Meet Hootie...

I can admit that I have a little Owl obsession ...
But that's ok!

This here is Hootie!
My first little owl... Welcome to the family Hootie!
You will be much loved!
Until my kids somehow manage to pull the stuffing out of you!

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Hootie is made from scraps of material and felt, 2 random buttons and his stuffing is an old pillow I was going to throw out! So if you have an old pillow and some material laying around ... be excited!
I have more EASY patterns and idea's coming!

Again, I'll have this pattern up soon!

Easter Idea's

I made this cute little bunny ...
She is meant to be holding an Easter Egg ...
though I hold no responsibility of the where a bout's of that egg!

Very simple!
And when I can find it, I will add the instructions to this post!
You will need some calico, wadding (old pillow), Pen, pretty material, sewing machine and there is some hand sewing included ... but again, its all easy!

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My sister and her family visited us recently and she bought me these CUTE as wooden Easter eggs to hang on the tree she palmed off to me at Christmas!


Gotta love sisters...
I love mine!

Cute Treat Box (Sunbeam Stamps)

This cute little Treat Box I made would make the PERFECT engagement gift! I used acetate for the little window, though I didn't have anything to put in the actual box!! The stamp I have used is from Sunbeam Stamps! They have some GREAT stamps!

Products: Kaiser Paper, Stampin up Scallop Punch, Circle Punch and Ribbon, Acetate, Sunbeam Stamps

The Accordion Box (Sunbean Stamps)

This here Accordion Box was SO fun to make! I plan on teaching this as a class for August at Picture 2 Page, so keep an eye out for class times and prices!

Products:
Kaiser Paper
Pink Bazzill
Sunbeam Stamps - Enrichment
Pink Stampin Up Ribbon

Simple Artwork

This was a little project I did today...

It's easy, fun and looks great!All you need is a canvas board, some funky material,
cord or ribbon and a staple gun
If you are using a pattern just make sure you line
it up straight before you staple 1048 staples into it like someone I know ...

Your ribbon/cord it to hang it with
and there you go, simple artwork
cheap and fab!

It worked my for girls room!

Mothers Day Card and Gift Box

I FINALLY got something done this week! And I would like to add that I have made these ahead of time so they wont be late !!! Well they shouldn't be!

I have made a French Fry box which you can find the pattern here as I did and a matching card


Happy Mothers Day to all the MUMS out there! xox

RECIPE Books !!!

I am a bit of a nutter when it comes to Recipe Books! What can I say! I LOVE making them! This one here is for my mum, who has been pestering me for some recipes for a while that I make at home! Its basically 2 pieces of cardboard, covered in paper, decorated and I punched some holes in it to put the rings on! Now all I have to do it type up the recipes, laminate them and stick em in!
Easy Peasy People!!!

Another Gift Bag

This Little Bag was pretty easy to make once you have your measurements sorted out. All depending on the size of the little jar or baggy you want to use for inside, is what deturmines the measurements.

1. You take 2 pieces of paper and make them the same size for instance mine were 20cm in length by 8cm wide. I then scored them at 4.5cm, 13.5 and 16cm. Should look like this! The left hand side is the TOP of your bag an the right is the bottom of your bag.
The Bottom end of your bag is where we place either your double sided tape or glue! Then you grab your other length of paper and stick it on there to make the base of your bag!
(so you have a double layer effect to hold you goodies)


Like this ....

Once you have done that, take another strip of card to make the little do-dad that will hold your goodies in! My strip was 22cm. Score this at 3cm, 7cm, 15cm and 19cm to make it look like so...
Place your glue/double sided tape on the two shorter ends as shown here ...

Then place them on one side of your bag! to make a little bracket type thing! I'm so good with words huh!!! A little advice, if you are wanting to decorate this strip do it BEFORE you stick it on! It can be a tad fiddley!

Place your little jar or baggy of goodness in like so...

And bring the other side of the bag up, punch 2 holes in the top and thread some ribbon or string through to tie it all up! Make a little decoration for the front and you got yourself a funky lil bag!
Remember that this is just a rough guide to what I did. It all depends on how wide your jar is or if using a baggy it doesn't have to be a very wide strip that you cut! Have a go, its not too daunting and it makes more sense when you do it yourself!

Products: Stampin up Circle and Scallop Punch, Ribbon, Kaiser Paper " The Lone Ranger" from Stary Night, Black Ink square.

This HERE is where I got the idea from.

Gift Boxes & Card

On the weekend I had a Stampin Up party. My friend Sandy has just become a demonstrator and I thought it would be fun being her first party!! Nothing like having some great friends over and being shown some great scrapbooking/Cardmaking techniques! Not to mention the yummy stamps! ohh I love stamps right now!

