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#72 Kate's Inspiration Jar

This weeks class is from Crafty Kate and what a fantastic idea!  Thanks for sharing it with us Kate :-)

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This is to help you when you have a "Scrapblock".   All of us get them every now and then so hopefully this little jar of inspiration will put an end to that and hopefully it’ll get you using up stash that you may have forgotten about or just haven’t gotten around to using yet.

What you need:

• Any type of Jar/container or box (whatever you have handy).  My jar is from a jar of sweets that I was given and I loved the jar so much that I just had to keep it and use it for something.
• Scraps of Patterned Paper, Cardstock (whatever you have in your scrapbag)
• Punches, Big Shot/ Sizzix Machines, Cricut machine or if you haven’t got any of these you can download a template for a file folder that I used from here http://ruthannzaroff.com/mirkwooddesigns/images/minifolder.gif
  You can use luggage labels too, any sort of tag.

I wrote down some different ideas like “Use paint on your LO”, ”Use 10 buttons”, Use Pencil Lines Sketch #20” and then I thought anytime I was stuck for an idea for a LO, I can pull out a tag or a combination of tags and use the ideas on my LO.

Here are some ideas for labels. You could decorate them too if you wanted.
With this one I just stamped a circle and cut it out

And then I wrote on the other side

Or this is using the file folder

and this is the inside

You could also add flowers, buttons etc. to the jar for inspiration and to make it look pretty!!

Or for another idea you could cut out LO ideas from magazines and put them in the jar.

That’s it!  Really simple, but I hope it will “inspire” you!!

Kate xx

Happy St. Patrick's Weekend

Happy St. Patrick's Weekend from all the ScrapWesties. 

Hope you enjoy the weekend wherever you are in the world.   

As everyone was out partying we've no class this week, but please check in next week at the normal time.

#71 Journal by Caroline Moore

You will need :

A4/A3 paper

Cardboard for covers

Paper/inks/embellishments/stamps to decorate

This journal can be made with A4 or A3 paper, depending on the size you wish.

Instructions

1.      Fold your page in half long ways and open out.  Fold in half again side ways and open out.  Take the edges of the paper and fold back into the centre, you should now have 3 peaks side ways and one long ways, and all the peaks should be on the one side (mountain folds). Open page fully.

2.      With a craft knife, slit from the first peak to the third peak along the centre fold (long ways).

3.      Again, fold your paper in half long ways with the peaks on top and you should have a diamond shaped opening at the top, (see photo below), bring your journal together and decorate with photos or stamps and embellishments etc.  You can stitch the pages together and make pockets and folds, add tags, hide secret messages etc.  This is such a lovely little journal, I have lots I keep in my handbag so I can jot down quotes/notes etc.

4.      Cut out 2 rectangles in cardboard ½ centimetre larger on all sides than your closed journal and cover with your chosen papers (or you can ink or paint the covers).

5.      Join the two sides of the journal with fancy ribbon leaving around ½ inch gap in the centre. 

6.      Cover the inside with co-ordinating paper.  Place the journal inside the covers and using ribbon or card tie it around the cover to secure it.

7.      Decorate your cover.

8.      Have fun filling and decorating the inside.