Paperbabe art journal page

Song for Crafters - with special guest, Lindsay, The Fr...

So Beautifully Organised boxes Review

I have had my eye on these for a while but could not convince myself the kit was worth £14.99 and so I waited.  When I was chosen to review these I was really happy as I already have a few similar kit from other suppliers. I will start todays post with this disclosure

The products were provided for review purposes; however the brand has no control over the content and I was not paid to review them. My opinions are honest and based on my first-hand experience with the product. 

OK! So here’s how the So Beautifully Organised Stationery Kit - Traveller's Delight are described on the Craftstash website:

It’s time to get out and explore! The Traveller's box provides all you need for planning your adventures and keeping organised on your travels. If you’re a list maker you’ll love this month’s notebook and lush folder. Be the envy of your friends at the check-in desk with your cool & handy luggage tag. Enjoy your adventures in a beautifully organised way and don’t forget your toothbrush!

Includes:

• Adventure planning notebook
• Journal cover with storage pocket
• Luggage tag with customisable reverse
• A5 storage envelope
• Greeting's card & envelope
• 3 bulldog clips
• Postcard
• 2 sheets of luxury gift-wrap

And here’s how the So Beautifully Organised Stationery Kit - Time For Tea are described on the Craftstash website:

 

The Time for Tea box for So Beautifully Organised is a stationery lover's dream! With a quintessentially English feel, this box is themed around the traditional afternoon tea including hand-drawn illustrations of china plates, cups & saucers and teapots. This box is bursting with items to help get your life on track, including:

• 60-sheet weekly meal planner
• 3 gorgeous magnets to make sure you never forget what's on the menu today
• 40-sheet notepad with a pocket for handy storage
• 2 sheets of luxury gift-wrap
• "There's always time for tea!" greetings card
• Enamel teacup keyring
• 6 china plate themed stickers

The video best shows it all,I am new to videos so bare with me while I learn to improve.

The boxes have been reduced to £8.99 from £14.99 so be sure to check it out on the Craftstash website.

Here are my take on the  kits

• They are very well presented and packaged.  Great labelling on the packaging so you can see the colours and designs at a glance.
• I wish there were more kits not only 4, it might have been more successful of it was available at more retailers and not as a subscription.
• The quality of the items are good
• OK price point at £8.99.

I have to admit that I am considering ordering the other two set as well.

CONS:

• Not widely distributed
• Only 4 kits available
• No add-ons to match these kits available
• Book not standard traveller’s notebook size

PROS:

• Great colour combinations
• Great starter kits
• Good quality

Overall, it’s a great product and if you are looking for a lovely little gift for a teacher, teenager or friends they will be very well received and won't need a lot of wrapping.

 For more inspiration and  information do join Craftworld.

Thank you to Craftworld and Practical Publishing for providing me with these kits.

Product Review Team Reveal

 

The Product!

So Beautifully Organised Box Kit Travellers Delight and Time for Tea

 

 I have been selected to be one of five reviewers on CraftWorld to review the new Travellers Delight and Time for Tea So Beautifully Organised box kit. How exciting, can not wait to received my Box to start playing!

Here is a short video I made during the unwrapping of these lovely kits:

 

 

Do you have a question about this product? Leave a comment here with any suggestions that you would like this week's review team to investigate!

 

 

 

Perfect gift set cutting dies

In June 2020 AlinaCraft Store released this Planner Gate Fold Notebook Storage Gift Box die set.  

Well it is actually 4 set combined into one to make the projects below:

Make your own Planner

Make a pretty Gift box  for your Planner

Make a Z Fold Album

Make a Pocket Holder for your planner

Make sure to follow to subcribe to Alina's YouTube channel for regular monthly release videos and also follow her shop in AliExpress for many original designs.

I really enjoyed using these as I have been gifting Travelers notebooks for about 2 years now, but has aways found packaging and presenting them a bit boring.  The 6 hole planner page is the perfect size for my filofax planner as well so no more paying a fortune for boring pages.

For the Gate Fold folder box you will need to cut the dies below out of study card and the dies in the next foto out of patterned paper. I choose to use Sweet Dream by Creative Sensations for my projects.

I decided to upccle for my projects and cut my bases out of Amazon packaging envelopes that I then covered with white Gesso, before adding my patterned paper.

Here is the dies I used for the folder

 




 And the completed project

Art Journalling

I love card making but end up with a whole full of cards that end up being donated to charities around me, and even though I like the though of this going for a great cause I feel the need to know that my hard work is appreciated.

So I decided to create an art journal instead of individual cards.  I invested in the second set of Elizabeth Craft Designs Art journalling dies and stamps. You can find inrpiration on the ECD Planners & Journaling facebook page as well on the Elizabeth Craft Designs blog.

