Hi Everyone
I thought I would also show you these quick and easy bags I made to wrap some pressies in. They are made from cream cotton, and stamped with Timber Brown Stazon Ink in a variety of images. I used tea dyed ribbons and lace to wrap and tie the parcels. If you haven't tried tea dye, it is really easy. Hot Water in a bowl with a couple of tea bags, pop in the lace or ribbon and swirl it around. Play around with the length of time you leave the lace etc in for different depths of colour. I recently tea dyed some paper as well and the patterns and colours it made are gorgeous.
Lots of fun and easy to make. They could also be bound together to make a fun fabric mini book - I think that is now on my list of projects to do! It's a long list but I am having so much learning and playing, hope you are too!
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As you may know I am a member of Life on the Scrapbeach. It is a really cool site for meeting and sharing and learning with and from other crafters. Last November I decided to push myself and join a swap called Let's get Creative. I was really nervous as I am a beginner and was not sure if I could make something good enough to swap. The previous post shows my Kathy Orta Paper Bag Mini which I made. My swap partner was a lady called Rose from Texas. Rose had never been to NZ and was really interested in my country, she asked if I could use packaging and things from NZ that didn't cost money. I really wanted to use Tim Holtz paper for my mini so I decided to make a Junk Journal as an extra.
I made a simple charm for the cover with a rugby ball to celebrate
the 2011 World Cup, a Silver Fern and a Koru charm.
The Silver Fern is a special emblem to Kiwis.
I added some maps to show our place in the world and made collages of photos of our beautiful country.
One of the best things about making this fun book was looking and appreciating where I live.
Some of the images I collected, have been added to my own Must See List!
I have lived in Wellington all my life and had to include our beautiful harbour. It might be windy here occasionally!....but we do get incredibly clean and clear days.
My journal used packaging in the simplest way as pockets. I sealed up one end, trimmed off what I didn't need and retained the images as even though they are found in my everyday life (some of them are just at Christmas time! I do love Scorched Almonds) they will be different for Rose and her family in Texas.
Our family are all mad about the movies, and we all loved the Lord of the Rings trilogy. No visit to NZ is complete without a view of the talent that is here in our Movie Industry.
I found some vintage NZ ephemera that I had forgotten I had collected... it was a long time ago! Some of these things were collected on holidays with my family when I was a child.
Some more vintage ephemera that will be fabulous for use in future projects. Old vintage images, old stamps and Health stamp envelopes.
If you would like to see the video for further photos and information on this journal, please click on the link below.
I hope you will think about making a journal of the place you live, it can be as easy as mine, and I promise you will have fun and look at your place in the world with fresh eyes!
Hi everyone
I have been dying to show you this Mini. I am so proud of it. I have held off the photos and video to show you after it was received by my swap partner Rose from Texas. It is so exciting to think that it has travelled all the way to her home, where I hope she will love and enjoy it.
I created the paperbag album from a fabulous tutorial from Kathy Orta, and used Tim Holtz Kraft Resist paper.
Sorry for the glare - that is a fabulous 7gypsies transparency. I used a die cut from Tim Holtz for the dress form and made the flowers from the TH tattered florals die. The Kraft paper is coloured with Distress inks - vintage photo, victorian velvet, and broken china.
I couldn't fit all the goodies in the book, so I kept the Mini Journal and Mini mini book seperate. These were so easy and so much fun to make. I will be making another one soon and will do a demo for anyone who would like to make one too.
The spine was made with Grunge paper, which I embossed and coloured, and then I added a huge charm!
I love this charm. I added lots of beads, and used a bottle cap and altered domino, and added a vintage stamp to a Tim Holtz fragment. My daughter wanted to steal it and hang it on her wall - sorry Aleisha, it is for Rose!
I made a simple pocket for the inside front cover.
Each page has lots of pockets for lots of tags
The dressmaker pages are always a favourite for me.
I love these gorgeous ladies coloured in Ink with glitter and Liquid pearls to accessorize.
This tag was made with a favourite serviette image.
The back of the tag needed a gorgeous vintage button!
Lots of bling for this page coloured with Timber Brown Stazon.
The ribbons and bird are from Typo - a gorgeous store in NZ, Australia, and Malaysia
Another Serviette collage.
The back of the above tag with another serviette collage. One of my favourite techniques.
The Inside back cover. The image with the birds eggs is a digital download from Marion Smith of APieceofcraftdotcom
More tags
and yet more tags! I added the little buttons for Rose the recipient of the book.
I am thrilled that my parcel arrived safely in Texas, and that Rose likes her Mini. I loved making this for her.
If you would like to watch the video, I have included the link below. It is in two parts as YouTube wouldn't accept it as one but my lovely son has worked his magic and included links to the second.
I hope you like it and come back tomorrow to see my New Zealand Junk Jounal (and I do mean Junk!)
Today I am totally spoiled, it was just like Christmas when I was little. My lovely friend Ellen sent me a RAK. She created a totally cute box from Michael's and offered to send me one, but the following video shows what she sent me.
Can you guess why??
I have been stalking the graphic 45 blog every day to see all the new and exciting products that I will soon be justifying! Yes I know I already have paper, and I have trinkets ....but not these new ones - I have to have them! My wish list is now ridiculously long but there is something that won't be on my wish list, because I won - yes - I did - I won one of four daily prizes! I screamed so loud my family thought I had seen a mouse! (Yes - it is a ridiculous thing to be terrified of.... but I am.)
Here is the link to todays post just in case you missed it. http://g45papers.typepad.com/graphic45/2012/01
Thank you Graphic 45 - I can't wait to get my goodies!
I have had a fabulous busy week and I have 3 projects nearly ready to show you - Hopefully tomorrow.
Wishing you are all having a fabulous day.
xx Michelle
OK, so I have not yet put all my photos or my videos on my blog, but I have a good excuse!! Really, I have found some exciting places to visit.
My new friend Ellen has a fabulous new blog, go check it out and say Hi http://thewomenswaitingroom.blogspot.com/
Also, if you haven't seen it yet Graphic45 has a new paper line to be released at CHA and they have sneak peeks at the new collection on their blog http://g45papers.typepad.com/
And just when you are trying to recover from Çhristmas Tim Holtz has ruined that. Wait till you see the new releases. I am in Love - and considering a second mortgage to buy them all! - Do you think my hubbie will mind? http://timholtz.typepad.com/
Let me know what you think, and I promise all pictures and video links will be up soon.
I am nearly finished my epic project for my first ever swap - I have created a mini and a charm - Can't wait to show you but my swap parter Rose has to be the first person to see it.
Hi Everyone
I have been busy on my first swap, with Life on the Scrapbeach. It is so much fun, and the mini is nearly finished. I will post the pictures, once it has been received, as my Swap partner is very keen to see it and I want it to be a surprise. I did send her one sneak pic of a unfinished page - It is made with the Tim Holtz Kraft paper.
No more piccies till it is finished!
I have loaded my other Christmas minis on youtube and will post the links below
Hi and welcome to my blog. My name is Michelle Mooney.
I love paper, stamps, inks, paints, stationery, altering things, book making, pinterest and lots of other things yet to be discovered. This blog is a record of the things I make and learn on my creative journey.
