The Papercraft Nook

Thursday, 2 October 2014

Hello My Crafty Friends.
Today I am sharing my very first Design Team Project for a fantastic Challenge Group.
Re-cycle, Re-Purpose and Re-Invent.
I am such a hoarder of all sorts of items from softdrink can ring pulls, to cereal boxes and everything in between. So what a perfect group to to use some of my hidden goodies.
I am so honoured to be part of this team and work along side such lovely ladies. Oh, and did I mention we are having a blog hop.
But first, my first project for Re-cycle, Re-Purpose and Re-Invent.
I made this mini album almost entirely from recycled materials and objects.

I used several (well 7) images from CS Designs. The papers were free halloween printables - just search free halloween papers and they will pop right up.

Aren't the images just amazing.

Now, to the fantastic blog hop.

To help us Celebrate the grand re-opening on Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-Invent.

There are 7 blogs participating in this Hop and 6 Great Prizes to win. Because we want you to become acquainted with our fabulous new team you must visit and leave a comment on Every Participating Project Post along the way in order to be eligible to win any of our prizes.
There will be 6 winners altogether:

3 will be chosen from all the comments left on our participating posts

2 will be chosen from all those that participate in our 1st challenge and

1 from those that find the hidden ghost somewhere on the CS Designs Store.

Our Blog Hop starts today Oct 1st, 2014 and ends at 11:55 October 13th, and winners will be announced on Nov 1st. All Winners will receive their choice of 3 digital designs from the CS Designs Online Store. Are you ready to party?
You start out here at: Recycle, Re-Purpose and Re-Invent (There are two ways to win on this blog, join our challenge or leave us a comment)
Then in alphabetical order

Angela ... You are Here
Judy... In Search of My Creative Side
Laine... Hugs 4 the Heart Designs

Our Guest Designer:
Marg... Crafty Cards by Marg

And our beautiful sponsor:
Chris/Doodle Pieces... Doodle Pieces
Chris/CS Designs... CS-Designs

Thankyou for stopping by and I hope you will join in the challenge. Happy Crafting Everyone.

Note: Because we all live in different parts of the world, our blogs may not all go live at the same time, so if you visit a blog and can not find the blog hop post, come back here a little later, check the links and try visiting again.

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

When I received my Slide Mailers from Meg's Garden, I really loved the shape of the windows.
I had so many thoughts and ideas rolling around on how to use these little beauties, I just had to use one.
These are obviously designed to hold securely your glass slides for postage,
but I had a different purpose in mind.
Coupled with some beautiful paper from the Correspondence Collection

Can you tell that recently I have been on a bit of a canvas and Mixed Media kick.

For this project I carefully separated the pieces of a Quad Slide Mailer, and slightly curved
the windows to create my bay window.
I then cut my sheet of Distressed Letter paper into little bricks.
To allow the bay window to pop, I dry brushed my brick background with a little Gesso.
I also die cut the leaves and flowers from paper from the Gentleman Collection.

Meg's Garden Products Used

Distressed Letter Paper
A Gentleman's Bike Paper
A Travelling Gentleman Paper
A Gentleman's Ephemera - Cut and Create Paper
Fairyland 12" Collage Paper
Old World Time Transparency
Butterflies & Nature's Wonders Stamps
Doily Strips
1cm Off White Lace
Cottage Cutz Leafy Foliage Die
Temptations in Dusty Pink
Filigree Strip

Other Products Used

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

6" x 8" Canvas

Matisse Turquoise Background Paint
Gesso

Flower Die

I thought this might make a wonderful gift to a special someone.
So as a bonus project, I created a handmade card to accompany it.

Meg's Garden Products Used

Distressed Letter Paper
A Gentleman's Bike Paper
A Travelling Gentleman Paper
Cottage Cutz Leafy Foliage Die
Temptations in Dusty Pink

Other Products Used

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

Leathergrain White Cardstock
Cardstock Scarps for Matts

Cheesecloth Offcut

Gesso

Flower Die
Doohickey Die
Chocolate Kaisercraft Pearls

Thankyou all for stopping by and happy crafting to all.

Monday, 15 September 2014

10 Tiny Toes EVENT 2

Hello my friends.

Wow everyone, we had over 70 submissions for our first Not Just Cards challenge.

I think that is amazing. Thankyou to everyone who played along with us.

Your support is greatly appreciated by everyone on the Design Team.

Now that our first challenge is successfully wrapping up, it is time to share some new inspiration for our second challenge.

For my first project this fortnight, I choose to work with some darling Digi Stamps 4 Joy images.

I created this brag book with matching wallet.

I thought this might be a lovely gift for a new mother or grand-mother.

I used some Graphics 45 paper for the wallet and as matts for the tri-fold pullout.

For my front images, I have used an additional fussy cut layer of vellum

over my original coloured images. I thought this gave my wallet some softness.

I also gave my wallet small accordion sides, allowing additional images or ephemera

to be added by the recipient.

Digi Stamps 4 Joy Images

10 Tiny Toes

100 Hearts

Cosmos Corsage

Please, head over to NJC Challenge, and join the challenge.

