Show & Tell – Butterfly bats & owl mummy card

Some of my best ideas come to me in the bathroom. While brushing my teeth I noticed some Johnson & Johnson bandage wrap in the cabinet and thought I could do something scrappy with it. Since I’m excited for Halloween and love owls…why not a owl mummy!!

I had fun tearing up strips of the bandage wrap, it’s self-adhesive so I didn’t need any additional glue. I just stuck it onto the owl. Once I had my owl wrapped up I sponged antique linen distress ink onto the bandages. I just love the distress ink, so many great uses. As I was assembling my card I thought it would be fun to punch out some black butterflies. I used a velvet covered paper and also punched them on orange cardstock. This was a lot of fun to make and easy too. Inside the card is the word {Boo}. This will be little Nika’s card for Halloween this year. Thanks for checking out my butterfly bats & owl mummy card!! Hope you have a fun weekend. XOOXO ~ Cathy
Products used

• Diecut owl {Sizzix}
• Polka-dot & purple paper {Luckybug Scrapbooking} You can download this digi kit for free here
• Orange cardstock {Stampin Up!}
• Mummy wrap {Johnson & Johnson}
• Googly eyes {Westrim Crafts}
• Ribbon {Really Reasonable Ribbon}
• Butterfly punches {Fiskars & Make an Impression}
• Distress Ink {Ranger}
• Chalk Ink {Powder Puffs}
• Adhesive {Ultimate Glue, Herma & Glue Dots}
• Letter stickers inside card {Basic Grey}

Show & Tell – Halloween Owl card

I’ve had this new Sizzix owl die sitting around and was feeling inspired to make a Halloween card.

For this card I made 3 diecut owls, 1 using a cereal box {great chipboard substitute} and also a green and purple owl. First I covered the chipboard owl with green paper. Then I popped-out the feathers on the purple diecut. For the feathers I lifted each one by carefully slipping my fingernail to give it a rounded flap. Next I adhered the purple owl over the green one, everything got adhesive except the lifted feathers. I like how the green is peeking out under the feathers. Next I outlined the detail from the diecut with a black sharpie fine point pen.  Each of the feathers also is outlined with a black marker. I didn’t use the eyes from the diecut and instead used googly eyes. I also inked around the edges of the finished owl with a black chalk inkpad.The orange netting that is wrapped around the card I re-purposed from some packaging. Click on the images for a close-up view.

Products used

• Diecut owl {Sizzix}
• Cardstock {Stampin Up!}
• Scalloped cardstock {DCWV}
• Polka-dot, purple & green papers {Luckybug Scrapbooking} You can download this digi kit for free here
• Black/White gingham ribbon {Really Reasonable Ribbon}
• Orange netting {Re-purposed from some packaging}
• Googly eyes {Westrim Crafts}
• Black Brads {Making Memories}
• Orange Brad {Kimberly Polson}
• Adhesive {Ultimate Glue & Herma tab dispenser}
• Black marker {Sharpie}
• Black chalk {Powderpuffs}

I have another fun Halloween card that I’ll be posting this weekend too. Thanks for stopping by today!! XOOXO

Show & Tell – Altered baby wipes box

I made this altered baby wipes box to hold my daughter’s hair clips. I had been keeping the clips in here and it has been a good storage box so I decided to try and make it a bit more pretty.

This was an easy project. I used a ruler to measure the areas of the box that I wanted to cover with paper. Then cut out the paper and sprayed it with pearl Glimmer Mist for a little sparkle. Next I ran the papers through the Xyron for adhesive. The brown ribbon was adhered with wet glue.  The blue ribbon was just wrapped around and then tied a knot in the back. The pink flowers were put on with glue dots.

For the clear flower layered on top the pink one, I made this using my Sizzix Bigshot. I ran some acetate {it really was old transparency film, the kind you get at the office supply store for making overheads} through my Sizzix and then used black StazOn to stamp a French script stamp on the die cut flower. I like how it came out. I’ll be using more of these transparent flowers on future projects.

Products used

• Baby wipes box {Huggies}
• Adhesive {Xyron & Ultimate Glue}
• Patterned paper {My Mind’s Eye}
• Flowers {Prima}
• Mesh glitter ribbon {Really Reasonable Ribbon}
• Brown ribbon {repurposed from some packaging}
• Blue ribbon {Portafolia Gifted Memories}
• Pink brad {SEI}
• Clear flower {die cut using Sizzix}
• Glimmer Mist

Show & Tell – Easter layout

Here’s the layout I did for the Crop-A-Latte club that I attend. Both the flowers and ladybug embellishments were made with coffee sleeves. You can see my previous post on using coffee sleeves here. If you are curious about what Nika is wearing, it’s her Easter basket! She thought it was really fun to wear on her head.

