Tussie Mussie - Tutorial

I have put some very simple instructions together for three types of tussie mussie.

 Two made from toilet paper rolls and one from a piece of 6 x 6 card stock.

(NB The ones made from TP rolls will be smaller than the other one) 

Tussie Mussie Type 1 - take your TP roll, flatten at one end and secure with tape or glue.

It will look a bit like an iced jubbly that we used to have as children)

 Tussie Mussie Type 2 - cut your TP roll open and flatten it out a bit.

Then cut a curve as shown in the picture below 

Form into a cone shape and secure with either strong tape/glue

(at this point the open end of your cone will not be level) 

Trim the top of your cone level

Use either a crop-a dile or a hole punch to punch a hole in each side

You can then thread ribbon or twine through to make a handle.

Tussie Mussie Type 3 - For the last option you need a 6 inch square of either card stock or double-sided paper 

(if you use double sided paper it saves time decorating the inside!)

Cut a quarter circle out of your chosen paper or card.

An easy tip to do this is to tie a piece of string to a pen or pencil.

 

Hold the string tight at the bottom left hand corner

Then use the pen/pencil to draw your curved line.

Cut along the line and then form a cone shape as before.

 

You can then have fun letting your imagination go wild and decorating in whatever style you like.

They can be used as wedding favours, trick or treat gifts or hung on Christmas trees as decorations

Or how about making 25 of them as an alternative advent calendar?

Can't wait to see what you all come up with.

Crafty Hugs - Debs xx

Altered Can/Tin Swap for CraftyswappersUK

The challenge was to use an empty tin/can and decorate it inside and out.

I used two empty tuna tins for mine decorated with G45 papers, some trim and some flowers.

Really pleased with how they turned out.

Mini Tag Swap

This was a partner swap for the CraftyswappersUk FB group

I had to create 2 mini tags,no smaller than 2.5inches and no bigger than 4 inches. The tags could be made with any theme but had to include lace and an image.

Here is what I came up with:

Red, White and or Blue tags made for the July 14 Craft Hole Swap

The July 14 theme for the Craft Hole Swap was "Red, White and/or Blue Day and I am excited to say that this was my very first international tag swap. As the tags I made were sent to various location in the US, I decided to go a little patriotic and based my tags around the Union Flag, which I embellished with ribbon, flower, perfect pearls, little London-like images and pins all in red white and blue.

Hope the recipients liked them as much as I do!

Altered Note Pad with Pen Holder - Tutorial

Cut 2 pieces of cardboard approx half an inch larger than your note book (all the way around) 

Then cut 1 piece of cardboard the same length as your other 2 but only 1 inch wide

 

Take a piece of 12 x12 good quality paper or cardstock (Bazzil Basics, American Crafts etc) Glue your 3 pieces of card to your cardstock, making sure you leave a gap either side of the central spine piece - this will allow the covers to bend 

Leaving a border of approx 1 inch, trim away the excess 12 x 12 as shown (my cutting wasn't very straight but it doesn't matter as all of this will be hidden,

Trim the corners but don't trim right up to the corner points - leave a gap of approx 1/8th of an inch

Fold/score the edges around your cardboard

 

Then glue or tape the flaps to your cardboard 

Make sure you use plenty of glue or strong red line tape

Carefully fold the front and back covers  

Cut a piece of  paper slightly smaller than your covers, and glue to the inside.A quick tip, glue the paper to the middle spine first, and press firmly into the recesses before gluing the rest to the front and back covers

Cut a piece of paper about 2 and a half times the width of your note book 

Fold the paper so that it wraps neatly around the note book and score each fold

 

Glue flaps in place - forming a sleeve for your note book

 

Slip your note book into the sleeve to check fit

 

Then glue sleeve into place inside the back cover  

It should then look something like this

 

 Cut a strip of paper 2 inches wide by about 6 inches long 

Take your pen and wrap the paper/card around the widest part of the pen to form a tube

 

 Make sure you can easily get your pen in and out, before gluing the end of the tube together

Flatten your tube a little on one side

Glue the flattened side to the spine of your book

Now the really fun part starts - decorate your notebook however you want. 

I've added post it notes to the other side of mine and a small calendar

 

 

I've used a simple ribbon tied around the notebook to close it, but you could add ribbons before decorating the cover, and have them glued in place instead

Happy Crafting!

"Father Day" tags made fort the June 14 Craft Hole Swap

The June 14 theme for the Craft Hole Swap was "In Memory of All Dads"

The paper and cardboard embellishments came from Craftwork Cards.

One Sheet Challenge for the Craft Hole

The Friday night mini challenge for the Craft HOle was to make a mini and a mini mini album in three hours

BASIC DIRECTIONS:

Cut a 12”x12” sheet of printed cardstock down to 12”x7.5”
The accordion fold should fan into the INSIDE of your mini.

Put the small piece you cut off aside for later. (this peice will make your mini mini

Place the 12”x 7.5” piece on your score boar and score at: 3.5”, 7.5”, 11”, 11 1/8”, and 11 1/4”
Between the 3.5” and the 7.5” score lines that you already made, score every half inch.
Fold the score lines between the 3.5” and the 7.5” accordion style.

You do not need to fold the other score lines at 11”, 11 1/8” and 11 ¼” yet. Those will be folded later to wrap to the front cover as a closure.

On the OUTSIDE of your album, you will apply double-sided tape or glue to every other fold on the accordion and glue them together, so that your accordion fans toward the INSIDE of your mini.

When you have completed the folding and gluing, you can begin the fun part of filling it with pages and trims and so forth.

Have fun Here is the link to a video showing the making stages:http://youtu.be/GKLcYzBYLpY