Shabby Chic Christmas Altered File Folders ~ Creative Embellishments

Hi there Crafty Friends! Today I'm sharing a Shabby Chic Christmas project with you - using gorgeous chipboard elements from Creative Embellishments! Like all of you, I'm sure, I've started getting ready for Christmas - and decided to create these Altered File Folders as packaging for Christmas Gifts! I coffee-dyed a standard letter-size file folder and then cut it in half - sewing the sides of each half closed to create a pocket. I layered vintage music paper, vintage dictionary paper, some coffee-dyed paper doily, and some pages from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol on the folders and then added some vintage pink velvet ribbon and some vintage pink & white floral lace. I printed the angel images (a free printable I found on Pinterest), distressed them with Vintage Photo Distress Ink and stitched them to some coffee-dyed paper and white cheesecloth. I added three buttons, stitched with silver thread, to each printed image. I added a CE chipboard Pine Tree to each folder - I embossed the trees with Stampendous Embossing Powder in Winter Wonderland. I also added a CE chipboard Bow to each folder - I embossed the Bows with Distress Embossing Powder in Worn Lipstick, but didn't like the colour tone on this project, so I painted over it with some Prima Art Alchemy Metallique Paint in Vintage Rose and added some highlights with Smooch Pearl Accents. Finally, I embossed words from the CE Chipboard Christmas Sentiments with Martha Stewart Embossing Powder in Sterling - I used silver to pick up on the silver flecks on the trees and the silver thread in the buttons.

I've left the back of the folders fairly plain (for now!) - simply adding a small collage of vintage music paper, book page and lace at the top and randomly stamping the folders with my favourite CE Stamp - Distressed Script.

Writing Boards for Vintage/Junk Journals ~ Creative Embellishments

Hi There Crafty Friends! Today I'm sharing a fun and functional projectwith you! I've been creating Vintage Style Junk Journals lately and wanted to include a writing board in them -- a hard surface for those who like to journal on the go -- and the Creative Embellishments Large Tags are the perfect size to tuck into a journal for this purpose! For the "writing surface" side, I wanted to make sure that it remained flat, without any bumps or embellishments that would interfere with writing, so I started off by brushing a rough coat of white gesso on one side of the tag - leaving some places where the kraft colour of the tag base could peek through. Next, I stamped the tag with the Creative Embellishments Distressed Script Stamp and some black Archival Ink. I then decoupaged torn sections from a Paris-themed Napkin onto the tag. Finally, on the writing side, I heavily inked the edges of the tag with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.

For the reverse side of the tags, I created some "Franken-Paper" using bits of paper left over from creating the journals these tags were created for (check out Nik the Booksmith's YouTube for the inspiration for the Franken-Paper technique). I collaged the papers together and then cut the tag shapes from the collaged paper. Next, I stitched around the outside of each tag shape and along each seam of the papers; then, I added some lace that coordinates with some used in the journals. Before gluing the sewn/collaged papers to the Large Tags, I added a Pen Loop to each of the tags using wide black elastic. Finally, I glued the collaged papers to the back of each tag and inked the edges with Distress Ink. I finished off the tags with some lace, sari silk and eyelash trim and an antique-style pocket watch charm.

Vintage Style Needle Book ~ Creative Embellishments

Hi there Crafty Friends! After taking short hiatus from crafting, I'm back to share a new project I created for Creative Embellishments - a Vintage Style Needle Book I made using the CE Passport Journal Cover.

I started off by separating the front and back covers from the spine piece, as I wanted a little more flexibility to the cover hinges. I wrapped the outside of the cover with fabric and decorated it with some lace, cheesecloth, measuring tape trim and a vintage sewing Trade Card. I added a couple of vintage buttons and a sewing machine charm on a bulb pin and made a closure for the book using a post button and a recycled Sari Silk tie.

I lined the inside of the cover with blue felt and made a pocket for the front and back covers using felt and lace. I made the interior 'pages' from felt and decorated them using lace trims and measuring tape trim. There are tucks and pockets to hold all manner of sewing paraphernalia. I added in a few pieces from the CE Button and Thread Cards, which I covered using print-outs of vintage sewing Trade Cards and patterned paper - I also inked the edges of the thread cards with Distress Ink in Vintage Photo.

Alice in Wonderland Junk/Vintage Journal

Hi Crafty Friends - today I'm sharing an Alice in Wonderland themed Junk/Vintage Journal. This was made for a swap in the Junk Journal Junkies Facebook Group. A video flip-through of the full journal is on my YouTube channel.

Here are a couple of photos of the outside!

Irish Eyes Vintage Journal

Hi there Crafty Friends! Today, I'm sharing a Vintage St. Patrick's Day Themed Journal.

This Journal has a fabric cover over recycled card and is lined with muslin. A Vintage Doily wraps around the cover and a Vintage Linen Napkin has been used for pockets on the inside front and back covers. There is one signature consisting of 60+ pages, along with lots of tags, tucks, ephemera, etc. A video flip-through is available on my YouTube Channel: https://youtu.be/LY2suBwaBU4

This journal will be available for sale in my Etsy Shop: https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ScatteredPicturesArt

Printed elements are from Ephemoire and include the Irish Eyes Journal Kit.
Ephemoire Store: http://bit.ly/2Bv1v3L
Ephemoire Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/ephemoire/

Here are a few photos!

Paris c. 1900 - A Cancan Dancer's Diary Vintage/Junk Journal ~ Digital Kit Available in My Etsy Store

Hi there Crafty Friends! I created this journal for a Swap in the Junk Journal Junkies Facebook Group and I'm so excited to share it because it was made using the first Digital Journal Kit I designed for my Etsy Store! The Kit is called Paris c. 1900 - A Cancan Dancer's Diary and was inspired by Paris at the turn of the 19th century and features designs based on the Paris 1900 Exhibition and the Moulin Rouge.

There is a flip-through of the completed journal on my YouTube channel.

And here are a few pictures!

Shabby Rose Mixed Media Altered Box and Mini Vintage/Junk Journal ~ with Video Flip Through

Today, I'm sharing a Mixed Media Altered Box and Mini Vintage/Junk Journal. The box is approximately 4”x6” and the Mini Journal (inside) is approximately 5”x3.5”. The Journal has a fabric cover over recycled card and is lined with muslin. There are two sewn-in signatures with a total of 40 pages and lots of journaling space and ephemera. You can find a video flip-through of the journal on my YouTube Channel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BCZMTR3xoOM&t=7s

I will be listing this box and journal for sale in my Etsy Shop:
https://www.etsy.com/ca/shop/ScatteredPicturesArt

Printed elements are from Ephemoire and include the Harlequin Roses Journal Kit, Shabby Roses Art Journal Cards and He Loves Me Romantic Angel Elements.
Ephemoire Store: http://bit.ly/2Bv1v3L
Ephemoire Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/ephemoire/