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ATB Love Project

Here is a fun project I created for Around the Block.  I used some of their amazing soft tags and soft strips to make a card and then used some on a mini hat box (with a Prima flower).  The perspex container is from Prima. 

Added the ATB soft strip to the bottom and a soft tag in the middle.  Just filled it with some marshmallows and finished it with pink organza ribbon.  Most scrappers have lovely containers around that would just look so nice with some scrap decorations. We all have a friend or two that would appreciate a nice gift - make with love.

Love Banner

The great thing about special events (like Valentines Day) is we can share our creativity with other people.  So,   I thought if we can decorate the house for Christmas - surely we can make something for the house for Valentines day. 

My project is this Valentines banner.  I still need to add some hanging ribbon on the top...but thought I would post it anyway.

For this project I first cut a heart template from a piece of  6" x 6" paper.  I then traced it on some ledger paper from Prima (lovely paper).  For the backgrounds I used some brand new paper from MME (My Minds Eye).  The paper was cut at 6" x 7" and I rounded the corners with my Creative Memories corner rounder (great buy!).

Lets look at the rest of the design:  The flower is from Prima with a Karen Foster jumbo brad in the middle.  The ribbon words (laughter, enjoy, happiness and delight) are from Making Memories.  The tabs and scallop stickers are from Wild Asparagus.  Ribbons from all over ...(Basic Grey, AMM, Lil'Davis and MME). the "love" letters are from Heidi Swapp. The fabric tabs from are from 7 Gypsies and finally the beautiful rub ons are from MME (Bohemia range).

Oh yes before I forget the butterfly is from Martha Stewart craft website.  I will post more details on her site later.....just look under paper crafts if you want this template.

So have fun...this is a nice theme you can also scrap on the Making Memories cubes...or just make a little fold out card.

For those of you that love to use stitching on your creations - I think that it will look beautiful on this type of design.

A Gift fora Great Teacher

I converted this decoupage blank into a black board pencil case. This can make a great gift for a teacher.

The cute part of this project was to paint the lid with black board paint and the rest of the box was then decorated with Making Memories paper.  The stickers and gaffer tape are from 7Gypsies.

As a variation to this project you can use magnetic paint for the lid and then it is a magnetic board.  If you can not find nice decoupage blanks then ask as the local cigar shop for some empty wooden cigar boxes...you can have fun with them!  Enjoy

A Scrappers Idea of Laundry

Okay this is weird...but I think it looks cute.  I may even consider doing some laundry now!!! 

Anyway, I saw some clothes pegs with paper on them on a website and I thought this is cute.  Just decided to add some stuff and this is what I came up with.

What am I going to do with it? (you may ask).  Well, I could just put them on a little cardstock with a "Thank you note" or something....or put some magnets on the back and use them on the fridge ...also thought that I can clip it on paper plates at a kiddies party with the kids names on it  - The possibilities are endless....

For this version I went  BRIGHT!   The circle chipboards are from Urban Lily.

So much you can do with this idea.  You can put some photos on chip board and have a clip for each member of you family on the fridge for their "stuff"....Just think about all the fun stuff you can do/make.

Have fun!

Fun Notebook

I've been wanting to do this for so long - eventually did this easy fun project.

I bought a simple cheap black notebook - then covered it with some paper from Prima (lovely double sided paper) and to finish it off I used some gaffer tape from 7G and stickers from 7G.

I can honestly say that this was such a quick project and I think that it makes a nice gift for somebody (you love).

So, I will be making a few of these....I just find that doing off the page projects is a great why to expand my creativity and to use stuff that I may not use on a page. 

Happy scrapping!

Alphabet Fun!

This beautiful creation was made by a talented friend of mine Debbie Hannibal  When she came to show this to me yesterday I just grabbed the camera and took this photo....Love it!

The A is made from wood (for more info on where to get it you can email me from the blog)

"Off the page" projects such is this is a great way to expand your creativity and to try something new.  You can spell the child's entire name or just do what Debbie did on this project and use the first letter or a child's name.

Words like "love" , "create", "adore" and "naughty" will also look super cute!

Thanks Debbie for letting me share this with other scrappers!