Elegant, Floral & Feminine…
The first item I would like to show you is the cute Flappy Scrappy Scrapbook – this wonderful book is made from just 3 sheets of 12×12 cardstock and 5 sheets of Designer Series Paper which makes it a very inexpensive scrapbook to make – it opens out and out again several times until it lays flat and holds lots of photographs – it is perfect for family and end of year teacher gifts and makes one very compact, easy to travel with cute album and it is sooo easy and fun to make…
I chose So Saffron Textured Cardstock for the base and chose the red, orange and saffron floral patterned papers to give an elegant and feminine look that would be a perfect gift for Grandma, Mom or a teacher. The securing ribbon is Riding Hood Red Taffeta – you could add extra embellishments as you like – you really can make this album suitable for any occasion.
To save space on my blog, I have a link to the tutorial for the Flappy Scrappy Scrapbook which you can find by clicking here
Here are some more photos of the inner layers…behind the flaps are large areas to put photos and you can also put them on and behind the doors…
My next project continues the elegant and feminine theme…it is a Pouch Card that is perfect for housing a surprise such as a sachet of cocoa or you could adapt it to become a get well soon card and put a chicken cup-a-soup sachet in it instead…or a herbal tea bag would be another idea…
I chose Riding hood Red Textured Cardstock for the card base and again the red, orange and saffron floral paper – I cut out some orange flowers from scrap sheets and adhered them onto the matching papers on the paper using a dimensional and sprinkled red glitter onto the centers of them to give a little feature that lifts from the page. I stamped the sentiment from a stamp in the set Oval All in Tangerine Tango Ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock and layered it onto the Scalloped Oval that I punched out of Tangerine Tango Cardstock – I tied around a piece of 5/8″ Satin Whisper White Ribbon, all of which you can find in the Occasions Mini, and tied a knot in front to finish it off – below you can see photographs of it holding the sachet of cocoa…
Bold, Bright & Fun…
For my next project, I decided to change the look – I decided to go bold and bright and created a fun Art Journal that would be perfect for a little girl who loves to draw and color…and Washington Apple contains papers that make it easy for you to do this….
I chose to use the fabulous spiral bound On Board Art Journal as my base book onto which I adhered strips of Riding Hood Red Textured Cardstock down each side and a bold floral patterned paper between them – to get the perfect top edge to fit into the spirals, I used my Spiral Punch on the floral paper and the punched edge fits just perfectly :-)
I took a piece of Tangerine Tango Cardstock and cut it to fit the front – I used my Spiral Punch to give the edges some texture. I made the word My by taking some letters from On Board Loads of Letters and painting them with blue acrylic paint – I made the word Art by using some Sticky Cuts Letters and sprinkled on red glitter. I finished my book off by tying ribbons onto the spirals – I used 5/8″ Riding Hood Red Striped Grosgrain, Riding Hood Red Taffeta and 1/4″ Grosgrains in Bashful Blue and So Saffron…isnt it cute? Those sparkly letters really shimmer and shine :-)
And onto my final items where I am changing the theme again to a soft and subtle look that I used to create a shower gift for a new mommy – a decorated Metal Tin containing a Stack of Thank You Cards for her to use…
The Tin is an empty Flower Fusion Tin that I had and I cut a piece of blue patterned paper from Washington Apple to fit the lid of it – I adhered strips to the sides also. The letters are from On Board Loads of Letters and I coated them with Whisper White Craft Ink Refill onto which I sprinkled Dazzling Diamonds Glitter. I attached 5/8″ Satin Whisper White and 1/4″ Bashful Blue to the top onto which I adhered buttons from Button Latte.
The Card uses a base of Bashful Blue with layers of Shimmery White and DSP – the giraffe is from the Wild About You stamp set and is stamped using Bashful Blue Ink – the edge is created using the Eyelet Border Punch. A piece of Styled Silver Hodgepodge Hardware holds the sentiment and the ribbon is threaded through it…what a cute and perfect new baby or baby shower gift which you could easily adapt to become a baby girl or bridal shower gift by using different DSP :-)
Your projects are all amazing! I love how you cut out extra flowers on the pouch card and popped them up! Great idea!
I just love each of your projects! Very nice job!
I would have to say that my favorite is the Flappy Scrappy scrapbook!
Thanks so much for sharing! I am so happy to have found your blog!
Alicia
The Flappy Scrapbook is gorgeous! Will have to attempt to duplicate altho it won’t look as pretty as yours. On to the next stop…
Love the baby tin & thank you card set! Love how you went from bright & bold to soft & subtle with just one pack of papers!!
Great job! I loved everything so glad you were part of our blog hop!
These are so fun and cute! Great job! I love the baby set the best, but it was hard to decide.
I love your punch art birthday card way to cute
Hi! I found your site thanks to the blog hop link from Janine’s site. My favorite project was the scrapbook because my favorite SU! product is the Washington Apple paper. Great colors!
