Easter Egg House Candy Gift Boxes

I always like to give the ladies at work something special on holidays and birthdays, so I dcided ot make something to hand out Easter candy in. I love miniatures, so egg houses seemed like the perfect treat idea! Hope you enjoy the inspiration I had from using the papers from Graphic 45 papers - love them!

Things I Used

- File folders and cereal boxes to make the 'house'

- Graphic 45 papers: Sweet Sentiments and Secret Garden
- Inkssentials glossy accents
- Tulip metallic fabric paint in white
- Studio G glitter glue
- Impression Obsession dies for the door and window
- Xyron Create-A-Sticker
- Big Shot
- Tim Holtz distress ink

Easter Bunny Paper Cards

 

These cards were a last minute thought. I had found some really cute bunny napkins in one of my drawers along with some Easter stickers I had bought on clearance last year and I had to make something with them! Hopefully I can get back into the craft room before the Easter spirit leaves me and make use of the rest of them for next year. The life of a craft hoarder... :)

Disney Princess Scrapbook Mini-Album

Sorry it's been so long! Life (and other projects) got in the way. This was a mini-album I made for one of my friends at work. She loves Disneyland so I figured she would enjoy a way to scrapbook her memories.

 

One of the biggest challenges with this book was finding papers to use. Several that I found looked like they were made specifically to scrapbook for kids, and while I wanted the book to seem "whimsical" I didn't want it to look like it was made for a 5 year old. The papers I found and used were from EKSuccess and the gold dazzles are from PaperWishes.com. I supplemented with some papers and stickers from my own collection.

 

The "bone" of the album is made of envelopes, as show in a tutorial by Kathy Orta. This was my first time using envelopes!

 

Another new thing in this album was I incorporated a lot of triangle pocket corners. My friend is not really a scrapbooker, so I wanted to make it easy for her to add her own pictures without having to crop and glue. This way she can simply slip them inside if she wants.

 

 

 

This book was a lot of fun, even if it did take 3 weekends! Now if I could just find some good 'villains' papers I would be happy!

 

 

Graphic 45 Victorian Birthday Card

This card was made for one of my daughter's friends birthdays. Just thought I'd do a quick blog to post the card. I used Graphic 45 paper (of course!) "Ladies Diary", and added some embellishments. Inside, I made a pocket so she could add a gift card.

I've been MIA around here as I'm  busy with two mini-albums; one for my trip to Europe last year! I'll post progress on those soon. Having a lot of fun, can't wait to post them!

12 Days of Christmas DIY Greeting Card

Here is part 2 of my Graphics 45 Christmas card set! This one is themed with their '12 Days Of Christmas' paper that is new this year. I made this card similarly to the last one, so refer to that post for credits.

With this card I also used Martha Stewart punches to create the fence and leaf stems. The door comes from Poppystamps, which is such a great resource.

This card also included a lot of fussy cutting which I love to do. Can't wait to give this to someone!

 

 

 



Secret Garden DIY Birthday Card

 

 

As mentioned in my last post, here is my first card using a 'Secret Garden' theme. I gave this to a coworker for her birthday and she loved it! I absolutely love this style of card; so much fun to make!

The Nutcracker DIY Christmas Card

 

I have been making a ton of Holiday cards this year! Here is one of my newest, using some of my favorite papers from Graphics 45, their Nutcracker Suite series from last year. I have to thank Xannero1 for her wonderful creativity. I love her work and the structure of her cards.

My first card in this style was 'Secret Garden' themed (post coming soon!), so I decided to make some Christmas ones with the festive paper I had. I also used a lot of Glossy Accents to make 3-Dimensional aspects and it also works as a great glue!

In the back I included a pocket to stick a handmade note or other card elements. I tied it all together with some cute Christmas ribbon. Here's a look at the 3D up close!



Nightmare Before Christmas Disney Paper Craft Christmas Ornaments

 

 

One of my daughter's favorite Christmas movies is 'The Nightmare Before Christmas' - even one of our bathrooms is decorated with Jack Skellington! I got the idea for these guys coming out of Halloween crafting since I had some spooky black and white scrapbook paper still hanging around. I had also been seeing a few Jack ornaments popping up on Pinterest, so I decided to make my own!

I got the black snowflakes and tinsel last year on clearance and used them behind Jack to give some sparkle (I believe everything could have more glitter). I used my Sizzix circle die to make Jack's face out of foam and drew on his features with Sharpie. The decorative paper behind him is scrapbook paper - including some very pretty handmade paper I found on clearance a while ago at JoAnne's - and used tacky glue and hot glue to put it all together. The alternative version simply has two snowflakes overlapping each other.



Move over Halloween, its Christmas time!

Paper Birthday Card - Boy's Muscle Car 16th

This was my first attempt at making a birthday card for a boy! A friend at work requested one for her grandson and told me he liked cars. This was different from anything else I had ever tried to make, so it was a bit of a challenge to make it look interesting without it being 'girly'.

I also got the chance to use my new envelope maker.

Harry Potter Paper Scrapbook Mini Book

This is my first attempt at a paper bag mini book. I used pictures that my daughter took of the Harry Potter Studio Tour in London while she was abroad. I got the idea from watching tutorials by My Sisters Scrapper Vertical Paper Bag Mini Album Series many, many times! I took the Lego keychains I had laying around and attached them to the book for some extra decoration.

My big purchase for this project was the Crop-O-Dile which allows you to punch holes through almost anything!

 

I used a lot of different scrapbook paper, including leftover Halloween pages and other scrapbook accessories. There are a lot of hidden pockets, flip-up parts, and removable sections of the book so it holds 50+ pictures.

Overall it took about three weekends. It was a lot of fun and I can't wait to do the next one with more of her London pictures!