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Autumn Tea Party in a Tag Tutorial

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Autumn Tea Party  in a Tag Tutorial with 49 & Market Country Heart Cafe

Hello, Friends!  Thanksgiving is looming on the horizon, so I thought it would be nice to share an Autumn Tea Party in a Tag Tutorial with you today.  These lovely little tags are filled with fall charm, and perfect for your Thanksgiving table scape, autumn birthdays, craft fairs, or hostess gifts.  It’s also a great friendship, thinking of you, or get well item to have on hand.

Once again, we are working with 49 & Market Country Heart Cafe.  I hope you’ve enjoyed our month of projects with this rustic collection.  I know I have!  Today’s tea party in a tag project is a really fun make, so I’m excited to share it with you.

Butterflies, Sunflowers and Paper Lollipops

There’s a lot to love in this sweet little number!  The party gets started with a clever gatefold slider on the front of the tag.

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Open the gates to read this sweet message inside.  And do you spy the sweet little dangle charm?  It’s the little details that really make this tag special.

Treats and Sweets

The back side of the tag is a box pocket filled to the brim with sweets and treats.  There’s even a hidden paper clip bookmark clipped onto the pocket edge.  This design is soooo simple and takes about 5 minutes to  make.  I’ll show you how in the tutorial.

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Fill your box pocket with anything you can dream up.  I chose a tea party theme with chocolate, cookies, tea, honey stick, demitasse spoon, mini note card and a paper lollipop.  But if you were making this for a scrapbooking buddy, you could add ribbon, stickers, small tags, lace, buttons. or foam tabs.  Wouldn’t these be fun to make for a crop?

Autumn Tea Party Tag Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to learn how to put these cuties together?  Then please grab a cuppa and a snack and join me on my YouTube channel for the tutorial.

I’ve tagged products in the video for your shopping convenience.  And you can find a linked supply list and basic measurements in the description box below the video title on my YouTube channel.

What’s Up for October?

Next month we’ll start sharing out Christmas tutorials with you.  I know it’s early, but this way you’ll have time to get them made before the holidays.  If you haven’t seen the papers and dies I’ll be using this year, you can check out this paper haul video on my YouTube channel.  Shopping links are provided in the description box.

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Supply List:

  • Country Heart Cafe Collection (check Button Farm Club for the 12×12 pad)
    12×12 Paper Pad
    Laser Cut Elements
    Floral Laser Cuts
    Graphic 45 Regular Ivory Tags (tagged in the video)
    Staples G45 Regular Tag Dies (tagged in the video)
    110# Cream Cardstock (tagged in the video)
    Sunflower Dies: I used Heartfelt Creations Rustic Sunflowers. Try this die instead:
    Embroidery Floss in fall colors (tagged in the video)
    Brown Buttons from your Stash
    3/8″ Copper and Cream Gingham Ribbon (tagged in the video)
    Rosette Die

Heart & Home Tag Mini Album Tutorial

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Paper Rose Heart & Home Tag Mini Album Tutorial

Hello, Friends!  Today I have the cutest Paper Rose Heart & Home Tag Mini Album Tutorial to share with you.  It’s easy to make, fun to embellish, and makes a great gift!

Graphic 45 Large Kraft Tags form the album base and pages.  Regular Kraft Tags serve as flip pages on the inside.  The binding system is so easy that I just know you’re going to want to make a pile of these little albums!  You can the Heart & Home Collection or whatever theme and paper collection you like best.

Kitschy Kitchen Fun

I have a veritable treasure trove of kitschy kitchen charms in my stash.  Putting them into service for this dangle spine treatment made me very happy.

TIP:  Drill (or have your hubby drill, as I did) small holes in the handles of Tim Holtz Mini Cutlery.  Then thread them onto some jump rings for a cute, quick dangle charm.  Punch a hole in the top of your spine with a Crop-a-Dile tool, then add a large eyelet.  Slip a binding ring through the eyelet, thread on your jump ring charms and tie on a bit of linen ribbon.

