Keepsake Box

Happy Sunday,

My weekend has been rather crazy. Yesterday was a blur of eye doctor appointments, trip to Michael's, Barnes & Noble, coldstone, etc. When I finally got home, I sat down to work on this keepsake box.

It's been ages since I've done anything other than paper crafts. I picked up a wooden photo box and some flowers from M. The lady I'm making this for loves butterflies and I knew I had the perfect paper to decoupage to the top. I painted the inside white and the outside a deep purple. From start to finish, this project took 3 hours. Thankfully the paint I used dries rather quickly, so I was able to get the 5 coats of paint.

Here's the top:







I cut "mom" from Don Juan at 2 1/4 inches. I even got to pull out my hot glue gun!! Hope you like this project.

Stay crafty


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Cricut Cake Giveaway

Good Morning Bloggers,

Sweet Magnolia Rose is giving away a Cricut Cake Machine!! Head on over to her blog, become a follwer, and enter yourself to win. How easy is that?

I'll be back later today with another post and some crafty goodness. Taking the little one to eye doctor, this should be interesting.

Stay Crafty

300 Follower Giveaway

Another quick post. Diana over at D.L Art is giving away a Joann's gift card when she reaches 300 followers. Head on over to her blog and check it out. Become a follower and leave comment to be entered for a chance to win.

Link Up Party

Good Morning Bloggers,

Just a quick note today. K Andrew over at Getting Cricky is having a link up party. Hop on over and check out her blog, then leave your link. Don't forget to become a follower of hers if you aren't already. Then check out all the other bloggers who've linked up.

Stay Crafty

Amber's Crafts and Stuff Weekly Challenge #4

Good morning bloggers,

This week over at Amber's Crafts and Stuff, the challenge is to use a technique that is new to you. I decided to try and make a shutter fold card. Oh, in case you haven't caught on yet...my favorite colors are green and brown. :0)





Details:
I started with a 5.5 by 12 inch piece of paper. I scored the paper at 2, 4, 6, 8, and 10 inches. I then turned the paper 90 degrees and scored the paper at 1 and 3/8 inch. Then rotated 180 degrees and scored again at 1 and 3/8 inch. Here's a photo showing the score lines:






Now using either your paper trimmer or a craft knife, cut along the 1 3/8 inch line from the 2 inch score mark to the 10 inch score mark. Repeat on other 1 3/8 inch line.

Now the complicated part. Please look at this picture first.






With the top and bottom section, starting at the 2 inch mark, fold back. At the 4 inch mark, fold forward. At the 6 inch mark, fold back. At the 8 inch mark, fold forward. With the middle section, fold back at 4 inches and forward at 8 inches.

Next, select your pattern paper. With the "T" section, trace the section onto the paper and trim 1/16th from all edges. You will also need 4 pieces cut at 1 3/8 by 1 7/8, 2 pieces at 1 3/8 by 3 7/8, 1 piece at 2 3/8 by 3 3/8. Confused yet?

Dry fit all your pieces before adhering down. I cut the Kanji Tag, which means mother, from Pagoda at 3 1/4 inch. The shadow circle is cut from George. The filigrees are cut from Graphically Speaking at 1 1/4. The flowers are cut from Designer's Calendar at 1 inch.

I don't own a stamp that says "Happy mother's day" so I just hand wrote it. I plan on putting a poem on the back part before sending it to my mother. If you haven't tried this type of card, give it a whirl and come back and let me know so I can check it out!

Stay Crafty

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Pinkalicious Birthday Cont

Just a quick check-in from the scrap cave. I just finished up the fairy princess wands  to go with the cupcake banner that I made. These were super simple to make, keep reading for the details.

Details:

• I used 20 inch lollipop sticks and wrapped them with curling ribbon (you know the ribbon you tie to ballons). I used my refined skills of re-gripping tennis rackets to wrap the ribbon around each stick.
• I cut the stars from George and Basic Shapes at 4 inches. 
• I cut strips of curling ribbon and taped them to the "inside" of one of the stars, then taped down the stick
• Using my ATG, I adhered the two stars together
• I then used my scissors to curl the ribbon.

Viola! Fairy princess wands. Hope you are having a super crafty Saturday too.

Stay Crafty

The Scrap Cave

Ok, so I decided I would give you a little tour of my scrap cave (aka: the basement). It's nothing much, nothing to gawk about. It's just my little corner of solitude, down in the cold basement next to my water heater and bicycles. LOL.

TADA

My Cricut Corner / Stash Tower

Utilizing Wall Space

This thing hold paper, stickers, pens, and all kinds of stuff

Did I mention I knit and crochet too?

Oh yeah, it's full and that's not even all of it 

When I started scrapbooking, oh so many years ago, all of my things fit into a bin about the size of the one above. I've come so far!! These photos were taken after I had organized a little bit. I'm hoping to upgrade my paper storage soon. The Cropper Hopper works well for now, but it's really hard when you want to go somewhere and need to take your paper. In the second picture, you'll notice a little container with a blue lid. That thing holds a LOT. I was able to put my tools, even my ATG, and carts/booklets in here when I went to the crop.

So next time I mention the cave, you now have a mental image to associate with it. It's not as fancy as some that I've seen. But it's all me!! How about you share your space with us too!

Stay crafty (even in a drafty, 70s throwback basement)