Magnetic Bookmark

Hello everywhere, I am sure you have already seen our new 'Monthly Project Theme', this month was Bookmarks.

So with school about to start and January's release being for boys I decided to create some bookmarks for my boys. I am going to share with you my quick and easy bookmark, it looks pretty simple but is especially great for kids!

You will need some cardstock, patterned paper, Whiff of Joy coloured image 'Astronaut Henry', border punch and magnetic tape.

Cut cardstock 80mm x 160mm, score along the length at 70mm and fold.

Punch border along the bottom.

Cut patterned paper, stitch edges and adhere to the front. For the inside, cut patterned paper, punch a border along the bottom and adhere.

Adhere your stamped image and finish off with stars, mini tag and sentiment.

Cut a atrip of magnetic tape, approximately 50mm long and adhere to the inside of your bookmark.

Cut another strip of magnetic tape and place on top of the strip you have just adhered.

The reason I am doing it this way, is because I find the the magnetic strips don't perfectly align so by doing it this way you can see where they 'meet'.

Then you simply close your bookmark and the top magnetic strip will adhere to the top.

These are also great to add to birthday cards for an extra little something!

 

I hope you have enjoyed my tutorial today and remember you can create magnetic bookmarks in a variety of shapes, all you need to do is add some magnetic tape! 

Valentine Treat Box Tutorial

Good morning, Stacy here with a fun little valentine treat box tutorial for you. I am using this adorable robot called Beep Beep, I Love you. Here is the supplies you will need for your box. 2 8x11 sheets of solid color paper, 1 sheet of designer paper, Desired shape in 3 stages, adhesive and embellishments.  

First thing you will need to do is die cut out (2 pieces) the lid and the base using the largest shape you choose. I am using Spellbinders Label one shape today. Die cut out the designer piece in the second largest shape now as well.

Set aside these pieces for now. To create your box lid and box base you will need 2 piece of solid color paper. Cut  them in 4x4 inch piece of paper for both. Once cut score at 1/2 inch on all 4 sides of each piece of paper as shown. Fold the edges and cut the two ends to create the tabs for the box.

Add your adhesive to the little tabs and also to the bottom of each box. This is what will adhere to your die shapes we cut.

Remove ONLY the side tabs to create your box. Leave the large strips to adhere in a bit. See picture below.

Once both boxes are created you will remove the center adhesive from one and center onto your die shape as shown.

When adding the box to the lid portion I place the box onto of the bottom as shown below. This works better for me when I attach the lid base for centering all edges evenly.

Your box now should look like this and ready to decorate!

Here is my final creation all decorated. I added some lace trim and ribbon along with some pearls for fun. The flowers and his heart have a little bit of sparkle added to them also.

This might be the little project I make for the twins classroom this year for Valentines day. :0)   Hope you enjoyed the tutorial, happy creating!

Cocoa Mitten Tutorial

Afternoon everyone, this is Stacy and today I have a fun tutorial for you for making a  hot cocoa mitten. These are wonderful little gifts that are perfect for teachers, friends, neighbors and more. Here are the supplies you will need today: Designer paper, solid cardstock, ribbon, cord or twine, snowflakes, adhesive, and a stamped image.  

For the template of a mitten I simply hand drew one by placing my hand onto a piece of computer paper and drew around my fingers to make it look like a mitten with the added little lips on the bottom sides. Once you cut out the shape you will trace that onto a solid colored piece of cardstock and then trace another one onto a designer piece of cardstock. The solid is for the backing and I tend to use a sturdy piece of cardstock as it will hold the cocoa better when presented as a gift.

Next you will add your adhesive to the outer layer of the solid cardstock as shown. You can do most of the thumb as nothing will be in that spot and it adds to the sturdy feeling of the mitten.

This is what it will look like before decorated and with the hot cocoa package inside. You can add some stitching to the border if you want here or leave it as is. Marion has a wonderful tutorial on stitching by hand found HERE. I will probably go with a faux stitching on mine as I am limited on time with Christmas just a few days away.

This is the finished product when decorated. I used the adorable Cute Snowman that I stamped onto white cardstock using memento tuxedo black ink. I have colored him with various copic markers that I then layered on to a scallop circle. My ribbon is tied around the bottom with some silver cord and a few little bells.  

 

Lastly I added a few felt snowflakes with some jeweled centers. Thank you for joining me today and hope you enjoy making a few mittens of your own. Have a wonderful day!

Advent Calendar Day #18

Welcome to Day #18 of the 2012 Whiff of Joy Advent Calendar!

Window #18 is opening on Stacy's blog today!

Please visit her blog to see her Christmas Creation and for a chance to win a Whiff of Joy Prize!

Christmas Presents

Hi everyone, I hope you are all enjoying the christmas advent calendar! Today I am going to share one of my favourite little gifts I enjoy creating, I love to decorate little jars and tins, giving them a whole new look!