That Punch Art Card is possibly the cutest thing I’ve ever seen! Adorable.
thanks so much for showing great stuff w/ the Washington Apple DSP — I love the flappy scrappy scrapbook. very nice
I love the Art Journal, and my second favorite is the Flappy Scrappy Scrapbook.
I really like the sesame street card. I think any little kid that gets that will love it.
I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Sesame Street Punch art – so clever! Thanks for sharing.
I love the pouch card! Great for a quick gift.
I love the giraffe card- love the layout and I love blue!!!
Shelly
Shellymc2@comcast dot net
The tin of Baby Thank yous is beautiful A wonderful gift
wow great job on everything!! It’s a toss up between the baby card tin and the flappy scrappy book, but since I’ve been wanting to make a flappy scrappy I’ll go with that as my fav!! It’s all beautiful.
Debadoo
Wow – Your parade is so much fun, and you did such a fantastic job with all your projects. Well, I think the Flappy Scrappy scrapbook might be my favorite, but it’s hard to say – they’re all great.
Hi Thanks for sharing your projects on this blog hop. How fun! My favorite is the punch art card. So cute!!
I am in love with the art journal, my daughter would seriously love that, because even at age 6 (turning 6 tomorrow) she is a fantastic illustrator, no joke!!
I love this paper set, it is my favorite because it is so versatile!
Thanks for the chance to win! Nicole
I really like the flappy scrappy scrapbook…but I also adored how you 3-D the front of the pouch card…so smart.
katiejf@cox.net
Beautiful projects all across the board. I love the punch art card best, I think.
Thank you so much for your fantastic projects!! You are so creative.
Hi Sarah! You did a fantastic job on your projects! This is another one of my favorite papers! My favorite is going to have to be the art journal and I know a little girl who is going to squeal with delight when I make her one! Thanks for the ideas!
Sarah you did a great job. Love your projects. I’m going to have to say my fav is the little art journal and I know a little girl that is going to be so happy when I make her one! Thanks for the inspiration!
My favorite project is the pouch card but all the projects are great. Thanks for sharing
sunnie_one@snet.net
I love the album — great job.
This blog hop is just so much fun!
What wonderul projectsa for this paper. v I love them all! Teh baby tin is my favorite, tho.
My favorite is the Pouch Card. I like to give little gifts to people, and this is something quick and easy to do, and you can insert all kinds of things. Diane from Arizona
I like the 2 different versions of paper you used. The first set is so bright and cheerful.
I love your baby tin – what a great gift for a new mom but my absolute fav was the flappy scrapbook. Thanks for all the great ideas.
Kate
thecutandcluckclub@yahoo.com
All of your creations are great. I especially liked your pouch card. What a nice little something to receive! mpforsyth@centurytel.net
I adore the art journal. Thanks for the opportunity!
It’s a good life!
Terri E.
What neat projects! Your baby thank you tin is adorable–but my absolute favorite item is your flappy scrappy scrapbook!
Flappy scrappy scrapbook is my favorite but it was hard to choose the projects were all awesome. Thanks for sharing.
Lori
The Flappy Scrappy Scrapbook is my favorite. The pouch card was a close runner up. Great job.
Joyce
cardmaker2day at yahoo dot com
Sarah I love your flappy scrappy scrapbook. The choice of paper just makes me smile. Beautiful work.
I am having a hard time picking just one favorite. But I think it is the pouch card. no wait, maybe it’s the art journal. no, no, it’s the baby tin and cards. Yes. (It’s all of them!)
My favorite is the cute Punch Art Birthday Card incorporating those adorable Sesame Street characters. I’ve never seen anything like it.
The Flappy Scrappy Scrapbook is my favorite! I might need to get that DSP this month! I havne’t used it yet! Thanks for the great samples.
the Punch Art Birthday Card is my favorite! My nephew loves Sesame Street!
I like the baby thanks card because that giraffe is soooo cute.
Sarah,
I love your flappy scrappy scrapbook, so cute, I just ordered this paper and am now so very glad I did! TFS
Vicky
Girl…your making us pick just one from all these FAB projects….its a tie between the Baby tin and the Flappy Scrappy…but since you provided a tutorial I will go with the tin, I think…YIKES! I dont know which to choose…thank you for the opportunity to win some goodies…crossing my fingers!
OMG! They are ALL wonderful!…do I really have to choose?!!! You’ve done such a fabulous job of sharing your amazing creations! The Sesame Street card is just adorable….sadly, my kids are no longer young enough to create this for. BUT, I just KNOW that some of my customers will love it!!
Your Flappy Scrappy album is darling! I love the paper you chose, it’s so versatile, one of my favorites!
I love all the projects you created. My favorite is the Art Journal. I love the way you used the paper on this.
It’s so hard to choose but I love your Sesame Street card. My son loved Sesame Street when he was a toddler. I still love it and make all my nieces and nephews cards with those characters on the card. Thanks for sharing.
My favorite was your adorable giraffe baby card. Your blog has been added to my favs. Continuing on with the parade……
Love all of your projects. Great job showcasing the DSP. My fave is the baby thank you cards with tin.