December Daily 2017: Day 1

Hello! Can you believe it is officially December? I was excited to start my December Daily album. This year I am doing my album "junk journal" style. For the first page I have used papers and ephemera from Tim Holtz Christmas collection. I added a tea stained doily and some zig-zag stitching. The numbers are from the Heidi Swapp Believe collection.
I will share my cover on another day, but it is made from a package I recieved in the mail. I will bind it all when I am done with the pages. This allows me to more easily sew and stamp on the pages as I go.
If you are doing a December Daily type album I would love to see pics! Share a link in the comments if you would like and I will leave you some love. :)

Thanks for stopping by,

Emily

Christmas cards a la Donna Salazar style!

Hello!  Today I have some cards using Donna Salazar's Weathered Winter collection.  I just love her shabby chic style, and her beautiful papers make it easy to whip up some vintage looking holiday cards.
This paper collection is a must have for your vintage holiday projects and is priced right at only $3.79!  

I distressed the edges of the the papers with my Tim Holtz distressing tool and inked up the edges with distress inks.  The first card has some May Arts black burlap string tied around, and the second has some hemp cord tied in a bow.

Make sure you check out all of the other fabulous product that Paper Maniac has to offer!

Emily

Tim Holtz Fragment Frame!

 Paper:  Memory Box-Gliteratti

Accessories:  Tim Holtz Fragments, Glossy Accents, Snow Cap paint dauber, unfinished wood frame

 Hello!  This week the theme at Paper Maniac is "shapes".  I figured a lot of people would be showcasing Nestabilities, so I wanted to show you what you could do with Tim Holtz Fragments.  I bought an unfinished wood frame at a craft store and painted it with my snow cap paint dauber.  When dry, it gives it a nice white wash look.  I decided to use different papers from Memory Box's Gliteratti collection.  I wanted to make a frame that was bright and funky for a teenage girl.  Applying your paper to the fragments is easy to do with Glossy Accents.  Tim Holtz has a tutorial on it found HERE.  I just randomly placed my finished fragments all over the frame.  I adhered them with Tombow adhesive glue. 

Make sure you check out all of the sale items in the store and also all of the brand new product coming in!  TONS of great stuff!

Have a great day and thank you for stopping by!

Emily

Huge SALES at Paper Maniac!

Paper:  October Afternoon Thrift Shop, Prism Simply Smooth Ivory, soft suede (SU)

Ink:  Walnut Stain and Old Paper Distress Inks

Accessories:  May Arts burlap string, Cosmo Cricket Tiny Type letters, vintage lace and button, freebie digi image available in newsletter and on home page of the store!

 Hello!  I was so excited about the vintage freebie digi images this week, I decided to make a card with one to show you!  I went along with the recycle theme and used some old lace and button that I picked up at an antique store.  I love looking at all of the old buttons, fabric and lace when I go!

Hope you get a chance to check out the big sales for the week!

Everything in the INK Section, as well as embossing powder, is

25% Off

Most CARDSTOCK is

30% Off

SERENDIPITY STAMPS 

40% Off

PINK PAISLEE

35% Off

Limited to stock on hand. Shop early for best selection. Sale prices end July 5, 2010.

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

EIC89-Simplicity with Michelle Brusegaard

This week's Etsy shop for your inspiration is mbmb (Made by Michelle Brusegaard).  She has some AMAZING cards and what nots in her shop!  I love her clean, uncluttered style, so I had to make a CAS card.  This also fits this week's Cas-tastic Wednesday challenge to make a one layer card!

This week our sponsor is Cutting Cafe.  They have some adorable images!  Make sure to use keyword EIC89 when uploading to online galleries.  Also, link you card to the EIC blog HERE for a chance at some fab prizes.  Michelle will be offering THIS screen printed dish towel, and THIS set of post it notes as a prize and Cutting Cafe will be offering three digi sets of the winners choice!

Paper Maniac is all about Chipboard this week....

Stamps:  Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous

Ink:  Distress Ink in Walnut Stain

Paper:  Pink Paislee Queen Bee

Accessories:  chipboard album, bling, satin ribbon, Tim Holtz mask

I love to decorate chipboard albums with patterned paper and embellishments.  So much fun! When you are finished, you can give them as a gift, ready for the receiver to fill with photos!  The inside of this is unfinished, for now.  I just used the chipboard and traced around vanilla CS to use as the pages.  When the occasion arises, and I need a quick gift, I can add photos or quotes.  I find that people love to get little mini albums filled with quotes, as much as photos!
I always cover the back with coordinating patterned paper, however I left the back blank, to show you the unfinished chipboard.  If you are in a pinch and don't have any chipboard, you can always cut apart an empty cereal box and decorate it to make an album!

