Creative Inklings

Tags Part 2

I think I have become addicted to designing with shipping tags! Right now I have made enough to outfit presents for many years, so I think it's time to stop.  The most fun and time consuming part of the tags is coming up with the design, even it's really simple. Once that's done, the tags are pretty quick to complete. I have six new Christmas designs today, and a fun set of birthday tags, which would be a great alternate to a card.

For the first set, I used up a set of Maya Road chipboard triangles. I sprayed them with some Studio Calico Mister Huey to change the colour, and decorated the trees with some baubles in my stash. I added a wood veneer trunk and some stamped sentiments.

For my next set I brought out my under used Stampin' Up! Ornament punch. I punched the shape in the top tag, then sandwiched some scrap fabric in between another tag, and stiched around the edge. It was finished off with a stamped sentiment and ribbon bow.

The third tag is so simple, and was put together using a few different stamp sets from Papertrey Ink, Stampin' Up! and Amuse.

This tag uses one of my favourite quicKutz dies and little bit of bakers twine - I may still add a sentiment to this one:

The snowman tag was a little fussy to make, so not sure I would do this design again. I did get a chance to use an old Studio Calico stamp that I have always loved though!

I love this last design. I die cut the canvas stars, the layered a chipboard star over top, and secured with a brad. I then repeatedly stamped the peace image (Stampin' Up!)

The last is a set of fun birthday tags. I stamped the Happy Birthday sentiment on a post it note to create a mask (see tutorial here), then spray mister hueys on the tags. I then added strips of washi tape and a large eyelet. All the tags will be finished off with some twine and ribbons.

I just love how they look all together in my antique box...

Thanks for visiting, have a great day!

Studio Goings On...

It's been busy in there, I have the mess to prove it! What's amazing to me is the diversity of "stuff" I can make, just by using what I have (insert embarrased smiley here). I'm getting ready for a craft show at a local school in December, it was the last show I did three years ago! So here's a peak at why I haven't been doing as much scrapbooking lately....

When I saw these on pinterest, I had to make them! I made my own pattern, and adapted her great tutorial:

I've been having too much fun making shirt and ties...

I have a bunch of canvas star ornaments in progress...

And an experimental bunny...

Some Martha inspired canvases, that I recruited my Silhouette for....

and an ever popular button-tree canvas.

There's lots more, I will share another day. Off to make some washi birthday tags.

 

 

 

Craft Show Time

It's been a few years since I've done any kind of craft show, so I bit the bullet and signed up for one this year in December. I've this particular show before, so I think it will be worth my while. SO this week I've been busy taking stock of old stuff, and getting to work on some new items. I have so many ideas, sometimes it's hard to stay focused. Monday I was working on tags. I have about 10 different designs, and although I didn't do a great job of photographing them, I think they turned out pretty well. I'm including a little picture tutorial today of how to mask a design. For supplies, I used standard packing tags from Staples in a few different sizes, stamps from Stampin' Up!, Pink Paislie and Studio Calico, scrap paper, QuicKutz dies, ribbon, buttons, glitter and other little bits. Here's what I have so far:

And a few close-ups:

 

 

To create the above tag, I needed to do some masking. Here's how I did it:

First stamp the image to be masked on a post-it note:

Cut out the image, and set aside. Next stamp the same image on the tag:

Cover your image with the mask (I had already done this several times!):

Now stamp your backround image over top of the mask:

Remove the mask, and complete the tag:

Have a great week! Thanks for stopping by.

Chevron

I adore that pattern, but I admit it's getting a bit overdone these days. I couldn't help it though, I had to use it on my page today. This layout is not at all what I envisioned. I started with an entirely different concept, with entirely different photos in mind, but this is what I ended up with. It's the best photos from the kids cross-country meet last month. The photos weren't great - I was too busy cheering them on! They did great though - so proud of themselves.

The layout is made with a mix of supplies - but the bulk come from the Studio Calico September kit, Glee Club. I also used lots of Washi tape, my Silhouette, Nestabilities and Lifestyle Crafts circle dies. Here's the layout:

Recollections

Sometimes it takes just the right story to scrap older photos. Recently I printed an older family photo from the day we brought Molly home from the hospital. I don't love the photo, but I realized it was our first "family" photo with the four of us, and I wanted to document that. I had fun doing some misting, masking and stitching to put this layout together. It's pretty simple, but I like it:

The numbers were cut with my Silhouette, and I used the shape as a mask for my white Mr. Huey. I then stiched around the big number four as part of my title:

My second layout is of a photo from my childhood. When I pulled this photo out, I laughed because I look so pleased to be holding a brand new doll on Christmas morning. The truth is, I never really liked dolls. The photo reminded me of that, so that's the story I told:

I come from a family of doll lovers. My mom and two older sisters LOVED dolls and everything to do with them  Imagine their disappointment when year after year, the dolls they would give me for Christmas sat untouched and unloved in my toy box., including the gorgeous hand-made clothes. Those dolls are in still in mint condition. I just never really liked dolls.

 

 

Lot's of hand-stitching, and die-cutting. Thanks for looking!

Halloween Round-Up

My head is still spinning from yesterday. Halloween is big. Really big. There were 3 Halloween parties, one Halloween parade, one 280 person Monster Mash, a sing song, two class parties, seven pumkins, three jack-o-lanterns, 4 costumes, three haunted houses, one haunted Lane and 34,989,486 pieces of candy. O.k., the last is an exageration, but everything else is accurate. Here is the round-up in photos:

Our scarry graveyard...

not so scarry Hello Kitty Pumpkin....

Reluctantly posing by the giant spider...

two Halloween sweeties...

Ferocious cupcake vs. the evil Luigi...

halloween parade...

rockin' the Luigi costume..

all set for trick-or treating...

Jacob's handiwork...

the loot!