So with christmas just a few short weeks away and such a gorgeous collection of Whiff of Joy's christmas stamps I had to recycle some glass jars.

This gorgeous christmas teddy bear is now available as a digital if you missed out on the Winter Stamp kit.

This is a fairly slim and tall glass jar, so I kept the design simple and added my stamped image to the tag - Sweet Tags with Hearts, the sentiment stamp is Festive Occasions.

I adhered some ribbon around the adge of the lid and attached the tag with some twine.

Finished off the top of the glass jar with some patterned paper, flowers and leaves.

Then all you have to do is full it with something yummy, homemade biscuits or lollies, your options are endless!

Tissue Box with Henry

Hi Ladies,

Es ist kühl und schmuddelig draussen und somit hat man schnell mal eine triefende Nase. Dem kleinen Henry geht's da nicht anders und so hab ich doch gleich mal eine nütziche und hübsche Geschenkidee gewerkelt. Eine Taschentuch-Box. Der Boden unten ist offen, und so kann man die "Hülle" einfach wieder auf eine neue Spenderbox stülpen, wenn die Tücher alle verschneuzt sind ;)

It's cold and dingy outside and you quickly get a runny nose. That happens to little Henry too and so I've decided to create a nice and usefull gift. A tissue box. The bottom is open, so the "Cover" can quickly be pulled over a new dispenser box, if all tissues have been used.

Ich finde dieses selbstklebende Leinen so toll, um damit jegliche Boxen zu überziehen, also hab ich diesmal einfach die Taschentuch-Box umhüllt. Wirkt doch gleich, als wären die Taschentücher doppelt so weich, als wenn sie aus einer simplen Kartonschachtel rausgezogen werden. Den Henry habe ich mit dem braunen "RICH COCOA" Memento auf Cardstock abgestempelt und mit Copic Markern coloriert.
I find this selfadhesive canvas so great to cover any kind of boxes with it, so this time I decided to cover a tissue box. That makes the tissues seem double as soft as if you pick them out of a simple paper box. I've stamped Henry with brown "RICH COCOA" Memento on cardstock and coloured him with Copic Markers.

Copic Markers Nr.:
R20, R22, B000, B00, B01,
E40, E42, E43, E44, E47

Sooo, das wär's dann wohl *HAAAATSCHIIIIII* :)
Sooo, that's it * HAAAATSCHIIIIII* :)

Have a healthy day,
Angie

Wine bottle packaging

Hello dear readers. It's so nice to see you here :-)

Today I (Ingrid) want to show you a creative way to give someone a bottle of wine. You do need a sewing machine but don't need much sewing experience for this project, it's very easy!

 First take measurements on your bottle and add a few cm extra. I took 28 cm.

 Also take measurement of two times the height including the bottom, mine was about 67 cm.

There will be no seam on the bottom but a seam on both sides of the bottle. So I need a piece of fabric that is 67 cm high and 16 cm (28 divided by 2, plus a cm seam on both sides) wide. I used linen fabric.

Pin it with the short sides together and the good side of your fabric on the outside.

Don't use a small stitch length (I used 4 mm), 'cause you want to give it a rough appearance.

 When you sewed both sides of the bag, fold open the seams and press them with your fingers/ nails. To give the bag a bottom you fold a little triangle of the bottom and side of the bag and pin that.

Sew about 3 cm (measured from the point).

Cut off the extra fabric with a seam of 1 cm and then you have a bag. It's that simple! Do not turn the bag inside out before you put your wine bottle in it, I think it's great to show the seams on the outside. After filling the bag you can fold back the top.

Now we can start creating a tag to attach to the bag. Inspired by Katharina, who is very experienced in using background stamps to create her own "dessinpaper", I also wanted to give it a try. I stamped a tag with the background stamp "Friendship".

After that I attached a piece of paper from an old book and my colored image. Then I stamped dots with white ink and put clear embossing powder on it. Next time I'll use white embossing powder to let it pop out some more.

Here you can see the finished tag. I used a stamp from the Fall Stamp Kit, which is also available as digi stamp from now.

 Some Prima flowers and blue Petaloo Vine Spray.

The lovely round sentiment stamp from Whiff of Joy fits perfectly to this project! I also attached a wine glass charm which I bought this weekend on a craft show.

And here is a detail picture of the image. I colored it with Copic Sketch Markers. Here are the colors I used:

Henry: E47, 44, 43, 42, 41, 13, R21, 20

blue: B99, 95, 93

barrel: E29, 27, 25, 23, 21, W7, 5, 3

wine bottle: YG99, 97, 95, R59, B99, E41

Thanks a lot for visiting us today and I hope to see you again soon, here or on my own blog. Have a nice day!

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