Products used

• Patterned paper {3 Bugs in a Rug}
• Cardstock {DCWV}
• Wood letters {Woodsies}
• Pink paper on letters {SEI}
• Chipboard embellishments {Heidi Grace}
• Butterfly {Fiskars pop-up punch}
• Buttons {my own stash}
• Blue ribbon {Stampin Up}

Nika’s party favors & Cream City Ribbon

I’ve been busy putting together the favors for Nika’s 1st birthday party. The pails have bubbles, sticker sheets, bouncy balls & crayons. A couple of the guests are under 6 months and those pails have peek-a-boo blocks in them. I used my Sizzix to make the tags and also tried out the coolest ribbon on the tags. I’ve had this ribbon from Cream City Ribbon for a while and the colors were perfect to match the Elmo theme for the party.

Cream City Ribbon is unlike any ribbon I’ve ever used. It’s very versatile and unique. It’s an all-natural product composed of cotton and water soluble adhesive. The texture is crisp, and feels like a paper-thin wood chip. The ribbon is springy and holds its shape beautifully. I used the rainbow colored ribbon and was able to shred/tear it and then curled it by wrapping it around a bamboo skewer. You can also stamp on it. Really fun stuff to play with. Lots of possibilities for crafting with this.

Starbucks keeps me scrappy

I have to confess that I live in Seattle and {NOT} a coffee drinker, crazy I know! But, my honey is an avid coffee drinker. He has collected a small stash of coffee sleeves for me to play with. Since I’m on a recycling/Sizzix exploration this week…the coffee sleeves have successfully made their way through the Big Shot. I really love this texture. I can see myself using the coffee sleeves to die cut a lot. Take a look at how these turned out.

I’ve also used a coffee sleeve to make a mini album, you can check it out here.

Have a coke and a smile!

Have a coke and a smile…does that totally date me or what?? Alright have a coke and make some really cool scrappy die cuts. Yep, that’s right I ran a coke can through my Sizzix Big Shot and {LOVE} how these embellishments came out. The pop can went through beautifully just like paper. You get two options for using these funky embellishments, one side has the cool design from the pop can and the other side has a great metal look.

I rinsed the can out with water and used a regular pair of scissors to cut off the top and bottom of the can. I recommend using a pair of scissors that you don’t use for your paper. Cutting the can is probably going to sharpen the blade of your scissors too, a nice added bonus to this technique. After the top and bottom are cut off I used a paper towel to dry out the inside and then flattened it out. I sandwiched the flattened can just as I would paper and ran it through the Sizzix Big Shot.

I’m wondering if the can is sharpening the die when it cuts? I’m guessing it is. I know tin foil will sharpen scissors when you cut it and also sharpens punches when you punch foil. Seems logical that a pop can would sharpen a die. Anyhow, I’m having fun playing around with my Sizzix Big Shot this week and discovering fun ways to recycle things. Hope you are having a wonderful day! XOOXO

Be sure to check out yesterday’s post for more ideas on using the Sizzix Big Shot.

New scrappy discovery

I made a new scrappy discovery last night. Look what I made with my Sizzix Big Shot! Guess what I used to make these?? You know all those annoying credit cards offers you get in the mail, I used the plastic fake credit cards. I ran them through my Sizzix and they cut out perfectly. I just sandwiched the credit card in the machine like I would paper and viola I got a nice little plastic embellishment that looks a little funky and fun. It also worked on used gift cards too. I like different textures on my projects and excited about this new discovery, and its good recycling…gotta love that!

Here’s some other fun things you can cut in the Sizzix

• Flattened cereal boxes – great way to make your own chipboard pieces
• Thin metal & foil
• Wall paper
• Cork board
• Craft foam
• Felt
• Fabric – add paper behind the fabric to help get a clean cut
• Magnet sheets
• Shrink plastic – great for making tiny charms!
• Vellum
• Clear acetate sheets
• Sticky tape sheets – I like this for making glittery letters or shapes
• Plastic page protectors
• File folders
• Thin rubber sheets – make your own stamps!

I’d love to hear about any tricks or interesting things you do with the Sizzix. XOOXO ~ MamaSheg

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