mini cards holder for Scrapbooking.gr

Hello everyone ^.^ Today I'm going to share with you a project I did as a Memories Trend design team member. These are some ideas I have for the coming winter holidays. It is a mini cards holder

 

and few cards to fit in ^.^

 And you can always make one of these yourself too. Let me share with you how ^.^ note that at the end of the post I'm going to add a PDF file with dimensions and some how to 3-D images so don't worry it's really really easy to make this cards holder ^.^

1.First of all cut your card stock (I used the quite thick one, it is a lot like Tim Holtz's grungepaper) and score it along the folding lines

As I already mentioned at the end of this post I'll add the file with all dimensions you need so don't worry about the sizes for now.Let's just see how it goes in general

2. Cut decorative edge (this will be the free top of our folder)

3.Add color to the inner side of the holder, as it is going to be not much visible side I haven't done more than coloring here.

 for now let's set aside our holder to dry and make some cards for it

4.Here are some materials I used for making cards (and for decorating my folder also)

5. As for the cards not much to show. All I did is to cut some decorative paper pieces an layer it on simple white card stock (used as a base and folded in two). For edge distressing I used Adirondack paint dabber which we used earlier for holder coloring, also to create a 3-D effect with the main pieces (which I cut from October Afternoon mini postcards set) I adhered them with 3-D foam squares

I also used some designer brads and to to accent the snow I applied some Ranger stickles 

6. As soon as our folder is dry and ready cut some designer patterned paper to cover the outer side

7.After that we are ready to start folding and gluing the folder together

  8.The finished result. All you have to do now is to embellish and enjoy ^.^ 

 

 as you can see I also distressed the edges of the holder with the same Adirondack dabber paint we used earlier

Now the link to the the PDF file which I promised you with all the other details you need :
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bxds-moAclZJQmJvQ1ZjWmJaWGM/view?usp=sharing

P.S.thank you for stopping by ^.^ wishing you crafty inspiration

 

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boy's adventures journal

a diary for all the sweet memories and keepsakes, photos and journaling about a boy's adventures of a lifetime ^.^

 

 

and here are some pages

               

 P.S. thank you for stopping by ^.^ wish you crafty inspiration

 

journey notebook

a notebook I made for a dear friend of mine ^.^ I used 7Gypsies vintage frame book cover and applied Vintage Photo distress paint over it for more vintage look

 also I added a few pocket pages for photographs, cards and any other memorabilia

  

 Thank you for stopping by ^.^ wish you creative inspiration

exploding artist trading block!!! ^.^

Today is my first project as a designer for the Artists on the Block and it is all about my favorite things: mail, coffee and creativity ^.^  Please welcome exploding Artist Trading Block! I made it to hold cards of some of my favorite coffee recipes

so to begin with, I covered some pieces of Sizzix mat board with packing paper and then cut it with   Eileen Hull/ Sizzix XL Scoreboard Die.

 

then, in order to make the box "exploding", you need to cut one of 2 pieces into 3 smaller ones. I cut exactly along the scoring lines, for now we need just the sides (save the middle piece of the mat board, you are going to use it later for the box lid).

next I glued down the cut pieces to the main one and then trimmed them twice the thickness of a mat board so all the sides would be even

now let's make the card holders. I found it very convenient to use Sizzix ScoreBoards XL Die - Blocks/Cubes, 3-D ,the size of the biggest block is almost like coordinating with our box ^.^

I simply repeated the second step (need just the edges not the middle piece). Trim them and embellish as you like ^.^

 before doing anything else I glued down the first 4 card holders, they go exactly before the scoring lines of the bottom of the box

the next step is embellishing the inside of the box, when you are done you add the rest of the card holders 

as for the lid : I measured the block, then I cut the strip (2,5 inch wide) with an an overlap of about an inch and a half. Glue it together, cover the top , then cover the whole with paper and in the end cover the bottom of the lid with the spare piece that was left from the second step

P.S. following the same steps you can make a photo album from the exploding Artist Trading Block or just make an "exploding" gift box ^.^

And finally, here some close-ups of the inside of the block. I used real coffee beans and cinnamon sticks ^.^ so every time the block is "exploding" it smells so niiiiiiceeee ^.^

 

without cards

 

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