This is my first advent calendar of the year! I’ve been thinking about this design for a couple months now, so it’s nice to finally see it come together. I do have a video tutorial on YouTube if you are more of a visual learner, but I have some written step-by-step instructions below as well.… Read the rest
I’m excited to be part of this amazing blog hop to celebrate and inspire using some of Jane Davenport’s mixed media supplies! Hop along for a chance to win a $50 gift certificate to Spellbinders (details below). Giveaway closes on Sunday, July 4th 11:59 pm EDT.
I chose to work with the following products:
JUST A NOTE: These products were provided to me by Spellbinders to create inspiration for this blog hop.… Read the rest
I mentioned in my previous post that I submitted an entry to the Time for Tea Designs (T4TD) May Challenge. I decided I’d go ahead and create another card to improve my chances of getting a gift certificate (or even better a guest design spot). This time I wanted to show how you can foil your Digi Stamp to make it even more unique.… Read the rest
In my Rose Quartz Swatchbook Share video, you saw the little mini swatchbook I created using the Tonic Studios Legacy Keepsake Wallet die set.
In these two videos, I’ll be showing you how to put these cute little albums together. There are two binding methods I use — one for my designer paper (which is more of a keepsake) and one for my solid cardstocks (which is more functional for coordinating papers).
I’ve started to swatch all the papers in my stash — yep, ALL of them!!
I recently picked up the Tonic Studios Legacy Keeper Wallet Die set. It’s an older die set, so I don’t know where you can purchase it nowadays. I bought mine on Amazon.com not too long ago, but it looks like it’s unavailable now.… Read the rest
This Motion Crafts Animated Tag kit is really fantastic! It’s useful well beyond the animated image feature. I got it directly from the Motion Crafts website, but I don’t know if it’s still available for sale.
The kit comes with everything you need to create fun, interactive, animated tags. There are a lot of things I love about it:
I know these have been around for a while, but I’ve only just discovered Motion Crafts. If you aren’t familiar with these, they allow you to create interactive cards that animate when you pull a special grid across the stamp.
This particular die set is actually perfect for gift cards, and it’s great in general even if you don’t use it with the animated stamp.
This is the second style of advent calendar folios I created. The main difference from the first style is in the box construction. I’ll be honest though, this method needs tweaking. After I put the candies in, I found the lid isn’t secure enough to hold the candy in. I had to make more advent calendars in a hurry and didn’t have time to redesign this one, so I ended up making the rest of my advent calendars in the first style.
I’m taking my first ever Amtrak train trip and it’s from coast-to-coast! Now, get this, for about 3 days I won’t have any Wi-Fi access. Eeeek! That’s definitely a first for me. I found out a few days before I was set to travel and decided to pack some craft supplies!
Love how this advent calendar folio turned it. It was my first time making one and it came together so much more quickly than I thought it would. I’m not as worried about making the next 5 advent calendars I’m planning on. LOL 🙂
In this version, I’ve made boxes that have separate lids.… Read the rest
