Tags, Tags, TAGS!!

Hey Krafters!

Today over at Practical Scrappers it is all about tags! Tags are so versatile! They can be used for journaling, add a little something to a background or do what I love to do, ALTER them!! Before I go on to the project, stop by Practical Scrappers to see how our talented design team used tags! You are in for a treat!

My husband works in a factory and from time to time, he will have a shipping tag. On the tag, there was some writing. I used white Gesso to cover up the shipping verbiage. Once the Gesso was dried, I used Distress Stains, sprays and inks and stamps for the background.  I fussy cut the image from G45’s A Ladies Diary. I also used a gardenia from Stamping Scrapping. I added three layers of lace and two rows of pearls.

I could have added more flowers and charms. However, I really wanted to keep this project simple and not over embellished.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project!  Don’t forget to pop over to Practical Scrappers! Thank you so much for stopping by, Krafthead~

Supplies:

Shipping Tag

Lindy’s Stamp Gang

Distress Ink

Distress Stain

Viva Décor Pen-Cream

Gesso

Lace

Pearls

Charm

A Ladies Diary-G45

Gardenia

Skelton Leaves-I Am Roses

Altered Journal

Happy Monday Krafters!

I trust you all had a wonderful krafty weekend! Today, I would like to share an altered journal I did for my daughter. Yes I know I did one for her before, but this one is a little more special. She turned eight and she wanted a diary. However, I thought she was still a tad bit young for a diary. I feel a journal was more appropriate. She enjoys writing and poetry and I want to encourage her. Who knows where it will lead?

This is a regular composition notebook you can get from a store. Her favorite color is purple so of course I HAD to do her right J I used DCWV’s Once Upon a Time Stack. It is full of beautiful glittered papers and hues of purple. I have been sitting on this paper for about a year if not longer. I had her mind when I bought it though!

Here is the back of the journal. I didn’t do too much to it since the papers are so pretty. I did add a boarder to the spine that is layered three times just as I did in the front. I also added two brads to the ribbon closure to extra security. On the edges, I used some gold Folk Art Metallic Paint (it is like my favorite).

On the front, I used another piece of the beautiful paper stack. I cut a doily on the Silhouette that I bought from the Silhouette store. I painted it gold and cut it in half. On top of the doily, I added handmade flowers (except for the two small gardenias-they were extras from the mini I shared here). I also painted the edges in that metallic gold paint.

I really like how this turned out! If you would like to see more, please click here to see the video. Thank you all for stopping by! I really appreciate each and every one of you, Krafthead~

Products:

Composition Notebook

DCWV Once Upon a Time

Recollections

Mulberry Paper

Flower Shoppe Cricut Cartridge-Large Gardenia, Cherry Blossoms, Rolled Roses and Leaves

Fabulous Finds-Buckle

Spellbinders Create a Rose Shapeability- Large Roses

Glimmer Mist-Gold and Fully Purple

Glimmer Glaze

Liquid Pearls-Flower Centers

Ribbon-Shear and Satin

I Am Roses-Small Gardenias

Pearl String

Zva Peals

Copic Marker

Martha Stewart- Monarch Butterfly Punch and Doily Lace Punch

Label Punch

Misc Butterfly Punch

Folk Art Metallic Gold

Doily-Purchased in the Silhouette Store

Velcro (for the closure)

Alcohol Ink Mixative- Gold

Charm

Yay For Purple!

Happy Monday Krafters!

I hope you all had a great krafty weekend! My weekend was pretty nice. I was able to get a few things done around the house. Anywho, today I am sharing a quick and easy project. It only took a few minutes to put together.

My oldest daughter’s favorite color is purple. She was pretty sad when she had to purchase a new notebook for her reading station that was red. So to lift her sadness, we put the Imagine to work! We really could have altered it up, but I wanted to leave simple since she is only in the second grade J

Front Cover:

I printed a solid purple sheet from Imagine More Cards at 8.5x11” (it had to be trimmed to size). *Yes I could have used a regular piece of cardstock, but I printed the pattern first and wanted the covers to match*I stamped a simple flourish (repeated) and a butterfly collage using Momento Black Ink. The letters were cut from the Hannah Montana Cartridge (one of my favorites!)  at 1”. To hide the red on the notebook, I colored the spine black with a Copic Marker and added a striped purple and white ribbon. I used Mother’s Day Bouquet for the flowers and flood filled them with colors and patterns from the Teresa Collins Black and White Imagine Cartridge. To finish it off, I added a few rhinestones and a butterfly from a Martha Stewart Punch.  

