Tangled T-scarf

Late last night I was browsing the inspirational treasure-chest that is Pinterest (love love love it!!) and stumbled upon this "gotta-try"-thingie. I actually almost got out of bed to try right then and there :)

Can you believe this is made from a t-shirt?? A cosy comfy scarf/neclace made with just a T-shirt and a pair of scissors. I just HAD to try this. :)
Now, the only colors I had at home was this beige or a bright bright red, and I didn't feel very red today.
I think I need to buy me some more colors now...

Sorry for the picture quality, they're kinda... beige. Hah!

good times meander fold mini album

So, this is my second mini album. I'm having SO much fun making these, and it really is super easy so I recommend you to have a go at it too. :) I found a tutorial on Youtube some time ago (sadly I can't remember exactly what it was so I can't give credits, but just search for "meander mini album" and I'm sure you'll get there), and first I couldn't almost believe that it was possible to make a mini with all this space for photos and tags, using just a single sheet of 12x12 paper for the pages. Whoever came up with that idea in the beginning?? Awsome. :)

 A sneak peak at all the tags and flaps sticking out everywhere. For the cover, I tried on a design that I thought out along the way, but I'll show you a better picture of that further down.

 Lots and lots of pages. Each page is 3x3" (7.5x7.5 cm), for obvious reasons. My "photo" stamp has been very useful lately...

 The upward-facing tags. Instead of ribbons I used buttons that I thought fitted this layout better.

 Two of the pages have pockets that are open both up- and sideways. Normally, one side would be closed but I wanted to do something new and left it open. This allowed for a cute felt flower "handle" in the corner that turned out pretty nice. The punched circle in the center was spot on!

 My blooming tags. :) The first one has two felt flowers with a punched circle center, but for the second one I used a plastic flower with two circles on one side, and for the other a smaller nylon flower and a brad center.

 For one of the pockets I made a double-tag with a flap. The ball-fringe adds a cool touch, or so I thought. :)

Ok, this is a closeup of my "cover design" with the front, back and spine all in one piece. Most likely someone has already done this, but I actually haven't seen it anywhere around. I like this style much better than previous one I made (forever love mini album), it's looks more like a book this way.
For my next one (already in progress) I'll make the weak spots (i.e. the folds) stronger somehow. Maybe add tape...? I'll let you know! :)

I'm entering in the following blog challenges with this post:

DYSU - Anything goes
Aud sentiment - Anything but a card (plus sentiment)
Allsorts - Free and easy
Crafts and me - Bright colors

forever love mini album

I've been meaning to try and make a mini album for a long time, they are sooo cute! This is my first try, a mini mini album, measuring 5x5 cm (2x2").

 To make the cover more sturdy, I used cardboard and glued it to the back and front of the album.
A nice butterfly paper enhanced with ice stickles, three blue gems and a stamped sentiment made a pretty front.

 The album pages are made from two long strips of paper, scored and folded accordion style. Each fold also makes pockets for tags, all but one facing upwards.

 Flipping through the pages. Place for photos and journaling tags, plus a tiny pocket with an extra tag.

Tags, with a piece of stapled ribbon for handle.

Cutie "I love you"-tag and the forward facing tag.

There you have it! I'm hooked.... and already working on my next mini. :)

And of course, some neat challenges. You know I love them :)

I'm entering my mini album here:

Secret crafter - Ribbons

Cute card thursday - You're a gem!

One stop craft - Stitching, faux or real

Aud sentiments - Use the word LOVE

DYSU - Ribbons

Creative craft world - Mini challenge

Stamping with the dragon - Anything goes

Simon says stamp - Anything goes

Papertake weekly - Happy highlights! (ice stickles and

glimmer mist on butterfly)

Crafty Ann's - What's new pussycat? 



sheer roses

The making of the Sunshine bag made me wanna do more see-through stuff, so here's another one for you.

 A rose is a rose is - in this case, a rub-on. I found a paper with the same rose shape as the rub-on (not even from the same brand), and used that for the backdrop.

It would have been even more cool if the roses were facing the same direction, but as it were they are laterally reversed. Naja, you can't have it all. :)  

 For the sentiment I made a tag and glued it to the inside of the bag, with a white rub-on frame on the outside. Both tag and frame continues around the corner, wich gives a nice touch.

So, once more, from the top. As you can see, I decided to go without the handles this time. The rose in the back already covered one if the holes so I just put a butterfly sticker over the other one.
To match that, I used a cute little charm along with the ribbon and bow on the front.

Now, I just need to find something to fill it with, and someone to give it too. :)

It's no fun without some nice blog challenges, so here goes:

Simon says stamp - Anything goes

Stamping with the dragon - Anything goes

DYSU - Ribbons

Crazy4 - Layer it on

Crafty Catz weekly - Things with wings

Secret crafter - Ribbon

MAWTT - Blooming marvellous

Crafts 4 eternity - Clean and simple



Sweets for my sweet

I know I haven't been very active here lately, and I'm sorry for that. I promise to shape up!

Meanwhile, a glimpse of one of the things that kept my focus elsewhere. Can you really blame me? ;)

Sunshine in a bag

As promised, no more christmas.  So how about I give you sunshine in a bag? It's just about time for some spring feelings. :)

I've got these adorable little plastic bags/boxes whatever you call it, and I just felt I needed to do something where I used the fact that they are transparent. 

 I came up with this 3D-look that I think turned out pretty nice. What do you think? ;)

The super-duper cute birdies are a see-through puffy sticker I've been longing to use but never found the right place for, until now. The row of flowers are cut from a scrap paper piece, and on top of that some sort of semi-transparent nylon flower, with a brad center.

I used various papers from my "leftover"-stash to create the backdrop. The sky already had clouds on it, but I added a few more, plus a cutout cloud for depth. For the sun a "check me out"-yellow and a bit of "spot on"-green as grass. ;)

I added a cloud and a hot air balloon to the front because I didn't want the knots to show...and I also had a little mishap with the cloud so now the front is all bubbly... :( Naja, happens.
Anyway. Later I found that the front cloud added a really cool effect to the whole thing, see? Ooh I like it when these things happen, unintentionally.

So, this is the back. I just cannot leave it with a white side facing out, so I added this sky piece with a pink birdie. Almost looks like it's saying something with the beak open like that, but I never found out exactly what....

I'm entering my bag in the following challenges:

Whoopsi Daisy - Anything but square

Dream Valley - Anything goes

One stop craft - Spots and ribbon

Timbroscrapmania - Wings



The very last of christmas

This week, while coughing and snoring (aint THAT typical January, seems I'm always struck with a cold this time of year) I went along and tossed out the trees - all three of them!! :) - and put my christmas back in the boxes. Always a bit sad to do so, cause we really like the holiday season in my home. But since we don't wanna have christmas ALL year around, it's bound to be done. 

Anyway. While doing that, I realised I forgot to post this little happy snowman greetingbox. Oh noo!!

It's app. 5 cm in diameter and if I remember correctly, the box was originally a bubblegum container. The lovely mr. Snowman is a sticker.

There were no actual purpose for doing this, but it's been a while since I last made a box like this and that's purpose enough for me.

A string of pearls, kinda. The lighting varies a lot in these photos, I'm sorry for that.

Wishing a merry christmas.

The following photos show the reverse side of each circle. 

Of course I had to add a little something to the bottom of the box too.

My next post won't be christmasy, I promise!! :D