Baby Shower Gift

I was invited to a dear friend's baby shower today.  She's expecting a little boy the beginning of September.  I wanted to give her something handmade and practical.  So in addition to diapers I found a soft handmade swaddling towel, it was a micro fiber towel on the inside with a hood and a fleece layer on the outside. 

 

I purchased a plain white gift bag and dressed it up with a handmade card and paper ribbon.

 

 

Cut thin strips of paper 12" long and wrap around a round object like a straw or pencil.  You can see an example here.  I used 10 strips of two different double sided papers.  Then I tied them together using a piece of baker's twine, not too tight but so the paper doesn't fall out. 

 

 

Make sure the baker's twine is long enough and you can tie it to the handle of the bag. 

 

 

 For the card I used a template that I found here.  Print it out and trace or tape the pattern to the patterned paper with artists tape and cut out the pattern.  Cut, score and fold as shown.  I added the blue lace ribbon bow and taped the middle flap to the two side flaps.  Then I used a paper piercer to make a whole and hung the card with baker's twine from the bag.

I also made a box to place some onsie cupcakes in. 

 

You could even add paper ribbon curls to the box for a cute little gift box.  Great for any occasion.

 

Supply List

 

Patterned Paper

Cardstock

Ink

Score Board

Paper Trimmer

Scissors

Adhesive

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

Heidi Swapp Memory File Folder - Part 3

Today I'm sharing my final Heidi Swapp memory file folder mini album.  I really enjoyed with this product and trying some new to me techniques along the way.  Now I have the fun of adding photos and journaling.

 

For the front cover, I used the orange mat piece I trimmed off a photo frame that we used on the original memory file from the class.  It offers a nice pop of color on this cover.  Layer a tag and a flower over it.  Then I used the color magic paper and a Chromatix pen from American Crafts in Evergreen 3.  The banner shape piece was left over from our class so it was already cut.  Then I layered with a piece from Heidi Swapp trimmings and applied heat to the trim and the pink flower of the same material.  When you heat it the edges curl up.

 

The first page on the inside is a card made in the card class that I took from Jennifer Evans at Craft Warehouse.  I love taking classes from Jen, she is an amazing talent.  Lots of layers going on the front of this card. 

 

Here's the inside of the card.  There was a little handmade banner that was orignally to be on this piece, but I saved it and used as an accent in s different folder.

 

I love this small file folder and the pop of yellow off of it.  Again the yellow piece is trimmed off the back of a photo frame.  Add a tag and a few embellishments and it's photo ready.  The bracket shape at the top is made from fussy cutting around the excess color on one of the label stickers. 

For the inside of the small file I used one piece of patterned paper, one tag, a couple scraps  and a few embellishments.  I love that you can trim these decorative tags in so many ways to use in so many ways. 

 

On the back of the small file I used the "negative" side of the die cut banner.  Meaning the banner here is the result of using the piece left after removing the die cut banner.  This is a great way to get as much use out of your product as possibl. 

 

Here's the last page, again I used a small file folder and folded in thirds to fit the larger file.  On the front is some fussy cut chevron pattern and heart stickers. 

On the inside I used more tags, and emellishments as well as scraps of paper.  I love how all these turned out and have enjoyed sharing them with you.  Hopefully you have enjoyed them too.  Check back soon for another project.

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle

Heidi Swapp Memory File Folder - Part 2

Here's a peek at the second of three Memory File Folder mini albums I made recently using product from Heidi Swapp.

 

This cover is a more simple than the last one and utilizes a tag that is cut in half to use in more than one spot.  I fussy cut the chevron pattern strip and attached the flower with a coordinating brad made with my I-top tool from Imaginisce.  The other element I used on this album is the bracket, for this I fussy cut around the extra pattern around the file tab stickers.  Just cut around the outside of the pattern, peel and stick.

 

 

On the inside I trimmed down a small file and scored it on the top and bottom so it met in the middle.  On the outside is a piece of Heidi Swapp banner trim.  This stuff is hard to describe, it's not traditional paper and when you use a heat tool on it you get the curled up fringe.  Fun to play with!

 

On the inside of the card I used more fussy cut pieces from the sticker sheets.  It adds interest and makes the most of your supplies.

 

The front of the smaller file within the larger file is pretty simple.  The tag is open on top so the chevron piece can slide out.  The flower is the same material as the banner, when you apply heat the petals curl up.  Be careful with the heat though, some of mine curled a bit more than I wanted.

 

 

This page is really simple, I trimmed a piece of patterned paper to fit the inside of the small file.  Added a trimmed label for a bracket under the words Beautiful Songs and attached the envelope with the LOVE note card in it.

 

 

This page uses the Heidi Swapp's Color Magic paper.  I chose to use a black ink to add a little punch and standout among all the color.  Then I topped that with the crinkle fringe banner.

 

For the back of the small file I trimmed the side of a tag and flipped it upside down.  Then I added a flower and coordinating brad and added some heat to crinkle the petals. 

 

 

Then I made another mini flip album for this file too. 

 

 

That's all for this one.  Thanks for looking ~ Michelle

Repurposed Frame

I love picking up great finds at garage sales throughout the summer.  You never know what little treasures you might find at bargain prices.  This past summer I found this frame at a garage sale.  The gal selling it said it was a mirror, but the mirror broke.  There was no price on it and when I asked, she said I could just have it. Can't get better than free!  I also came across a large vinyl saying, probably meant for a wall, so I picked that up for $.75.  Add some patterned paper and voila some art for your wall.  And better yet, because I didn't use the vinyl on the wall I can move it.

I attached cardstock to the cardboard backing that came with frame and then I applied the strps of patterned paper in a quilt pattern.  The paper is from the 6x6 pad from Echo Park's For The Record 2 line.  The strips are 3x6 with a 3x3 yellow piece in the middle. 

The flowers were die cut using the Sizzix bigz die Flower Layers #3.  I used the remaining pieces of patterened paper and combined them in different flower stacks.  The brads in for the flower centers were made using the I-top tool by Imaginisce.  When the flowers were assembled I pinched the paper up around the brad to add dimension.

I think this will go on the wall in my craft room. 

 

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle

Music To My Ears Layout

It's the end of January and with that means that the scrapbook club at Craft Warehouse starts meeting again.  I look forward to this every month, you get to see new product, learn a new technique, see some friendly faces and get a new page challenge.  At the last meeting we weren't given a specific challenge, so we weren't required to use anything specific on our layout.  This worked out well this month as I recently joined a facebook group called the Bossy Scrapper.  This group is given a specific list of items that need to be included on your layout in some way.  I'm glad I found this group when I did as it provdided me with the inspiration to create this layout.

The requirements from Bossy Scrapper were -

1. metal element

2.distressing

3. chevron

4. matted photo

5. the color yellow

6. popped embellishment

7. four patterened papers

8. stitching

I managed to include it all.  For the first time I actually used a sewing machine on my layout.  I love how it turned out.  The paper is from Bo Bunny's Love letters line.  All the paper is distressed with an edge distresser, though it's hard to see, then inked all the sides.  You're Music to My Ears and the fussy cut heart are "popped" up with pop up adhesive.

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle