Paper bag Mini Album

This week I've been multitasking with lots of different projects and resurrecting some old projects.  Who doesn't like to do that? Right?  Anyway, here is a gorgeous little paper bag mini album I made using the Winking Frog collection from Heartfelt Creations.  I just love, love, love these papers.  So many gorgeous colours and cute little frogs.  I also purchased some dies to go with it so I can cut some of the images out without fuss.  Did I mention I hate fussy cutting?  Heartfelt Creations have a knack for bringing out paper collections that are just stunning.  I also love their flowers.  The next project I am thinking about is one using the collection called Coffee Talk....again just gorgeous colours, earthy, just my thing.  

Ok, lets get started on this project.  I can be a little time consuming by the time you cut out all  the elements you want to use but the album itself goes together very quickly.

I started out with two paper bags measuring 11.9 x 22.6 cm.  I bought these at my local $2 shop and have them in lots of different colours.  I cut the corners off one bag and slipped it partway into the other bag then lined up the ends.  I then cut some of the Winking Frog paper to fit the pieces shown.

I glued all the pieces down and then started to work on my inside pages.  It doesn't really matter how long or short or what configuration of pages you want to put in, it's entirely up to you.

       

      

I also cut some tags to put in it and then worked on the front.

 

 

You can add stamping to the pages or even write little messages for the recipient.  (I usually like to give mine away to people either filled with photos or ready for them to fill themselves.)

 

You can also get the album ready and put all the embellishments into a bag and give the whole thing as a gift.  Below is a video showing the complete process but using Candy Cane Lane DSP from Stampin' Up!

Snow Friends Slider Card

I had so much fun making this Snow Friends slider card.  It was easier than I thought it was going to be.  I started out by gathering all of my supplies.  I used the Stampin' Up!  Snow Friends stamp set and coordinating framelits.  I also used the Lawn Fawn Stitched hillsides border dies and the Snow Cool stamp and die sets.

I cut a piece of Whisper White cardstock to measure 8 1/2 by 5 7/8 inches and scored it at 4 1/4 inches.  I then layered another piece over the top of that which was exactly half the size of the main card piece. So  4 1/4 by 5 7/8 inches.  I secured the two pieces together using a sticky note to make sure that it didn't move.  I used the Sliding Star Framelits  and cut out the "smile" shape from both pieces.

You can then separate the two pieces.  Next I used the short piece to lay the stitched hillsides border dies on and cut those out

Check out the video below for more exact instructions.  Cut out your little Christmas trees which I have stamped in Old Olive ink and then position across the card however you would like.  I then worked on the slider part which was just two buttons and some dimensionals.  To support the slider component I used some of our Foam tape

Next I worked on my snow men, adding all the little pieces of clothing and arms to them and then glued them down onto my card.  I glued another piece of card onto the inside of the card to hide all the slider components.

                                       

Stampin' Up! Designer series paper sale

On until the end of October.

Hurry before it's too late

Choose any 3 designer papers and receive a fourth one free.  That's a saving of at least $19.25

Here is just a few of the selections you can choose from.  There are many more available on my website 

              

Blooms and Bliss  Item 141654                  By the Shore Item 141640

            

Festive Birthday Item 141630                      Floral Boutique Item 141663

               

Fruit stand Item 141660                                Moroccan Item 141645

Holiday Catalogue

                  

Candy Cane Lane Item 141981                     Petals and Paisleys Item 142017

                 

Presents and Pinecones Item 141986               Warmth and Cheer Item 141994

Tin of Tags reveal and tags tutorial

Hi everyone, I thought it was about time that I did a full reveal of the tin of tags.  I did a sneak peek a few weeks ago and have been going to follow up with a full reveal and tutorial ever since, but as usual, life keeps getting in the road.  Until today that is....so here it is.

So....what do you get in the tin?

Your kit includes:

Printed tags

Die cut accents

Doilies

Baker's Twine

Washi Tape

Sequins

Tassels

Die cut wood accents

 And of course, the beautiful little tin to keep it all in.

Additional items you require are:

Tin of Tags Stamp set 

Crushed curry ink

Island Indigo ink

Old Olive ink

and Real Red ink.

