My Creative Spirit (Blog Archive)

Hi Everyone, if you love making small projects then the new Picture Perfect album may be just what you're looking for. It's a perfectly sized project that can be assembled and decorated over a weekend in your favourite papers.  Measuring 8 1/2" tall, 7" wide and 1 3/4" deep the centre of the album has photo frames, deep pockets and a waterfall cascade, holds 20 - 25 of your favourite photos and folds up neatly inside a boxed cover with inset magnetic closures.   Altered here in papers from the Fashion Forward collection by Graphic 45.  This version of the album took two 12 x 12 and 8 x 8 December papers, and two green, two red and two yellow 12 x 12 papers from the Patterns and Solids pad.  A perfect combination of colours to make a Christmas keepsake.   The festive photo frames pop on the plain backgrounds.  The second Picture Perfect Album was altered in papers form the Time's an Illusion pad by Stamperia.  The pad has ...

Morning everyone, I hope your Christmas preparations are going well. For 25 years our Christmas tree, decorations and cards haven't gone up until after Oli's birthday on 17th. However, as he lives in his own place these days Harry and I decided that Saturday (14th) was the day to get our house into the Christmas spirit. When Oli called by on Sunday the first thing he said was " you can't put the tree up 'till after my Birthday' ! I had to smile.  Anyway were all in the Christmas mood here and I'm really excited to be sharing a new Joy to the World boxed album with you today.  The featured album has been made in our laser cut Box It kit and altered in papers from the Joy to the World paper collection by Graphic 45.  There are four interactive pages inside this fun album, all with interactive elements, pull outs, pockets and pull out photo holders, giving lots of room for your favourite photos and ephemera from the festive season.  I love the layered...

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  Hi everyone,  I’m getting ready to make the last of the projects options we’ll be making at my November Weekend Crafters Retreat and, as I was putting my supplies into one of my Craft Maids I thought it would be a good time to share it with you too. Not a new storage solution in my range of craft kits but one of the most useful and the one I use every time I create new project.     The idea for this kit came about shortly after I started up my business back in 2013.  I worked off the dining room table, and with piles of paper and tools around me soon found the space I had to work in had vanished, along with my ruler, scissors and paper pieces I'd cut to save for later.  Something had to change .... and it couldn't be the table lol!  After a lot of thought and some design tweaks the Craft Maid was born... it takes up 12 1/2" x 6 1/2" on the work surface, holds papers and tools in one place, clearing up the space we all nee...

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...