Tutorial for favor box

I know I posted this tutorial for Scrapbook News and Reviews earlier, but I needed to do it here as well.





You will need;

• double sided patterned paper
• craft knife
• scissors
• bone folder
• ink(optional)

Start by printing out this template and cut it out.( click the image and then right click to print)

Trace the template to your paper and cut out. Ink the outside edges if you like.

use a bone folder and fold up the sides.

Slid the tabbed side into the slit in the opposite side and then slide the scalloped sides into each other.

Left is only to decorate your box. Fill with chocolate or some other treats:)

Tutorial for cute favor boxes

Here's the promised tutorial for some cute paper boxes. Perfect for Valentine's Day.



You will need ;

• double sided patterned paper ( the sturdy kind)
• scissors
• craft knife
• bone folder
• ribbon
• hole puncher
• ink(optional)

Start by printing out this template on white cardstock ( click the picture and then right click to print)

When you have cut out the template, trace it to the back your paper and then cut out. Use your craft knife to cut out the slits.

Ink the outside edges.

Use the bone folder to fold up the sides.

Take the two tabbed sides and hold them together while sliding the other two sides through.

Punch a hole trough the "tabs"

Left is only a ribbon through the holes and to decorate the front.

Voila!

Whatcha think?

Let me know how it goes if you try!

Now we are off to celebrate John who turns 4-0 !!

Gift bag tutorial

I hope you all had a great Thanksgiving and survived Black Friday. Today is Cyber Monday which I so much prefer.

As we all know-it's the season of giving so I thought a tutorial for a gift bag would be handy.

Start with clicking this picture and then right click, to print it out (on cardstock preferable)

Since everything is so "christmassy" these days, I wanted to be different and make a birthday bag. People do have birthdays in December too;)

When you have your template ready, trace it to paper of your choice and cut it out. You can use cardstock or heavier patterned paper- double sided or not.

Tips- draw the lines where you're gonna make the folds too.

All lines folds outward except from the red lines (if you can see them on the template) They fold the other way. Be sure to use your bone folder if you have one.

Don't forget to fold the top of the bag down as shown in the picture.

Put glue according to the template and fold your bag together.

Punch two holes on each side and string a ribbon through. You will need about 1 yard of ribbon.

When you're done you can cut out a rectangle of matching paper to place in the bottom of the bag.

Decorate and prettify your bag as much or as little as you want to.Think:

• stickles
• flowers
• inking and distressing
• hanging tags
• photo on the front of the bag

Be creative!


As always I wanted to get done fast and made mine very simple:

Good luck with those bags!


Those of you that follow the challenges over at AAM, know that a new one starts in a few days. Here's a peek of my layout for the next All About Me challenge:

My Design Team call is closed and now I just have to sit down and make my choices. Not an easy task.

The Design Team will be revealed on December 13.



OH, and I made a new sketch over at
 www.scrap-a-little-sketches.com.

See ya real soon!

Printables from France

Remember how I said I wanted a book in French next time? Well, what do you know...I got one...at least a few pages.


Here's a roll up cardstock rose and a lollipop flower that I just cut into fringes or whatever





And here's the uber popular cardstock rose made with two different shaped hearts.
I didn't scrunch them up so much , since the back of the paper was plain. But you can easily fix that, by just putting the paper back in the printer and print on the opposite side.


And here's for you to print out: straight from France! From a flee market there.
How cool isn't that?

Laurence scanned some pages and emailed me.

I have the sweetest blog readers ever. I know it!


I hope I don't brake any copyright laws by posting these here...I'll take the risk...


(click the pictures and then just right click to print them out. I use cardstock when I print stuff like this)

Thank you, thank you Laurence...or I should say- merci beaucoup.

Please, if you use these papers for anything, I would love to see it. Link it here or just email me at scrapalittle@gmail.com

Butterflies-tutorial and challenge

Who doesn't love butterflies? Even though it might not be the latest thing in the scrapbook industry, I sure love them.

Here's a card I made using my Slice:

And here is an old layout ( scraplift from PhoebeJo over at scrapbook.com) where I used store bought butterflies from K and Co:

But even though I have my Cricut and my Slice I sometimes still prefer to hand cut.

Print out this template on a 8 1/2" x 11" white card stock, and then cut out the shapes and you will have some handy butterfly templates that you can use over and over again.

Here are some I made using the template.

Easy tutorial :

Cut out two sets of wings and one body. I cut one set of wings slightly bigger than the other. Add 3D- dots to the bottom wings.

I used paperclips for the antennas. Attach them on top of the 3D dot.

Then put the other set of wings on top and adhere the body.

Just the fun part left; to decorate the butterfly. Use whatever you have. I cut out small pieces of card stock, doodled of course and added some pearls.

I got my inspiration from these fabulous felt butterflies from K and Co.

Now to the challenge;

• Create a scrapbook layout or a card with butterflies ( one or many) on. They can be stickers, die cuts, rub ons, stamped or handmade. Your choice!

• Leave a comment to this post with a link to your creation, so that we all can take a peek.

• Due date for this challenge is October 1.

• I will draw a random winner October 2, who will receive a nice prize.

• If you add a link to my blog you will get a extra vote and if you use my template you will even get one more.So you can get your name in the hat 1,2 or 3 times.

• I will post the prize soon.

Happy scrapping and I can't wait to see your creations!

First tutorial

These cute purses are so easy to make! It won't take you more than 30 minutes.


Wouldn't they be a perfect gift for mom. Put a gift certificate inside to her favorite store/restaurant.

And don't forget "Teacher Appreciation Day" May 5!






Print out this template on a 8 1/2" x 11" cardstock. Cut them out and trace to a paper of your choice. It looks really pretty with double sided paper. I like it best if the lid is a solid color,but that's just me;)











When you are done cutting you will have 4 pieces like this.

Fold the sides so it looks
like a "M".

Put glue to both sides with fast drying adhesive.

Glue the sides to the purse (after you folded the purse in half) with the narrow side down. You might have to trim the sides a bit on top after you're done.

Glue the lid to the back of the purse. Punch holes to the sides and add eyelets.

Take a ribbon through one of the holes and make a little knot. Do the same with the other hole.

On the front of the purse,add a button,brad or whatever you like.

Last - put 5/8" Velcro round with sticky back to the inside of the lid and the other part of it to the purse.

Inking,doodling,Stickles..it would all look good here. Be creative!!

If you give this a try, I would love to see the result. Please leave a comment with a link to your gallery!

Who knows, maybe I decide to send out some RAK's;)

As I'm sure you understand..I didn't come up with this purse idea. I stole it! My dear friend Amy Jeustler from Scrapbook.com came to a crop that I had and she brought me a purse like this with a gift certificate to Michael's. How sweet isn't that?

I traced the purse she gave me and made this template! So I did something myself;)

Tomorrow is "National Scrapbook Day" and I will spend the whole day scrapping and do some challenges at Scrapbook.com. I can't wait!

I will do my promised drawing for the givaway tomorrow too, so I will be back then:)