Another folio idea

Happy Monday.

I had another play around with one sheet of

12" x 12" paper and came up with this folio.

It has pockets and a waterfall so

uses up the full sheet!

I decorated the front with one of my tags,

just cutting the top off to make it fit.

I stamped lots of little inspirational

sayings on the inside and used

a few more of my ATCs along with

a handmade notebook.

This is how I decorated the back.

The closure is ribbon with some

paper beads I made from the straps.

You can watch a quick walkthrough here.

You can follow a tutorial for it here.

Items used

contact USA alphabet stamps,

Alphabest, Love this Moment,

Rectangular postage stamp punch,

paper florist dies, springtime impressions

all retired SU products.

I would like to enter this into

crafting from the Art - anything goes

Girlz creation fun art of scrap - use designer paper

Daisy Chain - not square

creative Fingers - anything goes

I have the dentist today to get a broken tooth fixed.

Don't know how it happened,

probably old age lol.

Have a good week.

Smile!

This is my midway post for

WE LOVE STAMPING

where the theme is sports/hobbies/anything goes.

We have a fabulous prize so be sure and join us.

For my card I used bright yellow card

and some dsp from my stash.

The little girl is a stamp from 

Strawberry's Best Friends collection.

She has been coloured up with markers.

I added the SMILE and sentiment

using two stamp sets (SU) called

Love this moment and Broadway Birthday.

I embellished with two snippets of card

and one card candi in spotty red.

I have bucket loads of these things

to use up!!

I would like to enter this into

The creative Crafters - anything goes

Girlz & the Art of Letters - C for camera

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative moments - pastels or brights

CRAFT - cute/anything goes

Craft Rocket - birthday

Summer Garden

I made another folio to use up some stash

and the basic album was made up from

some white envelopes.

The papers were from 

We R Memory Keepers and they came with

little envelopes, words tags etc.

I added lace, metal corners,

washi tape and flowers from

my stash to help dress it up.

I used a stamp set called

Love this Moment (SU),

one from Studio Light grunge stamps

and butterflies from Winged Delights

AALL & Create.

You can watch a flip through here

I will be filling this one with photos

of any craic we have during the summer

in the garden.

I would like to enter this into

Girlz Creative Fun art of scrap - anything goes

The Creative Crafter - anything goes

Do-Al(l) Kreatives - anything option flowers

Crafting from the Art - anything goes

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

Creative Crafting Uncles - vintage

Birthday Folio

Happy Monday!

I am getting a head start on my April birthdays

as it's our busiest month for sure.

So instead of a birthday card for my daughter

I have gone with a birthday folio.

You can see a quick walk through of the insides here

I followed a tutorial from Septeria's Room which you

can find HERE.

I didn't forget to colour one side of her hair lol.

She always has one side black and one white.

Our very own Cruella Deville!!

Items used

Papers - Do Craft - Wellington

Stamps - Love you to pieces,

Love this moment, Framed Florets, Alphabest,

Country Bouquet, Itty Bitty Birthdays (all SU),

and Beyond Stamping.

Some paper lace, charms, vellum and wool

from stash.

I would like to enter this into

The Creative Crafters - anything goes

Girlz Rebel Challenge  - ribbon/lace/twine

The Outlawz - no cards

Crafter's Cafe - for the girls/anything goes

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Sparkles Monthly - vintage/mixed media

Tagalong midway post

It's time to share my midway post for our challenge

Tag-along (and ATC's)

where the theme is numbers or anything goes.

For my tag I went with a pocket at the side

with a window at the front.

I used orange card for the base.

I used quite a few stamps set to decorate including

Tags for everything, love this moment and

Happy Birthday (SU)

AAll & Create - foilage.

The papers are scraps from We R Memory Keepers

and I also used a circle punch (SU)

and Elizabeth Crafts Dies for the side holder.

The tag itself was punched using 

very best trio punch (SU).

I would like to enter this into

Girlz Creative Fun Art of Scrap - anything with designer paper

HQSCAT - shaped card or tag

The Outlawz - anything but a card

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For my ATC I used a stamp set from

Beyond Stamping for the baby.

He will be some boy to move those blocks lol.

I punched some blocks and stamped the numbers

using a set called Alphabest (SU).

The sentiment was made on my label printer.

I added some kraft card for the floor

and embossed it on my embossing board.