This collection was designed by Charlene Van Der Vorst and Ilse Kleijer. 

Ilse made a flip through video that you can view on Youtube.

There is so much inspiration for this collection out there be sure to follow both designers as well is Elizabeth Craft Designs on Facebook, Instagram, Youtube and Pinterest.

I can not wait for it to be delivered as shipping in the UK only started yesterday.

An Introduction to Spectrum Noir Ink Range

There are so many types of inks around and Crafters Companion recently brought out their own range of Spectrum Noir ink products:

Ink Pads
Finesse
Harmony
Watermark
Storage

Spectrum Noir Ink Pads:

Introduction

Finesse

Harmony

Watermark

Glitter Inks:

Introduction

String Pull Technique

Stamping

ground Techniques

Background Techniques

 Glycerin and Stencils

 

Metallic Inks:

Introduction

String Pull Technique

Stamping on Black Card

ground Techniques

Painting on Glass

MDF box Project

 

Free downloads from Tattered Lace

FREE download for Owlbert, Owlivia & Rowlph from Tattered Lace.

FREE paper downloads from Sizzix

Go to the Sizzix Paper Archive page to download some beautiful paper.

Sizzix also have their own youtube channel and are on most social media sites, including Pinterest

Free printables and templates to download from DoCrafts.

Go to the DoCrafts Inspirations page to download some beautiful paper.  You do have to register on the website but this gives you access to some lovely papers, Card Sketches and templates as well as on online gallery to share your creations with other like minded crafters

Sizzix also has their own YouTube channel and are on most social media sites, including Pinterest.

Die-cutting Essentials Issue 27 - Finest Vintage

Die-cutting Essentials Issue 27 is available on Thursday 3rd of August at £9.99 and comes with a lively 5 piece mix and match die set called: Finest Vintage. Yet again my copy has not yet arrived and I am finding it hard to see what the benefit is in subscribing when I do not get to play early and post my cards on the date of release.

Here you can see the dies in a little more detail.

You can see some samples on the Papercrafs Magazine website.

Practical Publishing also have another Special Edition Magazine called Love Cardmaking Issue 1 out at the moment at £6.99, but you can only get it from http://www.moremags.com/lc01 and have to pay £2.49 UK delivery, £4.99 for Europe or £5.99 for the rest of the world or in larger Tesco, Morrisons and Asda stores.

It comes with a cardmaking kit that include a 6x6" embossing folder, two nesting butterfly dies and a coordinating stamp set.

  Click here to download your 16 bonus papers

 

Papercraft Essentials 149 - Cottage Garden

Papercraft Essentials 149 is available on Thursday 27 at £5.99 with a lovely corner die and 9 piece stamp set called: Cottage Garden.  I normally get my copy early as a subscriber but the last few months the delivery service as definitely not been great as I am still waiting for mine.

Just some ideas on how to make the most of your sentiment stamps.

 You can get some inspiration from this YouTube Video by Christina Griffiths from http://www.card-making-magic.com or http://flowersribbonsandpearls.blogspot.co.uk.

Here is a video by Christine Smith from  CRaFTi PoTeNTiAl :D. as well and if you like what you see in the videos remember to click the like button and subscribe to their channels and go look at her blog for lots more inspiration.

 

Current Outlawz Challenges

Sunday - CAS: 

Make a card/project with a sewing theme.

Monday - Greeting: 

Use embossing (wet or dry) and at least one designer paper of any kind

Tuesday - Colour: 

3 colours: Yellow, Pink, Sea Green
Twist: Summer Fun

Wednesday - Sketch:

Remember that the sketch is for inspiration. Feel free to flip, rotate, re-size so long as we can see how the sketch leads to your creation...

Twisted Thursday: 

“Anything Goes"…. and the twist being…. "Put a Ribbon on It"

Festive Friday Challenge:

Trains
Camping
It's All About the Ladies
Christmas

Saturday - Paper a la Mode:

Make a card inspired by a song (name the song)

FREE paper downloads from Sizzix

Go to the Sizzix Paper Archive page to download some beautiful paper.

Sizzix also have their own youtube channel and are on most social media sites, including Pinterest.

Current Outlawz Challenges

Sunday - CAS: 

Make a card/project with a sewing theme.

Monday - Greeting: 

Use cut edges on your project somewhere (either with scissors, tearing or die cuts)

Tuesday - Color:

 

Wednesday - Sketch:

Remember that the sketch is for inspiration. Feel free to flip, rotate, re-size so long as we can see how the sketch leads to your creation...

 

 

Twisted Thursday: 

“Anything Goes"…. and the twist being…. "Shaped Card" !

Festive Friday Challenge:

Bumble Bees
Man's B-Day Card
Lets Go Swimming
Christmas

Saturday - Paper a la Mode:

Make a card inspired by a song (name the song)