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words to live by…. by sarah little
i love quotes. they are inspirational, motivational little tid bits to get you through the day. maybe to be reflective, maybe to make you laugh, but always something you need to hear.
i wanted something front and center that i would see everyday, so i made a little frame to set by the mirror. i used some of my favorite paper and stickers from October Afternoon’s Seaside collection, as well as a 6×6 frame, a metal clip and Tombow MONO Multi Liquid Adhesive and Tombow MONO Permanent Adhesive Roller.
I cut the background paper to 6×6 and then layered paper and stickers using the Permanent Adhesive Roller.
Then I slid it back into the frame, under the glass and used the Multi to secure a clip to the front, on top of the glass. It will take a while to set, but by golly it sticks!
So when it comes to adding a quote, you can use a permanent or dry erase marker directly on the glass…
or use the clip to hold a quote torn from a magazine or printed from the computer.
Just a little pick me up each morning…and appropriately, the first quote that i want to clip up is:
Be the kind of woman that when your feet hit the floor each morning the Devil says “Oh crap, she’s up.” (apologies for lack of credit, as i do not know who originally said it…)
i’m trying to be that woman!
sarah
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a virtual bulletin board where you can “pin” all the things you want to buy; “pin” all the recipes you want to try; and “pin” all the wonderful craft ideas you want to make. when you find it on a blog, or online shopping site, or a website you save it so you can find it when you need it. well, i’ve had this idea pinned for a while and finally decided to make them. COASTERS from TILES! yes, and it is super easy. you will need a few supplies though, so grab a pencil jot down the few things you’ll need and let’s get to work. since this week we are talking about “PARTIES!” i thought i’d add a little twist to the coaster. we are going to personalize them! who wouldn’t want to go home from a party or get-together with a personalized gift from their hostess?!?
* ceramic tiles (i used 4×4) from home improvement store/hardware store
* felt or cork – for underside of tile
* paint brush
* Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue
* Tombow MONO Multi Liquid Glue
* spray sealant
* something to decorate the top of the tile – pattern paper, photos, stamps & staz-on ink -so many possibilities!
so my coasters are christmas themed (gearing up for that holiday season…)
1. i used Tombow MONO Multi to adhere a 4×4 piece of christmas themed pattern paper to a ceramic tile. i put the glue on the tile using the broad tip applicator and then smoothed the piece of paper over it. be sure to secure all the edges down.
2. set aside to dry and move onto the next one.
3. when you finish adding the paper to the front of the tiles, this would be the point where you would personalize the tiles using a stamp (i did monograms) and staz-on ink
4. go back to the first tiles that should be dry now. use a small amount of Tombow MONO Aqua and squiggle a few lines of glue over the top of the pattern paper and the stamped image. use a paint brush to spread the glue around.
5. work with the edges and smooth them down. there will be a little bubbling, but as the glue drys most of the bubbles settle out.
the thicker the paper the fewer bubbles! photos do not tend to bubble at all when printed on photo paper.
6. set these aside to dry and wash your brush out
7. when dry, should be 10-15 minutes, take the tiles outside or to a ventilated area and spray with the sealant.
you need the sealant to keep the coasters protected. as condensation from glasses/cups touches an un-sealed coaster it will become sticky, as the MONO Aqua Liquid Glue is water-based.
8. allow these to dry.
9. cut felt or cork to fit the bottom of the tile and adhere with Tombow MONO Multi.
10. then use them at your party, each person gets their own coaster…and then they get to take it home!
so? are you going to try it? i hope these directions work for you as well as they did for me. drop me a line if you have any questions!
and thank you pinterest for being a place to gather so many ideas…and thank you to the many crafters in the world that share your work with all of us!
p.s. yes, you can use M.P. for this project…but sometimes you just don’t have that white stuff around when you are feeling crafty. it is good to know that other glues will do the work just as well or even better.
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little bits or little bites??? i guess that depends on what you dress up as this year for halloween.
but i have decided to take my halloween in little….well, in small amounts. i take so many pictures that layouts are not an option to show all the fun that we have on halloween. i started creating an album each year. some years i can make them ahead of time and add the pictures after the holiday. and others i am playing catch-up on. several companies have kits that you can use to make it easy. all coordinated and ready to assemble. i did that with this album from little yellow bicycle…
but even still i had too many pictures i wanted to use. i couldn’t narrow it down anymore; i had to keep them. so i glued several photos together – two at a time, back to back. i used Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue. i used it sparingly as it is a water-based glue and too much can warp your pictures. however, i carefully applied a thin line around the outside edges and a few squiggles towards the middle. this holds the pictures securely and gives it more stability. with that done i was able to punch holes in them and add them into the mini album as their own page.
a tip- if you put together an album before you have pictures for it, leave space for a standard size picture. a picture can always be cut down…i do 4×6′s and 2×3′s (a wallet size).
do you have your costumes picked out yet? how about a way to preserve those memories? are you set to take tons of pictures? i am, and i’m putting together this year’s mini-album now….don’t worry, you’ll get to see it in a few weeks!