Lots of Room for Photos

Here’s a peek inside the album along with simple tips for assembly.  (You can find the basic measurements and instructions in the description box below the video on my YouTube channel.)

  • First, use G45 Staples Tag Dies to cut covers for your large and regular tags.
  • Next, create envelopes for the front and back inside covers.  These will hold 3×5 index cards or recipe cards.  I designed my recipe cards on my computer.
  • Alternate regular tags between each large tag.  I’ll show you how to make these easy flip pages in the video tutorial.

 

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TIP: Cut the top flaps off the envelopes and use them as slash pockets!

Paper Rose Heart & Home Tag Mini Album Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to learn how to create one of these adorable tag mini albums?  Then I invite you to grab a cuppa and a snack, put your feet up and enjoy the tutorial on my YouTube channel.

You can find a linked supply list below this post.  I’ve all so tagged items in the body of the video as well as provided a linked supply list in the description box below the video.  Basic measurements can be found there as well.

Next week we’ll start our BIG Recipe album tutorial using this same Heart & Home collection.   Until then, I wish you all a joyful and creative week!

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Daisies and Bees Altered Box with Tutorial

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Stamperia Daisies and Bees Altered Box with Tutorial

Hello, Friends!  It’s another Wonderful Wednesday and I have a darling Daisies and Bees Altered Box to share with you.  Whilst rummaging around in the Closet of Inspiration, I found a neat little wooden box that my sister had passed along to me.  The minute I touched it, I just knew that I was going to dress it up with paint, stencils, Reneabouquets Beautiful Board and papers from Stamperia Daisy Art.

Box Altering Tips and Tricks

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What a glorious, messy, creative process that was!  My box measures 5″ x 5 1/2″ x 4″ with the lid closed.  I did not do a tutorial for the box, as everyone’s box will be a different size.  But here are a few tips:

TIPS: 

  • First, find a tiny screwdriver and remove the latch and the hinges, then paint the box.  I used Stamperia Aqua Pearl Patina Matte Paint for this.  Set the box aside and let it dry.
  • Next, measure the box, inside and out, and cut papers to fit.  Adhere all the papers at the same time.
  • Now, add texture with Ranger Grit Paste and a stencil.  I chose a simple script motif.
  • Then, layer on your embellishments.  This is always the fun part!  use foam tape to add depth and dimension on the top of the box.  Mustard seeds (from spice aisle of your local grocery store) provide a fun natural feel.
  • Finally, re-attach the metal hardware you removed in the first step.  Then screw in some decorative box feet for the perfect finishing touch.

Junk Journal in a Box

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Once you’ve finished with the outside of the box, you can fill the interior.  The box would provide great decorative storage for buttons, metal charms, spools of thread or ephemera.  I decided to create a stack of tags and mini folios to go inside my box.

In case you want to create these same tags and folios, I’ve provided a video tutorial for those elements.

Daisies and Bees Altered Box with Tutorial on YouTube

I hope you’ll join me for the project share and tutorial over on my YouTube channel:

I’ve tagged products within the video for your shopping convenience.  You can also find a linked supply list below this post.

I’ll be back next Wednesday with our final Daisy Art project…I’m thinking cards!

Thanks for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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Stamperia Family Interactive Jumbo Tag Tutorial

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Stamperia Family Interactive Jumbo Tag Tutorial for Wonderful Wednesday

Hello, Friends!  This Stamperia Family interactive Jumbo Tag Tutorial is filled with darling mice images, flip elements, pockets, a double kinetic waterfall and even a pop up!  Phew!  It’s  like a party on paper!

We’ll be working with this adorable collection throughout the month of March, and I’m really excited to kick things of with this 7 1/2″ x x 12″ jumbo tag.  Today’s tutorial is loaded with great ideas, tips and techniques.  It’s also a bit longer than normal, so you’ll want to be sure to grab a cuppa and a snack to sustain you!

Peek a Boo!

