Pretty Folio and pen

I have made another folio to use up my 12 x 12 stash.

This one used papers from K & Company and My Mind's Eye

along with some Soft Sea Foam card.

I saw a folio made by May May on YouTube which sparked

an idea and this is what I ended up with.

The front is magnetised and I added a matching pen.

Inside there are note cards and a jotter

decorated with stickers, machine stitched and some stamping.

Flip another page and you get some pockets holding

another little note book and some pretty tags.

It is full of nice friendship and inspirational quotes.

You can watch a walk through here

Stamp sets used

Flowers of Friendship and Silhouette Scenes (SU)

Feel Alive AALL & Create

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Crafts Galore encore - anything goes

Triple B - birds, blooms and butterflies + option mood board

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Path of Positivity - anything positive option family/friends

Day of the Dead

I have another tag for Michele's theme

DAY OF THE DEAD

over at

TAG TUESDAY.

Didn't do much here other than cut circles

and add some wording which was computerised.

Not my forte but we need to stretch ourselves these days!!

The images are from Vectoria Designs.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - Day of the Dead

Triple Pocket Wallet

My Stash Buster tutorial today uses a full sheet of 12 x 12 and

you can create this lovely 3 pocket gift wallet.

I made a matching card for mine to fill one pocket.

Another pocket will be filled with with money

and the third will be a flat chocolate treat of some sort.

Perfect for giving money gifts for my family this year.

You can watch my tutorial here

I found the original tutorial on YouTube from

Scrapbooking with me Crafts channel.

All measurements given out during the tutorial.

You just need a nice sheet of 12 x 12 double sided paper.

I have used papers from SU called Winter Meadows.

Stamp set - Poinsettia Petals (SU)

Ink - berry burst (SU)

Notecards, rectangle dies, gems and wink of stella.

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Beautiful Blossoms - anything with flowers and optional mood board 

We Love Stamping - Christmas

Lil Patch of Craft Friends - anything goes

Merry Little Christmas - anything goes

Peace on Earth - anything Christmas

Another dry but dull day and temperatures pretty nice!

I have my walk done and no shopping needed

so a nice peaceful day in my craft room"

 Have a lovely week!

Magical moments!

Our new challenge theme for November over at

STAMPING SENSATIONS

is anything goes option make it magical!

And of course there will be some very magical stamps

up for grabs so be sure and join us!!

For my card I used stamps from Lavinia.

I started by masking off my background using a circle

from Lisa Horton Crafts. The inks I used are all

distress inks in spiced marmalade, mustard seed and peeled paint.

I then stamped the foliage, fairy and toadstools in memento black

and then used Tahitian Tide (SU) ink to add some flowers.

I still felt something was missing so stamped the wording

on either side of her from the same stamp set.

I added some dots to the toadstools using a white acrylic pen.

I added some wink of stella to her wings.

I then edged the whole thing in black ink and matted

onto my card base.

Come and join us this month!!

I would like to enter this into

Crafty Calendar - anything goes

Love to Craft - anything goes

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

Krafty Chicks - anything goes

Crafter's Cafe - anything goes option fantasy

Snowman scene

I treated myself to some Polkadoodles stamps, dies and stencils recently

and they just arrived so had a quick play.

I made this one completely flat but will definitely

play around more next time. Just needed to get

a feel for them first.

I started by stencilling the background using the snowfall stencil

in balmy blue ink.

I then stamped the snowman, coloured him up with markers

and wink of stella and left him to one side.

Next I stamped some trees in the background using

an old stamp set from SU called Evergreen Elegance.

I then tore some paper for snowy edges and stuck in place.

The snowman was then stuck down along with his

santa hat. The stamp set has a nice variety of items to

change up the snowman and this is one big snowman!!

I finished with lots of more wink of stella which does not

show up in the photo at all, along with a sentiment.

I would like to enter this into

Digi Chooseday - anything goes

Merry Little Christmas - anything Christmas

Christmas BINGO - I used B line - dots, hand colours image and free

Gem of a challenge - anything goes

Allsorts - magic of the season

Incy Wincy - anything option Christmas card with handmade background

We Love to Create - anything mixed media/paper crafting

It's a dull as ditch water here today but very close.

Had a good walk this morning and a bit of housework

and now I need a coffee!!

 

Gift Wallet

I also made this wallet to go along with the

Christening Album I shared on Wednesday.

It has two pockets, one on the inside and one at the back.

I put a mini card in the inside pocket

and money in the back pocket.

The belly band held it all secure.

I used a stamp set called Inspired Events (SU).

