I love the trims in the Mia Bella collection. I wanted to use one or two on this "hello" card, but I couldn't choose which ones. I had to use all of them!
I adhered the most prominent trim to the center of my card and stacked washi tape strips and trims above and below.
I tucked a few sequins in here and there, and added a sticker sentiment.
I love the "feel" of this card. The textures are so pretty and interesting. I just hope my recipient doesn't spend so much time running her fingers over the trims that she forgets to read what's inside.
I enjoy the touch of giving a gift with personalized packaging. This little plastic container was perfect for decorating and for wrapping some little treats. I used the Blooms & Blossoms collection to decorate the container as well as a tag and a brad from the sundries packages of other collections. This was a quick and easy way to make a pretty gift container that is ready to give -just fill it with treats.
Wow! June is in full swing. Summer always seems to go far too quickly! We hope you are making the most of it.
One of our favorite things about each new month, is welcoming a new Club SEI kit! This is the July paper-crafting kit. We're really excited about the new hoop art project! It's easy to make using Tumble Dye and there are so many possibilities.
Another fun project in this kit, is the mini-book. The fun papers and eclectic embellishments in this kit, make it a snap. Go to clubsei.com to check out all the goodies club members will get in their kit or sign-up today!
Project life has become a very popular way to keep memories. While recording my day-to-day activities doesn't capture my interest, the format does for events (like vacations) when there are lots of pictures involved. Our recent family vacation included a lot of pictures that I see as important and I didn't want to leave any out.
I pulled out the Mia Bella collection, bits of the Diane collection and some washi tape to complete two pages. The Mia Bella collection was perfect with the maps, postcards and stickers that are ideal for a travel theme. The colour theme was also ideal for the colours in my pictures.
I hope this gives you a few more ideas for scrapping vacation and travel pictures.
I recently used my iPhone to photograph the roses in my front yard. While playing with different filters for my photos, I found one that brought out colors that reminded me of the Diane collection. So, I printed my favorite shot and created this layout:
Inspired by the watercolor-like designs in the Diane collection, I used mists to paint a watercolor background for my page. I layered vellum and my favorite Diane papers as a photo mat, tucking in a Diane tag for a burst of orange.
To add a bit of gold glamour, I used the gold washi tape from the Holiday Traditions line (along with a striped washi from my own supplies). I also used the glitter dots from the Holiday Traditions line to accent my mist splatters.
I cut die-cuts and my title from gold foil cardstock. I love how easy it was to add a metallic touch to the Diane collection.
I found a quote I liked to use as journaling, and added a location and date for personal detail.
I think this is my favorite project with the Diane collection to date! Now, to find more beautiful flowers to photograph....
Being a teacher I hear a lot of, "I suck at this," I'm no good at that," and "why is your class so hard Mrs. Branch?" The last one makes me chuckle for two reasons. The first reason is that I teach art...how can that be hard? And two, if art is your hardest class, we have issues." But, anyways back to today's project. As a teacher I find myself encouraging kids to try....and try again, and then push them more to get the best work I can out of them. Teachers have a tough job--trying to inspire a child to try their hardest, even if the kid's like, "Art wasn't my first elective choice Mrs. Branch." (insert annoyed teacher face here).
One of the best ways I have found to motivate and inspire kids to try more, work harder and produce quality work is to speak positively into their life through quotes and colloquialisms. Today's project is an inspirational desk decor piece you can make for your little scholar when she's practicing her math review over the summer using SEI's Mia Bella collection.
I die cut this phrase and then adhered it to Evening Promenade from the Mia Bella collection pack. Then I fussy cut flowers from Sidewalk Cafe, border punched a trim from paper in the Mia Bella 6" x 6" paper pad and added a pennant sticker from Mia Bella cardstock stickers. Finally, I placed it in this yummy peach frame from Target. I'm going to give this to our eighth grade school counselor whose become such a dear friend, and is leaving my school to counsel at another school. I am going miss her so very much, and I hope she can display this in her office to encourage students who come in to meet with her.
Hi everyone! Finally, it's getting warmer here in Colorado. When it comes time for summer, it makes me think about using fun and bright colors for my projects. Today I have a fun bold card that I created to share with you.
"You are loved"
For this card, I used the color-blocked paper from the "Blooms and Blossoms" collection. I adhered it to a card base.
To add more details, I added gold eyelets to the card.
Then I sewed a sentiment to the left corner.
