Showing posts with label Bird Ballad. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Bird Ballad. Show all posts

Saturday, 19 October 2019

Note to self...

Hello and welcome!  

In my day job, I work in a government office.  Even though most of our work is done on computer and there's not as much paper about the place as there used to be, we seem to consume a vast number of sticky notes.  The walls are covered in them, our stationery cupboard has shelves full of them, and is regularly restocked.  

They go walkabout, as well.  It often happens that a colleague borrows your sticky notes to jot down a message - and then absent-mindedly walks off with them.  

I made these little holders to hold a pad of 3 x 3 sticky notes.  Underneath the gorgeous papers, they are constructed of chipboard.  I wanted them to be quite robust.  Just to make my life difficult, I gave them a flip-up cover.  

I've made two, partly to show off how they look in the different DSPs but mainly because my computer went on strike and refused to save the first tutorial!  (There may or may not have been a certain amount of bad language employed to releive my feelings...)

Anyway, here's the tutorial.
My husband has claimed the version with the stars for his desk, and I'm going to take the Bird Ballad one, so both have a home.

With Christmas coming wouldn't these make cute little stocking-fillers or Secret Santa gifts?  

Keep crafting,

Keren

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Wednesday, 25 September 2019

By the book...


Hello and welcome!
Well, the ol’ blog has been neglected a bit just lately!  Today’s project was a long one so I split it into three tutorials – but I didn’t want to post three blogs on the same subject!





Taking card and/or paper and making it look like something else fascinates me and over the years I’ve learned a few techniques for altering a plain bit of card.  I save all the bits of greyboard/chipboard that are used to protect Stampin’ Up! cardstock in transit so that I can upcycle them later!

Today’s faux book uses one of my favourite techniques for making “leather”.  I’ve made a playlist of the three tutorials so you can watch the process from start to end –

Don’t worry, normal service will be resumed with the next post!

See you soon,

Keep crafting,

Keren

Wednesday, 28 August 2019

A "Tweet" gift bag!

Hello, and welcome!

Sometimes a project just comes together as if by magic.  Everything just  works, it all looks amazing, and it's just a joy to create.

This was not one of those projects.


I made this bag three times.

Version 1 I made with Noble Peacock speciality DSP, which is gorgeous but a bit of a nightmare to film because of the flare from the foil, so I decided to re-film with a different paper.  I do love the Bird Ballad paper, so that's what I used.

This time the camera was out of focus.  

Third time lucky!

Hope you enjoyed it.

Keep crafting,

Keren

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