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:)

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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:)

"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;)

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

Tutorial for paper bowl

ere's a loooong overdue tutorial!

I totally meant to post this BEFORE Halloween,but that's OK. It's always the right season for chocolate and giving away sweets.Right?

I just made a bunch of these paper bowls for a crop tomorrow. Scrapping and chocolate is like peanut butter and jelly;)

What you will need:

• cardstock or double sided patterned paper
• ribbon
• hole puncher
• trimmer

Optional:

• ink
• border punch

You can make these bowls any size you want.It's up to you how much candy you want them to fit.

I like 9" x 9". It's not too big or too small.

So start with you 9" x 9" square.

Use a border punch all around if you want to be fancy.

 Then you need to score or draw lines. If your paper is 9 x 9, score by 3" and 6" both horizontal and vertical.

(Note:if you used a borderpunch,you will need to measure your paper and divide by three, to know where to score. A good idea is to use a calculator. I didn't in this example and the whole thing turned out crooked!)

I learned a tip from my dear friend on how to score easy.Use a stulys and slide it through your trimmer.

You will have 9 squares. Score the four corner squares diagonally.

Fold the horizontal and vertical lines in a valley fold and the diagonal lines in a mountain fold.

Punch a hole in the four corners and thread a ribbon trough them.

Make a bow,ink the edges, add a tag or whatever and you're done!

These a perfect little gifts. Can be used for birthday parties, baby or wedding showers. You name it!
And they are also very easy to make so they are great for kids crafts.

Good luck and happy crafting!

Tutorial for Father's Day card with origami

You will need:

 thin patterned paper

 bone folder

Cut a piece of 4" x 6" paper for the shirt.

Fold it in half or even better- draw a line with a pen, because you just need the center line for measuring.

Fold the two sides in so that they meet in the middle.

Turn over (so that the opening is facing down) and fold down about 1/2 inch.

Fold over again and make the collar by folding in the two upper corners so that they meet in the middle.

 

Fold the shirt in half and tuck the bottom in under the collar.

Unfold.

Fold the bottom corners out. Use the middle fold as guideline.

 

Fold the bottom of the shirt back up again and voila you shirt is done!

One last thing you can do is to cut out a tiny triangle under the arms so it looks more like sleeves.

 

Time for the tie.

Again- use thin patterned paper.

Cut a 2" square.

Draw a diagonal line in the middle.

 

Fold in the two sides so that they meet in the middle.

 

Turn over and fold down the top about 1/3.

 

Then fold that top up about 2/3. Not all the way up.

 

Then fold that remaining part as picture shows. This will make the knot of the tie.

 

Turn over and repeat the first step; fold the two sides so that they meet in the middle.

 

Turn over and your tie is done!!

Glue your tie to the shirt.

If your guy is not a "tie guy" you can use brads for buttons instead.

I made a super simple card with this.

I just covered a card in paper, cut out some strips, added brads in the corners, glued down the shirt and used my new Cricut cartridge ( Jubilee) to cut out the words.

Perfect for Father's Day June 20!