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Pinspired: Cereal Box Mail Sorter

Katy — Sun, 12 Feb 2012 21:40:10 +0000

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 then leave it in one big pile. Messy and easy to lose something important. As you can see in the picture, if it weren’t for my cat Lucy, the whole radiator would probably be covered in boxes filled with mail and other stuff to go upstairs.

The Cereal Box Mail Organizer is my solution! The idea is the same as the original pin, but I went a step further, and continued to cut down the boxes, so that the front box is 4″ shorter and the middle box is 2″ shorter than the back box. I also cut them so that the fronts of the boxes are 2″ shorter than the backs so that I could see what is in the box. Glued them all together, covered them in patterned paper, embellished with ribbon and some sticky alphas, and inked the edges. All products are Stampin’ Up! except for the sticky alphas which are from Webster’s Pages.

So now the boxes are upstairs, and the mail is sorted, and Lucy has even more radiator available to spread out. She takes her duties as Chief Radiator Guard very seriously and all that pesky clutter was distracting her for doing her job.

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Busy day raking leaves

Katy — Sun, 13 Nov 2011 04:50:48 +0000

I spent all morning raking leaves, and it hardly looks like I made a dent. Ugh. The rest of the day I spent crafting. I finished up the Christmas Ornaments I posted about the other day, worked on a project I call ‘advent ornaments’, and made a few of these memo pad holders. I hope to have photos of these in a few days.

Topsy Turvy Birthday Card

Katy — Sat, 12 Nov 2011 02:31:05 +0000

I made this card for my friend Jess’s birthday last year. I sketched out a topsy turvy cake and then cut templates out for each layer. I embossed them and added Gold Lame and Illumiate Smooch to the raised areas to add some bling.

It’s Only Fitting

Katy — Fri, 11 Nov 2011 02:54:24 +0000

Well, my plan for NaBloPoMo week 2 was to do color challenges, but I’ve still got a bunch of projects that I’ve never posted, so I’m going to just keep working through them. While I haven’t posted anything “new”, I have been a very busy crafter, working on projects for a craft show I’m doing on Nov. 19th. I’m hoping to start posting pictures of those projects next week.

So here’s today’s card, which I made sometime in the spring.

Busy crafting…no time for photo!

Katy — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 03:55:01 +0000

Tonight I was busy making ornaments inspired by this this pin and didn’t have a time to take a photo. I’ll get one up tomorrow!

Jen’s Card – Beauty and Bread

Katy — Wed, 09 Nov 2011 03:17:46 +0000

This past week I’ve posted a bunch of projects that I submitted to magazines for publication that weren’t selected (boo!), but today I have a card that was published! I made this card in April and it was published in the October 2011 issue of CARDS Magazine.

I call this “Jen’s card” because my neighbor Jen is this card’s biggest cheerleader. I mentioned earlier that I’m part of a group of neighbors who get togther at a coffee shop occasionally to work on creative stuff together. Well, Jen is part of that group and in April I was working on this card at our get togethers. Jen watched this card evolve and was its cheerleader when I was doubting how it was turning out.

Supplies

All products are from Stampin’ Up!

Stamps: Inspired by Nature

Ink/Markers: Early Espresso, Cherry Cobbler, More Mustard, Old Olive, Always Artichoke, Crumb Cake

Paper: Early Espresso, Naturals Ivory, Nature Walk DSP (retired)

Accessories: Victoria Crochet Trim, Vintage Trinkets, Basic Pearls, Gold Glow Smooch Spritz

Tools: Corner Rounder Punch

Butterfly Kisses

Katy — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 02:04:09 +0000

I had a lot of fun making this card, especially the background on the right. I used the Canvas Stripes stamp from Hero Arts – stamping it in one color, then rotated the paper and stamped again in a second color to make a fun plaid background.

I mounted the plaid background on the card base with some patterned paper from Making Memories’ Dilly Dally collection. I zig zag stitched at the seam between the two, then added the embellishments and sentiment.

Take a moment

Katy — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 00:29:30 +0000

Another card I made this summer – most of the supplies are retired Stampin’ Up! products. The funny thing about that purple chipboard frame is that I actually inked with Chocolate Chip classic ink…who knew? Colored in with markers and then Crystal Effects on the cherries to make them look juicy and wet.

No crafty project to post today :-(

Katy — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:08:38 +0000

I’m not going to have time to post anything crafty today. My whole day is booked. This morning I did some crafting at my local coffee shop with some of my neighbors who are doing NaNoWriMo (National Novel Writing Month). We meet every Saturday morning to work on our projects together – and by together I mean in silence with a timer so we don’t talk. It is more for the company than for being productive.

I’m heading up to Philly this afternoon to have lunch and a movie with and old friend, and then tonight I’m going to see Amos Lee and Brett Dennen in concert with another group of friends.

So I hope everyone has a productive, enjoyable, crafty Saturday, and I’ll be back to posting crafty stuff tomorrow!

Groovy

Katy — Sat, 05 Nov 2011 03:38:19 +0000

This is a fun card made with Stampin’ Up!’s Funky Four set. The mushrooms were stamped and then colored in with a contrasting color. I cut them out and then covered them with Crystal Effects to make them nice and shiny. The background of the card is Stampin’ Up!’s Woodgrain stamp, and the text is Calendar Alphabet & Numbers. Finally, I did some outlining in black to make things pop a bit more.

All supplies are from Stampin’ Up!