First RS Handout of 2012

Living what we believe -  All walks of life have trouble at times living what we truly believe. Since the outlined lesson refers to someone who wrote a personal creed to live by, I thought that it would be nice to make something that the ladies in class could write their own personal creed on and be able to display it somewhere discretely as a personal reminder. What though?

I had been given a couple of packages of light blue cardstock from a business that no longer wanted them and thought that I might be able to use it for this project. But what to make? I then came up with the idea of a sleeve frame! That's what I'm calling it anyway. So, starting at the beginning of last week, I began the preparations to make 55 of them. I knew this project would take time, and I'm glad I had the time at the end of each day for the last week to work on it. And here they are.

I tried to make a few different looks with varying the embellishments I chose - about 5 different styles/looks. I was able to use up a lot of my $1 store embellishments that I purchased between1 and 2 years ago. I ended up using them for something other than what I had originally bought them for, but I can always come up with something when I need it.

Each one is free standing sleeve frame and measures 7"W including the tag, but not the ribbon, by 4 1/2" H. The person can gently trace the outline of the Labels Fourteen frame and write their personal creed that they come up with. Or, they can put a picture of their choice in that spot and write their creed on the back of the giant tag to keep it more personal. They will be reminded of their creed when they look at it. Should they desire to read it again, they can pull out the tag.

Yes, I used a gold metallic gel pen, tracing the Spellbinders die on all 55  - while watching TV  ;)

With the piece I die cut out of the sleeve, I scored and attached to the back as a stand for the frame sleeve as seen next. For the giant tag, I used Spellbinders Labels Six on the ribbon end.

Oh, the "My personal Creed" banners I had figured out the size beforehand, and typed and placed them accordingly, printing them onto PTI Kraft cardstock. I cut those out using my paper slicer - while watching TV  ;) and snipped each end.

So there you have it - 55 sleeve frames.

Now if I was making my own, I would have made it a little differently, and embellished it differently. I wonder should I make one, and show it to you?

Thank you so much for checking in today. We love to have you stop by. Wishing you all a good week with some great crafting time!

TOOLS & MATERIALS

SPELLBINDERS: Labels Fourteen, Labels Six
EMBELLISHMENTS: $1 Store -  stickers, dimensional cardboard embellishments, dimensional laser cut paper & my own computer created banners
PTI Kraft cardstock
Gold Metallic Gel Pen
Ribbon Punch
Ribbon
ScorPal

Christmas Photo Card Sleeves

My original prototype for my Christmas photo cards was too labor intensive for mass production.

I cut down on the punching and eliminated the ribbon and sewing to come up with these:

Selective inking, die cut holly leaves and red Liquid Pearls. The corner snowflake punches aren't very apparent in the photo.

Hooray, I'm done!

Quick tip: Even when Liquid Pearls are dry, don't stack your cardstock over top! Some of them stuck together and pulled a bit of Kraft with them!




{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Kraft, green (Bazzill?)
• Stamps: Merry Christmas Ornament (Hampton Art)
• Ink: Memento Ladybug and Rich Cocoa (Tsukineko)
• Dies: Holly Jolly
• Other Tools: snowflake corner punch (Martha Stewart), Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), Ruby Red Liquid Pearls (Ranger)

Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger

I LOVE the photo inspiration for the current Moxie Fab Tuesday Trigger!

I used the fabulous colors on a sleeve for my photo Christmas cards this year.

This was to be my prototype but it will remain an original... Too complex for mass production! ;)  I'm fiddling with other ideas...

{Supplies--all Papertrey Ink unless noted}

• Cardstock: Kraft
• Stamps: Bells & Boughs
• Ink: Versamark (Tsukineko), Dark Chocolate
• Dies: Bells & Boughs
• Ribbon: Pure Poppy grosgrain
• Other Tools: snowflake around the page punches (Martha Stewart), sewing machine/thread, Corner Chomper (We R Memory Keepers), colored staples (Making Memories)

Accordian Lesson Handouts -RS- & Two Hours Sleep

Every second Sunday, I teach a class for the ladies that attend Relief Society. Though the message is based on religious beliefs, I thought that you might like to see the design of the project/handout. Believe it or not I made 50 of these things, all from scraps with the exception of the buttons, and ribbon. As to the time involved...it took at least five times longer than I thought it would. And despite the fact that I had planned well in advance and started the project 4 days before, it turned out that I only had two hours of sleep before going to church to teach that lesson. Guess what I did when I got home?

I came up with the idea of creating an accordian file with three vellum pockets to hold 3 tabbed cards.One card to have an image while the other two would include points discussed in the lesson. I have three left after handing them out on the 12th and these are they. I meant to take a photo of all of them in the basket. What a beautiful sight it was with all the various colours- pastels, bright and vibrant, dark and earthy, you name it, I had made it. Really wish I had taken that photo. Here are the three I had left.

To give you an idea of their size, they are 3 3/4 inches (9.525 cm) tall and 2 1/4 inches (5.715 cm) wide. I made the ribbons long enough so that if untied they could be hung from a door, dresser, cupboard knob, or hung from a rear view mirror, etc. Inside, this is what you find.

And, taking the tabbed cards out...

Just for an interesting tidbit, I used 6 rolls of double sided adhesive crafting tape that I get from the Dollar Giant. One roll usually lasts me a while. Well there you have it. Thank you for stopping by again today, and happy crafting!

TOOLS & MATERIALS

Spellbinders: Labels Four, Labels Fourteen
Paper and Cardstock Scraps
Handmade Rolled Flowers made earlier from scraps
Martha Stewart Punch: Evergreen Branch
PTI Buttons
All text printed from Word documents/computer
ScorPal
Xyron sticker maker (for the tabs)
Fiskars: Apron Lace Border Punch
Ink Blending tool
Assortment of inks to match paper colours