Back Cover:

This time I printed a pattern using the Imagine More Cards trimmed to size. I stamped one flourish to tie the front design to the back.  To keep her encouraged, I stamped “I’ll always be simply the best” on the back.

That’s it! She now has a simple but cute notebook to take to school that she adores J I hope you enjoyed today’s project. As always, thanks for stopping by, Krafthead~

Scrapbookpal.com Design Team Entry

Happy Friday Krafters!

I know many of us use plastic or cash when we pay for items. I know I prefer to pay with these methods as well. However, I still pull out my checkbook often to pay bills, for church offerings/tithe and to give checks for birthdays. One day I was writing a check and thought yuck, my holder looks crappy! It was the standard bank issued one. Yeah that one L At that moment, I was determined to cover it!

I actually took my thought a bit further and made my own (the original one was in bad shape). Now I am sure this was a fade when checks were popular, but that does not matter. I go with what I feel J

Here is how I put my checkbook holder together:

I trimmed a sheet of Bazzill to 6.75”x7.5”. Then I used my score board to score the base at 3.25”, 3.75” and 7.00”. Take a bone folder and fold on all of the score lines. Since cardstock is the base, I used duck (I thought it was duct LOL) tape to reinforce the binding due to the stress it will be under with me opening and closing it. I also used for the closure as well (6” of tape folded a .75” of the way and tape down to the base). After applying the duck tape, I covered the base with two different patterns of The Paper Studio Antiquity Premium Cardstock using Scor Tape (that tape is really STRONG). I repeated the same steps in the inside the holder.

Inside of the holder, I added acrylic to the top and bottom. This is to hold the checkbook in place/to put between the checks and the duplicate sheets on the top portion. The acrylic was adhered with Scor Tape as well.

To embellish the outside, I used Mulberry paper and the largest Spellbinder’s Shapeabilities Mega Rose Creation die to make the rose on the closure. My hot glue gun came in handy for gluing down the layers. To make the paper easier to manipulate, I sprayed Gold Glimmer Mist on it and formed it while it was wet. Once it dries, the shape stays put and I was left a nice glimmer. Since I LOVE butterflies, I stamped four of them (three in the front and one in the back and added Crème Viva Décor Pen to the flourishes. I used half of Velcro Coins for the closure. I also stamped the word Blessings (my money is blessed and it is a blessing to have money) on the front of the holder.

Once everything was in place, I inked the edges with Walnut Stain. Finally, I added ribbon and trim to the spine. That’s it! It took approximately 45 minutes from start to finish to complete.

I hope you enjoyed today’s project. This is my entry to be on scrapbookpal's design team, please wish me well! Thanks for stopping by, Krafthead~

Materials:

Grand Calibur

Shapeabilities Rose Creation

The Paper Studio-Antiquity

Bazzill

Mulberry Paper-Brown, Green

Scor Tape

Hot Glue Gun

Glimmer Mist-Gold

Distress Ink-Walnut Stain, Evergreen Bough (leaves), Gathered Twigs (stamped images)

Ribbon

Pearl Trim

Acrylic

Viva Décor Pan-Cream

Sentiment stamp

Cloud 9 Stamps

Duct Tape-White

Velcro

Day 18-OCTC

Hey Krafters!

I popping in to share another gift idea. It is a simple altered letter. This idea is great for any fellow krafter, teen, family or baby room! Have a wonderful day, Krafthead~

Materials:

Letter J

I Am Roses-Curly Rose, Skeleton Leaves

Trim-karlas001 etsy store

Lace

Iridescent Gold Glimmer Mist

Brown Paint

Pine Needle Crackle Paint

Butterfly, Beige Sprays, Beige Mini Roses-karlas001etsy

DCWV Heirloom Stack