Another Christmas Mini Album this time with Kaisercraft

And here is the second of my Christmas creations, this time using a couple of 12 x12 collections from Kaisercraft

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

A Christmas Mini Album

As some of my regular followers know, I set myself a challenge not to buy anymore Christmas paper pads or 12 x 12's until I had used up some of the huge pile I had in my stash. Knowing what beautiful papers are going to be in the shops very shortly I thought I had better get a move on and find a way of using some up  - so here is the my first Christmas creation, made with a delection of 12 x12's from Bo Bunny and My Minds Eye:

 

 

 

Graphic 45 Secret Garden - Simple Book Album

This album was inspired by one of the recent Graphic 45 projects sheet - and you all know how much I adore Graphic 45!

 

 

 

 

 

 

Christmas Cards for 2013

The Christmas card conveyor belt has well and truly started up! I bought a few seasonal Jofy mini stamps and have created these, so far each one is different! Am trying to go for the clean and simple look this year.

 

 

Graphic 45 Birdsong Collection & Prima Doll Tag

Fifth tag in the set of six:

Graphic 45 Bohemian Bazzar Caddy

I seem to have ended up with lots of cardboard wine carriers (you know the ones you get for free at the supermarket).


I was going to throw them away, when four little words seemed to jump out at me:



So I did! I used a few sheets of Graphic 45 paper from the Bohemian Bazzar collection to décor\te the inside and outside of the caddy, added a decorative border (using an EK Success punch) and a few white flowers and punched matching centre's from the G45 paper and added a few little adhesive gems.





Hope you like it!

Graphic 45 Birdsong Box

A while back I made a mini album with the Graphic 45 Birdsong collection, and whilst having a sort out of my craft room today I decided it might be a good idea to make/decorate a matching box to put it in. Here is the result:

 

 

 

If you would like to see pictures of the album I made, here is the link::
http://debsdotsdashes.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/graphic-45-birdsong-collection.html

Graphic 45 Nutcracker Sweet and Prima Doll Stamp Tag

This is the fourth tag in a set of six,that I am making have made with the gorgeous Graphic 45 Nutcracker Sweet papers and a Prima Doll stamp.

Kaisercraft Mini Album

Having watched lots of You Tube videos on how to make a mini album using empty toilet rolls I thought I would finally give it a go. Bit of a tip I picked up - iron your toilet rolls flat, sounds crazy I know but it does make them easier to decorate. As I had someone in mind who I was going to give the album to, I chose a quite masculine paper collection by Kaisercraft. Here is the result

 

 

 

 

 

                And yes, I gave it to the fabulous Mr Nigel May, who I met in Evesham today

Time Flies Collection by Craftwork Cards

It's been a while since I bought any of the 8 x papers by Craftwork Cards, but when I saw the new Time Flies Kit/Collection I just could not resist it! I took an empty cardboard box approx. 8 inches by 5.5 inches x2 inches deep (you know the kind that comes from a certain shopping channel renowned for it's quality, value and convenience - lol!) and covered the outside in purple card stock.

I then chose a few sheets of the Time Flies collection, distressed the edges with Seedless Preserves distress ink and covered the lid and the inside of the box.  I cut out watch fobs from another sheet of paper and added glossy accents around the edges of the watches to give a little bit more dimension and I cut circles from clear acetate to make the watch glass before decoupaging them onto the box with thin strips of 3D foam

I added a Graphic 45 lock, a small key (both of which were distressed with Seedless Preserves distress ink and some cream paint) and a small ribbon bow along with a few paper roses. The feet of the box were wooden drawer knobs (very kindly donated by Sheila from Pink Tulip Creations) which were painted with cream paint and them had the same distress ink added.

Hope you like it!