Paper Maniac has TONS of fun papers, and embellishments to decorate your chipboard projects with! Make you sure you stop by! :)

Hope you are inspired to try a mini chipboard album out!

Emily

Paper Maniac is all about altered items this week!

Stamps:  Tim Holtz Stampers Anonymous

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black, Old Paper Distress Ink

Paper:  Brown paper bag, scrap of off white CS

Accessories:  paper towel roll or toilet paper roll, May Arts black burlap string, glue

Hello!  Paper Maniac is focusing on altered items this week.  Today I have an easy project you can do with items you probably have in your home right now!  These little party favor crackers are perfect for gift giving.  You can fill them with candy, money, or any small items.  I plan on putting money in the butterfly cracker to give as a graduation gift.

The paper bag I used is one that my Unity KOTM arrives in every month.  I like that it is a bit thinner and lighter weight than a regular grocery bag.  After stamping your desired image onto the bag, flip it over and apply glue to your paper roll.  Wrap the bag around and add a little extra glue at the overlapping seam.  Make sure to fill your cracker with goodies before tying the ends with burlap string or ribbon of your liking.

I hope you are inspired to give these a try!  Thanks for stopping by!

Emily

Distressing De-stresses at Paper Maniac!

Ink:  Walnut Stain Distress Ink
Paper:  kraft CS, corrugated cardboard ( off of a random box in my house!)

Accessories:  Cherry Ice Smooch Spritz, tag, chipboard, Unity Stamps, Tim Holtz Mask, May Arts brown burlap string, Alcohol Ink applicator

This week we are distressing with fabulous Tim Holtz product at Paper Manic.  Tim's product's are new to me, but I am having TONS of fun using them.  I have always loved distressing my paper edges and sponging, but I am head over heels in love with the masks and the alcohol ink applicator!  You can use this applicator for other inks (I don't own any alcohol inks-yet!) and I love the results!

My project is a tag and is pretty self explanatory.  I used random Unity stamps that I have in my Unity arsenal, and a chipboard heart.  I sprayed the heart with the cherry ice smooch spritz and then tied the burlap string around it several times.  The flourish mask was the perfect size for this tag and I just sponged and swirled the Walnut stain ink onto the tag.  I like to make tags, but I only really use them around Christmas.  I quickly made my tag an embellishment on a card!  I used kraft cardstock for my 5x5 base and then cut a of piece of corrugated cardboard of a box, and sprayed it with some smooch spritz.  I  added some metal stud embellies (from my stash) in three of the corners and turned my tag into a card!

I hope you give some Tim Holtz products a try!

Emily

A CAS card and key chain gift...

 Stamps:  Flourishes Tag Lines

Ink:  Memento Tuxedo Black

Paper:  Neenah Classic Crest, Pink Paislee Bayberry Cottage

Accessories:  MS punch, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Fragments, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Ball Chain kit

This week Paper Maniac is featuring CAS cards.  I made this Thank You for a friend and also wanted a little something to go with it.  I decided to give my new Tim Holtz Fragments a try and  make a key chain that matches my card!  You can find a great tutorial from Tim on how to use Fragments HERE.

Since the key chain would be getting a lot of wear and tear, I also wanted to somehow seal the back.  Sorry I am technically challenged and haven't done the You Tube video thing yet, so I just have photos and explanations, but it is really pretty darn easy!

Here is how I embossed the back.  I rubbed my versamark pad across the back of the key chain.  Make sure your embossing ink pad is nice and juicy!  I also scraped it on the sides, but only in a few places.  Next you want to make sure to have your embossing powder ready.  I used silver.  I dumped on the powder and then set the fragment on a piece of scrap paper.  Make sure that you get your heat gun nice and hot before doing this.

As soon as the powder melts, turn of your heating tool and dump some more powder on and heat again to the point of melting.  At this point you want to have your stamp ready if you are going to stamp into the melty powder.  If you over heat, you get a smokey look under your fragment. (I learned this from experience!)  

I was happy that I didn't get the second coat of powder on the entire thing, because it gives it kind of a distressed look.  You can easily peel the melted embossing powder off of your stamp when you are done, so don't worry about ruining your stamps!

Hope you give this a try!  The Ball and Chain kit is only $3.99 and the Fragment charms are $9.99 for 48 charms in various sizes and shapes.  You can make key chains, necklaces, tags for your cards and scrap book pages and more!  I think my next project will be to make a necklace for myself!  I will make sure to share it with you all when it is finished!

Thanks for stopping by!

Emily