Easel Style Post It Note - Tutorial

This post it note holder is for post-it notes that measure  3 inches by 3 inches

Cut three pieces of card 3 and a half inches by 5 inches

Cover one side of each piece of card in your chosen paper. When trimming your corners, remember to leave a small gap of about an eighth of an inch - otherwise you may end up with exposed corners.

                                    You should then end up with 3 pieces of cardstock like this

Take 2 of your pieces and attach 3 pieces of ribbon (as shown) with a strong wet glue or red line tape

Keep your cards as close together as you can, but allow enough gap for the ribbon to act as a hinge

Attach the 3rd piece in the same way then cut 3 pieces of your chosen paper and cover the other side

Attach your post it notes (as shown) and fold the other two sides into an easel shape,

Then simply decorate how ever you wish! 

Happy Crafting xx

Candy Box Crafts - MDF Suitcase

This is one one of Candy Box Crafts newer products. 

There are only 5 pieces to assemble, but it builds into a very reasonably sized piece, ideal for keeping all those scrappy bits of paper that we all  have lying about the place. 

With Christmas fast approaching its another ideal gift that can be decorated in so many ways.

I have decorated this one in Graphic 45's "Come Away With Me" collection with the addition of a secret ingredient  -  shoe polish.

I gave the 'frames' which surround the suitcases a couple of coats of brown shoe polish . The first coat soaks in pretty well, so after buffing it up I  gave it another coat, a very simple and very effective way of giving that aged leather look.

Hope you like it!

                                

                                     

Post It Note Holder Swap

These items were made for a Post-It Note Holder swap in a FB group I belong to. The idea was to make a post it note holder to either : a) go in your handbag, b) sit on your desk or c) to hang up somewhere. Me being me, decided to make all three! Hope my recipient like them. I used the beautiful Botanical Tea Collection  by Graphic 45 to make them. The door hanger is made from MDF by Candy Box Crafts.

Kaisercraft Mini Album

I made this album as a small surprise for a friends birthday, I know the papers were from Kaisercraft, but try as I might I can't remember the name of the collection. I must be getting old. Anyway hope you all like it xx

Graphic 45 - 12 Days of Christmas - Unusual Advent

I am a huge fan of  "The Great British Bake Off", but sadly can not bake at all. While having a sort out of my kitchen cupboards ,I came across an unloved and unused muffin tin. I was going to pop it in a box for the charity shop when I suddenly realised that it had 24 spaces. Hmmm, I thought to myself advent calendars also have 24 spaces ... so with the aid of my trusty circle and scalloped circle punches and a few sheets of Graphic 45's "The Twelve Days of Christmas" left over from last year, a few embellishments and a magnetic sheet... I made this ... hope you like it.

Small punched circle were glued to the inside of the muffin tin

A scalloped circle  of magnetic sheet, keeps the lids in [lace

Oh how I love MDF creations by Candy Box Crafts

As many of you already know I am very lucky to be on the Design Team for Candy Box Crafts, and over the past week I have been playing with a few of their creations. One I can't tell you about as yet ... top secret! lol

But one I can share is the "Single Beach Hut", one of the earlier Candy Box Crafts Designs.

I had already turned my beach hut into a sentry box with Graphic 45's The Nutcracker Sweet Collection, but I had always had an idea to decorate it in the style of a garden shed. So with the help of some wood coloured card stock and an embossing folder I re-covered the sides of the shed.

I painted the roof with some Paper Artsy paint and added lots of Memory box die cuts to make grass and foliage. I then added a some miniature clay flowerpots, a watering can,a rake, a few paper roses and a couple of doves and hey presto the transformation from sentry box to garden shed was complete.

Hope you like it!

Before the revamp!

After the re-vamp!

Recycled Tea Bag Box - Prototype

take one empty tea bag box

trim off unwanted falps

cover bottom with paper or card stock

cover inside and out

punch a decorative border and attach to box

make some dividers and add lined cards for addresses or recipes