I Love Pocket Cards

I keep buying those pocket cards designed for pocket scrapbooking even though I don't scrap that way. Why? They're so fab! 

I do use them on my regular layouts and on cards but I really have more than I need. I took a set of love-themed cards from Project Life at JoAnn Fabric and turned them into a banner. 

Suitable for a wedding or for Valentine's day, this took no time at all, thanks to the cards.

1. I used a bigger card from the set and inked the edges, then I used the smaller cards as the center rectangles (inked with Vintage Photo Distress Inks). 
2. Then I used some ivory crepe paper (the kind you hang from the ceiling for parties) and glued them to a circle of scratch paper and.I glittered the edges by rolling them in gold Stickles that I squirted onto a nonstick craft sheet. 
3. After drying, I adhered them and added inked circles from the cards left in the pack (this is all one pack).
4. I then punched a smaller circle from wood paper. 
5. I added Thickers pink felt letters and a scallop inked piece of vintage book paper at the bottom.

After punching holes, I ran baker's twine through the tops to hang. Such a fun project. The cards all match each other, so you can't go wrong with pairing them up. They have a million different cards too, so you could do a banner for almost any occasion!

Have a great Wednesday! Don't want to scare you, but it's only 16 days til Christmas! Eek! Okay, I scared myself...better do some planning!

Chark

Wrapping It Up

Here's a little gift bag I made using a regular brown paper bag and some lavender felt flowers I made and burlap hearts I cut out. 

I made it for a magazine call for wedding submissions and this one didn't make the cut, but two of my projects did! I have to send them off to be photographed and then I'll let you know when the Spring issue of Craft Ideas comes out, just in case you want to peek at them.

Short and sweet post today! 
Happy Monday!
Chark

The Weekend Approaches

Am I wrong or did this week fly by? I'm glad to see the weekend of course, I just wonder what happened to the rest of the days. I've been making a lot of crafty things, hoping to get some published, so maybe I was just caught in a creative vortex. Now it's time to get that table cleared off, so people can eat at it! Ha!

Here's one project I made recently for a2z Scrapbooking Supplies. The step-by-step project is on yesterday's blog here if you're interested. I turned a gift bag into a shaker bag in a few easy steps.

I showed you a peek at the crepe paper rosettes I made the other day and here's another peek at the project—it's a Valentine project. Here's where I used the rosette.

Hope you have a great weekend and that you join me in some challenges, including the Stamplorations September challenge here (I'm still working on my entry) and A Blog Named Hero here and, of course, the monthly challenge at a2z Scrapbooking Supplies.

Happy Friday!
Chark

Glitter Makes Me Happy

I'm in the middle of creating a project and decided to add crepe paper rosettes to the project. Afterward, I decided I ought to distress the crepe paper or somehow add to it and I thought of glitter. Instead of traditional glitter, I went with Stickles Gold and rolled the edges of the rosettes in a pile of glitter glue. Love it!

The only real trick to making these is to cover the base circle with adhesive. I used tape runner and at first I missed some spots and it showed, so I tried again and completely covered the circle before adhering the crepe paper. Much better results.

And while I'm feeling the vintage vibe, here is some Baby Advice from 1947 from my Baby Care Book by Better Homes and Garden.

Training to the Chamber
Prepare the smallest size chamber by dipping it in warm water to take off the chill. Place him on your lap, or lay Baby on the bath table on his back. Next put the vessel against his buttocks...After a time Baby will begin to strain and attempt to have the movement when the vessel's applied.

All of this to say, if you want to start potty training your 2-month-old, knock yourself out. It'll be tricky, because you'll have to time it right and keep track of when Baby normally goes and his food intake, but Baby will start to get it. They do advocate waiting until Baby can sit up well on his own (6 months) so you can put him on a "potty" chair (their quotes, not mine) and leave the room for 10 minutes for him to do his business. 

Do you think this actually worked for anyone? It sounds like a lot of work for the mom...and in 1947 it was all mom's work. Though they do have this one photo of the dad holding the baby. The other million are of the mom.

Happy Wednesday!
Chark