That's it! Quick and easy card. Perfect for brightening up your loved one's day.
Hi there! My name is Kristin Tweedale of rukristin papercrafts. I'm a blogger and independent shop owner with a passion for telling my story and helping others to do the same. You can find me at rukristin.com, where I offer storytelling and memory-keeping inspiration and workshops.
I'm very excited to be sharing one of my favorite projects with the SEI blog today, a DIY flip-down mini-album from a visit to Chicago last summer.
I love creating travel mini-books, and I’m usually guilty of making at least 3 or 4 for every trip I take. Wanting to tell the story of one crazy day in downtown Chicago, this book was created using only photos, journaling cards, a sheet of patterned paper, adhesive, and a pen.
This book came together in less than an hour, and could easily be replicated several times over for thoughtful, but easy gift albums.
This DIY mini-album technique is my absolute favorite right now. These flip books are super interactive and are always a favorite when guests come to visit. I love that I can make a full album using just supplies from my stash, and I really love that I can create the mini-album work for the specific story I’m trying to tell. Because I’m deciding the size of the album, I can make it as long or as short as I need to and fill it with as many or as few photos as I have.
Thanks very much for stopping by today. Let's be internet friends! Catch up with me during the week at rukristin.com or on instagram and twitter using the handle @rukristin. Thanks again to the great folks at SEI for having me today!
It's the last day of our Tumble Dye week. We hope you've had as much fun as we have!
Today we're showing you summertime Tumble Dye projects. We hope you will use some of these ideas to make your summer fun and COLORFUL!
We love summer barbecues! It's so fun to gather your friends and family to enjoy good food. For our barbecue, we added color to ordinary skewers, wooden handles, and even condiment cups by dipping them in a little Tumble Dye.
Make your get-togethers special with unique details using Tumble Dye. Our canvas banner kit works great with Tumble Dye. Just spray it on in whatever colors you want. Add a design to plain white cups with Tumble Dye too.
It works great on paper. For our decor, we sprayed Tumble Dye onto tissue paper and made little pom-poms on skewers. The invitations and cake flags are just white paper brushed with Tumble Dye.
This bag and hat were plain and simple. So, we added a little ombre to liven them up for summer. We love how easy Tumble Dye is to use for all kinds of projects! In fact, we have a pinboard devoted to gathering these ideas right here.
Welcome to day four of our Tumble Dye week. Tomorrow is the last day, so make sure to come back again. Also, don't forget to enter the giveaways!
Each day we've been trying to give you tips on how to take things you already have and make them better with Tumble Dye. So, today we thought we'd give you some specific examples of what you can do with something that is less than pretty. :)
This first bag was very simple to do! All we did was brush Tumble Dye over the design to add a little bit of color.
The second bag was not bad to begin with. However, we didn't like the words on it. So, we dyed some iron-on sheets with Tumble Dye and ironed them on. Voila!
The third bag was also done using dyed iron-on sheets. However, we decided to accent the bag with the iron-ons to add a hint of color, rather than creating a design, like the second bag.
Careful, once you get started up-dating things with Tumble Dye, you just might get addicted! It is so fun and easy to use.
It's a blog party this week! We hope you're loving all the great Tumble Dye projects we created to share with you and the giveaways too. Everyone loves giveaways, right? We do!
Today we're showing fun party ideas using Tumble Dye. Whether you're doing a tie-dye party, a classic birthday, rainbow party, or another theme, we hope this party will inspire you to use your creativity.
One of our favorite things about this party is the fabulous confetti dot tablecloth. We made this using a white sheet, Tumble Dye, a tape roll and a paintbrush. Use the inside of a roll of tape as your stencil. For smaller circles, a toilet paper roll would work as a stencil too. Use your paintbrush to fill in the circle with Tumble Dye.
It seems like we just can't have a party without some fun cupcake wraps and toppers. So, we have some free printables downloads for you to make your own cupcake wraps, toppers & thank you circles. If you have a cutting machine, you can use the svg file to have your machine do the work for you. Find all of our printables here.
Now, how are you going to keep those little party-goers busy? We thought of that too! Wrap a t-shirt and/or blank puppet up with some pretty paper for each child. For older kids, you can even give them their own bottle of Tumble Dye to use since it is easy-to-use, water-based, non-toxic and environmentally-friendly. Now, teach them how to make their own puppets and shirts.
If you'd like to learn how to tie-dye, watch this video, or one of our other helpful videos.
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