Happy Belated Birthday

John and I have been so busy that we forgot his grandma's 80th birthday. So, I am putting a card together for her and an envelope. It's so much easier when you can make your own envelopes and not have the cost of that or worrying about finding the right size. I had this really cute turtle stamp set that we used at a workshop. It had been since 2010 since the workshop. Needless to say, I tore my craft room apart looking for it.

It's been awhile since I've made cards. I have seemed to switch into making gifts, but I still love making cards. This is how this one turned out.

Front of the card and the envelope.

Just a little saying inside the card.

 

Hope you enjoy! Happy Crafting!!!

Shannon and Ellie (she was my assistant in making this card.)

 

Diaper Trike

I'm always looking for new ideas on different types of gifts to make. I'm also trying to come up with many different ideas for a craft fair that I want to be in. I came across the diaper trike and let me tell you after reseraching it, there are many ways you can make these. This was my first time making one, so it wasn't quite perfect, but it did the trick. The supplies you will need are size 1 or 2 diapers, ribbon, rubber bands, baby bottle, receiving blankets, bibs and socks. You can also put a bear on it. I took pictures along the way just to show you how I completed it. The first step was making the wheels. I used 15 diapers for the back wheels and you could techniqually use as many as you want as long as your front tire is bigger. You start out with rolling a diaper as tight as you can and than begin wrapping diapers around it. You will use rubber bands to hold the diapers in place. You will have to use more than one. Don't worry, you will hide the rubber bands with ribbon.

Back two tires

Then I moved on to the front tire. I used 20 diapers for the front wheel. Next time, I might experiment with different amounts.

 

I covered up the rubber bands with ribbon. I used Scor tape to hold the ribbons down. I've also seen people use safety pins.

Next, I started to put the trike together. You use the receiving blankets to hook the wheels together.

 

You run the blanket through the front tire and than put one side of each of the blanket into the back tires. Now, this is where I used a safety pin to hold the blanket together. Make sure you pull it tight so the tires don't move.

 

Front View

 

You take the next receiving blanket and put it through the front tire. It will stick up in the air. Next, you will slide a bib over to make a front fender. With the other bib, you will snap around the front to make a back fender. Now, put the bottle in between the blanket and than put rubber bands around it to form bunny ears. You will tie ribbon around that to hide the rubber bands.

This is what it looks like with the bottle and the socks on for the handle bars.

Side view

 

I ended up pinning the bear down, because I couldn't get it to stay. It seems like bears are hard to find when it's not a holiday season.

 

Well, for my first attempt I think I didn't do so bad. Enjoy!

 

Happy Crafting

Shannon

 

Update on Ribbon Wreath

As promised I would share the update as to what my ribbon wreath turned out to look like. Let me shared with you it look 3 boxes of stick pins and lots of ribbon...

 

 

Ribbon Wreath

So I've seen. Lot of different types of ribbon wreaths and I thought I would give it a shot. I know that there is a lot of different ways to make them, but I picked the one that looked the easiest. If your wanting to make this wreath, you will need a foam wreath, lots and lots of ribbon and either stick pins or hot glue. As I go I'm taking some pictures and than when I'm all finished I will post the final account.

First, here is what he wreath looked like when I bought it.

 

Once you open he wreath, you will need to wrap it with ribbon to cover up the foam. As you go, I put in pins to hold it down. When you start you can either hot glue he ends down or pin them

 

 

After you have wrapped the wreath. You need to cut lots and lots of ribbon.

 

 

Then you start forming circles with the ribbon and placing them around the wreath in different directions. This is how far I got tonight. Besides it taking lots of ribbon, it will take a lot of pins.

 

 

Updates to come!

 

Storage for Spellbinders

I had a question about how I store my Spellbinders. After many attempts of different types of tools/storage ideas, I found this system worked the best. I forgot what website I got them off, but will do some research and update. The website has the binders, plastic sleeves and the magnetic sleeves. Here are the pictures of what they looks like. More to come...

****  Update:  When I got home and settled down I did some research on the Internet as to where you can find these.  This is what I found, KaiserCraft  I have the 8.25 X 6 binder with the 6x4 storage packs.  I also bought the magnetic pieces to hold my spellbinders.

This is what it looks like inside  I put two magnetic sheets back to back in each pocket, so depending on the size of your spellbinders you might be able to fit more than one set on a sheet.

 

Journal Tin and Post It Note Holder

I desgined a new Journal Tin using a DVD tin and transformed it into something that holds a notebook, paper clip, a decorated pen and a small pocket on the left hand side. Here are a few pictures of what it looks like.

This is what the outside looks like when it is closed up.

 

This is what it looks like when it is open. As you can see on the left hand side there is a pocket and on the right hand side there is the paper clip, notepad and the pen.

 

Close up on the paper clip and the pen. Notice that I decorated the inside of the pen too.

These are great Christmas gifts, just because and a teacher's gift.

 

 

 

Now, here is the post it note holder

I used a piece of chip board for the platform and used scrapbook paper to cover the front and back. Than I used a binder clip and deocrated that to hold the post it note paper to the chip board. It's very easy to switch out the post it note pad when you run out of paper.

 

Happy Crafting

Shannon

 

Post it Note Holder

Here is a great gift to someone that either likes to take notes or a great teachers gift. It's very simple to make. You start out with a piece of chipboard. You can make it any size you want. Next you determine what paper you want to use to cover the chipboard with. I sprayed it with adhesive, but I also put Scor-tape along the edges to hold it. Once that is done, I let it dry for a little bit. Make sure to cover both the front and back of the chipboard. Next, you take a medium size binder clip and cover that with matching or coordinating paper of your choice. You can decorate the clip with ribbon as well. Here is what it looks like.

I wouldn't use yellow post it note paper on this pattern paper, but I wanted to show you what it look liked put all together. I am currently waiting for my white post it note paper to come in.

 

 

I would recommend leaving the clips up so that it's not covering your post it note. If you want, you could had a piece of magnetic tape behind it and that way it could stick to the refrigerator.

Another thing I tried was putting a piece of paper on one side and most papers have a coordinating paper on the back and than putting that paper on the back. That gives you an option of what side you want to stick the post it note too.

 

One side

 

Back Side

 

Hope you enjoyed the project! I am starting up my own Etsy page to start selling the different things I make. Keep a look out for that to come.

 

Happy Crafting

Shannon