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Apr 30, 2013

How To-sday | Add a Circular Window

Melodee Altering, Guest Designer, How To'sday, Layout, Uncategorized Comments

Today’s How To-sday post comes from the fabulous Charity Hotrum. I have admired her style for quite some time now. I even got to meet her in person at the Mall of America last year. Charity and Judy took one of the classes I taught. Hanging out with them was definitely a highlight from my trip!

Here we go, check out what Charity has created.

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Circular Window

Layering circle cut frames of cardstock makes a great base for a one-of-a-kind layout. Add a little scrapbooking mist and you’ll discover how easy it is to distress and curl your paper in one easy step.

Supplies needed:

10 inch dinner plate with a deep rim
3 sheets of 12 x 12 cardstock
Scrapbooking Mist
Assorted Brads
Circle Cutter

Directions:

Step 1:Cut a 9.5 inch circle from the exact center of the back of a sheet of cardstock.

Step 2:Lay the cardstock over the dinner plate and spritz the edge of the circle.

Step 3:Turn the cardstock over and curl the edges of the circle away from the hole.

Step 4:Cut a 9.5 inch circle from the exact center of a second piece of cardstock.

Step 5:Layer the three sheets of cardstock so that the misted sheet is on the top and the uncut sheet is underneath. Attach the stacked cardstock with the brads.

Step 7:Stitch around the edge of the circular window, add photo, and embellish.

Stop by this blog post for more info.

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Thanks for sharing Charity! What a cool effect for a layout! Be sure to check back tomorrow for the start of our new Mid Week Mojo Peridot Series.

Apr 29, 2013

Happy Birthday BabySteals! | Monday Craft Madness #23

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We all love a party and this week at STEALS.com we are having a doozie. To celebrate BabySteals 5th birthday, we used Graphic 45′s Little Darlings Collection to help start the festivities. Our Monday Craft Madness Theme this week is:

Babies!

Create something either with a baby theme, for a baby, or a layout with a photo of when you were a baby.

Now when having a birthday celebration we need to start with invitations and decorations. Check out the decorations the party!

I created a banner to celebrate this awesome milestone. I can’t believe BabySteals is already 5 years old!

The invitations to the party are simple, but with a little added extra. Don’t be afraid to have each of your hand made invitations a little different. This way you can use up your stickers and embellishments and save a little money at the same time.

My favorite item is the party favors. While crafting, I asked my daughter (who doesn’t scrapbook ) to help she kept coming up with crazy ideas. ”How about we just put all of these things in a pile and tie a bow around it all” was her best advice. Well while she was playing with the Fancy Pants Chipboard Banner, we came up with creating some party favor holders. I am kind of in love.

Enjoy the celebration and check out this Birthday Week page all week for fun and excitement from all STEALS.com sites!

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In case you haven’t had a chance to join in Monday Craft Madness for this month, you have until May 3rd to play along. Here are the previous themes:

MCM #22 – Gift Giving

MCM #21 – Tags

MCM #20 – Family

MCM #19 – Alter It!

If you’d like to enter to win the March Monday Craft Madness prize:

Create a project (a card, layout, altered project, or any other craft your heart desires) using any of our weekly themes! You have until the Friday after the final theme is posted to create your project and upload a photo of it somewhere online with a link to this post in the caption. To enter to win, simply leave a comment on our blog with the link to your project! We’ll choose a random winner and they’ll be the lucky recipient of a $20 prize pack from ScrapbookSteals.com at the end of the month!

Just note that this is separate from Mid Week Mojo, so you’ll have at least two fun projects a week you can dive into.

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Come back tomorrow for a fantastic How-To from Charity Hotrum!

Mar 25, 2013

Fancy Pants Designs Time for Spring Collection | Monday Craft Madness #19

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The Fancy Pants Designs Time for Spring Collection is such a super cute collection, I loved creating this week’s projects. The collection is girly with lots of fun flowers and teapots in pinks, browns, blues and creams. There are adorable die cut words, flowers and frames, and coordinating alphabet stickers that finish off this collection perfectly. This week’s Monday Craft Madness theme…

Tea for Two!

Use the tea party/picnic theme, or use the number two as part of your title/sentiment on your projects!

The first thing you need for the tea party is an invitation! I decided to cut out a teapot shape on my Silhouette and use this for the front of the card.

The papers are just perfect for cute little teapot, and I love the word and flower die cuts for a little added decoration.

I then decided to make a cute little ‘teabag’ gift bag.

Again, I used my silhouette with the matching papers and embellishments. This is definitely MY cup of happy!

And lastly, you can’t go to a tea party without cakes! I decided to cover this plain white cupcake box with the same papers.

I first used a brown ink pad to ink around all of the edges of the box, so that there were no white edges showing after I had covered the box with papers. I then just measured each side, inked the edges of the papers and stuck them on!

The die cuts were then added to the front for decoration and to tie all the pieces together.

I hope I have inspired you to start work on your ‘tea for two’ projects this week. Remember, they can be any project you like – there are so many possibilities!