I finished with small numbers using

Make a Difference (SU) and added some faux

stitching.

Everything was coloured up with markers.

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Art Nudge - I used the colours

Remember you can enter a tag, ATC or bookmark

and we have this wonderful prize up for grabs too!

Brad bound!

Happy Monday!

I came across a lovely tutorial over at

Cathy's Garden where she showed how you can make

a junk journal using brads for the spine.

I still can't get my head around vintage and junk and tend

to go for a cleaner look so I decided to have a go

my way.

I used papers from DCWV - all dressed up.

Vellum from my stash.

Stamps - Love this moment (SU).

Embellishments - fibres, lace, ric rac trim,  brads, butterfly punch.

Stencils - freebie from magazine

Printables - My Porch Prints.

Embossing folder - Crafter's Companion

You can watch a quick walk through of the inside here

I would like to enter this into

A Perfect Time to Craft - anything goes

Girlz & the Art of letters - E - embossing

vellum inside the book has been embossed with butterfly folder

Love to Craft - anything goes

A Place to Start - use vellum

used lots of vellum inside my book

The Outlawz - no cards option I'd wear that

Mini album

Back to using up more stash now that my room is sorted.

This was a 12 x 12 pack that I had eaten into a long time ago

but still have 2 full sheets and some embellishments.

So I went with a mini album following a tutorial

from MayMay Made it on YouTube.

You can see the tutorial here.

I added a few pocket envelopes inside to use up

more scraps.

You can watch a quick walk through of insides here

Items used

Papers from NRN Designs and First Addition Love Letters

Stamps - Love this moment (SU)

Magnets, gems and punches.

I would like to enter this into

Girlz Creative Fun - use designer papers

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Ally's Angels - anything goes

Mini book of inspiration

I had some leftovers from the K & Co pad I used for my

garden folio on Monday so decided to make a mini

book filled with positive quotes.

It only measures 2 1/2" x 1 1/2" but holds lots!!

It has been filled to the brim with tags, lace, ribbon,

brads, pearls, mini envelopes, butterflies etc etc.

Stamp sets used were Tabs for everything and

Love this Moment, both SU.

You can watch a quick walk through here

Here is a photo of some of the snippets.

The pad had a lot of pull outs so I boxed and labelled them

to add to tags etc.

I would like to enter this into

Snippets Playground - use leftovers

Path of Positivity - anything positive, option unexpected design

Ally's Angels - anything goes

613 Avenue Create - anything goes option floral delight

The Outlawz - no cards

Garden themed folio

I'm in the process of making a bunch of items for my

daughter to bring to her table at Q-Con,

which is a big comic/gamer con at Queen's University

in Belfast. Lots of kids are brought there by parents

so I thought these might be nice to give away to the suffering parents.

 Last year I did a load of worry worms

but this year I thought I would do some folios, miniature books

and needle felted monsters.

This is one of the folios with a garden theme.

Great for using up my stash!

The front has a pocket, metal corners and ties with a ribbon.

On the back I added some linen thread, torn papers

and a little watering can charm.

Inside I have created note books and the last book

has a few pages for each season in the garden.

You can watch a quick walk through video here

for the insides.

Items used

Stamp sets - Enjoy Life, Love this moment, tabs for everything,

poinsettia petals and Itty Bitty Christmas (all SU).

Papers - K & Co scrap pad.

Inks - distress inks - peeled paint, shaded spruce (SU)

sewing machine, eyelets, ribbon, pearls, vellum and

old diary pages.

I would like to enter this into

The Neglected Stash - use old stash

Neglected stash used - eyelets, charms, paper pack, beads.

Love to Craft - anything goes

A Perfect time to craft - anything goes

Love to Scrap - anything goes

Make My Monday - garden/gardening

A little bit of PINK

Today I am sharing another tag for my theme of

add some pink

over at

TAG TUESDAY

For this one I used scraps of paper which I cut into

strips and covered the base of my tag.

I inked round the edges of the tag then

die cut a large heart (Spellbinders dies) and ran it through a

dotty embossing folder from Cuttlebug.

I stamped the SMILE from a set called

Love This Moment (SU), and backed it onto some

matching paper and stuck to the centre of the heart.

The tag was finished with some tulle and a

little paper flower.

I hope you get time to join me this week.

You just need to add a little or a lot of  PINK.

I would like to enter this into

Tri fold Folio

I have another stash busting folio to share today.

