Standing Mini Album

Here's a cute project to have on your desktop at your workplace or your craft table of what inspires you most.. In my case, it's always my lil gurl Missy A :) This album is assembled using only 4 pieces of chipboard. For a closer look at how it's put together, drop by the store to take a peek! ;)

Front cover of the album is embellished with die cut frame and die cut stickers

When the cover is opened, the album will stand

One of the corners of the album

Back page of the stand album

Materials Used : Chipboard, Basic Grey Patterned Papers - Olivia, Basic Grey Die Cut Stickers - Olivia, Tim Holtz Baroque Die, Martha Stewart Border Punch, Prima Flowers, Buttons

Challenge #6 – Add Stitching – Real or Faux

Heya there dearies!! It's another week of challenges over at Cuddly Buddly and this week's challenge is to “Add Stitching – Real or Faux”, a theme chosen by Chris!

Please be sure that your entry’s main image is sold here by one of our artist’s and that you’ve added one of our fabby banners to your blog sidebar!

The Prize: A £10 Cuddly Buddly Crafts Gift Certificate to be spent as the Winner/s so choose in our online Shop.

Click to view – Rules of Play

Entries need to submitted before 20:00hrs Thursday 11th August

It’s an easy going and fun theme Chris has chosen for us this week. So if you’ve never tried adding real stitching to your cards now’s the time to give it a go! You knows, you may love it enough to have a bit of it on all ya' future cards! :) Do drop by the blog to leave the DT some love and to check out their prettyful work!

I've used Wee Stamps Digi Stamp – Suzi With Bunny


Materials Used : Cardstock, Wee Stamps Digi Stamp - Suzi With Bunny, Martha Stewart Patterned Paper, Copics, Hero Arts Script Stamp, Spellbinders Die, Ranger Distress Inks, Martha Stewart Border Punch

YSS Upcycled Hairband Tute

Heya! Today's post is to share the fun things you can make using your regular scrapbook stash! needless to say, scrapbooking supplies are so versatile, you don't need them just to create layouts or cards,the can be used for to make really fun accessories!

And I did just that, using my Maya Kraft Doily, handmade flower embellie, some glimmer glam, and some ruffled ribbon!

The supplies that you will need : glue gun, Ruffled ribbon, handmade flower embellie, hairband, Maya Road Kraft Doily, Spritzer

First, using a glue gun, glue the ribbon down the entire length of the ribbon

Next, dab glimmer glam all over the doily and once it's dried, using a spritzer, spritz water to scrunch up the doily

Adhere the handmade flower (you also opt to use Prima flowers ;)) the the doily


Scrunch them up. This is what it'll probably look like

Adhere the newly formed flower on top of the hairband

and voila, the finished product! I have also added a couple of flowers from my craft supply for a more feminine and full feel ;)

Materials from YSS: Maya Road Kraft Doily, Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam, Making Memories Trims - Orange Ric Rac

Other Materials : Glue gun, handmade flower, paper flowers, hairband

A & A

My YSS DT Kit this time had a chock full of October Afternoon 5 & Dime goodness and Cosmo Cricket's Odds and Ends...you gotta love both lines for sure! :) Big thanks to Erica for letting us pick out our own stash this time! you're the sweetest! lol!! :)

With all that yummo goodness, I whipped up this (super layered) layout of my Missy A and her lil fren (whose name also starts with A! hence the A & A titled layout) :P.. you can see, I simply couldn't resist adding the Cosmo Cricket fussy cut vintage gurls to my layout!

Those Jillibean Soup Corrugated Alphas are cool too! I dabbed some glimmer glaze and glimmer glam to change the white of the alphas to a slightly off white tinge, and if you look at it up close, it's all glittery and very pretty! :) I added the glimmer glam to the white flowers too :)

Materials from YSS : October Afternoon 5 & Dime - Lemon Drops Patterned Paper, October Afternoon 5 & Dime - Shape Stickers, Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends - Trinkets Patterned Paper, Girls Paperie Vintage Whimsy - Frou Frou Patterned Paper, Jillibean Soup Corrugated Alphas - White Jillibean Soup Corrugated Alphas - White, Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam - Pixie Dust & Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze - Champagne

Other Supplies: Ek Success Border Punch, Flowers

Gel-a-tins Thanks Card - Put A Cap On It Stamp Set

Happy Saturday everyone! I would’ve probably shared before that I’m a vintage freak and that I can never steer away from having a couple of butterflies or flowers on my layouts or cards..and this card, just proves that I love those three elements..

This month, I was lucky to get the gel-a-tins Put a Cap on it stamp set which is D E L I G H T F U L! the stamp set also has simple sentiments that you can use on it’s own, or within the cap stamp. So here’s my project, using the single simple sentiment from that set.



Materials Used:
Cardstock: Bazzill Basics
Stamp : Gel-a-tins Put a Cap On It
Patterned Paper : My Mind’s Eye – Stella & Rose
Die: Sizzix Layered flower (for handmade flower embellie)
Flowers : Craft Supply
Grommet : Moof
Inks : Ranger Distress Inks, Staz On

Do drop by the gel-a-tins blog where the gel-a-tinas have lots of fun projects to share! :)

YSS Blog Hop Winners!

Well the exciting YSS blog hop is over, and it's winner announcement time! Thanks to technology, the random number generator made my life easier and helped me pick the winners cause I had a tough time choosing two from you sweet people who took the time to drop by and leave comments..I will be sure to drop by your blogs when I do my long overdue blog hop this weekend.. ;)

I'll stop with the rambling and move on to business *lol*..the two lucky winners of the $10 stash cash are:

Blog Hop 1:
Blog Hop 2:


Nitey nite! :)

To Do Book - Stash Faves

How many of us have a tough time remembering the many things we have to accomplish for the week (or even for the day for that matter *lol*)? I know I do! So here's a lil something I came up with for my YSS DT Assignment and blog hop which also happens to be based on my all time fav products to date! ;)

A simple tute to guide you through how it was made:

1) Paint a raw cardboard / cereal box cardboard black
2) Dab some Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze and Glimmer Glam on it using a cotton ball at random spots
3) Die cut the middle for a frame / window
3) Adhere some fussy cut flowers and image from October Afternoon 5 & Dime - Lemon Drops, Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends - Trinkets patterned papers
4) Adhere die cut sticker from October Afternoon 5 & Dime - Shape Stickers
5) Adhere chipboard by Crate Paper Portrait - Chipboard Embellishments
6) Bind the book togther using binding rings

Easy peasy rite? :)

Materials Used :
Chipboard: Craft Supply, Die : Tim Holtz Baroque & Movers & Shapers Die
Flower: Handmade with patterned paper scraps

Here are the stash faves of mine that I used for this project:

Patterned Paper: October Afternoon 5 & Dime - Lemon Drops, Cosmo Cricket Odds & Ends - Trinkets

Die Cut Stickers: October Afternoon 5 & Dime - Shape Stickers

Chipboard: Crate Paper Portrait - Chipboard Embellishments

Glimmer: Tattered Angels Glimmer Glam - Pixie Dust & Tattered Angels Glimmer Glaze - Champagne

Don't forget to join in the blog hop (deets can be found HERE) where you can get Stash Cash worth $10! and by visiting each DT members' blog, your chances to win are higher! :) Blog Hop ends tomorrow, 29th July!