Family Mini Fold Out Book

Hi everyone... I have another quick and easy share today using our new 3D Vignette Mini Book Dies.  This is an easy style of book to make in that it's just a simple fold out style with small pockets that you can put pictures and other things in to mail or give someone.  This one i did for my sister to send a gift card and other goodies that i found for her about our family.  The papers are from a new line of Prima and have lots of pretty vintage flowers and other fun ephemera bits to decorate with.  I had so much fun doing this one !

For the inside of this you can cut the 6x6 pad to make the pocket layers for each of the sides to start with.  Then i added small cards to add the pictures and die cut tags to slide in the gift cards.  The sentiments and other pieces are from the ephemera set that goes with the papers so it all went together really easy.  

This die is a real gem.  The border is super cute to use as decoration or to also cut out of the paper to add a little something special to a plain fold or layer of a project.  I used this for the front to add more of a lacy detail to my corners and try something different.  

Here is the picture of the die cut set i used for the front.  I love using this piece for lots of different things.  It works perfects for 6s6 books and looks great on the front of a card too.

And here you can see the whole thing better.  Along time ago Pine Cone Press used to have a simple white base for this card and we used to glue them together to make fold out cards that went up and down and all kinds of fun ways.  It's fun to use old ideas new ways and with new papers.  You never know how cute it will come out.

Have a really nice day.... Teresa

Supplies:

Spellbinders

Shapeabilities Grand Vaulted Cabinet Etched Dies 3D Vignette Mini Album Collection by Becca Feeken

Shapeabilities Woven Trellis Corners and Border Etched Dies 3D Vignette Mini Album Collection by Becca Feeken

Paper:  Prima Papers by Frank Garcia and Prima 

Adhesives: Scrapbook Adhesives by 3L

Ribbons: Silk 1/4 ivory ribbons

Just for you

What better way to start a Sat then by creating something gorgeous with dies from Becca Feeken.  I have a really pretty card to share that i created this week with her new "Tiered Rosettes Etched Die set".  I did alot of layering on this one so look close and see if you can see all the different dies i used.  It's so much fun to use them in different ways and i even used printed papers this time to make it so that the die cuts would look more marbled.  What do you think?  It really makes the details in the dies stand out.

So to begin with you will need the new Julie Nutting 6x6 paper pad from Prima and you are going to cut out a pink die cut from the "Emmeline Treillage" die.  Glue that on the pink and ivory printed paper and mat it with ivory like you see above.  Then you can make a pink 2" border out of the same paper using just the edge of the Tiered Rosettes die and glue that down the center.  And to make it even more fun i cut the XOXOXO border from the pink rose paper and put that down the center of the pink lacy border.  Then you can mat it with light pink card stock and then glue it on an ivory card.

And for the rosette i used that same pink rose paper and cut two of the folded rosette piece and created that pretty rosette under the bow.  They are super easy to make and you can layer them too.  But--- i wanted my card to be really lacy--- so i created a big fluffy bow in pink bias ribbon and added a gorgeous brad from Prima in the center.  

And to finish it off i cut/embossed a cute ivory tag stamped with For You from the "Graceful Tiny Tags set".  It's fun to layer all the beautiful lacy patterns and if you mix them in the just the right way it really works together nicely.  

And there is lots of other fun ideas you can do with this die so be sure and check the rest of the Amazing Paper Grace DT for other ideas this week.  Enjoy your weekend!!

Teresa

Supply List:

Spellbinders Tiered Rosettes Etched Dies

Spellbinders Emmeline Treillage

Spellbinders Graceful Sweet Words

Spellbinders Graceful Tiny Tags

Prima Julie Nutting 6x6 paper pad

Frank Garcia brads

Scrapbook Adhesive by 3L 

Lacy in Pink

Sometimes you find a very special die that you really love because everything seems to work great in it.  This new die called "Isabella Frame" from Becca Feeken is one of those gorgeous dies you can use so many ways and this lovely sentiment from Quietfire Design works great inside of it don't you think.  The stamp is called "Where flowers bloom" and I adore this stamp because it so says alot about me personally and i am forever doing something and never standing still so I just had to use it.  

I was rummaging around and cleaning up my scrap room and came across these gorgeous vintage papers that i had put away.  The paper colors layered really well over each other and the stamp i did in a rich cocoa to give it a nice vintage feel.  

