A little tutorial

Good morning. Today I have the tutorial I posted over at Sisterhood of Scrap last week. I was so thrilled to be a Guest sister for the month of April. They are definately a great group of ladies. So if you didn't get over there to see my tutorial here it is. It's a quick and easy envelope book. I used the new Chatterbox paper. I hope you like it.

Materials needed:
3 envelopes (mine are regular invitation envelopes 4.25x5.5, but you can use any size)
paper
embellishments
ribbon



Take your first envelope and open the flap and glue it to the back of your second envelope. Now glue the second envelope's flap to the back of the 3rd envelope. Here are front and back views of how it should look:




Now, cut patterned paper for the back of your book (the side that doesn't have the pockets is the back) and adhere them to your book



Next you are going to cut patterned paper for the inside. I cut them a little smaller to leave room for my pockets. Make sure when you glue them down you don't glue over the pockets. You'll want to make inserts for them later



Next, you need to cut two triangle pieces for you the flap of your book. I just eyeballed this. Adhere them to your book



Now you need to make your inserts. You can see mine poking out of the pocket with a little ribbon tab. I also slipped my ribbon under the patterned paper of my book so I have a tie to hold it closed. You could also use magnets or just leave it opened.



Just embellish and you are done. I left mine pretty simple because I'm not sure what I'm going to use it for yet!



If you do this little project I'd love to see it.

If you are looking for another tutorial you can head over Cuttlebug Challenge Blog's "Spa Retreat Weekend" Celebration. One of the ShortCuts design team members has a fun little project up there.

Well enjoy your Sunday. I'm hoping the weather cooperates as we are having outdoor pictures today. See you soon!

May SheetLoad & SOS winner!!

Good morning. Today you can head over to SheetLoad and download the latest issue. I'm the sketch artist on this issue. I was very lucky to get to work with There she Goes stamps, these are super cute.



I'll be back the next few Fridays with my samples from the issue.

Now onto the winner of the Sisterhood of Scrap sock hop 10 Commandments challenge....and the winner is....ALISON MACDONALD!!!!!. i will get you an email in the next couple of days with your gift certificate details. Congratulations Alison and thank you, everyone who did the challenge.

A quick post before the weekend. I'm hoping for good weather on Sunday, we are doing family photos out in Fish Creek park. I can't wait. Have a great day and I'll be back on Sunday with a tutorial!

Sisterhood of Scrap Crop

Hi sisters, welcome to my blog for the next challenge from the Sisterhood of Scrap Rock around the clock crop.

So here it is:

"YOUR 10 COMMANDMENTS"

The 10 Commandments was released in 1956 and is one of my favorite movies of all time. You can see a clip here and here. So I got to thinking what are my 10 commandments. Rules I live by. Here is what I came up with:



So what are your 10 commandments. It could by serious, funny or a combination of both. I'd love to see what you come up with. Post in the comments of this post with a link to your creation.

Everyone who posts their creation to this post by April 30th at midnight MST will be entered into a draw for a $10 gift certificate to Savvy'n'Sassy.

Can't wait to see what you ladies come up with. Have a great day.

Sisterhood of Scrap news

Good morning!

Today I have the challenge I did for Sisterhood of Scrap. This week Deanne wanted us to create a card or a layout that included water. Well I love this little guy below and I immediately thought of him when I read the challenge.

High Hopes stamps, Making Memories paper, glass baubles, Savvy'n'Sassy ribbon, Copic Markers, sewing machine.



You can find the challenge here.

Also the ladies over there are celebrating their 2nd anniversary and they are holding a crop from April 19 - 26. You can find all the details in this post. I have a challenge all ready to go and I'll be posting it some time during that week. I'll let you know the date when I have it. I will be giving away a $10 gift certificate to Savvy'n'Sassy. So come check it out.

Well that's it for today. Have a great one!

Sisterhood of Scrap

Good morning. I have some exciting news. For the month of April I'm the sister of the month over at Sisterhood of Scrap. This is a great group of ladies. Carla, Susan and Deanne always come up with something to inspire you. This week I posted a challenge for Challenge Monday. I thought with all the wonderful die cut paper out there it would be good to do a circle LO. Here is mine below:

I used Fancy Pants Die cut paper, Fancy pants paper, American Craft Thickers, Making Memories Tiny alphabets, Fancy Pants Rubons, Maya Road Chipboard, Glimmer mist, Ranger Stickles, Kaiser Rhinestones and Fiskars Border punch. These are my little helpers out shoveling some snow.



Also, stop by SheetLoad of Cards. If you shout out to SheetLoad on your blog you can be entered for a draw for a gift certificate to Short cuts. You can find the details in this post here.

Have a great day and I'll be back later this week with some Savvy'n'Sassy creations and maybe some Creatively Yours creations.