Envelope Pocket mini book

Hello everyone,

My project today is one I was asked to make for my friend who retired from teaching this year.

We met through crafting and she has been so good to me...like a second Mum!

Her daughters' asked me to make something that would hold notes/tags from people who had written

little anecdotes about their Mum.

 

I decided to go with a pocket book made from envelopes.

....this was my 2nd attempt....the 1st ended up in the bin....

 

I hardly know where to start to explain how I made it....lol

 

It's made with 5 pieces of chipboard - the front, bottom, back, top and flap.

I covered the pieces with My Mind's Eye 'Wild Asparagus' paper

leaving a 5mm gap between the joins.

The front flap was cut using a Tim Holtz 'on the edge bracket die' and I added

a magnetic closure on the inside of the flap and on the outside of the front before covering with paper.

 

 

The inside is made with envelopes joined together accordian style.

I took nine kraft envelopes (I find PaperMill luxury C6 really good quality) sealed them and then cut off one end.  Then with a circle punch, cut a large notch out of the cut end.

I inked around the edges with vintage photo distress ink and let dry.

Then taped the envelopes one on top of each other with DS tape.

 

 

I added the lace around the front of the album before taping the envelopes

to the inside on the back and front.

The flowers are Prima and the metal corners are from Forgetmenot Papercrafts in Belfast.

I added two little pins and a sprinkling of adhesive pearls around the flowers.

 

 

I printed the word 'memories' on matching paper and added it to the metal (Tim Holtz) frame.

I put the brads through the chipboard before covering the inside so the metal pieces wouldn't show.

If the book is now filled with the tags, I'll see if I can get a photo to show it finished!

 

I found it a challenge to make....on my first attempt the paper kept splitting at the joins.

I think the paper was just too wet and I was stretching it too much.

Apart from all that, I was pleased with it when I had it finished and I know that my friend loves it too and that's the main thing!

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Christmas Countdown at Creative Craft World.

And now for the link to the next project.

It's day 13 and Lou has a gorgeous Christmas journal to share.

We only have a sneak peek and I'm dying to see inside.

You can find it HERE

 

 

Thank you for visiting today and a big 'hello' to welcome my new followers!

Tomorrow I'll have a link to Trish's Christmas project

 and maybe even have something of my own too :)

 

Have a lovely day,

Take care,

Sarah xx

 

I'd like to enter this album in the following challenges:

MIM ~ anything goes

Lady Anne's Challenges ~ anything goes

Love to Create ~ fancy edges

Stamp & Create ~ lace

Stamps & Fun = creativity ~ anything goes

Tuesday Alchemy ~ anything goes

Oldie but a Goodie ~ anything but Christmas (all except the flowers are more than 6 months old)

Papertake Weekly ~ flower power

Mini kit projects

Happy weekend everyone!

 

Today I have some projects I made using the October mini kit from Creative Craft World that

Lou very kindly sent me.

It is a mix of beautiful turquoise and orange from the Teresa Collins 'Tell your story' collection
~ you can see (and buy) the kit HERE.

 

 

All four projects and I still have lots left over to make more!

 

In the kit there are lots of beautiful die cut flowers.  I took the largest of them and sewed messy stitches around the petals with my sewing machine.

The image is a stamp from Crafter's Companion which I coloured with Copics and I took another of the large flowers and paper pieced her dress with it. The pearls are also included in the kit and the ribbon is from my stash.

The sentiment is stamped and was a freebie with a magazine(from last year I think).

 

close up of the layers on the card

 

 This card is very simple to make. I embossed the bottom of the card with a Cuttlebug 'swirls' embossing folder and added a strip of paper and a strip of glitter card from the kit.

I shaped the die cut flowers, layered them together and adhered them to the card with foam pads.

The sentiment is by Papermania and is stamped with a Stampin' Up marker.

 

 This mini carton was cut out with the Cameo and covered with paper from the kit. I then added stickers and gems which are also included in the kit.

I haven't put anything in the box yet but it would make a lovely little treat box filled with sweets or a scented candle.

 

...and lastly I made a tag, which I cut out with the Cameo.

I added a layer of patterned paper and a hexagon sticker (from the sticker sheet also in the kit) and a clear adhesive gem.