And in case you haven’t had a chance to join in with the Monday Craft Madness themes this month, don’t forget you have until 29th March to play along. Here are the themes:

MCM #16 – Stamp It!

MCM #17 – Shades of Green

MCM 18 – A World of Washi!

Just remember to have fun!

If you’d like to enter to win the March Monday Craft Madness prize:

Just note that this is separate from Mid Week Mojo, so you’ll have at least two fun projects a week you can dive into.

Don’t forget to check back in with us tomorrow a How To’sday post by Guest Designer Kristina MacKeen!

Mar 18, 2013

My Mind’s Eye Decorative Tape 8-pack | Monday Craft Madness #18

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The My Mind’s Eye Decorative Tape 8-pack got to be one of my current favorite ‘go-to’ embellishments! I have developed a washi obsession – it seems to be appearing on almost all of my latest projects! I just LOVE the different colors and patterns that can be found on the My Mind’s Eye tapes, and had so much fun creating a variety of projects this week. This week’s Monday Craft Madness theme…

A World of Washi!

Use washi tape on your projects!

I decided to make a fun collection of crafts this week – just in time to give you that crafty inspiration for all of your Easter projects. I first decided to make some Easter Wall Art, then a washi card and an Easter wreath!

I love seeing the different wall art themes that you can buy in the shops these days. So simple, yet so effective. I decided that I would do an Easter themed wall art using a cutting file from Silhouette with the different colored washi tapes underneath.

I painted an old picture frame and added washi strips and flowers to the frame for extra interest.

The Easter card was so quick and simple to make too!

The washi was used as a background embellishment and around the edge of the card to add a little more color. The image was from Bugaboo which I colored using prismacolor pencils.

When Brittany suggested making an Easter wreath, it seemed like a great idea! Then I thought ‘Oh! How do I do this with washi?’ This wreath was actually super simple to make! I bought a polystyrene wreath, which I painted white, and then began wrapping strips of the washi around it. I loved the effect!

I then tried wrapping the washi directly onto the plastic eggs, but it just kept creasing and didn’t look good! I ended up folding the washi in half lengthways and then sticking this around the eggs.

I hope I have inspired you to start work on your ‘washi’ projects this week. Remember, they can be any project you like – there are so many possibilities!

And in case you haven’t had a chance to join in with the Monday Craft Madness themes this month, don’t forget you have until 29th March to play along. Here are the themes:

MCM #16 – Stamp It!

MCM #17 – Shades of Green

Just remember to have fun!

If you’d like to enter to win the March Monday Craft Madness prize:

Just note that this is separate from Mid Week Mojo, so you’ll have at least two fun projects a week you can dive into.

Don’t forget to check back in with us tomorrow a How To’sday post by Winter Design Team Member Cristine Redmond!

Mar 12, 2013

How To-sday | A Scrappy Altered Book

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Today’s How To-sday comes to you from Winter Design Team member Lisa Spiegel. Lisa shows us how to alter a vintage book using your ordinary scrapbooking supplies to create some fantastic, dimensional embellishments! Simply adorable!

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Happy Tuesday! Lisa here, to show you the How To’s of making this pretty altered book using your scrapbook supplies. I saw a photo of a similar one on Pinterest, (and I apologize that the pin didn’t take me to the original source) and I knew I had to make one with a vintage book I had laying around.

DIY handmade tutorial for an altered book with Lisa Spiegel

First, gather your supplies. I used a Maya Road envelope, some Pink Paislee ribbon, a Bazzill Basics rhinestone button, a Maya Road flower and leaves, a piece of chipboard from Crate Paper, a Jenni Bowlin butterfly, some twine, and some vintage paper. I later added a little tag from Pretty Little Studios and a banner from Elle’s Studio.

Next, make the ribbon flower.

Simply wrap the ribbon round and round until you like the flower shape, then glue it down to a circle of paper. Remove the flower from the package but save the little plastic clip.

Using the shank of the button, push it down through the paper circle and use the plastic clip that was attaching the button to the packaging to secure the button to the flower.

Now you have a ribbon flower.

Using the twine, wrap it round and round the book securing the envelope and the vintage papers under the twine.

Assemble the chipboard, flowers, leaves, tags, and butterfly to your liking.

Add glue under the pieces to adhere them to the papers or envelope.

And there you have it! A beautiful altered book made with your scrapbook supplies! Enjoy!

Thanks for letting me share!

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Lisa, thank you so much for sharing with us today! I LOVE this adorable vintage book – you have just transformed it beautifully! If you have an idea that you would like to share as a How To-sday tutorial, please send your photos and directions to ksharrock@steals.com.

Have a great day and be sure to stop by tomorrow for an all new Mid Week Mojo sketch – Amber #4!

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How To-sday | Add a Circular Window

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Circular Window

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Happy Birthday BabySteals! | Monday Craft Madness #23

Babies!

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Fancy Pants Designs Time for Spring Collection | Monday Craft Madness #19

My Mind’s Eye Decorative Tape 8-pack | Monday Craft Madness #18

How To-sday | A Scrappy Altered Book

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