DT PROJECT FOR BEE HAPPY CRAFTS: Wedded Bliss

Hi there! I have wanted to show you the mini that I made for my friends who got married last November 2nd, but I had been so busy. I don't like how the box turned out, but I love the mini. I actually want it for myself. Heh.

Anyway, I made a walk through video of it (Thanks to my sister who recorded the video while I flipped through the pages.) You can find it on my Flickr account.

Just like the one that I made for Ate Nadia (If you haven't seen it, you can check it here.). I employed the same techniques that Cathy McGrath utilized on her video tutorial. I got to use the Martha Stewart Edge Punch from the package! The edges of the pages are so pretty because of it. I still followed Cathy's ideas on how to make the pages interactive, but I decorated mine to be more like me. I used light molding paste which I must say is such a cool product. It is very light yet it builds texture and dimension. Awesome!

For the cover, I cut a piece of chipboard and adhered a length of thick double sided tape on the folds and covered the surface with tissuestock. I then coated it with Modge Podge. After drying, I covered the base with one of my wrapping papers (the white side up) and again coated the whole thing with Modge Podge. Then I added the patterned papers and brushed another coat of Modge Podge. You see there are a lot of layers of paper and Modge Podge.

I did not embellish the front heavily like I usually do with my mixed media projects.

Instead of decorating the pages with the pockets like Cathy did, I left them alone. I placed embellishments on the pages with photo mattes. Some of the embellishments were made from shrink plastic (the small love gears) left over from the first package I received for the Design Team.

I made photo matte inserts out of the pale cream cardstock and stamped on them using distress ink. For the pull tab, I made several dieccuts using the Die-namics Mini Doilies dies which also came in the first DT package.

There are tags on all the pages. They are from the paper pad that I used for the mini. I just tied lace and rickracks on all of them to add more interest.

Before we go to the box, there is one other part of the mini that I need to talk about. Okay. That would be the detachable charm that goes on the spine of the mini. You have seen it a couple of times in my previous projects. It is one of the staples of minis. I put together several metal charms and beads from my stash to make it.

I haven't met with the couple after the wedding ceremony so I haven't given this yet. I am still thinking of changing the box because I really do not like how it turned out. I haven't made another one yet since I cannot find the right box. Tsk. I thought I had found it, but when I came home and saw the old box, I realized that it was too big. Hmf. Oh well, I will just try something else.

By the way, the photo above is how I was to package the gift. I will cover the box with white organza. That is, if I have the right box. Tsk. I will make an update here what the final packaging would be. I hope you visit my blog from time to time. Thank you for stopping by today!

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Paper bags, Elit Board Paper Vellum Pale Cream, Chipboard, Eno Greeting Paper Pad 12"x12", Daisy D's 12"x12", Martha Stewart Edge Punch Floral Lace, Bo Bunny Clear Stamps It Is Written, Kaisercraft Clear Stamps Botanical Odyssey, Ranger Archival Ink Jet Black, Distress Ink Mini Bundled Sage, Iced Spruce, Crushed Olive, Tattered Rose, Worn Lipstick and Ripe Persimmon, Eno Greeting Resin and Wood Embellishments, Eno Greeting 3D embellishments, Rouge de garance Chipboard Embellishments, metal charms, shrink plastic embellishments, self-adhesive crystals, pearls, beads, paper flowers, paper doily, organza ribbon, lace trimmings, rick racks, Reeves Poster Color Gold, Elmer's White Glue, Stanley Glue Gun, Ranger Heat It Tool, Spellbinders Nestabilities Captivating Squares and Fleur de Lis Squares, Die-namics Mini Doily Circles, Spellbinders Shapeabilities D-Lites Fancy Framed Tags One, Cuttlebug Machine V2

DT PROJECT FOR BEE HAPPY CRAFTS: Mixed Media Tags

Hello! It's me again. I am going to show you the third set of tags that I made for the Design Team. I have experimented a bit on this project and I like how it turned out. See for yourself.

This is what the back looks like. I could write a short message there for the recipient.

I made two color variations. The first set had orange for the highlight while the other set had white and dark green.

The components of the tags are the same-shimmer, molding paste, embossed image, metal charms, buttons, phrase, paper flowers, etc. I just varied the design and the layouts.

I found an amazing thing or two while making these tags. The base is chalkboard paper and I discovered that it works well with watered down metallic acrylic paint. See the whitish shimmer in the background? That's the watered down acrylic paint. It does not look this great with other board papers. That was cool!