Any who ... Sandy showed us how to make these SUPER EASY gift boxes! SO COOL that I had trouble doing it hahah (No comment Sandy) and this funky as Card!

The flower on this card spins when you tilt the card!
Who knew a 5c coin could be so handy!

Here is the gift box I made later on when I got right and the Sunny Boy Box !!! I made this one for a friend I Visit Teach! (Church thing) and will be filling it with goodies and this months message!

And this one, though the same colours! These are my hubbies VALENTINES gifts! Well part of it! Again I'll fill them with goodies and a little love note lol Depending on what mood I'm in when I write it haha!

For Instruction on how to make the Sunny Boy box go here
For Instructions to make the Gift box go here

Materials Used: Kaiser Craft Ebony & Ivory Paper, SU stamp Set "Priceless", SU Scallop & Circle Punch, Aqua paper, Black Ink and Kaiser Rhinestones.

The Recipe Book

Here is a little project that I had been working on the last week. My Sister Inlaw bought her first house and as a little gift I made her a Recipe Book! Since my printer is out of action I had to hand write all the recipes! SO its kinda like I dunno OLD School scrapbooking!
I hope it isn't too boring lol

Melanys "Keepin it together" Pegs!

Well since Sandy and I kinda missed the boat on the Project 365 Kit of the month (for this week anyway) Crazy people sold out and the whole site went down! AND us Aussies have to PHONE to order the kit, after hearing a few stories of ppl trying to call in we thought we'd wait and see what the plan is to get us one each!

Anywho In the mean time, Becky H keeps saying we CAN do this without the kit! I'm finding it hard but here is my effort... I made these Keepin it together" peg clips! So I can print out my pics and journal on scrap paper and keep it all together in order! until we can get our hands on these kits!


HOW TO MAKE:

VERY simple to make! Just get 7 plain pegs, you can either paint them or leave them raw! Cut out or punch some cardstock and decorate how ever you like! I used chipboard letters for one set and alpha stickers for the other, then label the days of the week.

I'm not sure if anyone has done this before, I'm sure they have but this was my bright idea for yesty! You could also stick a magnet on the back and use them on your fridge! Cute gifts!

Mini Calender 2009

I was wandering around the net as you do! and I came across these little beauties! They are made by a creative gal named Michelle and this is her Flickr album where I stole...
err borrowed her image!!!

These have been done digitally, but there is NO reason why you couldn't make it old school way! I plan to! the Instructions on how Michelle whipped up these cute as calenders are on her Flickr, go check it out!

Gingerbread Men

Another Kaiser Craft pack! You get 5 little gingerbread men ($5.95)in this pack, and they are SO cute! I used one of the Kaiser Christmas paper sets to decorate these, buttons and ribbon!

Too easy!

The Christmas Banner

THIS is so easy! It took me an hour if that (if you don't include the time I was talking in between making it). It's on the plain side, embellishment wise, but the paper and letters themselves stand out enough, but feel free to go nuts on it!

I cut out the background (bazzil card stock), patterned paper 1/2 cm smaller! (Depends on how big you want your banner). I used my Cricut machine to cut out the letters and used "Dimensional Magic" to give it that wet dimensional look, though you can use chipboard or stickers! I have used swirl chipboard I painted and again used the Dimensional Magic (great stuff)! Kindy Glitz Glitter on the chipboard for a bit of bling... Punched holes in each card and threaded black ribbon through and tied a bow on either end!

And there ya go... Not too bad, not too bad at all!

Desk Calender

When I was at Scrappy Hollows latest sale, going crazy in the 30 min I had there I managed to come across this awesome Desk Calender by Kaiser Craft. It's not finished yet! But it's going to sit there until I decide on what I want to use for the months and dates! Not sure If i will go the stamps, Vinyl or wood letters ... What do you reakon?

This pack was pretty cheap, You get the calender all cut etc and you just decorate it! GREAT idea for Chrissy Pressy!

It's not meant to look that blank! hehe When I can actually make a decision, it will look more like a calender!

Quick run down... I glued the paper on, sanded the edges down. Painted the edge with a brown paint, added the painted swirls and pearls and that's about it! It really is that simple!

Christmas Is Coming

I have SO MANY idea's for CHRISTMAS this year! I will admit some of them are not my own! I have been blog hopping and came across some GREAT home made Christmas decorations! So I'll be posting some of the things I am making over the next few weeks along with where I got the idea! As for this one, here is my trial Christmas Bauble! CUTE huh! I got this from Kaiser Craft and I'm still yet to make the REAL ones, here is my practice one any way...

I also have on the TO DO list - Make felt white doves to sit in the Christmas tree, I am half way through making a "CHRISTMAS" Banner to hang on the wall and I believe I have a Christmas card making day with the girls coming up soon, so I will be sure to post them also!

I'll have instructions on how to make everything so keep an eye out the next few weeks!