 

To enter the challenge, all you have to do is make a project with bling on it and make it smaller than 12x12".

The winner will be chosen by the Design Team and the prize is a fab mini kit, a generous discount at

Creative Craft World and a Guest Design Team spot.

So why not get creating!

 

Thanks so much for joining me today

and I'll be back soon with more.

Take care and enjoy the rest of your weekend.

Sarah xx

 

I'd like to enter the following challenges:

Make it Monday ~ anything goes

Stampavie #179 ~ stitches (1st card)

Perfect Sentiments ~ happy birthday/anniversary (1st card)

Lady Anne's challenges ~ anything goes (1st card)

Inky Impressions ~ anything but a card (Mini carton)

 

Rainbow Blog Hop with Creative Craft World

Good morning everyone!

 

Today it's my turn to share a project in our Rainbow Blog Hop

at Creative Craft World.

The reason for the blog hop is, it's the 6th birthday of  the shop on the 6th!

 

Blog hopping is all totally new to me so I hope you'll bear with me as I try to get the details right.....

 

My colour as part of the rainbow is Violet and I used these gorgeous papers from Echo Park

(springtime collection) 

 

Maybe I should start with my project and give you all the info at the end?

 

 

I started with a plain wooden 'bingo board' and painted it with gesso.

Next I took a sponge and inked the edges with seedless preserves distress ink.

 

Then I applied wet glue all over front of the board and adhered the spot paper, trimming the edges with a craft knife and sanding the edges.  I traced around the 'clip' part of the board on violet paper and cut the outline before gluing to the top of the board.  I covered the join in the two papers with patterned paper.

 

 

I covered the back of the board with matching violet paper.

 

For the notebook I took a narrow jotter and removed the front cover.

Taking striped paper I cut it to size across the width and 2.5" longer at the top which I wrapped over and taped at the back. 

I tied some green tulle around the cover and finished with a button which was threaded with twine.

I added punched butterflies and raised the wings with my favourite pinflair glue gel and a sparkly trail.

 

 The cover is double sided so it's just as pretty on the inside!

The word notes is cut from co-ordinating green paper with Cuttlebug 'red tag sale' dies and I brushed a white paint dabber across the board a few times before sticking them down.

The little metal clip at the top for hanging

 

and now for the blog hop details 

 

By this stage if you're following the hop we are on day 7 and you should already have hopped across 6 projects

but here's a reminder just in case you've come to mine first...

There's still time to take part (if you're new to it)

 

1. Red - Susi

2. Orange - Sarah W

3. Yellow - Michelle

4. Green - Trish

5.Blue - Ali

6. Indigo - Sue

7. Violet - me

 

and tomorrow, the final day - you need to visit Lou's blog

to find the POT OF GOLD at the end of the rainbow!

 

There are a few things you need to do to be in with a chance to win:

 

1. You need to visit each of the blogs listed above and leave a comment

2. Then visit Creative Craft World's blog and become a follower (if you're not already)

and that's it!

 

As part of this blog hop some of the team are offering a prize on their own blogs and

as a thank you for leaving a comment on mine I'd like to offer one too.
 

I am giving away the clipboard and notepad to one of my lovely followers!
(new followers will be included too but please only follow if you like my blog)

 

If you would like to be in with a chance to win it, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post.

If you want to leave a comment as part of the blog hop but don't want to be entered into my draw just put 'no draw' after your comment.

I won't be offended!

 

All the names will be put in the hat and I'll get Phoebe (my little daughter) to draw a winner next Wednesday (12th Sept).

 

I hope you will all take part in the blog hop

and thanks so much for visiting :)

Take care

Sarah xx

 

I'd like to enter this in the following:

Bearly Mine #51 ~ anything but a card

Jackson's digital expressions #21 ~ anything but a card

SOS #67 ~ wood element (clipboard)

Tuesday Alchemy #30 ~ anything goes

MIM #105 ~ linky party anything goes

Stamps & Fun = creativity #115 ~ anything but a card

The Crazy challenge #128 ~ seeing spots

Totally stampalicious ~ anything but a card

Unique Crafters challenge ~ anything goes

Natalie & Amy #1 ~ anything goes

Just keep on Creating #3 ~ anything goes 

 

UKS Blog Hop with Creative Craft World - an altered Recipe Box

Good Morning!