So how did I make these pretty tags? The steps are simple, but it takes some time to complete them since there is a lot of layering of different mediums involved.

First, I cut out the tags from the chalkboard stack. I used the tag template from the Graphic 45 8"x8" paper pad. Then I punched the holes where the string would go in. I mixed a little bit of water to the FolkArt metallic acrylic paint and brushed it on the front of the tags. After drying, I proceeded with the stencils. I used light molding paste for this. I dabbed gold poster paint on some of the tags before ink embossing. Then I adhered the embellishments. In some of the tags, I brushed micro pearls to add more flair to them.

Since I do not have a sticker sheet of phrases, I typed the phrases in MS Word using the Plastique font and highlighted the words in black. I printed the sheet with my HP Inkjet printer (I need a laser one!). After cutting out the appropriate phrases, I coated them with Distress crackle paint and adhered them onto the tags with foam tape for dimension. Oh, and lastly, I tied white strings on them.

Gah. I adore these tags. I don't want to part with them. TT.TT. But I will have to give them to my friends for the holidays. I hope they like them because I really love them. I am going to tie them onto Kit Kat bars. Yum!

If I may say, that was an awesome project! Thanks for looking.

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: DCWV Chalkboard Stack 12"x12", FolkArt Metallic Acrylic Colour Pearl White, Golden Light Molding Paste, The Crafter's Workshop Stencils Mini Art Is, Mini Punchinella, Mini Chicken Wire Reversed and Mini Brocade, Reeves Poster Color Gold, micro pearls, Ranger Distress Embossing Ink, Ranger Embossing Powder Super Fine Black, Ranger Heat It Tool, Prima Marketing Clear Stamps Vintage Vanity and Bubbles, metal charms, paper flowers, beads, buttons, crystals, Eno Greeting 3D stickers, stamens, HP Inkjet Printer, Ranger Distress Crackle Paint Rock Candy, ticket punch, string

DT PROJECT FOR BEE HAPPY CRAFTS: Pierced Circle Tags

Hi again! Here is another set of tags that I made for the Design Team.

They are simple and very easy to make. I just ran pieces of chalkboard paper through my Cuttlebug using the Spellbinders Pierced Circle die then wrote the names of the recipients on them with a color pencil. I will just add some jump rings on the punched holes before attaching them to the 2-5-7-10 treat boxes. Easy peasy! Why don't you try making them? You'll have a lot of fun.

Thanks for looking! 

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: DCWV Chalkboard Stack 12"x12", Spellbinders Nestabilities Pierced Circles, ticket punch, Faber Castell Watercolor Pencil White

DT PROJECT FOR BEE HAPPY CRAFTS: Holiday Treat Boxes

Hello! One of my favorite holiday craft projects is the 2-5-7-10 treat box which I learned from Beate Johns of Splitcoaststampers some time ago. I have made a lot of these over the years, but the ones for this year are a bit more special. It is a DT project I made for BHC and it was in line with my theme Chalkboard Christmas. Basically, the base is black and it has a chalkboard element to it.

You can find Beate's tutorial here.

I punched the edge of the flap of the treat box with Martha Stewart's Edge Punch Floral Lace. This puncher is really pretty.

I threaded a length of gold ribbon which a friend gave me to close the treat box.

Whenever my friends and colleagues buy cakes with ribbons or receive gifts with ribbons, they would always give me the ribbons to me. They know that I horde all kinds of things for my craft projects. Hehe.

 

There is nothing much going on on the treat boxes. I did not put my usual embellishments. Instead, I stamped on some diecuts and smudged the diecuts with soft pastel to make the chalkboard look and adhered them on the front of the boxes. That just completed the box. 

I forgot to singe the tips of the ribbon before taking the photos. If you want to make them and you are planning to use silk ribbon like I did here, don't forget to singe the edges because they would eventually unravel. You don't want all the ribbon to disappear.

When you are done with the boxes, you can put chocolates and small gifts inside. I am going to use these treat boxes to hold several Nestle chocolates and mini notebooks for my friends at my previous job. I hope they like them. See you next time! Thank you for stopping by.

MATERIALS AND TOOLS USED: Prestige Board Paper Zulu Black, Rives Board Paper Tradition Black, Pink Paisley 6"x6" paper pad Merry & Bright and Snow Village, silk ribobn, clear stamp, Tsukineko Brilliance Pigment Ink Pad Moonlight White, Gallery Soft Pastel White, ticket punch, foam tape, Spellbinders Nestabilities Labels Thirty-Five, Cuttlebug Machine V2