I used to make cards for the free magazine cover gift every month but due to demands at home took some time out and i feel that I can now get back to this as it is school holiday and I am saving some time travelling between home, work and school. I will include my Papercraft Society Boxes in my first art journal.
I will be starting with my Papercraft Society Box 8 which was the Bee Crafty Mixed Media box.
Papercraft Society May Box Reveal - Bee Crafty Mixed Media
Bev, Sam and Julie from Bee Crafty are known
for their clever use of stamps, contrasting colours and amazing tag
designs.
Inside the box you will find:
11 piece die set
Element stamp set featuring 16 stamps
Background stamp set featuring 9 stamps
2 x stencils
3 x inkpads
8 sheets of patterned paper (4 designs - 2 of each)
6 sheets of 2-sided co-ordinated coloured cardstock (3 colours - 2 of each)
2 sheets of kraft card
Embossing paste
Palette knife
Inspiration Booklet packed with project ideas.
With every box you also get a password for some inspirational videos over on a dedicated subscribers page on Craftstash.
During the long lockdown across the world I realised that I make a lot of cards that never really go to anyone and just take up precious crafting space. I donated these to charities through the years but never felt like they really got appreciated so I decided to start doing "artsy" projects just for me.
This was the start of my mixed media and art journaling journey. I already had all the products I needed, well nearly everything (can a true crafter ever have everything or enough stash). I made an album that measure 15 x 15 cm (5.9 inches square) and bound it using my We R Memory Keepers Cinch. I used mixed media paper cut to size.
Page one was a very simple page done by tracing a Studiolight stencil with a black fine tip pen and then colouring in. I used a Tonic Glitter marker to colour the background.
Here I used a but out from the Karen Joan's first Missees collecting and some zig zag doodling with a white pen. I enjoyed creating this floral arrangement using some stamps and some Art by Marlene dies in black to make the flowers pop. Unfortunately I can not remember what stamp set I used for the vase and flowers.
A Studiolight butterfly stamp designed by Lou Withers and cut the edges with art by the Art by Marlene's DIY Tag Journal kit.
I used lots of stencils and pastes on some of my pages, I was not to comfortable with the whole mixed media thing to start of by now really enjoy experimenting and
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.
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!
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
