It has arrived!!

Remember how I was telling you I was creating my very first hardcover book about my vacation to Washington DC over at http://www.storiesbyeveryone.com/?

Well it arrived a couple days ago and I want to share it with you. It is really cool because it is like a book you would purchase in the bookstore. I almost felt like my photos looked like a professional photographer because of the crispness, high quality paper the pages are, and because there they all were in a book! Anyway, the photos show the book in it's protective sleeve, the book cover, and two of the inside pages!

I also did a calendar which should be coming in a few days and when it does I will post pictures of it here as well.

I really do love creating pages by hand, but let me tell you that if you want to do gift calendars or gift books this is the way to go! Sometimes I really do not have time to scrap all the photos I want and it is wonderful to know this resource is there to help me when I get behind! And for those non-scrappers who read my blog, well here is your perfect solution! Pop your photos in place, do a little typing and you are done and have a beautiful memory to keep forever.

Sunday Make and Take

Ok, here is the second make and take for the weekend!

This is a cute little gift box using the brand new Heidi Grace Christmas line. What I love about this line is that it is full of soft non-traditional Christmas colors. So pretty!

To make this box you begin with a paper mache' box. Lay the cover face down on the plain side of your flocked paper and trace around it leaving about 1/4" all the way around. Cut on this line. Now make snips about every 3/8" and using Super tape or another strong adhesive fold each piece over. Now cover this with another patterned strip that will go around the rim of the cover.

Repeat the above for the bottom of the box. Your strip around the side will obviously be much wider.

I added some curly ribbon on the top of my box and then made a cute little gift tag using the XL Seal of Approval squeeze punch by Fiskars. I added a circle in the middle using the Fiskars Large Round 'n Round squeeze punch as well. To finish the tag off I added two hearts from the Heidi Grace chipboard.

This project only took me about 20 minutes! What a fast and easy way to make some little gift boxes for Christmas!

Enjoy!

Make and Take Weekend

Ok, I've decided to do a make and take weekend! So I have one project for today and another one for tomorrow!

I've created a quick and simple Christmas tag using Fiskars Ultra Shapexpress, the Christmas template, XL Tag You're it Squeeze punch, and the Cloud 9 Christmas Joy line! So here is how I made it---

Using your Ultra Shapexpress and the template cut out the ornament shape from your Cloud 9 paper. Next cut out the ornament topper as well and cover with glitter, adhere to your ornament. After that punch out your tag and ink the edges. Embellish with Cloud 9 stickers and tie on to the ornament with gold embroidery floss. Your tag is finished! You could also add some stickers to the ornament itself.

Ok, come back tomorrow for a little gift wrap and tag fun!

Free make and take is coming....

Stay tuned to my blog over the next couple of days as I will be posting a free Christmas make and take! We have to start getting ready with our hand crafted items, right? Tell everyone you know that is a crafter to start watching so they can get a head start on holiday creating!

Stamp winner!!!

Remember the random draw stamp contest for 150 posts on the blog? Well the winner I chose has not come forward and as promised I am choosing a new winner for these stamps. So see below!

Misvish said...
How sweet of you to do an RAK.I love this time of year too, the temperature is perfect, the colors are so beautiful, and there is HALLOWEEN...one of my favorite events.Karin #4472 - Fiskateer

Send me an e-mail with your mailing information so I can get these out to you! lfalduto@charter.net

Calendar!!!

Ok, the Stories By Eveyrone site now has the calendar up and ready to load your photos and journaling in. I think Calendars are a wonderful gift for the holidays as the people you give them to have photos to remember you all year long! Anyway, head over and check it out!

www.storiesbyeveryone.com

The best part is that you create one calendar and you are done. You can then order how ever many copies you need! It took me about 45 minutes to upload the photos, pop them into place, and then add my journaling. So 45 minutes and you could have 10 people knocked off your Christmas list!

Paper Crafts Gourmet

Did you guys see this new book? It looks really cool and it not only has paper crafting in it, it also contains cooking recipes as well as supply lists and instructions for the paper crafting projects!

Anyway, here is a link so you can check it out!

http://community.creatingkeepsakes.com/store/products/paper_crafts_gourmet