Tuesday To-Do : Important Numbers

This is an older tutorial that I developed for Self-Addressed last year and uses an invitation size card. If you don't have a ready made card blank, you can make one by cutting a letter sized piece of cardstock in half widthwise.

Supplies

1 blank card
Patterned papers (these are American Crafts)
1 6x6 sheet of matching cardstock
Felt flowers
Alphabet rub-ons
Alphabet rubber stamps
Piece of black cardstock
Notebook paper
Stamping ink
2-piece metal file fastener
Anywhere hole punch and regular hole punch
Sewing machine (optional)

Instructions

1. Cut 13 pieces of notebook paper measuring 4”x 5&1/4”
2. Stamp the letters A B on the top right corner of one sheet, B C on the next and so on until you reach the end of the alphabet
3. Cut a piece of cardstock 4&1/8 ” x 5&3/8” and a piece of patterned paper 4” x 5&1/4”.
4. Stick the patterned paper to the card stock and then stitch around all four sides (you can also use rub-on, stamped or faux stitching)
5. Cut out a flower motif from a second piece of patterned paper, ink the edges, and adhere to stitched piece
6. Cut a third piece of patterned paper (preferably in a lighter shade) measuring 1&1/2”x2” and a piece of black cardstock 1&5/8”x2&1/8”.
7. Mat the patterned paper with the cardstock and stitch around the sides (you can also use rub-on, stamped or faux stitching)
8. Use the rub-ons to spell out “important numbers” on this smaller piece
9. Stick to top right corner of larger piece
10. Adhere entire piece to front of card
11. Decorate the lower left corner with felt flowers and brad.
12. Use the fastener as a template to mark two holes on the inside back cover of the card. Punch holes with anywhere punch
13. Mark and punch matching holes into the notebook sheets
14. Use fastener to bind pages into the card. The advantage of this kind of fastener is that it is easy to add more pages in later if you need them!

If you make your own version of this make sure to link me up in the comments by next Monday at midnight to be entered into the goodie draw.

Valentine's, goodies and flowers, oh my!

Yesterday one of my Valentine's cards was featured on Scrap Scene. They are currently running a Valentine Card a Day up until Feb 14th.
You can check them out to get the step by step instructions for my card, as well as to see all the other cards featured so far. Thank you Angie and Scrap Scene!

In other news, we have a winner of my little RAK. I got our cat Naala to help me out (is this a sign of old age or boredom?). It was harder than I thought, usually she can't leave anything alone, but the day I actually want her to play with something she sits there and ignores it. Subterfuge (in the form of a wine cork) was necessary.






Congrats Nicole! Please send me your address so I can get these goodies in the mail. Thanks to everyone who commented and said Hi or shared ideas!

And finally, look what will be part of the February Scrapbook Takeout Kit! I'm pretty excited that my partners thought my little flowers were worthy of the kit and included them.

I'm working on some new designs and hope to put them in an Etsy store later this week. What do you think, would you buy these for your projects? They are completely handmade from vintage French papers, paper doilies, felt, stitching and a bead center. I have some other fun ideas in mind and will keep you posted (Oh Nicole you will get one in your package!). So, Happy Monday everyone!

A Thank You

I've been amazed by the traffic to my little space here on the web since being featured on Today's Creative Blog (thanks again Kim!). To show my appreciation I will send a lucky someone a goodie package from France. How does dark French chocolate and flea market goodies sound? Leave a comment in the post telling me Hi, or where you're from, or even what kinds of things you'd like to see on the blog, and I'll pick a name randomly on Monday morning. Happy Weekend to all!

Ornament Giveaway

Our tree is up and it's pretty, but I think it needs more stuff! So I'm looking for some ideas to make over the next few days. Link me up in the comments to projects you have done, or are thinking of doing, and I will choose someone to send a little RAK of one of my handmade ornaments. You have till Saturday night midnight!

Trynity, come on down!

Thanks to Random.org

Random Integer Generator

Here are your random numbers:

29 

Timestamp: 2007-09-24 15:04:29 IST

Trynity said...

Don't you love it when "junk mail" is visually appealing ?
I wish however, that I was able to find such delectable delights when I go to flea markets.
Thank you for hosting such a lovely RAK

23 September 2007 11:33

Send me your mailing address and I'll get these goodies in the mail for you. callaloosoupdesigns "at" gmail.com

I plan to do this again, so next time the lucky one might be you! Thanks for all the comments, and for stopping by!

RAKkity RAK RAK

I love going to the flea market, and I've found lots of fun stuff to use on my projects. I'm planning another trip soon, and thought I'd share some of my finds with someone! Gotta make room for the new stuff after all. Leave a comment on this post and I will randomly draw someone to get these goodies.



1 blank music card
1 blank music notebook
4 pieces of trim
buttons
coloured image - this isn't actually vintage, it's an ad from a Real Estate Company that was in my mailbox!

I'll do the draw on Monday!