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it’s always good to give yourself a challenge. in my “anything but a card” challenge i created a layout. yup. love the feeling of completing a layout. i have so many pictures that i want to scrapbook, but sometimes i just need a PUSH to get them done. give yourself a challenge, see what you can accomplish.
this layout has pictures from a Braves game my son and i went to last september. i was the “coolest mom”! it was a date, and he was spoiled…i admit it. with the pattern papers it ended up busier than i normally do, but that was part of my challenge too.
the “paper ribbon” looking strips were punched with border punches and then adhered down with Tombow MONO Adhesive Dots. this is the best adhesive for this kind of embellishment, because you can always rub off the excess adhesive. love my dots!
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i have read this book so many times…
to my kids, to my pre-kindergarten class…
children need to know they are loved, and this book gives so many wonderful examples of personalities, quirks and traits that parents love about their children.
each time i read it I knew that i had to make a scrapbook project based on this book. our challenge this week to create something based on a book pushed me to get it started.
i created a microsoft word document with the words from the book. there are two quotes to a page in two columns, and can easily be printed and cut in half vertically and/or horizontally to create the pages of the book. be sure to print a test page and adjust the wording once you choose what font you want.
(my book came out to be 4 ¼ x 4 ¾ because I didn’t print a test page. i’m making the mistakes so you don’t have too : } )
i wanted a gated album, so i used a piece of chipboard for the back and punched holes on either sides of the quote pages. i used my “cinch” binding tool from We R Memory Keepers to punch the holes and add the wire binding.)
then came the fun task of decorating it. this was a perfect project to use the wide array of Tombow adhesives available. I used Tombow MONO Multi to add pattern paper to the back cover, and Tombow MONO Adhesive Clear to add the “S” and “C” to the Hambly Screen Print/Transparency front cover. I used Tombow Power Bond to add the pictures and Tombow MONO Aqua for the embellishments. i used the strongest stuff, as i anticipate these albums will be looked at a lot. (Paper is from October Afternoon’s “Cherry Hill” and “Fly A Kite” collections)
here is the front cover before i put it together. i used the Dual Brush Pen to ink the edges of the letters, then attached them to the back side of the transparency.
a trick to using the MONO Adhesive Clear is to keep the application of the adhesive smooth. i use a surface i know i can rub the adhesive off of…and i’ll run the adhesive off the edge of the paper. that way it stays smooth and virtually invisible when it is used on the transparency.
i also like to do that when i have a tiny piece to add. take a look at this cherry stem. used the permanent adhesive runner on it and purposefully went off the edge. then i have full coverage and i’m not worried about the shape not sticking.
here are some of the other pages from the album.
did I mention i got a little ambitious and made one for each of my kids, that way it is personal and they don’t fight over it. i divided up the quotes from the story, about half for each book. however I made sure that when the quotes were divided i kept the rhyming ones together (it will make more sense when you read through the quotes listed on the microsoft word document). i also made sure the first two and the last two quotes appeared in each book.
i managed to use lots of my favorite “random” pictures from the last few months.
what book has moved you to create a project about it? let us know! we’d love to see your work!
if you read through to the end…. your reward is the word document (i hope…fingers crossed it links! email me at dolizah at hotmail dot com with “you are my i love you” in the subject line and i’ll send you the document).
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every year it comes and goes and i miss it! but not this year! i’m prepared. GRANDPARENTS DAY!
i’ve created a card using mostly scrap size pieces of paper, some adhesive (of course!) and a few buttons…oh a corner rounder and a paper trimmer. want to try it out?
gather your supplies.
the base for the card is a single piece of cardstock (kraft colored) that measured 5 1/2 x 4. the piece of patterned paper was 3 x 4, and the small scrap of cardstock (red) was 1 x 4.
start by rounding the corners on the base piece and the pattern piece. then score down the middle of the scrap cardstock.
using Tombow MONO Adhesive Powerbond apply a strip down either side of the scored line on the 1 x 4 piece of cardstock. then adhere the pattern piece to one side, and secure the other side to the base piece of cardstock.
this is now the cover of the card.
add letter stickers, printed quotes and embellishments to the front of the card. the buttons were added with Tombow MONO Aqua Liquid Glue.
add a handwritten or printed sentiment inside. the white piece of cardstock measures approx. 3 x 3 – which fits just inside the flap, so it isn’t seen when the card is closed.
so, while you still have time why don’t you get a few cards done too! remember, there are grandparents all around us! they all deserve a little recognition on this special day.
