Scrapbooking

Today I am posting a wonderful Vintage Feather image! This one is done in brown tones, both light and dark, and it has some lovely markings on it. I like the fluffy looking bits at the base of it, as well. I found this one on an Antique Advertising card.  A nice natural looking graphic [...]The post Vintage Feather Image – Brown appeared first on The Graphics Fairy.

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Hello everyone! It is my turn on the Couture Creations Blog today. I have created a sweet little notepad cover for you. I love notepads. They come in all sizes and shapes and one can never have too many! Creating custom covers for them is fun and easy, and they make wonderful quickie gifts!You can decorate your notepad cover as much or as little as you wish.My notepad measures 8 x 2 1/2 inches. If you cannot find notepads this size, you can purchase standard 8 x 5 inch pads and cut them in half. My office supply store will cut a whole stack of pads for me for a few dollars. If the "right" clerk is on duty, he will cut them for free!1. Cut tan cardstock to 8 1/8 x 5 1/4 inches. Score at 2 1/2 and 2 3/4 inches on the short side. This makes your basic notepad cover to fit a 8 x 2 1/2 inch notepad.2. Trim printed paper to 3 x 2 1/2 inches. Score the long side at 1 and 1 1/4 inches. This will create a little "topper" to hide the ugly binding on your notepad. 3. Cover the notepad binding and then attach the notepad to the right side of the notepad cover.3. Emboss green cardstock with the Endless embossing folder from the All Occasions Collection. I used Core'dinations Cardstock and sanded it to revel the pale core of the paper.4. Trim black cardstock to 8 x 2 3/8 inches and attach to the front of the notepad cover. Trim embossed cardsctock to 2 1/4 inches wide. Trim two pieces, joined where the embossing matches, to create a 7 7/8 inch long strip. Attach the embossed strip to the black cardstock with the seam near the top of the notepad cover.6. Using the large Ivy Doily Die (Fantasia Collection), cut and emboss a doily from printed paper. You may need to use the Piercing Tool to remove some of the tiny bits from the die cut shape. Attach to the top of the notepad cover with foam mounting tape, making sure to overlap the seam.7. Stamp sentiment onto tan cardstock with black dye ink and cut with a Circle Nesting Die.8. Attach the sentiment to the center of the doily die cut shape.9. Add self-adhesive pearls to the four corners of the notepad cover, and attach a postage stamp image sticker to the bottom center.10. Using the Scallop Rectangle Nesting Dies, cut a scalloped rectangle from black cardstock.11. Line the Rectangle Nesting Die template over the a section of embossed leaves cardstock and tape down. Cut the embossed paper and adhere the rectangle to the scalloped rectangle mat.12. Trim black cardstock to 8 x 2 3/8 inches and attach to the inside left of the cover. Trim printed paper to 7 7/8 x 2 1/4 inches and attach to the black cardstock.13. Attach the leaf image to the center of the panel at an angle. Add a a postage stamp image sticker to the bottom right edge of the panel.Thanks for joining me today! Couture Creations Supplies Used:Circle Nesting DiesRectangle Nesting DiesScallop Rectangle Nesting DiesIvy Doily DieEndless Embossing FolderSelf-adhesive PearlsCouture Creations Tools Used:Craft ScissorsHandheld Essentials Piercing tool, Embossing toolSanding BlockDouble-sided TapeFoam Mounting TapeCraft MatOther Supplies:Cardstock: WorldWin Papers Treasures Pitch Black, Colormates Medium Coffee Brown; Core'dinations Signature Graphic 45 Antique MossPatterned paper: Graphic 45 French Country RendezvousStickers: Graphic 45 French CountryRubber stamps: My Favorite Things Cheerful BlessingsStamping ink: Tsukineko Memento Tuxedo BlackNotepad: Staples Office Supply

Welcome to a new episode of the “52″ Craft Video Series!  See all the videos in the series here. Cupcake socks, an oldie but a goodie!  I haven’t made them since 2010 but I had a hankerin’ to make them again so here we are…with a video no less!  Here are two cupcake sock projects I made in the past but check out this video to see them being made in action!  In this video, I’m using the Silhouette Cameo, Joy’s Life My Hero Stamps and the Made in the USA kit by SVGCuts.  You’ll find links to other things I mentioned in the video near the bottom of this post. I talked about these things in the video: How to Customize the Silhouette Cameo control panel Sunflower field visit Sugar Dispenser as Baker’s Twine Container VersaMark Watermark Stamp Pad Zing! Glitter Embossing Powder, Red Tune in every Wednesday for a new Episode of “52?!  (I’ve been sick recently, so I missed a few days.  I’m doing what I can to stay on schedule, depending on how I’m feeling.) Subscribe to my You Tube channel so you don’t miss any! If you’ve missed an episode and want to catch up, click here!