To finish my card i just added a few pretty flowers on the side and tied a cute bow with seam binding ribbon.  And wha la!!  It's all done and ready to mail.  

And that's all for today but i have lots of things to share so be sure and check back soon.

Big Hugs...Teresa

Crafty Secrets Halloween card up today

I had some time this morning before i went off to the castle and whipped up this cute

 Halloween card using some of my favorite papers tags from Crafty Secrets. I really

loved the cute images on the CS Halloween Vintage cuts and all the papers went great!! 

They have so many cute things that you can use to decorate and do all those scrapbook

pages of your holiday afterwards too.  You can find them here so take a peek.....

So-- for the papers you will have to print some from the Halloween CD and the 

Topography CD.  I matted all the layers and popped them up with 3D Foam dots 

so that it would make each layer stand out more.  And i also chalked all the layers

with Gingerbread chalk ink to give it a more rustic feel.  The flowers i had in my

stash of things and i mixed lots of styles and colors to go with the colors in the picture. 

It's definitely not a mailed card but i am sure i can find someone to give it to with

some sweet holiday treats this year.  I found an wonderful recipe for pumpkin 

cheesecakes in a jar so I guess i better get everything and make up a batch.

Thanks so much for stopping over and have a wonderful day!

Really Reasonable Christmas Challenge

It's time for another Challenge up on the RRR Blog today and wow it seems

like time is rushing by really fast these days.  Our weather is super hot still

here in California so it feels more like July but I know that Christmas is

going to be just around the corner for us all.  So... all of us at RRR are doing

some fun projects with the new Christmas ribbons to share....

So roaming around Micheal's i found these neat metal ornaments and 

thought how fun to decorate them up for Christmas this year.  They already

have the cuts in them so i really didn't have to add much at all.  The ribbons

i used to hang them are from the new "Christmas Monthly Ribbon Club" and

went perfect with my papers from Simple Stories.  

For this one i thought it would be fun to add it straight on to a tag and

make a card out of it.  This line has some fun things already done so

it makes it quick and easy to create.

And for my ornament i used some of the stickers and added 3D foam

squares on the backs and made a little snow scene.  I am a huge snow

man fan so i really love this one.  He is so cute!

And since ribbon makes everything so much better i added some

to these napkin rings i had for the holidays and now they are

ready for a fun festive evening during the holidays....

Thanks for stopping by and don't forget to check out all the other

projects for the challenge and be sure and enter yourself....

Have a really wonderful day!!  Teresa

Crafty Secrets Halloween ideas

Hi Everyone and I am so happy that you dropped by today.  This month

for Crafty Secrets we get to start using some of the adorable images and

papers for Halloween and today i have a few things that i made with the

Creating with Vintage Halloween CD#4 and 

To start my projects i printed lots of the printed papers from the Halloween

CD in orange, greens and purples.  For the Fortune telling bookmark i used

one of the images from the "Halloween Images and Journal notes". It was super

easy to make just by matting the image and adding pretty ribbons to it.  

And for my card i used the papers and added the Halloween Greetings image

 from the Creative Scraps Halloween page.  "Vintage Cuts Halloween" is also

a fun one to use for cards and things... there is lots of cute images on both. I also

used Tsukineko Chalk ink in black to make the edges stand out more.  This is

a quick and easy idea so that you don't have to mat them.

And lastly this cute little treat box is a printable that you just print out

as many as you want, score them and fill them with goodies to give.

It was super easy and i even cut a few scraps to line the inside with.

Thanks so much for stopping over and hope you have an

amazing weekend.  It's off to the castle for me today to meet princess

so it should be a really fun day!!  Take care... Teresa

Crafty Secrets Mom Card

It's been a busy week trying to catch up with projects and i think i

am doing pretty good this month.  So today i made a quick card with one

of the Creative Scraps by Crafty Secrets called "Birds and Blossoms".

This set has 2 sides filled with cute photos of little birds,

flowers, little girls and sentiments.  And i thought with the colors

of paper that i printed from my "Creating Vintage Patterns CD" 

it would go perfect.  I layered two of the patterns with cardstock

and cut a few layers of ivory to match the image with a Spellbinders

die.  Then i just added some seam binding ribbon from RRR in

ivory and this pretty green to match and a flower and it was all done.

There is so many pretty images in the set i will have to make

up a couple more of them.  Here is a photo of the set below.