The tutorial is from Cathy's Garden on YouTube.

I have changed a few things and everything has

been machine stitched which makes it really sturdy.

This one is a tri fold folio.

I have made a notebook for the left side with matching pen.

The pockets, front, back and centre contain a tag.

The centre is a larger notebook and to the right I have

made a little scratch pad with various scraps

stitched together.

You can watch a quick walk through here

Items used today

Papers might be K & Co but not sure.

Stamps and stencil - Feathers from Hot Off the Press

Enjoy Life (SU), Love this moment (SU), Hope you know (SU),

Garden Green, Mint Macaron, Peekaboo Peach inks (SU),

Metallic rubons, Just Jade ribbon, sewing machine,

word rub ons and a brad.

I would like to enter this into

Love to Craft - anything goes

Double Trouble - thing 1

The Sisterhood of Crafters - anything goes

Crafty Gals Corner - anything goes option 3+ layers

Word Art Wednesday - anything goes

Have a lovely weekend!

 

Stash Buster 1

As some of you know, I am in the process of using up a lot of

my stash making mini albums, cards and boxes.

So this weekend I decided I would hunt down

some very old tutorials by various artists,

which I will give credit to of course,

and remake them with my stash!

So my first one is from The Crafty Thinker from way back

in 2017. It had no video tutorial so I thought I would do one.

As you can see this makes up into a cute gift package for

some kit kat bars.

It uses one sheet of card and a strip of fancy paper.

You can watch my video here

Measurements needed

Card - a4 x 11"

Score long side - 3", 3 1/2", 7 1/2", 8"

Score short side - 2 1/2", 3", 5 3/4", 6 1/4"

DSP - 1 3/4" x 8"

White paper for inside - 2 1/4" x 3 3/4"

I used old olive card, Love this Moment stamp set (SU)

and papers are called Delightfully Eclectic (SU).

Image has been coloured using markers.

I would like to enter these into

Mix it Up - anything goes option smooshing

Creative Fingers - anything goes

Crafty Catz - anything goes option Autumn colours

Dragonfly Dreams - anything but a card

Lil Patch of Crafty Friends - anything goes

Lovely fresh morning here. Washing is on

and a bit of crafting maybe then hopefully

a trip to Omeath!!

Have a great week.

Days gone by

It's time for a new theme over at

TAG TUESDAY

and this time it was the lovely Sandie's turn and she

has challenged us to go vintage/old.

I found a scrap of newsprint paper for my tag.

I stamped some text using Gorgeously Made stamp set.

I roughed up the edges of my tag then inked them

using early expresso ink. I then wrapped some lace around the tag.

Next I run my ink pad down a piece of card to get a plank look

and stuck it to my tag. The photo is of my Mum, Uncle and Aunt

and my older brother which I thought deserved a nice home.

I stuck it to one side of my plank card.

I stamped the word memories using Love This Moment stamp set

and stuck it on top of the photo.

I then added some butterflies punched in the matching

newsprint paper and added some colour with my markers.

I stamped some little squares to one side and a heart at the other side.

I then finished with some pearls and a little twine bow.

I would like to enter this into

Tag Tuesday - vintage/old

Creative Crafting Uncles - mystical or vintage

Pammie's Inky Pinkies - anything goes

A Place to start - anything goes option diamonds/gold/pearls

The Outlawz - no cards option use a photo

Car in garage today and we have thunder and lightening due

this afternoon so got our walk in early.

Enjoy your day!

Believe in yourself!

Something a little different today.

I didn't have enough paper left in this pack which was called

Berry Delightful (SU) to make a mini album so I went with

a folio wallet.

On the front I put two pockets with faux stitching.

In the big pocket I have a handmade mini book

and in the smaller pocket I have a tiny journal tag.

The stamp set I used is called Love This Moment (SU).

Inside I have the main book which has been stitched in place

with a vellum front and back cover.

To the left I have two pockets and I have added

a large handmade notebook and a mini book with paperclip notelets.

On the back page I have added another handmade notebook

and mini book with paperclip notelets.

I did finish off this pack and I am very happy with the outcome.

Here is a quick walk through of my folio

I would like to enter this into

Mix it Up - anything option veggie stamping

Love to Craft - anything goes

Crafts galore encore - July anything goes

A Perfect Time to Craft - July challenge

Love Those pretty papers - anything goes using patterned papers

Hugs