A Good Ol' Sport Briefcase

Today on Clear Scraps blog post, I've created this Good Ol' Sport briefcase using Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport paper collection and Clear Scraps Chipboard Brag Bag Album...

Instead of using the album as it is, I actually altered it to become a briefcase by using one of the chipboards to sandwich between the front and back covers... The other 2 remaining chipboards I used it as the album covers... What's inside as pages are the remaining acrylic pages from my previous Clear Scrap DT projects...

Not exactly an album I should say but I'd think it's more towards a collage display book frame which I fully made use of the acrylic sheets to build up the pages to give a final collage when pages are stacked together... On the inside of the covers, I delibrately keep it simple, leaving it just it is for placement of photo which I think it will look great together with the collage pages... Something one can use as a photo display piece... The big red bow in the front cover is actually an origami bow made from a single sheet of 6" x 6" pattern paper, which you can find it all over the web on tutorials how to make this.... Hmmm, something that I think it will look well and indeed it does!!! And I'm loving it how it turns out...

Here is the list of supplies to make this project:

• Clear Scrap Travel Brag Bag Chipboard Album
• Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport (Good Ol' Sport, Game Day, Big Score, All Star, Newsworthy, Number 1 Fan, 6" x 6" Patterns & Solids, Chipboard 2, Tags & Pockets, Banners and Stickers)
• Jute Twine

I hope you will like it... Enjoy!!!

Whimiscal Altered Birdcage for Petaloo & Graphic 45 Blog Hop

Today is the last day for Petaloo and Graphic 45 Blog Hop... What I've created for this blog hop is this whimiscal altered birdcage... Actually I wanted to altered a lantern but it seems that it's pretty common and one of my teammates Solange Marques is doing that for this blog hop so I decided to make a change...

This birdcage stands at ~7” tall and took me a day just to re-paint, colour and seal the cage before I can embellish... Everything has to be taken in caution as I could only work within such a small area through that little door... What’s inside the base of the cage houses the various ingredients (pumpkins, bats, feathers and potions) together with this cute little magical bird... I drapped the floral branches down the cage and glue several mini pumpkins onto the branches to make it look like pumkins vines that grow on top of the cage... Thinking a pair of wings will spice up the cage, I altered and added the angel wings behind the cage to give a steampunk look... It turns out quite well and I like the effect when it's all done... To spice up a little more, I've also added a basketful of pumpkins pods and a bottle of wishing bones at the bottom of the cage as side decorations...

I hope you will like it and has been an inspiration to you... So now here I present this whimsical altered birdcage... Enjoy!!!

"Low and behold!!! 

Beware of that tiny magical bird that sits proudly inside the cage… He’s the master of Wishing Spells and brews spells for anyone who wish for it... Beware of what you wish for, your wish may be granted in the wrong way…"

Graphic 45 Come Away with Me Stacked Suitcases

What's sharing today at Graphic 45 blog is this major project I had worked on it for about a week - stacked suitcases. Greatly inspired by the various stacked suitcases pins as home decor all over Pinterest, I decided to create my very own mini version by building each of them from scratch. Used quite a lot of Come Away with Me papers I should say. And I absolutely love love love this travel collection.

Inside each suitcase is a library of miniature books, matchbox suitcases, and other treasures inspired by the movies Titanic and The Aviator.

I've created a tutorial on how to make these cute little matchbox suitcases and a walk-through YouTube video to showcase this project. Currently, I'm working on a couple of tutorial sheets for this project, and once I've finished compiling I'll list them for sale on my Esty store. Do keep a look out, will be out pretty soon. I hope you guys will like this project. Meanwhile, sit back and enjoy.

My 2nd Guest Designer's Spot with Craft Hoarders Anonymous Challenge Blog

Again, thankful to be invited to be Gloria's guest designer for this month Challenge #14 ... For this challenge, I created this lovely Friendship card using Graphic 45's Kraft Reflection paper collection and one of the cards from Clear Scraps Send it Clear Card that's in my design team package... I added on this button from Tim Holtz that I've been hoarding for years... Finally for this challenge, I can make use of it...

Do pop by Glora's challenge blog to show her some love and support...

Back to School Fun Tutorial with Graphic 45

What's sharing on today's Graphic 45's blogpost is a short tutorial on how to create these cute mini notebooks using just a single sheet of printer paper in just 4 simple steps.

Here are the steps:

Step 1: Fold an A4 size printer paper into 16 parts and cut across the paper as shown, leaving the last part uncut.

Step 2: Gather and fold the paper alternatively into a mini accordion book. Distress the edges if preferred.

Step 3: Wrap Kraft cardstock around the book. This will be the cover. Glue/tape down the first and last parts of the paper onto the insides of the cover. 

Step 4: Embellish as follows. And you're done!!!

The final size of the mini notebooks measures 2.25" x 3". For those wondering about A4 size, it's an international ISO standard paper size commonly used in Singapore, UK, and some Commonwealth countries. It's larger than the US letter size paper, which measures 8.27" x 11.7" (21cm x 29.7cm). If you can't find A4 size printer paper, don't worry! You can use letter size or similar sizes, just keep in mind that your notebooks will be smaller. The steps, however, remain the same. I hope this clears things up for you.

Have fun!!! Cheers!!!