Several folks have been asking for the instructions for the mini book/album I made for April's Club Scrap Blog Hop - Spring Chorus kit. The finished size of my album is 6.5 x 8" You can of course make it larger or smaller but you'll have to do the math for that... I'm sticking with this size - LOL!! I won't lie, I've been putting this off because there are so many cuts, folds and flaps to this book that the measuring and cutting takes a while. You also have to embellish the pages prior to assembly so it's a bit time consuming... I'm going to break this down into small bits so you can gather, cut and fold along with me. This Way & That Base Album Cutting Instructions: You will need to determine what colors you want to use for your base. I usually use a single color for the outside, white pages (that I can alter) for the center and either the same color of cardstock or pattern paper for the inner most flaps. I am going to be making my book using Graphic 45's new Steampunk Spells (whoo hoo!) pattern paper/stamps so I'm going with black and white for my album base. The base for this book takes 7 sheets of cardstock alone. You will need several additional sheets of cardstock or pattern paper if you're going embellish it like mine. You will need to cut and score the base cardstock as follows: Cut one sheet of cardstock 12" x 8" Score as follows: 2.25"; 2.75"; 9.25"; 9.75" This sheet of cardstock will become the back cover ~ the flaps on each side will be what you attach the front cover and second flap to. Cut one sheet 6.5 x 8" and Cut one sheet 6.25" x 8" The first is the front cover the second sheet is the 2nd flap. Cut 3 sheets of cardstock exactly the same - (3) - 12 x 7.75" Score each sheet at 3" & 9" These are the inner pages and will need to be decorated/embellished prior to assembly. Cut 2 sheets of cardstock 5.5" x 9.5" Score both sheets of cardstock at 2" so you end up with a sheet of cardstock that is 2" + 7.5" total. Now, much of this book will need to be decorated/embellished/altered prior to assembly because of the way it all fits together. We'll start that process tomorrow.

If you have a passion for vivid color and bold patterns you will go crazy over the Graphic 45 Bohemian Bazaar Collection which is now in and ready to ship! I know that many of you have been waiting already. Even if bold and bright have not been your “style” in the past, this collection is well worth taking a closer look at, which you may do in the video below. Personally, I have a more subtle style, but I fell in love with this collection immediately after opening it! I just HAD to have it all to help me with my Mexican cruise album! It will also be fantastic for summer photos  or cards. The colors are amazing! I hope you enjoyed seeing this collection a little closer, and can now see what I mean. Isn’t it just awesome? Thanks & Happy Scrappin’! Carrie

This post is for all of you who have been waiting anxiously for the Graphic 45 Steampunk Spells Collection to arrive! It is here and ready to ship! Whoo-hoo! For those of you who are still contemplating whether or not you should get this collection, I have tried to give you a closer look in the video below. You just may find that it is a must have for the upcoming haunting season’s photos and projects. I still can’t believe that Halloween is being released. YIKES! Where has this year gone? Hope you enjoyed the collection even though I tend to ramble on through the video. I should be getting good at talking to myself by now, but I think it would help if there was a person sitting there watching during filming. Oh well, its all good, right? Thanks & Happy Scrappin’! Carrie

“Summer Scrapbooking Spectacular” and “Martha Stewart Crafts” are on at various times over the 2 days. Looks like I already missed 2 hours (my DVR failed me again!) but the next one starts in half an hour. Oh well, I don’t think these scrapbooking are shows with Lisa Bearnson so I’m not as sad to have missed them. HERE is the HSN program guide. Change it to reflect your time zone :) Please let me know what items you like and/or what you buy!

Scrapping Everyday Miracles - June Sketch Challenge   Deadline: 30-06-2013 You may create either the Layout or the card sketch and the scrap twist is to include at least one handmade... {This is a content summary only. Click on blog title to continue reading this post, see pictures, comment, browse our website and more!}

Today I’m offering some Free Vector Downloads! The image above is a jpeg of a charming Horse and Dog Silhouette. They appear to be running and playing together in a pasture. Such a fun scene! These are from a Circa 1870′s Children’s Book in my collection. I’ve created a zip file with of these, that [...]The post Free Vector Downloads – Silhouette Horse and Dog appeared first on The Graphics Fairy.