June 12th, 2012
You know I love creating project from only one sheet of paper! Here is another fun and easy tutorial for The Robin’s Nest DT. This is a great way to create a project without using too many materials or money. All you need is: one sheet of cardstock, two ribbons and a few embellishments! You can visit The Robin’s Nest blog and website 1. Fold a double sided cardstock in four. Open all folds. 2. Start working on the upper right square. Cut the cardstock on the vertical fold line from the edge to the center. Widen the cut a little bit. 3. Cut the cardstock on the horizontal fold line half way from the center towards the right. 4. Fold the upper right square in half to the right. 5. Cut the cardstock on the new fold line from the center half way to the top. 6. Fold upward. 7. Fold again to the right. 8. Fold downward on …
February 1st, 2012
Inside: how to make printers tray for family photos I was lucky to have grandparents until I was in my fourties. When we celebrated my grandmother’s 80th birthday I wanted o make somehing special for her. I made her a printers tray displaying treasured family photos of three generations of her family. WHAT IS A PRINTERS TRAY A printers tray or letterpress drawer is a thin wooden tray with compartments. These drawers were part of a larger printing cabinet that were common between the 15th and 19th centuries. The small sections store letter stamps or “sorts” that were used in a printing press for printing. Letterpress drawers are also referred to as type cases, type drawers and printer block drawers. HOW AND WHERE TO GET LETTERPRESS DRAWER Some people are lucky enough to find a tray or an entire cabinet in their attic, but this is a much less common occurrence since the …
September 23rd, 2011
Inside: how to make your own button tree embellishment When I sit down to create a page I usually have an idea and when I start working this idea takes shape. My idea for this photo was to create a scene around the photo. Since the boys were pointing at something in the distant view I wanted to complete the story by creating a near view of where they were standing. HOW TO MAKE A SCENE Making a scene is basically adding embellishments to complete a vision of a scene or a place. So instead of embellish a page with abstract or cluster embellishments you actually create a scene like you would in a painting. The scene for this photo is a path with flowers and a tree shading the two boys. MAKING A BUTTON TREE One of my favorite things to do when I create a scrapbook page is to …
May 30th, 2011
Inside: how to make a DIY spiral paper flower for scrapbook pages, cards and paper crafts How many times did you need an embellishment for a project you were working on but didn’t have what you wanted? It was the wrong size, the wrong color or the wrong shape… there is nothing more annoying to stop working on a project because you don’t have what you need to finish it! I never find myself in this situation because I make my own embellishments! I started doing that when I started scrapbooking because when I started there was simply nothing to use. The scrapbooking industry didn’t exist here and I could buy any papers or embellishments even if I wanted to… so I had to make what I needed. Since then it became kind of a personal challenge to be self sufficient when it comes to embellishments and I try to buy as little as I can …
November 24th, 2010
Inside: how to make a fun DIY button storage idea I have too many buttons! My storage for them was too small and I had to find a solution…fast. I knew I wanted to organize my buttons by color in small containers, but I wanted all the containers to be in one place and be close to me, so I can reach for them whenever I need a button or two. I also wanted to use an empty space on the wall above my desk that I could easily reach. Finally came up with the idea to create a magnetic surface and attach containers to it and hang it on the wall. MAKING A BUTTON STORAGE IDEA I always try to make my own storage solutions from stuff I have around the house so I can reuse them. This way I reuse what I already have instead of throwing it away. If don’t …
October 19th, 2010
Inside: how to make easy inchies and twinchies with your kids using leftover craft supplies Some of my friends call me the queen of leftovers because I always try maximizing my materials and using them in a smart way. I keep all my paper scraps, leftover stickers or rub-ons and I never throw any ribbon no matter how short it is. I try to use all my materials to their last inch, and that is exactly what I did this time…INCHIES! This was a fun project! I took some leftover papers, ribbons and other embellishments and made a few magnet inchies and twinchies to put on my fridge. WHY MAKE INCHIES AND TWINCHIES It’s a great way to use your stash and leftover craft supplies This is a fast project you can make in less than an hour Inchies and Twinchies are a great project to do with kids It’s an easy project that …
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