This box I made as a present for a little girls birthday.   The inspiration came from a friend who made something similar and I thought what a great idea.  Inside I filled it with lots of hair accessories, necklaces,  a little finger puppet Barbie doll and the crazy pink mobile phone and key toy I found at a kids shop.

The idea was to fill it with all sorts of little girls trinkets and they can keep the box to store all their favourite items.

It was a lot of fun to make and took me ages only because I kept wanting to try new products on it.  There was so many choices of what to use but I guess you can only use so much…***sigh***

The little dress came from Scrapware who purely make chipboard products and is a good old Aussie company too!   They come in a pack of 6 and is called dress garland and you can actually make a lovely banner with it as well.  Here is a image:

The bling heart was made from the I-rock tool and I used the flower stencil at an angle .  The tu-tu was made of organza ribbon cut and folded over as I didn’t have any tulle at the time and was sprayed with tattered angles glimmer mist in Pink SWAK.  This put a hint of tiny glittery speckles all over the chipboard, it was also used on the circle behind the “V” for Victoria.

I used the I-rock tool on the box sides as well, this created a textured and eye catching box.  I had a request from a customer to review the I-rock tool and I must admit at first I found it fiddly to use, but once you get the hang of it and I highly recommend the little jewel setting stix or a one of the glam rock packs as it has the stix in it and this really helped set the rocks in place.  Also you do need to be a little patient to get the tool hot otherwise you will find you need to go over them again.

I used the Martha Stewart Scoreboard to make the flower embellishment, the right tools always make lighter work and this is one tool I do love using as it makes your “beyond the page” project SO easy!

2 x Imaginary Friends by My Little Shoebox  12 “x 12″ papers, I-rock tool,  –rock flower stencil, Glam Rock Rhinestuds, GCD Studios – Glitzy Alphabets, 1 piece of the Dress Garland Chipboard, Vintage Distress Ink, Basics White Ribbon , Basic ribbon doilies – Basic Grey mine came from the Studio Calico Add On Kit Free Range, Happy Birthday Rub On – Imaginisce, tim holtz blending tool, Best Ever Glue- this stuff is awesome!!,  Glimmer Mist – Pink SWAK by Tattered Angels

**Please note not all the products are available at the shoppe but I do have the products (just no time to put them on as yet) so if you are interested in purchasing any of the items to make this box shoot me an email and I will endeavor to work out the pricing and availability for you***

Hi All,

It’s been a busy couple of weeks, my apologies for not updating my site.  We have been painting, changing room interiors so we can get our apartment on the market.  S0 if you looking to purchase a property in the St Leonards area give me a bell (wink wink), and on top of all that I had my son’s (Hugo) 4th Birthday party to organise.

Here are the goodie bags I made for is pirate themed birthday.  They are a little off centre as Hugo wanted to be involved every step of the way, it’s amazing a difference a year makes.  But were a hit with all the kids and I think the parents.

I was really happy with the way the turned out.  I used my martha stewart score board (which I have back in stock) to make the boxes (that was the hardest part, made easy with the score board), I highly recommend this it saved me so much time, as I didn’t have to measure each box individually.   The Martha Stewart Edger Punch  – Arch Lattice, Stampin Up Labels punch and scallop round nestabilities.

The stamp is from Unity Stamp Co – Pirate Madness which I had brought specially for Hugo’s birthday and used it on the cake, which was a pirate ship and the sales were done with patterned paper.

Now that the party is over, I am hoping to have more time to update my website as well as get more creative with some of the products I have.  I can’t wait to use some of the papers from Basic Grey I have just ordered.

]]> http://papercraftmagic.com.au/my-pirate-goodie-bags/feed/ 0 http://papercraftmagic.com.au/looking-for-a-project-try-these-fantasic-glass-albums-from-tattered-angels/ http://papercraftmagic.com.au/looking-for-a-project-try-these-fantasic-glass-albums-from-tattered-angels/#comments Wed, 04 Aug 2010 11:51:40 +0000 joannafyma http://papercraftmagic.com.au/?p=452 If your looking for a beyond the page scrapbooking project why not try this great glass album from Tattered Angels.

You can spend hours making this wonderful album into anything you fancy.

As you know I love butterflies so this for me is a must have item!!

Team it up with your favourite embellishments or why not try the some glimmer mists on it.  Either way you have a stunning album that will be the envy of all your friends!!!

How to create a handmade daisy using your favorite Jillibean Soup products!

by Juliana Michaels

Supplies: Jillibean Soup Patterned Paper: Summer Squash/Yellow Squash and Small Hot Pepper, Soup Staples/Yellow Sugar and Olive Sugar Canvas Flowers: Green Grid Cardstock Stickers: Summer Squash Cool Beans: Red Other: Decorative Scissors by Fiskars, Scallop Circle Punches by Marvy Uchida and Stampin’ Up!, Adhesive by Helmar/Zap Dots, Bamboo Skewer

The Daisy:

1.  Punch out 3 varying sizes of scallop circles.

2.  Take each scallop circle and cut inward toward the center at each scallop to create your petals.

3.  Repeat this with all three circles.

4.  Ink the edges of each petal.

5.  Repeat this with all three circles.

6.  To give the petals some dimension, gently curl them over a bamboo skewer.

7.  Repeat this will all three circles. 8.  Layer the scallop circles starting with the largest and progressing to the smallest. Place a piece of double sided foam adhesive, such as Helmar Zap Dots, between each layer to give the flower more dimension.9.  The final step is to add a Cool Beans button to the center of the flower!  And there you have it…your very own dancing

The Leaves:
You can create your own leaves by cutting them from the Canvas flowers, cardstock or pattern paper. Adhere the leaves to the back side of the flower using the Zap Dots.

Other options for the scallop circles: Nestabilities Scallop Circle Dies, Silhouette (Laina Lamb Fancy Frames Set #3), Cricut, or other die cutting machines/dies.  You could even create your own by cutting around a circle with scallop edged decorative scissors.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and have fun crafting your own dancing daisy!!!

Thank you Juliana!

Hugo finishes up at the Cubbyhouse long day care this Tuesday, so trust me to leave it to the last minute but I frantically needed to make something fast to give as gifts to all the carers. So this is what I came up with, a  yummy box filled with Lindt and Dove chocolates.

Materials:  Designer Paper, Ribbons, Scallop Oval Punch, Oval Punch, Stampin Dimensionals, Close to Cocoa classic stampin pad, Oval All stamp set, bone folder.