You also need glue, mini glue dots and stampin dimensionals

Having said that, if you don't have any of the recommended colours you can substitute what you have.  For instance, I don't have Island Indigo ink so substituted Pacific Point ink and so on.

The tin contains enough items to make 30 tags.  3 of each 10 different ones.

The set was really easy to put together but I will give a word of caution here...Please be careful when removing the wooden snowflakes as they are very fragile.  I broke one getting it out of the wooden accent piece.

This set would be ideal made up and given as a gift or given as a gift to someone who is unsure whether they would like to embark down the road of paper crafting as a "dip your toe in" kind of thing.  I'm a huge fan of our kits as they take the guess work out of things but still allow you the flexibility to change things up if you want to.  I've purchased kits from other companies and the quality of Stampin'Up! kits is superior in every sense.

I made one of each for the video tutorial which I will post below as soon as I have finished editing it.  I have put them onto my notice board in my craft room for now.

         

        

           

            

Merry Tags Christmas ornaments

Hello fellow crafters.  My post today is about a little idea I had to try to make some Christmas ornaments using some of the current Stampin'Up! Holiday catalogue items.  To start with, I used the easiest, that being the Merry Wishes Tag dies.  

  

I cut this die three times.  Once in Whisper White cardstock, once in green cardstock and once in kraft cardstock.  I then cut the trees from the green cardstock and the reindeer from the kraft cardstock.  I glued these two pieces onto the white cardstock.  

I also cut a piece of window sheet using the 2 inch circle punch and glued this behind it, mainly to give the gold glimmer card something to attach to.  Also cut a 2 inch circle from gold glimmer card.

I then attached the gold glimmer card to the back so it was visible from the front.  I used some of the twine trio (the gold one) and attached it at the back and then glued another gold glimmer circle over that to hide the string.

I did the same thing with the Christmas tree die.

            

Then I got a little more adventurous.  I dug out my Cozy Christmas Hostess stamp set and built up the little owl.  I used my circle dies to cut the rim of the shaker, the back piece and the back gold piece.  I stamped the branch onto the white circle and glued my owl onto the branch.

I added a window sheet and used some of the new foam adhesive strips to build a barrier for my shaker items.  I used a powder tool to remove the sticky from the owl and around the rim of the shaker part and added my sequins.  I then glued the white circle with the owl on it over the top.  I added string to the back and glued a piece of glimmer paper over that.  I was quite happy with the result and will be working on some of my other stamp sets in the weeks to come.  You can watch the full video below.

          

          

Watercolour Reindeer Card

Good afternoon fellow paper crafters.  I decided that as we are heading into our summer here in Australia, that I would make a summer themed Christmas Card.  I couldn't resist incorporating some watercolouring into it.  

To make this card, start with your standard size card base 5 7/8 x 8 1/2 score at 4 1/4.  Cut a piece of DSP of choice (I used my favourite, item number 141981).  Cut this to 5 5/8 x 3 7/8 and also some watercolour paper (item number 122959) cut at 5 x 3 1/4.  

The inks I have used are Old Olive, Soft Suede and Basic Black.  Stamp sets are Santa's Sleigh, Most Wonderful, Totally Trees and Merriest Wishes, all from the Holiday Catalogue.

I decided to coordinate the inside of the card with the card front.

I've talked a lot about how it's a good idea to try to coordinate all aspects of your cards.  I sometimes make a set of cards, similar (ie from the same cardstock, stamp set etc) and coordinate the inside and the envelope.  I then make a box for the cards and give them as gifts.  

With this card,  I also decided to make an envelope.  To do that, use your envelope punch board and find the card measurement that coordinates with your card and cut your envelope paper accordingly.  In my case, I had to cut the paper at 8 1/2 x 8 1/2.

I then stamped the outside of the envelope with some of the same elements as I used on the outside and inside of the card.  It gives your cards a really professional finished look.

                                                      Aqua painter 

envelope punch board

 Fast Fuse

Merriest Wishes

Most Wonderful 

Santas Sleigh










Snail Adhesive 

Totally Trees

Basic Black Archival ink 










Multipurpose Adhesive

 

                                                    Soft Sued Ink 

Old Olive Ink