I hope you're keeping well today:)

I have to warn you....this is a long post!

It's the day of the UKS Blog Hop and I have made a project for Creative Craft World.

I'll keep it a surprise until you scroll on down..... :)

I've created a shopping list for the project at the bottom of this post

AND

as a special offer today only,

Creative Craft World are offering a huge 20% discount off everthing in store when you use the code UKSBlogHop

AND

if you place an order using the code, you have the chance to win one of CCW's fabulous kits.

AND

MME Howdy Doody Collection is on special offer today too!

(you'll see why later...)

When you visit the Creative Craft World shop you'll find everything on the left hand sidebar and remember to enter the code at the checkout!

and now for my project...

First you need a box with a lid.

This one is from Lidl (I think these Formil tablets are the best washing tablets ever!)

It's a good strong and sturdy box and it has the added bonus of having little tabs to keep the box closed.

Lightly sand the outside of the box with fine sandpaper ~ just enough to take the shine off it and make it easier for the paint to stick to it. 

 Next add a coat of gesso primer and two coats of white acrylic paint.

You really only need to do the edges of the outside and all 4 sides inside but I got carried away and covered the whole lot...!

When the paint is dry, you can cover the box with the paper.

I used My Mind's Eye Howdy Doody collection to create a whitewashed wood effect.

I measured all the sides of the box and cut the pieces from Beautiful Whitewash paper. I then adhered them to the box with this Stix 2 tape along the edges and a spread of tacky glue in the middle.

I cut two rectangles to fit inside the lid and the bottom of the box with

Beautiful Roses paper using the reverse side. 

I picked the heart and decorative round buttons from the Lovely Pins & Buttons set for the front of the box.

Because the box stays closed with the tabs the buttons are mostly decorative but I wrap the twine around them just for added security.

To attach the buttons, I sewed them on with Like twine. I placed the buttons on the box and marked through the holes with a pencil.  Then I pierced the holes with a pricking tool and sewed the buttons on, tying off the turquoise one with small knots at the back.

I sewed the heart button on and left two long lengths of twine and tied a bow twice at the front so it won't open. I clipped one of the lengths shorter and used the other for wrapping around the two buttons.

This is the finished outside of the box and I'll show the lid in more detail further down the post.

For the front I added two 'Lovely Small Stickers' to the bottom left corner and then cut a rolling pin with the Cameo and adhered it over the top.  I added 'baked with love' using print and cut.

For the back and sides I cut the flowers from 'Happy Decorate' paper and dry embossed them on the back with a paper shaper tool.  I adhered them to the box with Pinflair glue gel.

I dotted Papermania purple pearls among the flowers to match the MME rhinestones on the top.

I really enjoyed making the top of the box!

To make the letters, I glued the gingham paper to white chipboard (I got it from The Papermill Shop a long long time ago) and cut the letters and tag out with Cuttlebug 'Red Tag Sale' dies.

I layered the letters onto another piece of white chipboard on top of the tag and threaded lengths of 'Like Twine' through the hole at the end. Then I glued it all to the top of the box.

I'm not really a cook but I love baking! So I thought this would make a perfect box for all my sweet recipes :)  I took two stickers from the 'Beautiful Layered Stickers' set and added them just above the letters.  Then I tucked 2 pins underneath the round sticker, cut the rhinestone flourish in half and adhered it as shown in the photo.

The flowers were cut from 'Beautiful Roses' paper, dry embossed and shaped and then adhered on the top with Pinflair glue gel.

Inside the lid I added the 'Happy Wood Die Cut'  which I sprayed with Mister Huey misting spray in Calico White.

When it was dry, I stamped 'from the kitchen of'' using a Stampendous clear stamp

and then stamped ‘Sarah’ with Doodlebug alphabet stamps.

For the inside I made little divider cards and decorated them with the Howdy Doody papers.

I added embellishments from the list and stamped little sayings from various 'cooking themed' stamp sets.

