Injoy Stampin Handmade Cards/Mini Albums

Creative Paperclay…

Hi Everyone,

I’ll have 2 posts today as it is Wednesday so my regular IBFS project will post a little later…with some exciting news I might add. :)  For this project, I’m really excited to share my first experience with Creative Paperclay with you.  For those of you who are not familiar with this product, it is a very easy to work with modeling clay.  It comes out of the package soft and ready to use.  It is an air dry clay as well, so no need to bake in the oven.  If you’d like to learn more about it you can read more on the  Creative Paperclay blog or on their website here.

When I was thinking of all of the possibilities for using this fun product, the first thought I had was to create an Autumn project (since it’s my favorite season).  I immediately could see a pumpkin incorporated into one of my projects.  I decided to make a custom gift box with a card on the top.

The box measures 7″x7″x 1″ and the card topper measures 6″x6″.

Of course, I had to add some gorgeous flowers from Wild Orchid Crafts (35mm Trellis Rose, 20mm Open Rose, 10mm Open Rose, and Summer Blooms).  These are available on the I Brake for Stamps website (get a 10% discount by using SAVE10ROBYN).

I shared the details of how I created the cute little Creative Paperclay pumpkin on the video below.  I truly enjoyed this product and can see so many uses for it.  You will definitely be seeing more of it in my projects. :)

As always, thank you so much for stopping by today.  I truly appreciate it.  Hope you’re Wednesday is a special one! :)

Altered Box

Hello Everyone,

I created this altered box a while ago (several weeks back) but for some reason, I forgot to share it here on my blog.  I needed something pretty to hold my extra adhesives.  Since I’m not in my normal stamping room (in Ireland), I’ve been ‘making do’ with storage here.  This is working out great to hold my extra ATG tape and Tombo refills.  Hope you like seeing it.

You can click on the photos to enlarge them…

(Recorded June 20, 2011)

Birthday Gifts…

Hello Lovely Ladies (and Gents),I have a couple of projects to share with you today. My daughter, Suzanne, who is our youngest had a birthday party to go to this past weekend. She wanted to make her friend a handmade gift, so we opted for a very basic mini album, an altered wall hanging from Hobby Lobby and of course a card.

This is what we came up with:

First the card…

This is one of the cutie-patootie stamps from the new release set called Sarah’s Girls from I Brake for Stamps.  I really, really enjoy using these for sorts of cards this month!  They are easy to color and are also perfect for paper piecing.  If you would like to order one for yourself, the link is above and if you’d like to save 10% off of your whole order, please feel free to use my discount (SAVE10ROBYN) at checkout. :c)    The flowers are from Wild Orchid Crafts (where else!?!) :c)

 

Here is a little mini album (very basic as the little girl “we” made it for just turned 11 and has not scrapped before.

 

 

On the mini album above, I used the scalloped square Sizzix Bigz die to create the base of the pages and used the same paper from Hobby Lobby for decorating the album that I used for her card (above).

Lastly, we came across this wall hanging at Hobby Lobby (in the clearance section) and my daughter wanted to get it for her friend.  With a little touching up (with Wild Orchid Crafts flowers) it made a nice little gift.  It measures 7″ x 7″.  I added a few Prima Say it in Pearls to the corner to finish it off.  Super fast and my daughter was really happy to give it to her friend.

 

I hope you enjoy seeing them.  Thanks for stopping by today.  You make my day brighter when you do. :c)

 

 

 

Easel Card Calendars

I’ve been busy creating!  Today, I created 8 of these Easel card calendars to get ready to put in the mail tomorrow.  They are meant to be a year long desk calendar with 12 tear-off months for 2011 with a little note pad as well.  Once the note pads run out, more sticky notes or memo pad sheets can be added to the base.

The card when closed measures 4 1/4″ x 5 1/2″ so it fits nicely in a standard sized envie.

I stamped the word “note:” on the memo sticky notes.

