Getting ready for a Creative Christmas

Handmade gift wrap,

huge paper flowers,

paper bunting,

Washi tape notepads and gift bags......

these are a few of my favourite things....
 and we made them all during our class on Saturday.

These boxes and flowers are some of the easiest and

most stunning projects to make for Christmas.

Do them in any colour combo you like

and make the flowers really BIG.

When making your bunting, ensure that the

paper you use as backing, is strong enough.

Before you make the fold to cover the string,

you can also put down a piece of double sided tape
on that fold (but don't remove the backing).

This will prevent the string from pulling through your paper.



Many uses for one product, that is my kind of product.

Buy a ready made notepad. Cut a sturdy craft cardstock
slightly bigger than the notepad.
Do your scoring and folding.
Then make some washi tape or use ready made ones.
For this note pad, we made washi tape from tissue tape,
crinkle paper, a serviette (napkin) and some
Tim Holtz tissue wrap.
So much fun and so easy to work with.

The last project on the day was to use up all the self made

washi tape and decorate Christmas favour bags,

using doilies, rubber-stamping and loads of imagination!!

Thanks to all of you who joined us for this class.
As always, we enjoyed it with you! 

Scrapboxing!

Hi there! We are in the middle of the winter and as the days are starting to get longer and the nights shorter I decided to do a post on a project that I did for Craftwise magazine to promote my book Scrap it! in 2011. To my surprise the project was chosen as the front cover item for that particular issue.

Since then I received numerous request for the actual how-to of the box. The idea of the box is to store all your sewing / crafting / stationary in an organised and pretty box somewhere in your home. Instead of getting a box that you stick into a cupboard because it might not be appealing to the eye - with this quick and easy step-by-step instructions you could make your own masterpiece.

 

 

 

As published in Craftwise July / August 2011

I hope that this inspires you to get heated up for this winter and do some creative projects!

Creative greetings

Jaclyn

Snap Journal

It was bitterly cold on Saturday, but we had a wonderful class with

some very crafty ladies. Here are the photos as promised.

On the front cover we did stamping, masking and spraying.

We even used a bit of coloured texture paint.

(The texture paint is a Dala product.) 

 Remember to sew a button to the front cover and use a ribbon or

string from the back cover to close up the journal.

On the inside front, glue down the embellished envelope.

For the page on the left, cut out a few flags from card stock.

 Doodle the washing line and the borders around the flags.

Write down a quote.

For the page on the right we used Dala ink to colour the artist

water-colour paper. Some stamping, tissue tape and a bit of

glimmer mist were added to finish off the look and to create some depth.

On the corrugated paper we used acrylic paint and a foam stamp.

The edge was brushed with a sponge brush and the same acrylic paint.

The swirly stamp was stamped with white Brilliance ink and the tree

was stamped with black Archival ink.

Join the two seed envelopes with an off cut piece of paper to ensure they are stable.

Doodle all around the edges.

Dala Sunpaint was used to paint the canvas paper. Stamp on the canvas when the paint

is dry and use the same image to stamp onto old book paper. Cut out the images

and glue them down onto the canvas sheet. On a piece of raw canvas,

stamp a quote using black archival ink.

Remember you can do a lot of stitching or doodling to finish a look of each page.

 Glue down some card stock strips on both sides of your plastic pockets.

Make a hole template and use it on each page to mark the holes.

Punch the holes and assemble the book using metal rings.

Remember, this is your book, do as you please and enjoy the process.

LOL !

9 June 2012 Workshop Details

The three of us are hard at work in preparing for our next event.

In the first class you will be creating 9 quick cards suitable for

just about any occasion.

No previous card-making know-how is required!?

The second class will be all about creating your own Snap Journal.

Materials used will include fabric, envelopes, plastic pockets,

washi tape and papers of a variety of types, to name but a few.

You will learn about masking, stamping, layering, spraying

and a few other techniques.

The details are as follows:

9 June 2012

09:00 for 09:30 to 14:00

Rooihuiskraal Historical Terrain (Centurion)

R500 pp (includes all materials needed and some comfort food at tea time)

No need to bring anything with, except for an open mind

and reading glasses for the over 40's.

RSVP - email us to book your spot.

Looking forward to seeing you on the 9th!

More info on event of 14 April 2012

Our event of 14 April has a definite Mother's Day flavour.

The two projects planned for the day are ideal gifts for Mom

(or yourself if you no longer have a mother in your life!?)

