in advance of my son starting school in May. My Mum will be staying with us and I am going to take heaps of pics on his first day, fill it with his art from his school visits and first day so she can take it back to the UK when she goes home. It will be great for her to be here as it is a real milestone!
I have used the technique shown in the tutorial on my blog here to make the book and then embellished it with a few goodies from the collection.
From the Class of '87 Collection I have used the Sports Day and Science Project patterned papers as well as the B/W rubons,Colour rubons and a couple of elements from the 6x6 paper pad.
I am excited about getting it filled up with some great pics!
Nan's Favourites Cards
Now - I am not much of a cardmaker but I like this collection so much I thought I would try and make a couple!
Here I have used one of the Recipe Cards from the Collection as a card base and simple added a journal element from the 6x6 paper pad, a cut out piece from the Lemon Slice paper and a Chipboard Lemon! A piece of garden twine round the fold of the card just adds a rustic feel.
I got the idea for this from a card on the front of a magazine and I thought it was really neat. It's the first time I have used a black outline pen so the lines are a little wobbly. I probably should have inked the edges of the pieces too for more definition - but it was a first attempt! It was a great way to use up the scraps I had from my other projects. I have used the garden twine again - just 'cos it looked so good the first time!
Easter Cupcakes
I made these flowers a while ago one afternoon (you can see how on my blog here) and I was wondering how to use them. I have used some old Cosmo Cricket paper - but it is a great idea for using up some scraps you might have lying around...
I used some as cupcake toppers and stuck some onto kitchen bamboo skewers for using as a "bouquet".
It's just a simple and fun idea :-)
Hope you have enjoyed these and don;t forget to enter our challenge to win a spot on the Design Team for a month. All the details are here.
Lowri :-)
Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Lowri - Spellbinders Ideas & a LOVE Deck of Cards!
Hi Everyone - Lowri here. There have been so many fabulous LOVE projects on the blog - this is the first chance I have had to post a couple of my Valentines ideas! I hope you like them and please don't forget to enter into our LOVE challenge.... Email us any project you LOVE to artfullcraftsdt@gmail.com
Valentines Deck of Cards - FULL DETAILS HERE
This was the last of my Valentines/Love projects - and it might just be one of my favorites.
Spellbinders Treat Bags
Okay - so first off I want to say I am NOT a Spellbinders expert. In fact this post came about because apart from the circles - I only own ONE Spellbinders Set- the Labels One and I really wanted to come up with some ideas on how to use them other than just the plain shape.
This really is as simple as it looks!
Perfect for any party, class treats etc all you need to do is buy some cello bags, cut a plain pieces of card for the background and then use a smaller piece for the decoration. It's a great way to use up scraps and I just added a rub-on for extra detailing
Spellbinders Mentos Favors
I thought I was so clever coming up with this - but I have actually seem something really similar this week on the Spellbinders blog!
OK - so this was my first attempt at a banner! Nothing really matches but it was a good way to show another use of the spellbinders die!
This picture shows where I placed the die on the paper to get the shape. I repeated the placement for the smaller dies to get the layered effect.
All of these projects use the Echo Park Be Mine Collection but you could adapt this idea using any papers for any occasion!
Valentines Deck of Cards
This was the last of my Valentines/Love projects - and it might just be one of my favorites. I cannot in any way take the credit for this idea! I saw this project on the A Day in my Life blog and thought it was wonderful! Here is my version - it was a Valentines Gift for my husband
It's made from a deck of cards, and this blog here (Peppermint Creative) even has some downloadable templates you can use for the insert. I used the Bicycle Series 1800 cards (bought on Trade Me here in NZ)
I printed my inserts onto photo paper, cut them out and stuck them on using a little double sided tape and some tombow glue - which I never use generally as I find it wets and warps the paper - but this time I wanted that to happen to add to the aging effect.
The cards have an antiqued/aged look so I scuffed them up randomly with some sandpaper to make them look less new.
The book is bound together with some Kaisercraft Album Rings. I simply punched holes twice in each card using one of the spare cards in the pack as a template to ensure all the cards had holes in the same spots!
It was a little time consuming - but the hardest part (like others who tried it said!) was coming up with 52 things I loved about my husband (hmm - did that come out wrong?!?)
I hope you give this a go - it's really fun! Again - the idea could easily be adapted to any occasion - it wouldn't have to be a Valentines Book. What about an "I LOVE YOU" book for a wedding anniversary...
Lowri :-)
Valentines Deck of Cards - FULL DETAILS HERE
This was the last of my Valentines/Love projects - and it might just be one of my favorites.
Spellbinders Treat Bags
Okay - so first off I want to say I am NOT a Spellbinders expert. In fact this post came about because apart from the circles - I only own ONE Spellbinders Set- the Labels One and I really wanted to come up with some ideas on how to use them other than just the plain shape.
This really is as simple as it looks!
Spellbinders Mentos Favors
I thought I was so clever coming up with this - but I have actually seem something really similar this week on the Spellbinders blog!
Here is how I made them:
- You need ribbon, 2 x pieces of pre-cut paper (one larger than the other), double sided tape, small hole punch, some means of scoring paper (board not necessary - use a ruler!)
- Score 1cm either side of the "peak" of the larger paper
- Repeat on smaller paper
- Using adhesive tape – glue smaller piece onto larger piece
- Punch small holes in either side
- Thread ribbon through holes
- Tie ribbon
- Stuff in your mini-mentos!
OK - so this was my first attempt at a banner! Nothing really matches but it was a good way to show another use of the spellbinders die!
All of these projects use the Echo Park Be Mine Collection but you could adapt this idea using any papers for any occasion!
Valentines Deck of Cards
This was the last of my Valentines/Love projects - and it might just be one of my favorites. I cannot in any way take the credit for this idea! I saw this project on the A Day in my Life blog and thought it was wonderful! Here is my version - it was a Valentines Gift for my husband
I chose to make my own labels (I just used PowerPoint) using the Cosmo Cricket Snorkel Paper Digital Collection for the background and Trinigan FG font which I downloaded free from fontspace.com.
I printed my inserts onto photo paper, cut them out and stuck them on using a little double sided tape and some tombow glue - which I never use generally as I find it wets and warps the paper - but this time I wanted that to happen to add to the aging effect.
The book is bound together with some Kaisercraft Album Rings. I simply punched holes twice in each card using one of the spare cards in the pack as a template to ensure all the cards had holes in the same spots!
It was a little time consuming - but the hardest part (like others who tried it said!) was coming up with 52 things I loved about my husband (hmm - did that come out wrong?!?)
I hope you give this a go - it's really fun! Again - the idea could easily be adapted to any occasion - it wouldn't have to be a Valentines Book. What about an "I LOVE YOU" book for a wedding anniversary...
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