Side view

Here is what I used:

Bordering Blue and Always Artichoke SU! cardstock

Webster’s Pages Nature’s Storybook – 2 prints

Prima lace

Anita’s brand calendar pull off sheets

5 mm half-backed adhesive pearls from Wild Orchid Crafts

Sizzix Big Shot and Top Note die

Stampendous Clear Stamps – “Take Note”

Prima flowers

Pearl Glimmer Mist

Singer Sewing Machine

Linen thread

Wooden butterflies and blue buttons  from my stash

Christmas Coasters

I created these coasters about 5 weeks ago but for some reason they never made it to my blog.  I was looking through pictures in my iPhoto and spotted them.  I stamped onto these tumbled tiles using StazOn ink to create Christmas coasters.  I added felt pads to the bottoms so they wouldn’t scratch the furniture.  I also created this custom box to gift them in using acetate and RidingHood Red Stampin’ Up! cardstock.

I hope everyone is fully enjoying their Christmas preparations – can’t believe Christmas is a week from tomorrow already!  Still loads of things to do.  Had an adventure today as another snowstorm landed across Ireland.  We had promised our children a 1/2 day of school today to be able to do some Christmas shopping so we didn’t want to disappoint their sweet little hearts. :c)  We went to our favorite Indian restaurant (love it!) and then headed to the shopping mall.  We had such a great time out and my tummy is still sore from laughing.  While we were oblivious to the weather while we were in the mall it had snowed several more inches.  We knew the main roads would be okay, but the little country lane we live on…now that’s another story!  That’s where the adventure came in.  We have a long-standing family motto, “Everyday is either a holiday or an adventure in our home!”  Okay, so we’re heading down our lane, we approached the first of two hills between the main road and our house.  With wheels spinning, car chugging as sweet hubby drops it into low gear;  the kids are loving it.  We made it up the first of two hills.  Woohoo!  Not so good on the second hill though.  We got stuck…really stuck!  We went slipping backwards into a hedge in fact.   “Never fear!” exclaims my favorite neighborhood super hero.  He and son get out (and of course we all want to pile out of the car to look and gawk – it’s just what you do, right?)   Superhero sends us home  as it’s just a 1/2 mile walk – up hill (both ways).haha   I get the girls safely in the house, grab the shovel and a flashlight  (as dusk approaches) and head back out into the semi-arctic inclement weather to take them to son and superhero.  To make a very long story even longer (jk) hubby and son lifted the car out of the hedge and back onto the road, and somehow got the car turned back around, headed back out to the main road, and made it safely home by a different route.  I wasn’t sure how long he would be so after I surprised him with the shovel and flashlight, I walked back home.  It was so beautiful out with the snow hanging on the tree branches – it just made for such a nice walk.   To top it off, Kendalle had a nice cup of hot tea waiting for me when I got back.  Such a sweetie!  So that’s my adventure for the day.    I’m still smiling. :c)

Hope you’re having a great week. Thank you for stopping by today.

Altered Frame/Box

Two yummy projects: An altered, crackled painted picture frame and an altered Christmas mail box.

Hi Everyone,

I’ve been busy creating so many different types of things lately that I almost forget to stop and take pictures to share with you all. I  have an altered frame to share with you that I picked up the other day at the Heart Foundation Charity Shop (Re-sale shop).  I’m always on the look-out for frames at these type of shops as a lot of times you can pick them up for a song and then re-purpose them and pretty them up. :c)  Then below are a couple of still photos of the Christmas mailbox (US Post box) that I created yesterday.  I didn’t get a chance to take pictures last night.

Here are some pictures of the frame…

The frame measures 9″ x 11″ and was raw pine.

I painted it brown and then added crackle medium before painting on the cream acrylic paint.  The gorgeous flowers all came from Wild Orchid Crafts.  If you haven’t checked out their website, its just full of gorgeous-ness!  Is that a word?  I added some Prima lace, Prima pearls, pearl trim, and Webster’s Pages paper.  The sentiment is a sticker that I cut out using my labels #14 nesties.  The paper can be removed and be replaced with an 8″ x 10″ photo.

From Wild Orchid Crafts, I’ve used the smaller sized Flat Gardenias, Cherry Blossoms, 25mm (I believe) Roses, 15mm Roses, and 4mm closed Rosebuds.

I love the crackling effect, it’s almost as exciting to me as when my embossing powder melts while I’m embossing. LOL  I’m easily amused!

Here are a few photos of the mailbox for my friends that aren’t able to watch the videos…

Side note:  My camera just does not like the color red for some reason.

These are the lovely new Hellebores (white center flower) from Wild Orchid Crafts.