Tutorial for covered Pringles tin

Yes, it is happening! I have a new ( long overdue) tutorial to share with you.

It's so easy to make that it barely needs a tutorial, but I'll show you anyways.

It's a Pringles tin that you cover with patterned paper and then decorate...all according to the season. Works great for Valentine's of course, but also for Christmas, Halloween, Easter and so on.

Perfect to give away your homemade cookies in or just some sweet treats.

 

I found the idea here. She used the regular size Pringles tin, but I don't wanna give away THAT many cookies;)

This is what you'll need:

Small Pringles tin
Mod Podge (or normal glue works too )
Paintbrush
Patterned paper
Paper trimmer
Whatever decorations you choose

Apply Mod Podge to your tin

Take your patterned paper ( approx. 3 2/16 inches x 10 inches ) and cover the tin. Let the sides overlap a bit and make sure your paper is tight and smooth all around.

Now you just have to decorate. Here I used a border punch and the Cricut. When you are done decorating apply some Mod Podge over the whole thing to seal it and give a bit of shine.

 

Then add a bow of some kind on top.

( My cookies were all gone when I took this last picture so this sad tin has nothing in it,ha,ha).

That's it for this time. I promise it won't take so long until next tutorial:)

Different crafts

I don't know what happened to me?

I started the year so strong, scrapping almost every day and now all of a sudden I haven't scrapped in weeks.

I don't know if I have lost my mojo, but I just don't feel like scrapping at all...same thing maybe?

But I've still been a bit crafty though and I wanted to share my simple projects.

For the first one you'll need some cheap pens, a glue gun, silk flowers from the dollar or craft store and you'll need a nipper, I think it's called ( never heard the word in my life before, but I googled it)

Use the tool to pull out the stopper in the pen and fill some  hot glue in there and immediately push down the flower (also use the tool to cut off the stems of the flowers)

Isn't this pretty? A bouquet of pens!
Spray some of your favorite body or room spray on them if you wish.

 

Then I wanted to show what Conrad and I made for his Valentine's box. We made this out of a cereal box and plenty of cardstock. I think it turned out so cute and now I will keep it in my scrap room forever. It makes me happy!

Last, I wanted to show what I did with some of all these paper flowers I've accumulated over time.

You'll need magnets, a glue gun and some of your paper flowers. I prefer the flatter ones like dahlia, fan fold flower and this flower.

Look here what a pretty company the Swedish royal family got on my fridge.

Well, I'm gonna head into my scrap room now and see what happens...I'll keep you updated:)

Love is in the air!

I totally meant to post some cute Valentine crafts for you,but I lost my scrapping mojo. Just temporarily, I'm sure.
Plus I had dental surgery the other day so I've been drugged up;)

So instead of something new I'm posting old stuff. First some sketches that are perfect for all your Valentine photos.

And click these photos to go to the tutorials. Great little chocolate containers as I call them.

This one, I found in Scrapbook Etc Magazine and I thought it would be a perfect craft for the kids. Click here to see the tutorial for the lollipop cards.

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And now to the winner for my latest giveaway.

The lucky winner is Karen in Houston!! Congrats Karen! Please email your address to scrapalittle@gmail.com.

I wish you all a happy Valentine's Day with lots of chocolate and flowers!

I'm gonna spend a few more hours with my dear hubby before I take him to the airport. He is leaving us again- 6 weeks this time:( Life is swell...

"Bottle-bib" tutorial

I wanted to share a quick and easy tutorial for something that I have no idea what it's called, so I named it "bottle-bib".

 

It's a perfect way to dress up a (wine) bottle that you're bringing to that fancy dinner-party you're invited to;)

This is what you need:

cardstock or sturdy patterned paper

 1 1/2 inch hole punch

corner rounder punch

embellishments for decorations

Start by cutting out a 2 1/2" x 8" paper (or choose any size you want really) and round the corners

Fold one side over by 2" and round the corners where you folded (it will be double paper)

Make a hole with the punch on the folded side.

Left is just to decorate and there's no limit here: you can do it simple or go overboard with embellies.

Here, I chose to print out a recipe for White Sangria that I made up (click the photo to see the recipe up close)

The rest is just hand cut shapes from the K and Co paper that I used + Stickles and pop-up dots.

New Year's is coming up in a few days and these "bottle bibs" would be great for that Champagne bottle.

But remember that the best reason to give something away, is no reason at all:)

 

Good luck and let me know if you have any questions about the tutorial... or the Sangria for that matter;)

Winner for latest giveaway!

I'm back from the retreat and just as last time we had a blast! But I have to admit, it was a lot of work too.

This time we had classes and I barely got any scrapping done for myself.

Here we are- the Scrapping Divas:

This is one of the few things I made during the weekend. My friend taught a class and I'm so proud of myself; I had never done a word album before.

With some pictures and embellishments it will look just fine.

I taught a class in how to make a paper bag album, which is funny since I had never done one before. But I just used Kristie's tutorial and it was soooo easy.

The only difference I made from Kristie, is that I used four bags instead of three and I covered the whole pages.

This is an album I made for my dad, from our recent beach getaway.

I just love how it turned out!

You can't even tell it's made out of paper bags.
 And I used Basic Grey's fabulous "Marrakesh collection".

 

If you haven't tried to make a paper bag album before-
you have to!

I'm totally hooked.
I have made four so far and I'm planning to do one for Christmas 2010.

They are so fun to make and they are the best gifts!

 

Thank you for all of you that signed up for my Scentsy newsletter!

 I drew a random winner- and it turned out to be Tiffanie Jackson. Congrats Tiffanie!

This is on it's way to you right now:)

I'll be back shortly with a new sketch and a new Guest Designer:)

Gift ideas

I'm sorry I have been MIA.

It's a busy time of year. I have my dad visiting from Sweden    ( I'm blogging here about it) and the scrapbook retreat that me and my friend planned is this coming weekend. So yes, you can say I'm a bit busy...but it's all fun stuff.

I put some of my tutorials together in one handy-dandy post. Click the pictures and it will take you to the tutorial. I will add to this post later, because I have many more great ideas for gifts to share...as soon as I have more time on my hands.

I hope you all are doing good!

Click the photos