love bug...

Joinin' the Papertrey Ink Challenge today...yeah!  Colors that I wouldn't normally put together, but love it...

Supplies: Pink Paislee (Spring Jubilee), Heidi Swapp (Sugar Chic), Lily Bee, Crate Paper (button), The Ribbon Girl (ribbon, stick pin), Want2Scrap (pearls), Papertrey Ink (stamps, ink, die), felt.

And some buggy love just for fun...

Supplies: Authentique (paper), Lily Bee (paper), Dear Lizzy American Crafts (letters), Papertrey Ink (stamps, ink), My Mind's Eye (stamp), twine, ribbon, burlap.

Well, to a wonderful weekend...have fun!

Andrea

time...

time to play,
time to create,
time to rediscover,
time to just have fun...right?

Well, although I am trying to take a few days off of crafting...I just couldn't last night.  I am trying very hard to keep myself out of the pantry and focused on other things to keep me busy.  After a day of cleaning, hangin' with the boys...it was just the obvious thing to do.  Not easy to cut out sugar and snacking without replacing it with something else...well, that is how I feel so far :)  As the days pass, and hopefully things will get a little easier, I will get back to that break.  Until then...

Spent some time last night working on a few digital invitations for a friend and looked over at my crafting area to find my Cricut Expression had been collecting a bit of dust.  So began sorting through paper, looking through my options and came up with this little set.

Supplies: Doodlecharms (Cricut Cartridge: ice cream, cupcake, jar), Crate Paper (paper), Heidi Swapp (paper), Pink Paislee (Prairie Hill papers), Lily Bee Design, Dear Lizzy American Crafts (vellum), Papertrey Ink (stamps), Fancy Pants (felt embellishments), My Mind's Eye (stamp), Prima (button), Prairie Bird Boutique (Etsy: wrinkle ribbon), Precious Remembrance (fabric tape), Studio Calico (tape), Epiphany Crafts (heart punch), Want2Scrap (pearls).

So check around your craft room and find something that hasn't been used in awhile and just go for it!  Wanted to also share a second project with you from Riddersholm Design, which is posted on the blog today.

A pocket full of vintage goodness.  For a complete list of supplies and amazing vintage project and products, head on over HERE.

Andrea

P.S.  I had a question the other day regarding the cutting of felt.  I use a Provo Craft Cuttlebug for almost everything I do...love it!  To cut several layers of felt at one time I use the larger Sizzix dies.  For just one sheet of felt I use everything from Spellbinders, Papertrey Ink and Quickutz.  Hope this helps.



delightful...

What is today going to bring...not quite sure at this point, but ready for anything.  Think it may be time for a little crafting break...a couple of down days to get some non-creative things done.  How quickly a house can fall to pieces if not managed daily...right?  So before I sign out for a couple of days, time to share a couple of projects...

This week Glue Arts and Want2Scrap is teaming up to bring one amazing blog hop.  Loved working with their products!  For a complete list of supplies, enter to win a prize pack and see some amazing projects head on over to Glue Arts for more details!  Also...today is Wednesday and time to share my Precious Remembrance project for this week...

Had fun combining Pink Paislee, Heidi Swapp, Lily Bee, Prairie Bird Boutique ribbon and felt pieces for this tag and card set.

Finding ways to incorporate these felt pieces from Fancy Pants that I collected awhile back.  Love the soft touch, color and dimension that it brings to each piece.  Also found that the heart stamp from Precious Remembrance fit perfectly in this little girl's hand from Pink Paislee.  Well, that is it for now.  I will be posting in my Etsy shop over the next couple of days.  I will post my Etsy link on the side bar when I begin listing.  Have a wonderful day and be back on Saturday with a giveaway!

Andrea

dressed up...

In the crafting world it is all about how you dress it up, right?  Today I wanted to share a fun post and tutorial to dress up your next project HERE ...