The cross was die cut using a spellbinders die

and the papers are old ones from SU.

The little card is from a Memories and more pack called

Bright and Beautiful.

I would like to enter this into

Crafts Galore Encore - anything goes

A Place to Start - anything option use pink

Cardz 4 Galz - showcase your patterned papers

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Have a great weekend everyone!

Halloween goodies!

This is the some of the goodies I have prepared for

our Grandsons for Halloween.

The cube boxes hold some chocolate balls,

the orange one at the back with the bat on it

holds a wagon wheel.

Lots of burnt fingers making these with the

hot glue gun!!

The coffin box holds some chews with a few coins

wrapped in the same paper inside

and the one to the front holds the cake bar.

I have also threw in a chocolate skeleton, crisps

and one of those slap wrist bands.

I used papers from The Works and the stamp set

was Tricks & Treats from SU.

The bats were also from the Works.

I would like to enter these into

Creatalicious - anything option Halloween and/or purple and black

Papercraft Challenge - spooky season

Little Red Wagon - sweet treats

Day of the Dead!!

It is Michele's turn to pick the theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and she has gone with

Day of the Dead!!

I don't have any stamps related to that theme but

I did get this lovely free download from Vectoria Designs.

It came with the little mini book cover which I turned into a

pocket for the tag.

I added the wording to the front of the pocket

and printed the tag off twice so I could layer up some of the

flowers and added a sentiment on the bottom.

I finished it with some ribbon and then added lots of 

glaze to the places I wanted to pop.

I hope you get time to join us this fortnight!

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - Day of the Dead

Football Crazy!

It was our Grandson Sean's 11th birthday last week

and as always, I like to make a box of some sort to gift

him some money and of course chocolate!

He is very much into his Gaelic and supports Man United

FC so I went with the football theme and their colours.

Inside it holds two bars of chocolate and a loop in the middle

allows you to pop in some money.

It closes using some Velcro dots.

You can watch the tutorial here

Measurements needed to make one

Card - 7" x 4 4/8"

Score long side at 3" and 4"

DSP to decorate

two pieces at 2 6/8" x 4 2/8"

one piece at 6/8" x 4 2/8"

Pockets - two pieces

5 4/8" x 2 2/8"

Score at 2/8", 4/8" on 3 sides

Money Band - 1 7/8" x 5/8"

Score long side at 2/8" on both sides

Closure - 7/8" x 2 6/8"

DSP - 5/8" x 2 4/8"

I used a stamp set from The Stamp Man called Football Mad.

Everything was stamped then coloured with markers.

The papers are called Delightfully Eclectic (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Classic Design Challenge - anything goes option no cards

Gem of a Challenge - anything goes

The Outlawz - no cards I went with P

pockets, patterned paper

Dragonfly Dreams - anything but a card

Guitar man!

I had a birthday card to make for my youngest brother

and he is into his guitars.

I followed a sketch over at

Cheerful Sketches Challenge for the layout.

The papers are from a pack called Rock & Roll (SU).

I used different ones for the layers and

also cut three guitars from the papers and coloured them

using parakeet party markers.

The sentiments are from a set called

Music - play on sentiments from Paper Discovery.

I die cut some music notes using a die from them

as well called Lost in Music musical panels.

I finished with some matching gems and

his name which was computer generated.

I would like to enter this into

Cheerful Sketches challenge - October challenge

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Love Those Pretty Papers - anything goes option Halloween cols/papers

CRAFT - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Have a lovely weekend!!

Christening makes

I wanted to share the album I made for our wee 

Granddaughter Aimee's Christening.

You can watch a quick run through here.

The papers are from Nitwits and the images were from a shop

on Etsy

Boo...Eek!

It's the second week of my Halloween theme over at

TAG TUESDAY.

This time I went with a scary Frankenstein head.

I inked up the background and stamped some bats

and wording. This was matted onto some black card.

I then stamped the image and cut him out to

add to my tag.

I finished with some linen string.

For my second tag I simply stamped the Halloween label

in the centre and then added the stamped bats around the edges.

I blended with some purple ink but it's not showing

at all in the photo.

It was mounted onto black card and I finished

it with some string and bakers twine.

Stamp sets used - Tricks & Treats, Labels to Love (SU)

I hope you get time to join us!!

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Unicorn Challenge - Autumn/Halloween

Make My Monday - Spooky/Halloween

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creatalicious - anything goes option Halloween

Treats, not tricks!

I pulled out my envelope punch board to make these

little packages for the boys treat bags.