What could possibly make more sense than using tags to dress up a great big tag?  First,  I grabbed a bunch of Graphic 45 Kraft Tags from  my stash along with the matching dies.

Then I figured out how to arrange them on the front of my base tag to create a series of flips and flaps.  Little surprises await you behind ever little tag door.

The Cutest Mouse Family Ever!

What is it about little mice dressed up in human clothing that captures our imaginations?  I made sure to feature these darling critters in every scene.  This tag with them marching across the piano might be my favorite.

Double Kinetic Waterfall Tutorial

Flip the tag over and you’ll find a double kinetic waterfall.  This was my first attempt at making side by side twin waterfalls, and I was thrilled to see how well it worked.  So not only is this tag cute enough to set out as part of your home decor,  it also doubles as a little photo album.  How sweet is that?

Stamperia Family Interactive Jumbo Tag Tutorial on YouTube

Would you like to see all the cute elements tucked into this tag design?  Then I hope you’ll enjoy this video tutorial on my YouTube channel.

I can’t wait to come back next week and share another project made with the Family collection.  There’s just something about it that makes me happy!

If you’re not familiar with this new collection, I did a product reveal that you can watch HERE.

You can find a linked supply list below this post.  I’ve also tagged products within the video for your shopping convenience.

Thanks so much for stopping by, friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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As Many as You Can Card Challenge with Prima Cherry Sweet

As Many as You Card Challenge Tutorial with Prima Cherry Sweet

As Many as You Can Card Challenge with Prima Cherry Sweet: A Use Your Scraps Episode

Hello, Friends!  Our fun tutorial for this Wonderful Wednesday is this “As Many as You Can Card Challenge” with Prima Cherry Sweet.  If you are not familiar with “as many as you can” let me explain:

Are you overwhelmed with piles of itty bitty pieces of beautiful, expensive designer paper?  This is an issue we all face, right?  But what if I could show you a quick and easy way to create beautiful, textured, embossed card fronts using those cast off pieces of paper?  Would you be interested?  Then stand by, my friends!  Today I’m going to show you how I created 3 lovely cards and one pretty tag using this technique.

Faux Quilting Technique

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Just look at this beautiful vintage card background.  It takes just minutes to create from paper scraps.  Follow that up with some easy stitching on your sewing machine (optional…but the results are amazing!) and a trip through your die cutting machine with a 3-D embossing folder.  Brush with a little Distress Oxide Ink, spritz lightly with water and you’ve got a gorgeous start for a shabby chic card!  I’ll show you how in today’s video tutorial.

Piles of Ephemera?

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If you’re anything like me, you probably also have piles of pretty ephemera pieces left over from your favorite paper collections.  Would you like to learn how to use these to create gorgeous embellishments on your cards?  We’re going to whittle down that pile in today’s tutorial, too.

Hidden Paperclip Bookmark!

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What if you could use those scraps to create a gorgeous birthday card?  Of course, if there’s a birthday, you really “need” a pretty little something to tuck inside.  So I’m going to show you how to create a brand new style of hidden paperclip bookmark today.  It’s so easy…and the results are just lovely!

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Happy Little Tag

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Finally, we’ll create a happy  little tag using these same bits and bobs.  The great thing about tags is they can be made in a jiffy.  Use them as gift tags, card inserts, or even a little home decor piece!

As Many as You Can Card Challenge on You Tube

If you’d like to learn these fun techniques, then I hope you’ll grab a cuppa and a snack and join me for the tutorial over on my YouTube channel.

Believe it or not, after making this stack of goodies, I had just enough left over to create a darling little tag mini album.  I’m putting the finishing touches on it now, and will do a project share with you once it is finished.

Next week we’ll start working with a new paper collection from Stamperia called “Family”.  It’s just delightful, and we’ll have lots of fun with it, I’m sure.

You can find a linked supply list below this post, as well as tagged products within the video tutorial.

Thanks so much for stopping by, ,friends!

Cheerio,

kathy

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