Although I attempted this a couple of times and it still does not look exactly like the tutorial, loved creating it all the same.  Used Dear Lizzy American Crafts vellum for the top layer of the skirt, vintage lace to line it and Crate Paper for the dress.  Also added Glitz, Lily Bee, Pebbles and Pink Paislee papers to the mix.  Stamps from Pink Paislee (Spring Jubilee) and Precious Remembrance.  The things you can learn from You Tube and Pinterest is amazing!  Now onto a card made for the MIM Papertrey Ink challenge this week...

Mixing those patterned papers from Glitz, The Girls Paperie, Authentique, Melissa Frances and Lily Bee.  Also included a button and tag from Chic Tags...and not complete without a Papertrey Ink sentiment and buttons!  Off to fold something new...thinking boy card?

Andrea

remember today...

 

Waiting for the sun to go down a little before we get to head out and play today.  Poppin' in to share a new blog with you...and a challenge!  I was recently asked to join the design team over at...

...and it didn't take long to say "YES".  One look around the shop and I was in love!  So today I am starting things off with an introduction and challenge that just went up today to get inspired and go vintage with pinks and creams!

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I pulled out my Riddersholm Designs paper, Pink Paislee (London Market), Crate Paper soft pink button, vintage buttons from dstrove.etsy.com and Prairie Bird Boutique wrinkle ribbon...



A challenge you are sure to love and amazing projects on the blog as well to get you started! 

Andrea



vintage tea time...

Time for a cup of tea, wind down and enjoy the weekend to come.  Spent much of the week sorting through boxes, bags and containers of scrap goodies that haven't been seen in a while, including a tea chipboard set that was just too cute to pass up.  So today's project comes from my Vintage Street Market post found HERE. 

This set is made up of one card, tag and pocket and heart wall hang.  All of the supplies can be found on the post on Vintage Street Market blog HERE.  I have loved incorporating wire and beads into my projects lately and practicing that wire wrapping that can be difficult at times...think it is for a more patient person, but fun all the same.

To give the chipboard pieces a more rustic look I simply removed the top, smooth layer of each piece and slightly inked the edges.  The ink does get soaked up by the chipboard, but leaves a darker border. 

The heart tag piece on the card and tag are from Cricut Expression Doodlecharms cartridge.    I will have a new giveaway here over the weekend hopefully and also be listing in my Etsy shop next week.  Have a few more goodies to share before I do though.  Have a wonderful, adventurous weekend!

Andrea

tut, tut...

First...and long overdue, the winner of the magazine and home wall hang is Sheri (PaperCrafty)!  Contact me at andreascreativepapertrail@hotmai.com so I can send this out to you.  I have spent the last few days clearing out my craft room and working on a new giveaway in the next few days so stay tuned...Now, on to a little tutorial and project share...yeah!  Ok, so I keep everything.  I can't seem to get rid of scrap pieces of paper, ribbon and especially felt.  There is something that seems so wrong about throwing them away.  So I force myself to think of ways to use them...and here we go.

This is where it begins.   Although these may seem quite large in the photo...some are just teeny, tiny.  In this tutorial I am going to create some jewelry...perfect way to use scaps, be creative and coordinate with your wardrobe.  Before you begin choose your colors and pattern.  I am using two circles in the same color as I would one bead.  I began  by die cutting several tiny circles using Sizzix Flower, Build a Flower die.  Love using Sizzix with fabric and felt as you can do several layers at one time. 

I die cut as I was stringing them to make sure I had enough.  Next, add the clasp to thread or wire and tie or attach using a crimp bead.  Add bead between clasp and first set of circles.

Begin to string your felt circles.  This photo gives you an idea of the size.  I then added a bead between each set of six felt pieces.  This gives the pieces a little more weight.

Just make sure to finish the piece as you started with the bead and clasp.  There you have it.  I used a magnetic clasp for both the necklace and bracelet.  For the necklace I used wire to create the felt piece and added it to a chain.  Would love to make one in white or cream as well.  Hope this inspires you to use those tiny scrap pieces!  Now to share two projects with you.  The first for Epiphany Crafts today.  A butterfly photo holder and card....

  

Next, my Momenta card set post this week...

And lastly...

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Andrea