My Creative Spirit (Blog Archive)

Morning everyone, I've been busy creating the samples for the project options we'll be making at my Crafters Weekend Retreat next month. Today I'm sharing the the  Lantern Kit  and  Large Box with Aperture Kit  altered here as an alternative Christmas Advent Box. Both projects have been altered in papers from the Joy to the World collection by Graphic 45.     The lantern kit, cut from 2.25micron grey board comes in four flat packed A3 sheets, and when assembled stands at approx 20" tall.   It's such a versatile kit that can be altered to suit any occasion.  I used three traditional Christmas coloured papers from the Joy to the World collection and gave the lantern a festive make-over, added acetate behind the double arched centre section which can hold three battery operated tea lights for a really bright shine, or just one as shown, for a warm twinkle. The sections of the lantern come apart for easy storage too.  ...

Hi Everyone, today I'm sharing two fabulously festive gift ideas with you.   If, like me you love making and giving hand made sweets and treats as gifts at Christmas you'll love these two boxes of delights.   Our Petit Four Box kit holds one layer of hand made goodies, or bought ones if you wanted to add a hand made touch to the packaging.  Altered here in papers from the Christmas Night collection by Scrapmir and full of hand made marzipan fruits.  It takes a couple of 12 x 12 sheets of paper to decorate the box, which is assembled using our Signature Black Construction Tape.   The embellishments were die cut from an old Sixxix Bigz die, silver stars by Tonic and a flair and chipboard piece from the paper collection.  If you'd like to know how to make the marzipan fruits click on the vide below.  They're so easy and inexpensive too.    Our deep mini window box doubles up as a box for a mini album, which you may h...

Hi Everyone, with October flying by and the Christmas countdown fast approaching it's time to start thinking about Christmas crafting (if you haven't already!). If like me you love the countdown to Christmas our triptych style Advent Calendar kit is  perfect to make as a keepsake for a loved one or maybe for yourself to look forward to seeing as each countdown to Christmas comes around.  Made from 3mm MDF, the kit comes flat packed and when assembled  with the three sections joined together measures 13 1/2" wide, 4 1/2" deep and 9 tall.  The The large centre shadow box section is 2" deep, a great space to create a dimensional scene that can be framed with the oval insert that comes with the kit. Small wooden numbers 1 - 25 are also included. Acetate sleeves keep all the little boxes in their place when the calendar is packed away. Full assembly instructions (digital download) are included with the kit too.    Here are a co...

Hi everyone, Happy October. Can you believe it? I'm not quite sure where this year has gone but it's definitely been a fun one full of changes, lots of new projects and products.  For most of us our holidays are a distant memory and all we have to remind us of the fun times we had are our pictures.  Create a gorgeous memory book with this new Art Deco Travel style collection and our File Folder Kit/Bundle.  I used the bundle (PDF Assembly Guide - digital download included), made up the folder covers and pages and then used a mix of florals, purple, turquoise  and black papers to decorate it.   When assembled the cover measures 10" x 7 1/2" x 1 3/4", has an integral  magnetic closure and holds to add a 1" D ring binder mechanism to hold an assortment of pages inside. There's a new style acetate pocket page in this project too.  I used the Art Deco Travel Poster cut-aparts from the 8 x 8 and 12 x 12 paper pads to a...

Hi everyone, I hope you've had a good week.  The latest paper collections from Graphic 45 arrived here earlier this week and I've had a fun couple of days altering one of our Album in a Box kits in papers from Dreamland. If you haven't seen the collections let's dive in and take a peak at them both and then I'll take you through the project.  Dreamland   - a twinkling fantasy world full of storybook delight, perfect for childrens projects, and if you take a look at the B side of the papers the collection includes some fantastic papers that will work so well as backgrounds on any project too.  In addition to the two sizes of paper pads, patterns and solids, stickers, chipboard, and ephemera there are now die cut pieces too.  Each pack has 51 elements giving you even more embellishment options to add to your projects.  Life's a Journey  - if you're off on vacation or creating travel memories this collection is the perfect cr...

Hi everyone, it's Friday and launch day for our latest project - the File Folder.  I had loads of fun making the samples altered here in two gorgeous paper collections to give two totally different looks to the same File Folder Cover Set.  .   Measuring 10" x 7 1/4 x 2" the sturdy File Folder Cover set is laser cut from 3mm MDF, has a magnetic closure inset into the covers, opens top reveal the option to add a noticeboard section on the inside cover and a ring binder that holds four layered pages. These can be made with or without pockets and pull out photo mats.  I've added a tuck spot option for the pages too. These allow you to slot pictures onto the pages without sticking them down. That way you can always see the beautiful papers you've chosen to decorate your pages in, like  like the Mad Hatter below.  I added black clips into the samples too to hold more pics and ephemera on the pages.   and right in the centre the...

Hi everyone,  I'm so excited to be launching our new 'Photo Booth' memory capturing system with you today.  Whether you're a memory maker and love creating tactile memory books to look back at, are documenting your family history, capturing fun moments from a wedding, new arrival, special event or wanting to collate a mix of scrapbook pages and photo montages our new Photo Booth is the perfect solution for you. When assembled the sturdy MDF cover measures H: 12 1/2" x W:  12 1/2" D:  2" has an inset magnetic closure, and gives you the perfect binder to add in a variety of inserts, depending on what you want to capture inside. Here's a few pictures of the inside of our featured samples.  .  As with any large project it takes a lot of paper to decorate the covers, inserts and all the additional flaps and fold outs you may want to add into your Photo Booth. For each of the samples in the video below I started with one 12 x 1...