As there is so much detail on these cards it is difficult to explain everything but if there's anything you'd like to know just email me or leave a comment (my address is on the side bar).

I think this post is already reaching mammoth proportions!

I cut the kraft divider card with the Cameo and doodled faux stitching back and front with a micron pen. 

So I can quickly find the recipe I need, I printed a numbered recipe list on white card and taped it to the back of each card.

This is one of the recipe cards I made in Word, using WordArt and text boxes.

The font is Blessings through Raindrops.

This recipe is one of my husband's favourites!

Even though the embellishements make the box top heavy, it is still sturdy enough to stay upright when the lid is open.

THANK YOU!

for making it all the way to the bottom of this long post.

It took me nearly as long to write the instructions as it did to make it.....lol

This little box has been a pleasure to make and I hope it has given you some inspiration.

They make fab presents.

Please send me a link or a photo if you do make one.

I'd really love to see it :)

I'm going to need some recipes to fill the box so it would be fantastic if you could send me your favourites! 

SHOPPING LIST ~ these are a real bargain today! Just remember the code UKSBlogHop for an extra 20% off the price.

2 Beautiful Whitewash

2 Beautiful Roses

1 Happy Decorate

1 Like Ledger

1 Like Twine

1 Lovely Pins & Buttons

1 Beautiful Rhinestones

1 Happy Wood Die Cut

1 Lovely Small Stickers

1 Beautiful Layered Stickers

1 Baby large Stickers

Baby Journal Card

Beautiful Journal card

Kraft card

 To follow the blog hop, you'll find all the details on the Creative Craft World blog here.

Thanks for for taking the time to visit today

and I'll be back soon :)

Take care

Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this in the following challenges:

Make it Monday #96 ~ anything goes

CBN Mon #1 ~ anything goes

Stampalot ~ what's your passion? ~ (mine is definitely altering things!)

Tuesday Alchemy #21 ~ anything goes

Altered Paperchase notebook

Good Morning!

I'm nipping a few minutes at the computer before I have to get the children ready for school.....

This little project is a mini notebook from Paperchase

and I covered it with paper from CCW's June kit.

The jar was cut from the papers and I added glossy accents to the hearts.

I coloured the AC Thickers with a Copic marker and wiped off the excess with kitchen roll.

Then layered it on a strip of vellum.

 

This is the plain notebook .

I removed the black elastic as I thought it would be too stark against the paler papers.

To replace the black elastic,

I measured a length of white 3mm elastic (from Tesco's sewing section) and stapled the two ends with TH mini staples. 

Hope you have a great day

Take care :)

Sarah xx

Ps. Phoebe's sports day stayed dry until the last race, yay!

...... the Father's Day card I should have uploaded a week ago....

Hi everyone :)

I hope you're all well!

At the minute it feels like I'm continally playing catch up and it's showing on my blog....

I'm hoping as it's the 1st of June today, this month will be better!

I originally made this as a Father's Day card for my Father-in-Law

 but my as Dad's birthday was on Tuesday past,

I gave it to him instead....wasn't I glad I hadn't put 'Father's Day' on the front :) 

The papers are AMM (All My Memories) Couture collection.

The stamp, well....I removed all my stamps from their wooden blocks (for easier storage)

and now I can't tell the make of them.

If anyone knows, please tell me!

I coloured it with Copics and decoupaged bits and pieces of it.

(Will list the colours used later).

I added glossy accents to the 'water' in the jar but it's a bit hard to see.

The word 'Dad' is stamped using Studio G alphabet stamps. Do you remember those wee sets at 99p?

I don't know if you can still get them but they're great :)

There is Jubilee fever at the children's school and yesterday Phoebe's class had to dress up

as Kings and Queens in homemade cloaks and crowns.

So this week I made her a wee cloak using a fleece blanket from Ikea

and a crown from BK......

It was spur of the moment to use the blanket and I was feeling good that I'd made it as a surprise
and I couldn't wait to tell her when I collected her from school.

Her response.......Oh Mum! (rolling her eyes) The teacher says you have to use an old curtain!

Well!

That took the wind out of my sails....lol

I'm glad to say it was a different story when she laid eyes on it though

....the old curtains were soon forgotten about :)

and she showered me with hugs and kisses.

here it is

It looks like a mixture of Little Red Riding hood meets Mr Tumble! (cbeebies)

The crown....you can see where I got it from!

