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Monday, July 18, 2011
Sunday Scrapping - Make Your Own Designer Coasters!
Hi Everyone – Lowri here with Sunday Scrapping (a day late – sorry!)
Liz has also sent me some great Challenge Entries from last month. Big apology to ladies who missed out on being featured on the blog - it was such a crazy time with SENZ BUT I will be doing a feature post on them later in the week as well as loading them up to our Competition Gallery which is now all up to date with entries back-dated to the start of our monthly Challenges. Head on over and take a look :-)
Another Echo Park “For the Record” project to share today and it’s a great way for using up scraps as well as a super cheap way to make some unique and stylish gifts. If you make some be sure to enter them into our monthly Challenge.
Tile Coasters
Not only fun, but this first one is super cheap and definitely one that you can do with older kids too. Take a look at these coasters - they look "designer" but in fact I reckon you could make a dozen of these for less than $20!
I was going to make a tutorial for these, but I quickly realized I could not possibly improve on the fabulous tutorial shown on the website where I originally saw this idea which was here at the Cottage Home Blog.
I have used papers from the Echo Park "For the Record" Collection (available here in the shop) and if you have not seen Echo Park's 6x6 paper pads I definitely suggest you check them out. They have the scaled-down designs like many manufacturers BUT they are also double sided which gives you many more options for use.
I followed the instructions shown on the tutorial above, with a couple of exceptions. I used Spellbinders squares to cut my squares (I am somehow challenged when trying to cut squares with a paper trimmer!) and instead of felt pads I bought a pack of cork circles to adhere to the bottom ($2.99 from any hardware store)
The steps are basically:
The steps are basically:
- Cut squares of paper to right size
- Mod-podge the squares to the tiles making sure to get right to the edges
- Apply 3 coats of Mod-Podge over the top of the paper
- Spray with acrylic sealer (from hardware store - about $10)
Here are some close-up shots. These were supposed to be "rustic" looking so I was not concerned with the unfinished edges of the tiles, but you could of course paint them if you wanted a more even look.
Folded Mini Album
I have shown this type of album many times before (album made from one single sheet of paper - see here for my tutorial) but this time I wanted to demonstrate how the "Noteworthy" Paper from the For the Record Collection was perfect for creating a special little notebook
Each page has a spot for a list, note or little photo
Please post a comment with any questions
Lowri :-)
Saturday, July 16, 2011
Tina's mini-album
Here's a mini album I made recently using Webster's Pages paper, and cardstock.
The Kaisercraft rub-ons are so easy to use, and they have heaps of sayings that are just perfect for cards and layouts.
I used Crackle Accents over my painted chipboard fence.
Friday, July 15, 2011
A little bit fruity...peaches and apricots!
I've been with a peach and apricot colour palette for the Berry71Bleu colour challenge for July.
It's one of those colours that makes me cringe and think of 80's taffeta formal dresses (LOL). Maybe not the best colour for fashion, but on a scrapbooking page it's gorgeous.
Peach/apricot tones are wonderful for bringing the focus onto people in the photos, because of the skin tones. It's also a great trick to use when scrapping pics of groups of people who are all wearing different colours.
Anyway here's a couple of layouts I did...
I used Graphic 45 papers and a few Martha Stewart punches. An idea is to use small strips of paper with decorative punches, and layer to create interest.
My "flower" is used by punching both sides of the paper with Martha's Daisy Fan punch.
Using up some more scraps ...... I scraped paint onto my cardstock using a piece of plastic, and tucked my journalling into a hidden pocket. The gorgeous tag is by Marivic at Berry71Bleu. (I can't take credit for it, unfortunately)
It's one of those colours that makes me cringe and think of 80's taffeta formal dresses (LOL). Maybe not the best colour for fashion, but on a scrapbooking page it's gorgeous.
Peach/apricot tones are wonderful for bringing the focus onto people in the photos, because of the skin tones. It's also a great trick to use when scrapping pics of groups of people who are all wearing different colours.
Anyway here's a couple of layouts I did...
Using up some more scraps ...... I scraped paint onto my cardstock using a piece of plastic, and tucked my journalling into a hidden pocket. The gorgeous tag is by Marivic at Berry71Bleu. (I can't take credit for it, unfortunately)
Thursday, July 14, 2011
Echo Park Frame (For the Record)
I have had this wonderful "For the Record" paper from Echo Park for a while now and I finally found a great way to use some of it! This frame is actually from Scrapware but we have some similar ones from Dusty Attic in the shop here.
I have left the frame blank for a natural feel. I have used mainly the 6x6" smaller pad which I LOVE as it also has double sided papers!