Thanks so much for stopping over and be sure and go check

out some of the great sale items on the website this week.

Have a wonderful weekend... Teresa

New RR Ribbon Challenge for July

We have a new challenge up on the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog using the

new July Ribbon Collection with lots of beautiful black and white ribbons.

The challenge is to make anything you like and just add one color to it.

So for my project i decided to use this letter that i have had around for

awhile to use up on the wall with some photos frames.  I decided to paint

it black to match the frames and then i cut out a pattern for the papers and 

glued them inside so that it would have a black frame and pop too.

All the papers are from Crafty Secrets and i printed out what i needed for it

and it was really easy and the patterns went with the ribbons perfectly.

The ribbons are all from the July Ribbon Club Collection and just a few flowers for

my one color that i had in my stash of things.  The large ribbon in the back is

May Arts Black Webbing and i really like the extra texture that it adds to the other

ribbons and flowers in the cluster. And i also used a punch on the top and below

the band in the center for just a little bit more design.  And now it's ready to put

up with my photo college and i have one more project ticked off my list :)

Thanks so much for stopping over and don't forget to create something

fun for our challenge for a chance to win some of these gorgeous ribbons.

Have a wonderful day....Teresa

It's time for the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog Hop....

Hi all you ribbon lovers out there...it's time for another fun hop for July with

all of our designers on the RRR Crew.  Today we have lots of fun ideas to share

and i hope that all of you will get a little inspired and make something fun.

So if you started at the beginning on RRR Blog hop--- you should

be arriving from Karen's blog here....

And my project that i am sharing is a piano notebook that you can use

as a journal or whatever else you might need to jot down to keep.

I love this months ribbons because they pretty much go with everything.

I used them to tie on the side for bookmarks.. super easy...

And i had enough paper to make a quick card too.  I use the sheer black
ribbon to make up a bow and added a pretty rhinestone in the center.
The paper comes with the border on it and i trimmed the bottom to give
it a little more pizazz.  For the sentiment i stamped it in black and
cut it out with a Spellbinders oval.  It was super easy and quick!

Thanks so much for stopping over and it's time to hop on over to
Jenn's Blog and see what she has to share this month....

Happy Crafting everyone :)

Crafty Secrets Baby Plaque

Hi Crafty peeps it's another gorgeous Monday here in California and it's time 

to share another fun project this week using the Crafty Secrets Digital CD's.

If you didn't know already Crafty Secrets also carries chipboard products

to buy too and lots of things that are already to cut and out and create with.

Today i used one of the chipboard shapes along with papers from the

Typography CD #3.  The sentiment is from the Words from the Heart- 

Celebrations of Joy Quotes and Expressions book.  All i had to do was

fussy cut it out and add some matching ink to the center and sides of it.

The flowers are a mixture of things that i had in my box of goodies

and luckily i found enough that looked good to really make it fun.  And then

i punched 2 holes in the sides and added a pretty piece of seam binding

ribbon to hang it up with.  I hope you like it and be sure and check out

all the other amazing and fun products on the website here......

Pretty spring flowers

It's finally Friday and the end of a long and busy week for me.  I had

lots of fun at work this week and met alot of amazing people as always

and it put me in great spirits so my crafty mojo was really good too.

Today i have one of many projects to share this month from Crafty

Secrets and i am really having lots of fun printing my own things with

their digital files.  It is so nice to be able to print another if you mess

up or if you just need a bit more for a brilliant idea that you come

up with in the middle of the night.

I made this pretty lilac flower card to send to my mother in law

because she really loves these pretty flowers and so do I.  I printed

the papers from both the Vintage patterns CD and the Vintage Topography 

CD #3.  Each of the layers is a subtle print that is from the layer

on the very bottom of the card.  The die is from Spellbinders

and is called Grate Effect.  I cut and embosssed it in ivory so that it looked

like a pretty trellis with the flowers in the front.  And to finish it

i added pretty satin ribbons in pink and lavender to match it.

And i also did a second card with one of the other flowers on

the sheet that i printed out.  This one is a pretty sunflower and i 

went a totally different way by using aqua's and tans to go with it.

I love these colors together and it really sets off the adorable little bird
and the flower in the picture.  And the pretty bias ribbons from RRR
are perfect with it too.  I think this one will go over to my grandma this
week with a long letter to say hi and catch up with things.

