How To Deco Mache A Desk Tidy!

Hi all,

In today's blog I'm going to show you how to turn a plain kraft desk tidy into a pretty sparkly place to store your pens and pencils.

Here's a link to the desk tidy I bought from Hobbycraft http://www.hobbycraft.co.uk/kraft-mache-desk-tidy/568032-1000

Here's how to make it:

1.  Remove the pots from the tray.  They may be stuck down but don’t worry if you tear the paper, it will be covered up anyway.
2. Cover the base tray with deco papers. Start across the middle and do each end afterwards.
3. Paint the inside of each pen pot with acrylic paint.
4. Once dry, cover the pots with different deco papers.
5. When the glue is dry, trim the excess paper from the pots.
6. Add washi tape around the top of each pot. An opaque, thick tape is better for this as it stands up by itself and won’t bend around the rim of the pot, achieving a much neater finish.
7.   Stick the pots into the tray and fill with your favourite crafty tools! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily xx

Sunny Selfie Layout

Hi all,

A new layout to share today using a selfie we took in Whitby outside St Mary's Church in early September when it was 30 degrees! Hard to imagine now isn't it.

Here's my layout. It's dull and cold outside so I really wanted to make a nice bright layout to cheer myself up.

I used a double sided sheet of Crate Paper 'Poolside' paper, cut diagonally down the middle, one side flipped over and attached back to the other side with washi tape (and sticky tape on the back for extra support). The washi tapes I chose from my stash to complement the colours of the ice creams (?) on the patterned paper.

I mounted the photo onto white cardstock and then onto this awesome metallic polka dot print vellum from My Mind's Eye. I used more on the bottom right corner.

The embellishments are all from the Pink Paislee 'Fancy Free' collection designed by Paige Evans.

I really enjoyed making this layout, I think I got too caught up in Christmassy things and autumn layouts I don't know how to finish and then forgot how to scrapbook! All better now. I love bright layouts! 

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily xx

Die Cut Cards

Hi all, 

Just a quick post from me today to share some cards I have made recently.

I used a pearlised card blank and embossed textured cardstock with the Xcut dandelion clock embossing folder.

The stamp is from Kaisercraft, I stamped in purple ink and then scribbled a purple metallic gelato onto scrap, picked some up with a wet brush before painting over the stamped image and fussy cutting out. 

The washi tape is (believe it or not) from Sainsburys and it cost about 75p for a pack of 4 rolls on the cheap rack. Neat, huh?! 

Finished off with some letters and adhesive pearls.

(How come manufacturers never have any 'get well' sentiments in their collections? Surely it's a thing, people get ill and people want to send cards to cheer them up or maybe I'm missing the point...!)

The next one is very CAS, I feel like it still needs 'something', but...

I cut the patterned paper the same size as the card blank and die cut the sentiment into it, making sure the die was not hanging off the edge of the paper. After that I marked a point where the sentiment started and cut a line to the bottom corner. I die cut the sentiment from textured cardstock and taped to the patterned paper. The whole thing is stuck on with 3D tape so it is raised up a little.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily xx

Totally Tropical Cards!

Hi all,

Just stopping by to share some bright, tropical themed cards I made recently.

The first I think is my favourite card I've ever made. Just something simple using embossing, die cutting and using washi tape with the aperture of the feather... lovely!

The second one started with a strip of scrapbook paper I had left over. I cut it at an angle and folded it to create the concertina effect and you can see the other side of the paper showing through - red and white stripe.
I finished it off with some pink embellishments.

And finally, a card made using the flamingo die free with Papercraft Essentials this month, plus papers downloaded from the Papercraft Magazines website. I printed off the paper and covered with vellum. 

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily xx

Washi Tape Love Blog Hop

Hi all

We're having a blog hop today and our theme this month is Washi Tape Love.

(We are a team of current and ex members of the Docrafts PDT, we have a name for ourselves but it's a bit silly and we haven't thought of a proper one yet!) Anyway....

Here's what I made;

A CAS card:

And a coaster made from lolly sticks covered with tape. The tape didn't want to stick. The coaster didn't photograph well. Still, it alright for using outside in summer!

Check out what everyone else came up with:

Katie http://www.whatkatiedid2.blogspot.co.ukJulie www.newnanny.blogspot.co.ukSarah D http://www.stickerkitten.co.ukThanks for stopping by!
Emily xx