I covered the back and front of it with white card and then painted it with gold paint.

Phoebe raided my bottle full of gems and had a great time sticking them on :)

I apologise again for my lack of commenting.

If I had a smart phone I would be able to keep in touch more frequently.

Maybe that's what Richard's afraid of.... ;) lol

I will definitely be back tomorrow with some DT posts

one a scrapbook page and the other a card.

Hope to see you then!

Have a lovely day and take care :)

Sarah xx

Mini Scrapbook Album using CCW April mini kit.

Good Morning!

Following the little peek I gave of this yesterday,

here is the finished project! Did you guess what it was?

It's a little mini scrapbook album of my Grandparents Wedding Day.

Sadly, I never got to know either of them as they both died in tragic circumstances before I was born.

When Lou from Creative Craft World sent me this month's mini kit to have a play with,

I was delighted!

It's absolutely gorgeous and packed full of Prima yumminess :)

You can see the kit HERE and at only £7.99 it's a real bargain.

Or even better ~ if you subscribe it's £6.99 + free UK shipping!

You don't have to use the kit to enter the challenge.

All you have to do is make something smaller than 12x12 and add your link here.

It runs for a whole month, so no excuses!!

I've added loads of photos

so I do apologise if it takes a long time to load on your computer.

(especially to my Mum since hers takes forever!)

Regular readers of this blog will know that I am not known for being 'inky' or 'vintagey'

but I've surprised myself and loved getting messy :)

To make the book, I cut white chipboard with a Sizzix originals Album cover and page die

by Brenda Pinnick.

I inked the edges of the pages and photos with Vintage Photo distress ink.

Isn't the 'cherish' charm gorgeous! It's very solid and feels really good quality.

 I cut the flower and black border on this page with the Silhouette Cameo.

The background on this page is cream card which is inked with Vintage Photo distress ink and then stamped with a TH flourish stamp which was stamped off on scrap paper first.

I cut a piece of vellum with a nestabilities die, inked the edges and layered on top.

The envelope is cut with the Cameo and also the black 'lace'.

I'm amazed it cut it out so intricately!

If you're thinking of getting a Cameo all I can say is, you won't regret it!

 I really love the heart button!

It's Prima and was one of  a selection of beautiful buttons in the kit.

 The background on this page is plain Bazzill card which is inked and stamped with a TH script stamp.

The black paper 'lace' on this page is the same cut file that I used on the envelope page only this time I made it bigger.

 I left the back of the book plain so I can add more pages if I want to at a later date.

 Just a close up to show some of the texture on the pages.

There is too much detail on each of the pages to describe properly how I made it.

I think this post is already long enough!

If there's anything you see and you'd like to know how it was done

just send me a email and I'll do my best to help :)

I really enjoyed making this book and it is very special as we have very few photos of my grandparents.  It's good to keep their memory alive :)

In the 1940's
my Grandmother was in hospital and gave birth to a baby girl when she took a kidney infection.

At that time penicillin had just become available and she was given an injection to fight the infection.

Unfortunately she took an allergic reaction and died (aged just 24) leaving a husband and 4 young children. My Dad was only two at the time.

Thank you for taking the time to visit my blog today :)

Why not pop over to the Creative Craft World blog and see what the other DT members have made with this month's kit.
I'm off to the Craft Show in Belfast today and I hope to get some nice goodies
(not that I really need them!)

Take care :)

Sarah xx

I'd like to enter this little book in the following challenges:

C.R.A.F.T ~ wedding/anniversary

Cropstop ~ handmade paper lace

Cute Card Thursday ~ metallica

Creatalicious #33 ~ butterflies and add some flowers

I Brake for Challenges ~ anything but a card

Just keep on Creating ~ anything goes

Allsorts ~ buttons and threads

Make it Monday ~ anything goes

Totally Papercrafts ~ all buttoned up

The Pretty little Ribbonshop ~ to die for
Divas by Design ~ anything but a card

Bunny Zoe's ~ ribbon or twine
Simon says Stamp and show ~ anything goes