Be inspired by fellow design team members.

and most importantly, have fun creating.

Remember to stop by on Thursday to check out my next NJC project.

Thankyou and Happy Crafting.

Sunday, 7 September 2014

Charlie Fishing Post-it Note Holder

Happy Fathers Day to all my Australian friends.

And since today is Father's Day here down under,

I thought I would bring you my second Not Just Cards (NJC) Project.

My father-in-law likes fishing, so I made him this adorable little post-it note holder.

It could also be used to hold a little calendar, or maybe a list of important dates on the back.

I used an adorable little Charlie Fishing Digi for this project, and the base is cut using The Cutting Cafe's Calendar Holder template. I first created a cereal box board base, then covered this with American Crafts' Dear Lizzy Polka Dot Party Fascinating Friends paper.

I just love this image with this paper. For the fishing line I just used some black sewing thread.

StampArt Design by Kathryne Image

Charlie Fishing on a Rock

The Cutting Cafe Template

Calendar Holder

For some more inspiring ways to use your digis, please pop over to Not Just Cards.
And while your there, don't forget to enter some of our fun fortnightly challenges.

Happy Crafting All.

Friday, 5 September 2014

A Mother's Love

Hello lovely crafters.

Here is another lovely project to help celebrate the changing of the seasons.

This is also my first Design Team Project for The Mirror Crack'd.

For this piece I used a shadow photo frame, but I removed the glass before staining the front and sides (with the help of my 3 year old).

The back, inside back, and inside sides a covered with inked Prima Meadowlark papers.

The back is then covered with homemade texture paste in random areas using a stencil.

There is a chipboard frame and a number of meaning ephemera pieces.

I have cut out a mannequin from BoBunny's Cest le Vie line, and printed, cut and assembled a vintage needle case. There is a combination of May Arts and Websters Pages ribbons and trims, and a variety of Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts flowers.

There are even some Prima Resist canvas pieces in amongst the flowers.

I have used Kaisercraft Rub-ons in several places including the quote.

To finish, I used a variety of glimmer mists.

Please pop over to the Mirror Crack'd to view other inspiring pieces.

We are a new Mixed Media Challenge blog with having monthly challenges.

So come on, grab a paintbrush and get messy with us.

Monday, 1 September 2014

Ballerina en Pointe

Hello Everybody.

September is upon us, and in Australia, the 1st of September is the first day of Spring.

What better way to celebrate than to bring you my very first

Not Just Cards (NJC) Design Team project.

Not only is this my first project, it is Not Just Cards (NJC) first challenge.

For this canvas I wanted lots of flowers, elegant lines and a light airy feel that was still striking.

I found this beautiful Aurora Wings ballerina image just perfect. So soft and feminine

with long beautiful lines (and flowers of course).

After colouring her with my Promarkers, I added shimmer to her dress

(and shoes), her wings and her flowers.

I also added shimmer to all the die cuts and a little to the background.

I hope you love her as much as I do.

Aurora Wings Image

Marie Taglioni Ballerina Pointe

So please come and join the NJC Challenge.

Be inspired by fellow design team members.

They will also be having fantastic fortnightly challenges and will encourage you to think

out of the box when using your Digi Stamps.

Please stop by on Sunday to check out my next NJC project.

Thankyou and Happy Crafting.

Wednesday, 30 July 2014

The Sky's the Limit

Hello all my crafty friends.

Today I am bringing you my very first Design Team Project for Meg's Garden.

When I first received my papers from Meg's Garden I was so excited, the papers were gorgeous.

The only problem was, because I liked them, I didn't want to cut into any of them.

Well, that wasn't going to get me far was it.

So I took a pair of scissors, took a long deep breath, and cut into a sheet.

For this month's project I choose to work with The Gentleman's Collection

The papers are beautifully distressed and aged, and are perfect for masculine projects.
I thought this canvas would look great hanging in a gent's office for some inspiration when needed.

This paper collection just called to me.

I love hot air balloons; I think they are majestic and awe inspiring.
I still remember around 17 years ago travelling to work at 5am and seeing their outlines
in a misty sky. Simply Beautiful.

For this project I wanted the look of a sunrise, so I cut 2 strips the size of my canvas.
I then cut both sheets at one time so the rays would line up.
I distressed and inked all my edges with Vintage Photo.
I also moulded each balloon and banner gently to give them a 3D look.
For the quote, I took the commonly used 'The sky's the limit' and added to it.
I really like how it turned out.

Meg's Garden Products Used

A Travelling Gentleman Paper
A Gentleman on Time Paper

A Gentleman's Bike Paper

A Gentleman's Ephemera - Cut and Create Paper

Other Products Used

Vintage Photo Distress Ink

4" x 12" Canvas

Matisse Turquoise Background Paint

Black Sharpie

But wait, there's more.
What did I do with all the leftover pieces of paper?
I made a card and a tag of course.

The first is quite a masculine tag.
I just loved playing with that starburst/sun ray pattern.