Have a wonderful day and thanks for stopping by!! 

RRR Aqua/ Coral challenge ....

Today i have a quick and simple project up using the new April Ribbon Club

assortment.  Our challenge is to use these colors in any project that you can 

think up so i picked up a cute flagged chalkboard at my local hobby store

that i thought was cute and added lots of pretty flowers and ribbons to it.

There is a couple of the ribbons that i really loved so i used those 2 at the
top and tied a pretty double bow with both of them.  One is the
Satin with Grosgrain edge and the other is Roses with scalloped edge in aqua.
 Then i slipped in a few flowers and some swirls that i cut with a Spellbinders die.

Across the top i used Spellbinders new die by Becca Feeken called Swirl Bliss.
I wanted to create a metal finish like cooper to match it so i used copper ink
from Tsukineko and inked the entire piece and then embossed it with clear detail
embossing powder from Stampendous.  The top of the chalkboard came with
a jute tie but i changed it out with some wire that i had and made that little
swirl on the side to hold a piece of chalk so i can write messages on it.

If you ever have any questions be sure and leave me a comment and i
would be happy to try and answer it if i can... Thanks so much for stopping
over today and hope you have a very nice week...

Teresa

it's time for our RRR Blog Hop....

It's time for our RRR Blog Hop today and this month we have a beautiful ribbon

assortment to use.  It's filled with gorgeous aqua's and peachy pinks so you will

love all the things our team has done with it to share.

April Ribbon Club Assortment

So if you started on the hop from the beginning here then you should

have hopped over from Heathers blog......

 For my challenge project today i decided to look ahead to summer and create

a fun little mini book filled with lots of folds and pockets that i can put my

vacation pictures in.  I love having a few types of these books so i can be ready when
i get all my photos done and put them inside of it.  The papers i used 

for this are from My Minds Eye and i also used the wood pieces and the stickers

that came with the set.  I really like the colors and patterns on this one.

To make this book you just need some 12x12 card stock- and cut it in half to make

it 6x6 when you fold it.  The back is started with a criss cross and then i added

envelopes and other papers to make pockets.  I used bits of ribbon to create the

brightly colored borders on it and decorate each of the pages.  I also used a sheet
of Basic Grey adhesive letters and stickers that went with it perfectly.

  

On this one you can see the polka dot gross grain in the set.

Here you can get more of an idea of how the basic book looks.  On the

tan paper sides with arrows i cut pockets for travel goodies and photos and

then used a pretty piece of checkerboard satin ribbon to decorate each of them.  I also

added a few photo chipboard pieces and adhesive words i wanted.

This page has the cutest red travel paper and i thought that a piece

of ivory crochet lace would look really good on it- so i glued it to the side

and added another of the photo boxes to fill in later.  There is so many

more pages but it's good to get you inspired to do your own for the summer

and get ahead.  Can't wait to go on a new adventure......

And....Now it's time for you to hop on over to Jenn's blog for

another cute idea to use the new April ribbon club collection .
I am sure she has something amazing to share with all of you.

Have a wonderful and crafty day.... Teresa 

RRR Bright Spring Colors Challenge is up

Happy Spring to all of you that have tiny flowers popping up where you live!  It's

been a funny weather season for us here in California but my spring bulbs are just

beginning to pop up and I think i will have some beautiful blooms to see soon.

Our challenge over on the Really Reasonable Ribbon blog this time is bright

spring colors and ribbons so i decided to make up a quick canvas with some

really pretty ribbons and papers that matched by Kaiser Kraft.

Sometimes you can find the perfect papers to create something and this one went

together in a snap just for that reason.  The papers had the words on it and lots of

fun layering already so i started with a black back round and then added bits of torn
and distressed paper to make the layers.  I also added my favorite Versa Mark
 inks from Tsukineko called Sea Breeze and Midnight Black.  They went perfect.

This was my perfect chance to use some of my favorite ribbons from the RRR

May Arts collection in this gorgeous shade of pink melon.  It ties the most
beautiful bows and has the prettiest lines in it.  It's called Textured two tone rose
and actually comes in lots of other colors that you can see here.

All these fun banners came with the sticker sheet so i used them up on the top

and attached some RRR bakers twine on it with lots of loops across it.

And here is a closeup of the stenciled dots and glitter paste that

i used from Deco art and Fab Scraps.  I love to add those fun layers of

texture on my projects to make it more fun!

