ATC Folder from One 12x9 Piece of Designer Paper

Well I've had so much fun watching Artedar's stream and creating along with her making the ATC holder.

I used Kaiser Craft's Duchess Collection papers, lots of Tim Holtz distress inks and stamps. The ATC holder was made from one piece of 12" x 9" piece of designer paper.

I made the corner pockets out of file folders by cutting a piece at 2" x 1".

I made the tags using file folders as well and cut them to size as some of the pockets were different sizes due to the amount of Scotch Quick Dry Adhesive glue I used - more on some and less on others.

I just stamped and sprayed 4 of the ATC's just to add to the file folder until I receive (or make) more. One of them I made and the other was from an online Aussie friend, Lorri (Artivity).

These are great little stocking fillers for our crafty friends, don't you think?

Tag Book

This is a book of 10 tags which have been stamped only on the front. I've distressed the back with Vintage Photo distress ink and stamped journalling lines using a See D's rubber cling stamp.

I've used chipboard for the front and back covers, covered in designer paper (sorry, cannot remember name) then proceeded to embellish the front cover.

I cut some tags, inked them up, stamped on them and stacked them together at the top of the book. I used a Tim Holtz Word Tag "Artful" and a Tim Holtz Philosophy Tag "Play" and attached them with a Tim Holtz ball chain.

I then punched out "tag it" using a Sizzix die "Ransom" alphabet and heat embossed them using Versamark and Black embossing powder.

I then attached a piece of Tim Holtz Tissue Tape to the back of a fragment piece, added some string and attached it to the bottom of the book.

Added some fibres, set the eyelets and the book is finished and ready for the recipient (yes, it's going to a friend) to have fun making the tags.

Toilet Roll Mini Albums

I've only just made my first toilet roll mini album - can you believe it!

Although I haven't embellished them because I'm going to give them as gifts for Christmas to other scrappers who can embellish it to their own taste. Although I will make a few more and embellish those for stocking fillers for Christmas too.

Both these minis are using 6 toilet rolls, 2 binder rings, ribbon, a Tim Holtz Hardware Findings punch-out using GrungeBoard and inked up using Alcohol Inks, and a Tim Holtz Hitch Fastener.

The first mini is using the 7 Gypsies Gypsy Market paper stack and the second mini is using the Timepiece collection by Bo Bunny.

Tag for Lorri (artivity)

During a recent Ustream I made a tag and Lorri (Artivity) won it! So it will be on its way to Lorri very soon, along with a few extra goodies.

I inked the background with Tim Holtz Distress Inks, stamped with some clocks from the Plate 6 - Watches by Cherry Pie Art Stamps in Rich Cocoa Memento Ink.

I then found a couple of images on the web, printed them out and adhered them to the tag.

I typed up the phrase "time and tide waits for no man" and inked them up and cut each word out individually and adhered them to the tag.

I took a Tim Holtz Word Tag, stamped a clock image on the back of it and attached it using some ball chain.

I then took a strip of Tim Holtz tissue tape and attached it to the bottom of the tag.

I finished the tag off with some journalling paper on the back.

It's been a while

Well, it's been quite some time since I posted anything on my blog and it's time I corrected that!

I've had a busy few months with Mandy's wedding, babysitting, and now a part-time job. So I'm still trying to get into some sort of routine. But I'm getting there! So you should see more posts from me on a regular basis - let's hope so anyway LOL.

New Journal Pages 1 to 5

Page 1
My first page was done using my favourite colours - blue, brown and gold.
I also used my favourite art items - my Crafters Workshop stencils - just love them!
I used plenty of stamps on the background.
I hand drew the swirls and finished it off drawing a scalloped border.



Page 2
This page is an homage to my daughter Mandy and her fiance Tod. I used her wedding colours mostly - teal, black and silver.
The white circles are a symbol of the rings.
Lots of stampage in the background here also.



Page 3
This page was done after my daughter Mandy's Kitchen Tea and Hen's Night recently.
The glass is representative of her massive Hen's Night goblet (it holds an entire bottle of champagne).
The bus represents our transport to the restaurant and the fun we had on it!
The balloons are for the festivities.
I stamped a variety of kitchen utensils and aprons for the background too.




Page 4
OMG! I finally was able to get my head around my PrismaColor pencils and Artedar's Whimsy Gurls drawings.
This one looked like she has attitude so I stamped ATTITUDE for the tile and decided to put the artistic definition of attitude as well and finished off with the exclamation marks which are representative of making a statement by a whimsy gurl with an ATTITUDE!



Page 5
This page was done because I finally decided to fill up my Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Sprays with water and test the colours.
I sprayed onto a piece of white cardstock and punched out a circle of the colour and adhered it to the lid of each of the spray bottles so I could see at a glance the exact colour of the spray.
I also sprayed on the journal page - all 20 of the sprays LOL.
Before I sprayed I covered the pages by stamping numbers using various stamp sets.
I used the Crafters Workshop "Mini Numerals" 6x6 stencil and applied some texture paste all over the pages. I then applied some rub-n-buff in Ebony, Spanish Copper and Grecian Gold, along with some Dazzle It metallic wax.
I then stamped the title using the Stampin' Up! Big Deal Alphabet alpha stamps onto a piece of thin netting and adhered it to the pages using Gel Medium. I then outlined all the letters using a white gel pen.
Then I finished it off with a banner type border using a Sharpie and Adirondak Gold acrylic paint.

Shabby Chic Mini Challenge with Michelle

Michelle (BohemianGypsy99) set a challenge for us both after we told each other that our crafting had come to a standstill.

Our challenge was to create a Shabby Chic mini album using 7 pages made of the Multi-Pocket Page by LakeAvenueDesigns.

It must have flowers, lace, dry and heat embossing, at least one transparency and buttons.

This challenge was to try and get us out of our comfort zone - and boy did it do that!!! If you know me, you know that I'm a vintage grunge kind of gal. Oh, and one more thing - we had only 2 weeks to complete the mini - bound and full of tags!

How did I do?

Thanks so much for the challenge Michelle - it really helped!