Pinspired: Cereal Box Mail Sorter
Like may of us, I’m totally addicted to Pinterest. There is such great inspiration there…from project ideas to beautiful photos, I have whole boards devoted to ideas I want to use in my crafting. The Cereal Box sorter below inspired my most recent Pinspired Project…the Cereal Box Mail Organizer. What I loved about this project is that it re-purposes something we’d throw away – it made me feel “green” and crafty and organized. The problem that led me to making the mail sorter is that when I come in with the mail, I open/sort it on my radiator and...
Read MoreTruly, Madly, Deeply – a romantic gift/tag
I made this tag in the aftermath of Hurricane Irene. I was working on submissions for couple magazine calls, one of which was for Valentine’s Day tags. Rather than doing something typically V-Day-ish (pink, red, frilly, with hearts and cupid and doilies), I wanted to try something a bit different. I had a huge tree branch down in my yard, so I broke off some twigs and got creating. Well, sort of got creating. I first had to fight my dog Albie for the sticks a few times. I came home from work one day to find them scattered throughout the house and half chewed on. I rescued what I could...
Read MoreTravel keepsake box
This summer one of my neighbors, Nancy, asked me to make her a keepsake box for her boyfriend. He’d been keeping the mementos of their travels in a shoe box, and she wanted him to have something special to keep them in. Nancy provided me with the wooden box and also gave me some nice paper and travel themed embellishments she’d been saving. After playing around with some ideas, I decided I wanted to go with a worn leather luggage look, and Nancy loved the idea! For the lid, I folded over and stitched the edges to make it look like sewn together leather. For the photo, I used...
Read MoreHydrangea Box
I’ve been busy making all sorts of projects that I’ll be submitting for contests, magazines, etc, and this box was one of them. But as I was making it, I started falling in love with it and knew that I had to keep it all to myself. It is an altered wooden box that is covered with the Paisley Petals DSP from which is from the upcoming Stampin’ Up! 2011-2012 Idea Book and Catalog. The hydrangeas are made using the 1 3/4″ Scallop Circle punch – 5 green circles, and 4 blue circles crinkled up and glued together. I then sponged them with Old Olive and Marina Mist...
Read MoreRemember that bookmark?
A couple weeks ago I posted a bookmark. It was my second attempt at making a Clean and Graphic 3D item. Here is the first attempt, that I thought was to fussy for Clean and Graphic. I just love this…I’m going to make some other personalized bookmarks as stocking stuffers. So…not feeling the hybrid Fun and Cute scrapbook page today. I’ve got a fun card planned for tomorrow though, so I haven’t abandoned Fun and Cute week yet. It is hard to believe that NaBloPoMo is almost over…only 3 more...
Read MoreA Cute Christmas Snowglobe
A couple years ago I picked up some cute snowglobe magnets from the discount bins at a big chain store. Haven’t used them until today when I realized they’d make a cute 3D item. I used the snowman from A Cute Christmas: Versamark on Watercolor Paper. Background colored with a retired blue watercolor wonder crayon & an Aquapainter, the rest of the snowman colored with Garden Green, Real Red, Chocolate Chip, and Basic Black ink and a Blender Pen. You can’t see it in the photo, but I also used Illuminate Smooch for the snowman and ground. (I love Illuminate...
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