Date:  14 April 2012

Rooihuiskraal Historical Terrain

Registration & coffee 08:30

Classes from 09:00 to 13:30

R500 pp buys you all materials needed to complete both projects, and refreshments between the 2 sessions.
RSVP Benice to reserve your spot

There will also be handmade goodies available for purchase on the day.

Jaclyn's project will be a recipe folder that can become a treasured heirloom.

Using traditional paper crafting techniques to create your own recipe folder, such as:
Stamping
Punching
Cutting and
Using tissue paper to create accents
Her session will ensure that you have heaps of fun while learning and gaining confidence to make your own work of art.

In Benice's class you will decorate a box and fill it with "Spa related" items that you will mix and decorate on the day:

Bath Salts

Diffuser oils

Sugar Hand Scrubs

Room misters

You will also learn how to create unique charms with shrink plastic and

transform metal tape into a faux soldered border.

Elna will be your hostess on the day and she's already making body butter candles and super sexy hot chocolate jars to die for.

(You will not be willing to part with them, but rather keep them for yourself!)

Friendship Canvasses

Hi everyone!

Thanks to all that attended our class on Saturday.

Here are the photos of the canvasses as I promised.

Remember Trick 7:

Place the double sided tape or 3D foam squares at the back of all your pieces of paper.

Remove the backing tape of a small piece.

Position and reposition every piece of paper, so that your layout make sense.

Then start removing the rest of backing tape.

With everything in position press down so that the glue can do its work. 

Cut out the centre of the doily and spray it with a glimmer mist.

Create a flower by using layers.

 Stamp the dress pattern image three times.

Once of craft paper, then on pink paper, then on green paper.

Cut out the two coloured images and adhere to the stamped image on the craft paper.

Place some small tags behind the mounted image.

Cut a craft envelope shorter and punch small holes through the top section

Create handles for the bag with wax cord.

Trim a doily, spray with glimmer mist and place inside the

shopping bag. Embellish the front.

Paint the sides of the three canvasses in a matching colour.

Use a border punch to alter some of the paper strips.

Use small elements form the paper to embellish all four sides of each canvas.

The paper I used for this project are from

Cosmo Cricket's UPCYCLE range.

I love the colours!

Keep well and thanks for stopping by.

Priority Mail!

Here are a few ideas for this handy little folder.

When hubby comes home and he needs to pay the bills,

you can hand it over to him in the folder.

Those school newsletters that keep on disappearing..

Let the kids put them in this folder so you can attend to it later.

On the inside there is an extra folder and a pocket to

help you keep things organized. 

You can stitch the project together for some added detail

or just go for the double sided tape!

This project will also be on sale Saturday.

An ideal gift. Lots of small cards and tags inside.

See you Saturday!

Love in a Tin - sneak peek

Jaclyn, Elna & I are very busy with our preparations for our
event taking place on 4 February.

Here is a sneak peek at what I have in store for you in my class "Love in a Tin".

And just in case you've forgotten what Elna will be teaching, this what one of the canvasses will look like.

There are still a few spots left - so let me know if you would like to join us, by clicking here.

Thank you for visiting!

Document Holder

Hi everyone!

Here is something to welcome you to our blog.

You can buy this document holder at most big stationary supplies stores.

I have altered mine to keep my travel documents in one place.

I used:
Three sheets of patterned paper,
a sticker sheet,
bits of ribbon and
some paper tape. 

Double sided tape and Mono Aqua glue will work well to adhere your papers to the holder.

Put down some double sided tape to the inside flap,

Place the paper on the inside.  Turn the document holder

over and trace around the hole in the small flap.

Cut out the small piece of paper using a craft knife.

The photo above is what you are aiming for.

Measure and cut the inside paper so that you

leave the bend in the middle of the document holder open.

Adhere with double sided tape.

Now cover the bend with the paper tape.

Use any stickers to pretty up your work of art!

Turn out the side flaps and cover them with paper.

With your other patterned paper you can create an

inside folder to assist in easily lifting out the content.

Make two folds in the middle of this folder as per the photo above.

Use a corner rounder punch to finish off the four corners.

For the outside of the flap, cut the paper into any shape you like.

Use the same shape and cut another piece. Glue together.

Embellish with the rest of the stickers and some black card stock.

Stick down the ribbon and if you want to...

add a few stamped images of your choice.

Thank you for stopping by!