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we’ve had this conversation before…
you start a project, you have a vision in mind….and the end result is totally unexpected!
such is true of my “surprise” layout today. i had a picture clipped from an old Creating Keepsakes magazine and loved the idea of a fold out for lots of similar pictures.
over the last few days i’ve come across several of my son’s baseball wallet-sized pictures. i wanted a place to keep all of them together, so i started on a little fold-out book.
then i put it on an 8 1/2 x 11 piece of cardstock with a typed note, but then i found a few more pictures that went along with my note… but then i ran out of room on the smaller paper, so i put the 12 x12 red behind it.
the whole thing kind of evolved, cutting slits behind the journaling to add a strip of baseball pattern paper and a baseball die-cut, adding stars with numbers to label the seasons in the fold-out book.
sometimes it just happens that way.
i used Tombow MONO Permanent Adhesive Runner on the pictures and the paper. except for the stars, which i used Tombow MONO Aqua. i love using the aqua when i have “paper piecing/small bits” to stick down. and lastly, i used Tombow MONO Adhesive Powerbond on the booklet – to adhere the back fold to the scrapbook layout.
here are some pictures of the details…
well…what are you waiting for? go get crafting, and surprise yourself with what you can create! and i’m off to find the rest of those pictures!
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paper and stickers that are coordinated for me are the perfect solution for getting scrapbook layouts done quickly and effortlessly. Echo Park’s papers did not disappoint! i loved creating so many different looks with the same paper line. sometimes, pictures just need to be scrapped and when that sometime happens, i hope you have Echo Park around to play with. i had some time, and in 3 days i managed to complete 5 layouts…. take a look!
here’s a closer look at some of the details and the Tombow adhesives i used… on the “easter” layout i took the yellow sticker frame from the Echo Park letter sticker sheet, added Tombow Foam Tabs all the way around, sprinkled it with baby powder (to neutralize the adhesive on the sticker), then cut it at the corners and reassembled it to create a border around my pictures. once i had it where i wanted it i took the backing off the Tombow Foam Tabs and stuck it down.
on the “chinese tea” layout I used Tombow PowerBond to create a pleated border for the main picture. I also used the Tombow Glue Pen to place a few gems that needed to be strategically placed as well as adding pattern paper to the back of clear buttons. and to add a button to the center of one of the flower stickers.
for all the other layouts I used Tombow MONO Permanent Adhesive Runner.
Thanks Echo Park! Check out their blog this week…and follow these links to their designer’s blogs as well!http://scrapbookpatty.blogspot.com/
http://wendysueanderson.blogspot.com/
http://www.mycreativetreasury.blogspot.com/
http://shauntewadley.blogspot.com/
http://happylifecraftywife.typepad.com/
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a little “thank you” goes a long way…and a little “handmade thank you” goes even farther! we all love handmade! even if it only takes you a few minutes to put together, the meaning it sends is “YOU ARE IMPORTANT and I AM GRATEFUL FOR YOU!”
here is a quick card with an inside pocket. the pocket will allow for several people to add their own thoughts of gratitude on tags and then slide them in.
start with a piece of cardstock and score it down the middle to create a card. my card is 6 1/2 long x 4 1/4 high.
take a piece of pattern paper and cut it 2 inches longer than the card. the height of it is a personal preference.
score the pattern piece down the center and fit it into the card center.
using Tombow MONO Aqua liquid glue adhere the pattern piece across the bottom of the card.
score or fold the extra inch on either side so it wraps around the front of the card. this will create the pocket in the inside.
using 1/4″ strips glue them to the top of the pattern paper pocket, but be sure not to glue the top to the card…then the pocket won’t work.
before gluing the wrapped pattern piece to the front, fold down corner and add brad. then use Tombow MONO Aqua again to secure down the front and back pattern paper flaps.
add other elements to the front – sentiment, embellishments, etc. use Tombow Foam Tabs to add dimension to the card front.
viola! easy pocket, easy card!
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back to school
i am determined to keep myself and my kids organized with the start of this new school year. they are getting older and can be responsible for a few more things…but it isn’t a bad idea to give them reminders. i was searching for ideas and found this idea on the Family Fun website. I am making a place-mat with a checklist included, so as they eat breakfast in the morning they can look it over and remember the things they need to do getting ready for school. because it is laminated it is easy to use write and wipe erasers or permanent markers with dry erase board cleaner to get it ready for the next morning
you’ll need pattern paper and poster board or chipboard. since i made this the night before the first day of school i used chipboard. i had 2 pieces of pattern paper. i left one a full 12×12 and cut up the 2nd and 3rd pieces of pattern paper so it was 6 1/4 x 12. i laid the two pieces of 12×12 chipboard side by side and adhered the smaller pieces of paper to the outside edges, using Tombow MONO Multi Aqua Liquid glue. then i covered the center with more MONO Multi Aqua Liquid glue and then covered the “seam” between the two pieces of chipboard with the full 12×12 pattern paper. i also used 1″ strips of paper down the side of the full 12×12 piece. i printed the morning check list on card stock and glued it to the left side of the mat. then i printed a “today you are…” checklist and adhered it to the right side of the mat. both items i used Tombow MONO Permanent Adhesive .
so whether your children have gone back to school this week or they have another month of summer (lucky!) we hope you have a very
HAPPY FIRST DAY OF SCHOOL! ~sarah~
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