Practising with some spooky colours

Morning! Happy Friday :) I'm not quite at the point of posting Halloween projects but I'm certainly thinking about the colours already :) I layered this tag with scattered straw Distress Stain, shaded lilac, spiced marmalade and dusty concord Distress Ink and Graphic 45 dressform, butterfly and cog stamps with an Andy Skinner script stamp in the background and quote stamped in  black Archival in the centre.  I stamped Dovecraft flourishes in black on the corners as well.

I finished off with some crinkle ribbon dyed with spiced marmalade Distress Stain, some Idealogy mini gears and some Distress Stickles on the butterflies.

How are your Halloween projects coming along? :)

Happy scrapping!

Gayle xx

Cards on World Card Making Day

Hello, Diana here today with a few cards to share. Oct/06 was World Card Making Day, a perfect excuse to spend some time in the craft room.

I am one those scrappers that does not get rid of pieces of pattern paper, they come really handy when it is time to make some cards. I got my scrap-box out and started to match papers.

These are two travel inspired cards made on a craft base.

I kept the design simple with a label, a stamped image, a flair and some tiny alphas for the sentiment.

For my next cards I glued a few pieces of pattern paper to a piece of cardstock and punched out a decorative border, I've seen this technique from other scrappers and had always wanted to try it out.

I used the same design but on a glassine bag.

I've always said that the best thing about making cards is being able to use up all those leftover papers, my box of scraps did not disappoint me.

Hope you all have a great day. Till next time.

=Di

Flying in the blue sky

Hi and happy Friday!  My entire work week was packed into Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, so I'm just about coming round to consciousness about now :-D

I have a tag to share with you using an Idea-ology balloon stamp, I need to find a more permanent project to use this on! Love this image :)

I used Distress Inks in blues and oranges for the background colours, and Idealogy stamps for the background stamped images; the main image is stamped in black Archival ink with gold Stickles for the accents.


Before I go today, I want to tell you about what The Scrappy Tree is doing for World Card Making Day tomorrow!  Stop by our facebook page and share cards that you have made with us!  We'd love to see them.

Have a great weekend, happy scrapping :)


Gayle xx

Hello Fall!

Hello, Diana here with a card inspired in the wonderful Fall weather we are having, I just love the change of  colors this seasons brings. 

For this card I used Crate's Farmhouse papers, a cute felt flower and some pretty lace.

I purchased the flower at THIS Etsy shop, there are lots of colors to choose from.

The "Thankful" sticker is also from Crate's Farmhouse collection, I stuck it on a piece of the same paper I used for the background and cut it in a flag shape.

Hope you are all enjoying the weather as much as I am. Till next time.

=Di

Journey tag

Welcome to the weekend!  I have a tag to share with you that I made for a friend who is taking a break from her job to go travelling in Thailand - very exciting!  I am quite jealous ;) I'll be seeing her today for her leaving party and wanted to give her something handmade, but as you might know I'm more of a tag person than a cardmaker :-D

I used Andy Skinner steampunk stamps mainly, but the sentiment is Tim Holtz and the butterfly is Graphic 45.  The colours are layers of china blue and tarnished brass Distress Stain with some stamping in faded jeans and china blue Distress Ink and picket fence Distress Stain.

Thanks for visiting! Have a great weekend :)

Gayle xx

Paper bag pocket

Hello everyone!  It's Julie here today with a fun altered project that I made over the past weekend while I attended the Southern MN Scrapbook Convention in Austin, MN.  I chose to make this altered paper bag pocket to enter in one of their contests for best in show under their altered project category.  To my surprise, it won!  I got a cool plaque to celebrate.  :)  I'd love to share this project with you today.

I just love paper bag pockets!  They are easy to make and accessorize!  I sewed my paper bag pocket at home and brought it along with me to the event.  I love love love October Afternoon products and I chose to use the 9 to 5 collection with this project.  I used their paper and stickers.

 I loved the old time office feel of this line so I chose to put tags and notebooks, all with an office theme into the bag.  The two tags I made are below.  I got the cool arrow paper clip from Michelle Wooderson's Big Cartel Shop!

 I purchased these skinny notepads while at the convention and I used the 9 to 5 line to create covers for them.  Look for the notebooks in your office supply store and ask them to cut them in half.  They will usually do so with out a charge!  Then you can make some little notebooks of your own!

 The inside view shows the opposite sides of papers which I loved and it also shows the little strip that I glued down to cover up the standard from the store look of the notepad.

If you have any questions or comments, we'd love to hear from you!  Hope you have a crafty day today!

~Julie

Candy Bags

Hello, Diana here with an early Halloween post, have you gotten your decorations out yet? I might not start decorating until his weekend, but I did play with some of my Halloween papers and made these two Candy Bags.

The papers and Embellishments are from My Minds Eyes Mischievious collection.

I used Glassine bags that I purchased on Etsy.

They are ready to get filled up with candy and delivered to someone special.

Hope you are enjoying the wonderful Fall weather.

=Di

Books & Audio-Books Mini Album

Hello, Diana here with another mini album. I get most of my Books and Audio Books at the library, since it's hard to trust my memory and remember what books I liked and especially remember the title and the author, I decided to start documenting them in this mini album. Here I can add a picture of the book or just make a note of the name and a commentary about what I liked about it.

The title has mixed alphas from American Crafts, Jillibean Soup and a Flair from Ormolu. 

For the inside I used a Tab Acrylic album, Chipboard and Manila pages.

The papers are from Studio Calico.

Hope you all have a Wonderful day!

=Di