They hold any of those little cake bars perfectly

and you only need a piece of white card

and whatever Halloween stamps you might have.

You can watch my tutorial here and whip up

a load of these in no time.

Measurements needed to make one

Card - 5 1/2" x 5 1/2"

1st punch mark - 1 1/2"

2nd punch mark - 2 7/8"

For my boxes I have used light weight card,

pumpkin pie, gorgeous grape, poppy parade

and parakeet party inks.

The stamp set is called Tricks & Treats (SU).

Black ribbon, postage stamp punch

and black ink.

And of course, my envelope punch board.

I would like to enter these into

Dream Factory - Halloween

Daisy Chain - Autumn and/or Halloween

Make My Monday - spooky/Halloween

Little Red Wagon - Halloween is coming

Creative Crafting Uncles - Halloween

Thankfully yesterday we had no damage to the trees around us

other than a garden, front and back, jam packed with leaves.

The colours are amazing though and the sun is shining on them now!

Have a great week!

Anyone for tea?

It's time for my mid month DT card for

Stamping Sensations

where the theme is anything goes option Autumn Colours.

We have a great prize from

STAMP ADDICTS

I found an old pack of teapot templates from Craftworks and decided

to make one for my Mother-in-law's birthday.

I traced the template onto my chosen papers and

cut it out. The papers are also Craftworks.

I inked the edges using pumpkin spice ink and

glued to the template.

I then covered a separate lid in the same way with

a different piece of paper and inked it up.

I attached a rectangle of card to the lid

and stamped a message using  a stamp set called

Approaching Perfection (SU).

The birthday sentiment is stamped and punched using

a bundle called Oval Occasions.

I then stamped two of each flower from a set called

Floral Essence. I cut them out and layered them up.

The centres have been made using some pearlized enamel effects drops.

I then stamped the leaves in old olive ink and punched them out.

I doubled up the back of the teapot to make a pocket

for my lid to slip into.

I then added the flowers and sentiment and finished off

the handle by wrapping some green twine around the handle

and added two beads to the ends.

The bow was then added to the removable lid.

I hope you get time to join us this month.

I would like to enter this into

Beautiful Blossoms - anything floral optional mood board

The Paper Funday - anything goes option Autumn colours

Colorful Options - orange

Cardz 4 Galz - pick 3 purple, orange, black, green

I used orange, green, black

Crafty Catz - anything goes option Autumn colours

Had a quick scoot to Omeath this morning.

Rotten day, loads of traffic works going on and not

able to get for a walk.
So went for quick lunch and back home lol

Storm Ashley is heading our way on Sunday

so there's something to look forward to...NOT!

Have a lovely weekend and stay safe!

Teenage Kicks!!

I had a request for a birthday card for a mad teenager

(their words, not mine lol).

So I went very bright with lots of 

Autumn colours in there.

The papers are a download from Nitwits Beep Beep collection,

the image is LOTV, coloured with markers,

and cut and set it place.

The teenage badge is from google and

everything else is computer generated.

I would like to enter this into

The Paper Funday - anything option Autumn colours

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Let's Craft and Create - anything option just purple

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Cardz 4 Guyz - T is for TEENAGER

Make My Monday - kid friendly card

PINspirational - shapes

The rain we had last night was crazy.

The noise alone was enough to keep me awake

and it got unseasonably warm!

What's going on! I want warm cosy fires, 

blankets and a good book or movie lol.

Haunted house!

 

It was my turn to choose the theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and I have gone with Halloween!

I had a few tags to make for the Grandkids albums and goodie bags

so it was a good incentive for me lol.

This one has been made with making an inky background

to which I stamped bats and cobwebs from a stamp set called

Tricks & Treats. I stamped the house separately

and added colour to the windows and door.

It was cut out and stuck in place.

I backed it onto some black card and added

some string for a spooky feel.

My next tag was a bit less colourful but I did use the house

again. I stamped it directly onto the tag

and then stamped the trick or treat sentiment.

It was inked lightly in purple ink and the windows and doors

where coloured in with a fluorescent yellow gel pen.

I finished with some string and bakers twine.

I hope you get time to join in my challenge this fortnight.

I would like to enter these into

Dream Factory - Halloween

Two Old Bats Halloween - anything Halloween

Unicorn Challenge - Autumn and/or Halloween

Try it on Tuesday - Halloween

Simply Create  Too - Halloween or Halloween colours

Creative  Crafting Uncles - Halloween

Allsorts - anything goes or magical, myth and or legend

It's my Mother-in-law's 85th birthday today

so we off to visit and give her some presents.

Enjoy your day!