Tuppence Coloured: Mosaic Mood

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Wednesday, 30 October 2019

Flat pens!

Hello everyone, welcome!

It’s a super-quick project today.

I came across the idea of flat pens/bookmark pens while browsing YouTube.

It seems they’ve been around for a while but I’ve never come across them before.

My first thought was – can you actually, really, write with them? It turns out you can. I wouldn’t want to write a dissertation using one, but for jotting down notes or a quick shopping list, it’s fine and surprisingly comfortable in the hand.

Here’s how I made mine –

Because I wanted to experiment I used the super-inexpensive pens I had lying around (to give to customers at workshops so they could write their shopping lists). Afterwards I found better-quality ball-point pen refills on Amazon at under £2 for 10.

I'm going to make some to tuck into the Sticky Note holders I've been making!

Keep crafting

Keren

Saturday, 26 October 2019

You can never have too many sticky notes!

Hello, and welcome!

I've said before that the office where I work runs on sticky notes. We get through boxes of them.

The ones we use most of are the 5"x3" size and today's project fits that size (and, by coincidence, it will also hold small file cards - yes, we use a lot of those as well!)

I used the Mosaic Mood paper to cover this wallet. It's a speciality paper and most of the sheets have one glazed pattern, which I think will be good if the wallet is to be carried around in my handbag. I also kept the decoration to a minimum for the same reason.

I added a couple of little pockets inside that could hold receipts, tickets, small notes - whatever you need. There were a few <ahem> changes of design direction in this one, but I am pleased with the way it turned out in the end. Take a look -

I certainly learned a few things while I was making this project - including lots of things not to do! I do hope you enjoyed it.

Keep crafting,

Keren

Saturday, 18 May 2019

A box full of Hummingbirds

Hello and welcome!

Sneaky peek time - today I’ve been playing with the Mosaic Mood Designer Series paper, which is going to be in the new catalogue.

When paper’s this beautiful, you don’t really need much of anything else to make a lovely project.

I. LOVE. THIS. PAPER. When I was a little girl I was given a book of stories from Roman legends and it was one of my best presents ever. I read those stories of gods and heroes over and over again and this paper reminded me so much of the pictures in that book and of Roman mosaic pictures. I always imagined the spirit of Hope, which was the last thing to come out of Pandora’s Box, as looking like a hummingbird - so that's what inspired this project!

The fold-flat box card is one of my favourite things – easy to make, but makes a big impact. Here’s how I made this one. I hope you like it!