Spring is in the Air

Hi Everyone,

Here is my latest design team project for Colourcraft with the theme for February being “spring”.

I made a hand stitched and bound book from scratch and the products incorporated in this project are :-

• Colourcraft Acrylic Paints – White Greens, Blues and yellows
• Colourcraft Soft Form Relief Paste in White
• Colourcraft Acrylic Spray Mists in Blue and yellow.

There is a step by step process over on the Colourcraft Blog, if you wish to go have a peek, link is HERE

Thanks for popping round

Sarah

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Indigo Ink Tie Dye and Book Binding

Hi everyone,

I thought I would share photos from another workshop that I attended back in May, it was an Indigo ink Tie Dye and book binding workshop held at the Granton Hub in Edinburgh.

It was a fabulous workshop where you learned to Tie Dye fabric with Indigo ink then use your fabric to make a book… the tutors were fabulous Elizabeth and Cassandra .. they can be found here and here if you are looking to do something like this in the future

Here are my photographs from the day…

Thanks for popping round

Sarah x

Stencilling with Fabric Paints

Hi Everyone,

It is my turn over on the Colourcraft blog today with a fun project using fabric paints, brusho and a great curliecue stencil from Stencilgirl

Hop on over to the design team blog for a step by step tutorial

link {HERE}

Thanks for popping round

Sarah

 

Button Hole Book Binding part 2

Hi everyone,

I made another book yesterday with the book binding skills learned from the workshop I attended on Wednesday on button hole book binding..

For this one I used a 12 x12 chalk board effect paper stack that I bought from the range for £3 and some black and white washi tape I bought from Ikea a while back.

I am really enjoying making books just now, although I have a few projects in the pipeline that I am working on which I will share in the coming weeks..

As always, thank you for popping round

sarah x

Button hole book binding

Hi everyone…

I have a couple of cute little handmade books to share with you…. I attended a workshop at Stampers Grove in Edinburgh this afternoon on button hole book binding with Cass Barron and it was such a fab workshop, if you ever get a chance to take a class with Cass jump at the chance as you will not be disappointed here is a link to her Facebook Page 😊

And here is a view inside at the signatures

We finished our first books with some spare time left over so we got to start making another book, which I completed once I got home

I plan to make another couple tomorrow … they are so much fun to make..

i will leave a link to the stampers grove workshop list here as Cass has a few more workshops planned throughout the summer, they are not to be missed 🙂

thank you for popping in, as always 😊

Sarah

Leather Travel Journal

Hi Everyone!..

I bought a 3 pack of nice notepads at my local supermarket (asda) this morning because I wanted to make a travel journal… I had bought a leather bundle off Amazon about a month ago with this project in mind and also for making a few other upcoming projects too 🙂

I love how it turned out.. the leather was a scrap but was big enough to cover the 3 books which were held in place with elastic hair bands and have enough to have a flap to fold over the front, which i didn’t trim and left it in the shape it was..

I have to say I do love it, but want to make another, this time actually stitching it onto the leather cover rather than with the elastic as I think I would prefer it to be more secure..

I think I will make up my own signatures for the next book too.. that should be fun and I have just the right paper in mind for it too 🙂

I was going to keep this blog post for tomorrow, but I was that excited about making it that I just had to share it with you tonight!

Thanks for popping in

Sarah

 

Crafty Projects Jan-Jun 2017

 

Good Morning Everyone!

Just sharing a wee video montage of the crafty things I have been making in the first half of 2017..and there are not nearly enough of them lol.. will aim to make more Jul-Dec 😉

Hold on tight to your dreams…

Hi Everyone..

I altered three wee notebooks today..

I bought these a while back at Stampers Grove, they are great to alter and I also got to use that new kraft and black paper pad that I had bought from the Range last month.

I kept them very simple, they are a great size for sticking in your handbag/purse so didn’t want to embelish them too much

I cut the paper to size which was 2.5″ x 4″

then inked all round the edges of the books and the patterned paper in black archival ink

I applied scortape all round the reverse side of the patterned paper and stuck to the front and back pages of the books

Then I finished them off with some Tim Holtz small talk stickers

A nice quick and easy project for a sunday morning 🙂

As always thank you for popping round

Sarah x

 

G45 Safari Adventure Coffee Sleeve Tag Book

Hi everyone!..

I mentioned the other day that I would share the coffee sleeve tag book that I made using the Graphic 45 Safari Adventure papers..

I used plain kraft coloured coffee sleeves and stenciled over each one with a Dylusions stencil with a triangle pattern and Ground Espresso ink.. I think it made it rather giraffe like 🙂

I also used one of the pages from the 12 x 12 stack with loads of cut aparts to decorate and embelish the book

I stuffed the book with tags and belly bands so that you can add even more tags

and I finished off the book by binding it all with a book ring and a large eyelet from We r Memory Keepers using the Cropodile.

As always, thank you for popping round

See you again soon

Sarah x

Envelope Books

Hi Everyone!

This weekend I have been making mostly …. Envelope Books 🙂

They are samples for a workshop at Stampers Grove this Saturday 11th February from 10.30 till 12.30..

This is a great way to use up your envelops stash and as you can see they look great in all shapes and sizes 🙂

Its also a great way for you to use up your jelly plate prints

and also use up all those patterned papers we hoard 😉

and practice zentangle (which I suck at lol)

So if you are in Edinburgh next Saturday and fancy making one, you can call James or Emma to book a space on  0131 221 9440 or pop into 92 Grove St, Edinburgh EH3 8AF

As always, thank you for popping round

Sarah