Vintage Scrapping

Father's Day Clock

This is what I made for my husband this year.  Wanted him to have something he could put on his desk.  And since he loves the beach it gave me a perfect opportunity to use my new MUDD PUDDLES!!

 

I should have taken some pics before I started working on this, but I forgot so I will try to explain best as I can.

The main part of this is plywood.  It is a solid piece of plywood with the word dad cut out of another piece of plywood.  Before I attached the dad word to the solid piece, I put the pictures behind the opening in the letter "d" and covered the plywood with the paper I wanted to use which is by Authentique (this line is beautiful). 

 

Then I inked the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in peeled paint.   A thick coating of studio medium to paste the paper down (keeps it from bubbling up).   The "clock" part is a working clock.  The battery holder is on the back and it is a hole drilled in the middle to attach it. 

 

 

 

Added some random pieces and then the Mudd Puddles!!!!  In the picture above you can see it at the bottom of the clock all the way across it.

Here is a close up of the bottom right corner.  This stuff is so cool, and I couldn't wait to use!  I got it this year at the annual scrapbook convention my mom and I go to and we both couldn't resist it.  This stuff when it dries looks like real sand - and look at the mini seashells - aren't they cute!!!  The mud puddles come in all kinds of colors and are a neat way to add texture to things!  http://muddpuddles.net/  this is their website if you want to see more of their stuff!

 

Thanks for looking and happy crafting!!

Melissa

Memory Notebook Present

So sorry it has taken me so long to post some of these things!   So this was a Christmas present I made for a very dear friend of mine with an exquisite name (gee.....it's really similiar to mine!)  I wanted to make something special and thought a personalized memory book would be perfect!

 I know I am not the best with the photos sometimes so I took multiple angle shots so you could get a real feel for it. 

 

First I measures and cut the paper for the front, back and to go around the binding.  The next step was to measure out where to punch the holes for the woven ribbon (so they would be equi-distant) and then used my ATG and glued the binding paper to the front and back paper (STILL NOT ATTACHED TO BOOK). 

 

Then carefully, I wove the ribbon through the punched holes until it was finished and tucked the last pieces of ribbon under and glued them down.  Now the next part is what is tricky, you have to slowly glue the front page down, then glue binding down, then glue back down.    Try to use something that won't dry too fast so you can move it around a little since this is one big piece you are attaching.  
Then set something heavy on it and leave it alone until it is dried completely.

 

 

 

 

 

Once it is dried, go back and ink the edges - I used the Tim Holtz distressed inks in fired brick for the distressing on this one.    Once I found the letter "M" I wanted to use on the front, I rubbed the Tim Holtz ink pad over it until it was the color I wanted.  Added some crystals to the top and bottom of "M".   Next I used my spellbinders nestabilities dies and cut the striped paper and backed it with black paper and cut an oval out of burgandy mulberry paper and then used a newsprint paper backed with black cardstock.   Ink each piece and then layer them using pop dots under the mulberry paper.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Then I made the little crochet lace flower by weaving over and under through the edge of the lace and then tying the two end together.   The little red rosettes were made from twisting ribbon and gluing them down.  

 

 

 

 

 

The last thing I did was I found a rub on that I thought would be perfect for the right corner:

Hope you like it!  I will try to work on making a step by step photo tutorial of how I make these books.  It was by chance that I started making them but they have turned out to be the neatest little gifts to make people feel special because they are so personalized!

 

Thanks for looking!

Melissa

Teacher's Gift - Monogram Notebook and Note Cards

Teacher's Day Gift

 

Hello Everyone!!  Finally I will be posting some more things!  I have been so busy creating my mum website which I am so excited to say is now live at www.melzmumz.com  and making mum displays that I have fallen behind on my other crafts!  I do have a few things that I have been meaning to upload so they will be showing up here over the next week or so!!

 

This is a little teacher's day gift I made for my son's two teachers.  First I wanted to make them a personalized notebook.

 
I started out with two composition notebooks - the traditional black and white marbled ones.  First I cut a solid piece of cardstock to fit the front cover and the same for the back.  I kept it about 1/2" from the spine though since it is a little thicker there.   Then using my trust ATG I taped and taped and then glued down the base cardstock.  For the rounded edged I just used my rounded corner punch after I glued the base paper down. 
 
  
 
 

Next I picked the paper I wanted for the main image.  I and cut it about 1/2"shorter all the way around than the base paper.  Then I glued it down to the base paper.

 

For the spine I cut a piece of cardstock (same as the base paper) that was 4" wide.  Using my score board I scored at 1 3/4"and 2 1/4" 

 

Then I used my ribbon punch across the edge of both side of the spine paper and ran some sheer ribbon through it.   After running my ATG all over it, I carefully placed the spine in between the two scored lines and glued the paper down.  This way it had equal amounts on each side of the book and it covered where my base papers stopped.

 

This is the back view:

 

 

Using my nestabilities, I ran a piece of cardstock through cutting the label and then reran it through my cuttlebug with an embossing folder.  I glued it down to a dark piece of cardstock and trimmed it close to the edge.  I used another nestability for the flower shape out of mulberry paper and the smaller flower out of the same cardstock as the base paper.  The monogram inital was part of the paper stack I used - it is a piece of chipboad I glued down.  Added a few buttons in the printed flowers and that's it!!!

 

  I also wanted to make them some personalized note cards.

For these I used kraft cardstock base from Gina K paper (awesome for card bases!!)  Then after I cut a piece of paper almost as big as the card front (used same collection that I used for notebooks)  inked  the edges and glues down.  Cut a small piece of notebook paper and inked it to give it that distressed look.  Used an orange piece of cardstock behind the notebook paper and trimmed it close to the edge.

 

The just a note is a handmade stamp I bought on ebay I think for $0.25!!

 

The monogram initial piece is cut with a nestability flower shape and then embossed with same nestability.  Glued to piece of brown cardstock and trimmed carefully.   With the actual nestability sitting on top of the die cut, I used some brown chalk to darken the edge around where it was embossed.  The initial is from a set of inkadinkadoo stamps I got at Michaels.   The flower behind it was a fall silk flower I got on sale at Michaels for $0.99 for a whole bunch!!  They kind of looked like sunflowers, so if you pull one off the stem and pull the middle "eye" out of it - you get a flat silk flower!!  Glue it all down and you are done!!  I made 5 cards for each teacher with some kraft envelopes I got at a scrapbook convention in June.

 

 

Lastly,  I needed a cute bag to put this in - and these are really really easy!!!

  It was a plain white gift bag that you buy in sets of 10 or 12.  Cut a piece of card stock to cover front and one to cover back.  Ink edges and use ATG gun and glue down.  Cut another piece of cardstock 1/2" shorter on top and on side - that will give you about 1/4" shorter all the way around.  Glue it down as well.   The names I cut with my cricut.  Use my nestability to cut a little tag - punch a small whole through it and using the same ribbon I used on the books, tie it to the top!  See - told ya that one was easy!! 

  

Supply List:

Composition Notebooks

Coordinating Paper Stack

Ribbon Weave Punch

Nestabilities

Ribbon

Kraft Cardstock

Silk Flowers

Stamp for Sentiment

Solid Gift Bags

Optional:  Buttons and Mulberry Paper

 

 

Thanks for looking!!  Please feel free to leave any comments or ask any questions!  Have a great day!!!

Melissa

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