Thanks so much for stopping over and be sure and join us on the 

challenge this month.  It's going to be lots of fun :)

RRR Blog Hop for March

Hi Everyone it's the middle of March already and were are geared up here

waiting for the flowers of spring to pop up everywhere with a fun blog

hop for you all.  I decided to create a pretty photo board with this piece of

wood that i got at my local scrapbook store and some flowers.  It's super

quick and easy and you can put any photos on it after the holiday too!

If you just started on the hop be sure and go back to the

RRR blog and start there otherwise you should be coming from

Heather's amazing blog to me....

So my projects that i am sharing with the amazing Ribbon Club Assortment 
this month and a few of my favorites are a Spring Photo stand and a pretty
decorative box to put out or give a little something special to someone in.
I found the photo stand at HL and painted it white first then sanded it and put
and then painted it again.  Then i found this pretty printed kraft paper and made
 a pattern and cut it out.  Then i glued it on the front.  Then i added lots of flowers,
greenery and ribbons with a hot glue gun.  I used the turquoise, purple and
 light blue ribbons in the set.  Oh and i tucked in a few WOC leaves to
fill in just a little bit more. It came out nice and bright and now i can add a fun
photo from Easter or something fun to remember and share for spring.

Here is a closeup of the flowers and ribbons that i put in it.

And because i hate storing scraps of paper i had a small chipboard
box so i just cut small squares to fit the sides and top and i also inked
around all the papers with gingerbread chalk in from Tsukineko.

And I used Cream Mesh Ribbon to tie the bow and then added
some Natural Burlap string and Arianna natural crochet lace around the
 top.  And i had some pretty ivory flowers and tiny babies breath that i
tucked in under the flowers to finish it.

So off you go now to Jenn's blog to see what incredible

project she has to share with you this month....

Thank you so much for stopping over and hope that
everyone inspires you to create something fun to celebrate spring!

Teresa

It's time for the RRR Blog hop for February

It's already February can you believe it and time for our RRR blog hop.

This month we have such fun colors to use with our Monthly Ribbon

Assortment and i had a wonderful idea to create a special recipe box.

If you started our hop from the beginning you should have
hopped on over from Heather's  blog....

and now it's my turn so let's get started for my share today...

Sometimes for me it's the paper that really gets me inspired and this
paper pack from Heartfelt creations really made this work i think.
All the papers were beautiful spring colors and the patterns were amazing
to work with my spring idea using all the flowers with a birdcage I die cut.

I used lots of the Wild Orchid Gardenias mixed in with a few roses and just a few
of the WOC Sweetheart blossoms in white.  Then i just added some purple seam binding
 ribbon that i sprayed and scrunched with water and some leaves and stamens. I love
all these colors together and it really makes it bright and cheerful.

The box was really nice and i got that from my local craft store and it had the
recipe card spacers in it already so that part was really easy to do.  I just
covered each of them with different papers and then used ribbons from
the Feb Ribbon Assortment to tie around each of them. And wha laaa!!
Done and ready to fill with yummy things to cook or give as a present,
I really haven't decided yet what i want to do with it yet.

If you haven't seen it already here is the February Ribbon Assortment.
The colors are really fun to work with and you will see lots of fun ideas
this month from all of us on the blog using them so be sure and check it out.

Thanks so much for stopping over and the next person on the hop for
you to go and visit is the amazing Jenn Cochran ....

Have a really wonderful day!

Teresa

RRR Blog Hop for January

Hi Everyone and welcome to our Blog hop for January on the RRR design team.

Today i have a fun book to share with all of you for Valentines and it's filled

with lots of ribbons and lace from the January Ribbon Club Assortment.

So if you started from the beginning you should have

hopped over from Heathers' blog....

and--- we are ready to get started on my project i guess...

I had one of those really cute G45 mini box books in my stash so

i combined that with some new papers from Simple Stories and their

stickers and lots of ribbons and flowers from RRR and this is what i came up

with.  The colors are really pretty together and it went together pretty quick. I 

also had some metallic edged satin ribbon i added to it and some in tulle in red.

I really love the tags on this set.  They have some really cute sayings.

Love this check ribbon on this page... so cute

with the little typewriter tag :)

So now it's time to hop to our next designer and that is Jenn's Blog....

I am sure you will have lots of great inspiration waiting for you :)

Have a great day.... Teresa