It was easy to measure the small pieces of paper required as I just measured inside each frame and added a 1mm border around each side to ensure they were big enough.
Now, me finding these gorgeous chipboard pieces at SENZ coincided with me finally buying a heat gun. No more tweezers, burnt fingers and fishing stuff out of the toaster for me! As you can see I went a little embossing crazy with making these embellishments, but they are so delicate and tiny that they ended up looking rather cute!
To create the text effect on the trees, I first embossed the piece with a plain colour using Versamark and embossing powders, and then when they were dry I stamped on them again using Versamark, a text stamp (Kaisercraft) and then used a contrasting embossing powder for embossing the text.
I love how this little frame turned out - it's such a fun way to display pictures and paper - without having the daunting task of having to create a 12x12 layout!
Lowri :-)
Let me know if you have any questions!
Sunday, July 10, 2011
Sunday Scrapping - Flower Tutorial
Hi Everyone - Lowri here
A really quick post today to recap the week on the blog and share an idea for paper flowers. This week Tina shared some more wonderful layouts and ideas for using scraps. I did a post about improving your photos with Picasa.
After I posted about the photo-editing, a few people have asked how they can make the flowers - so here is a tutorial I created last year which shows you just how to do it!
Why not make some from your SCRAPS and enter them into this month's challenge (see all the details here). We would love to see them. Don't forget we are also looking for new members for our Design Team (see all the details here)
Folded Flower Tutorial
These old maps are beautiful and came from my MIL's second-hand bookshop. They had been there for ages and weren't in great condition so I decided to recycle them into decorations for the shop! You can easily see the progression in map-styles...
I actually thought the differences so obvious in the maps would be reflected in the flowers - but they weren't really - probably because I was a little tentative about cutting right into the middle, "business end" of the maps! 
These maps are made out of the most beautiful paper. Crisp, thin but very strong - perfect for folding!
The index portion of one of the maps had some wonderful plain black and white text - so I made one of of that too (bottom left in the pic below)
To mount them I hot glued them onto a lightweight bamboo skewer pressed lightly between the joins of the petals - as long as you hold it firm until the glue dries they will be pretty solid
I wrapped some map paper inside a mason jar and placed a lump of old play-dough in the bottom to insert the skewers into the vase!
Tutorial
Hopefully these instructions are clear - note I have used hot glue to stick these as I find it very strong and you only need the smallest amount as the map paper is very lightweight.
Lowri :-)
A really quick post today to recap the week on the blog and share an idea for paper flowers. This week Tina shared some more wonderful layouts and ideas for using scraps. I did a post about improving your photos with Picasa.
After I posted about the photo-editing, a few people have asked how they can make the flowers - so here is a tutorial I created last year which shows you just how to do it!
Why not make some from your SCRAPS and enter them into this month's challenge (see all the details here). We would love to see them. Don't forget we are also looking for new members for our Design Team (see all the details here)
Folded Flower Tutorial
These old maps are beautiful and came from my MIL's second-hand bookshop. They had been there for ages and weren't in great condition so I decided to recycle them into decorations for the shop! You can easily see the progression in map-styles...
I actually thought the differences so obvious in the maps would be reflected in the flowers - but they weren't really - probably because I was a little tentative about cutting right into the middle, "business end" of the maps!
These maps are made out of the most beautiful paper. Crisp, thin but very strong - perfect for folding!
The index portion of one of the maps had some wonderful plain black and white text - so I made one of of that too (bottom left in the pic below)
To mount them I hot glued them onto a lightweight bamboo skewer pressed lightly between the joins of the petals - as long as you hold it firm until the glue dries they will be pretty solid
I wrapped some map paper inside a mason jar and placed a lump of old play-dough in the bottom to insert the skewers into the vase!
Tutorial
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Lowri :-)
Thursday, July 7, 2011
Scrapping my scraps!
Hi, it's Tina with some scrap-happy scrapping!
A couple of cards made with scraps.......
It's a good idea to use your scraps from your layout to make a card or two.
Try making a layout using only scraps and cardstock as your base.
As you can see, I used lots of scraps of laces, odd rub-ons, letters and bling, on this layout which is based on a sketch by PageMaps.
This layout was done for the colour challenge at Paper Secrets, and uses some scraps of cardstock, patterned paper and calico. I smeared blue paint using a piece of plastic, then mixed glitter and Dimensional Magic and spread it in the same way. It made a cool embossed glitter look.
I painted my chipboard, and covered it in Dimensional Magic to give a glossy look.
The bunting was made from painted calico and stapled to attach it to the twine.
I hope you've enjoyed my post today.
Happy scrapping,
Tina
A couple of cards made with scraps.......
Happy scrapping,
Tina
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