A new design team project!

 I have a new package from Country Craft Creations and I have made my first design team project with it.

 I am using Authentique's "Purebred" paper collection and it is GORGEOUS!!!  I love the colors and the images are spectacular. It is suited for dogs and cats, and it inspired this project.

 I constructed a treat holder for your pet with this collection.  As you can see in the photo below, it holds a full bag and some!  Plenty of room to store treats and it looks beautiful!  I used flowers, bling, and buttons from my stash.  I also used Glossy Accents on the paws, hearts and the bone on the paper.    Foam tape raises up the front element to give some more dimension.

 I have a tutorial on YouTube and you can find it here.  I hope you like it, I had fun with the construction, and I even came up with a different lid construction that I think you will like.

 Pop on over to Country Craft Creations to get your supplies, and go on over to YouTube and see how to make it.  You will love it!

Stay Crafty, My Friends!!!🐶

Tea "Book Box"

 I bought a big box of all sorts of assorted teas.  The box it all came in was MAGNIFICENT!  I knew that I could make it into something cool...here is what I did.

 The cover of the "book" was cut out.  I trimmed the middle circle to make it flush.  Then I measured, cut some chipboard, put it into the open spaces and taped them in.  Now the cover is solid!

 Here is a view of the cover once I filled it in.

 I had been to Tuesday Morning and picked up some of these beauties!  I found several tubes of crafting papers.  This turned out to be the perfect project!  I covered the front and the back of the box.  I also added papers to the spine of the box.

 I got into my stash and found perfect embellishments to decorate the cover.

 Here is a picture of the spine.

I covered the inside cover and added a cute butterfly to the bottom of the box.  The other amazing thing about this box is that it had a magnetic closure...YAY!

I hope you like this recycling project.  It is going to make for some beautiful organization and storage.

Stay organized...and don't forget to repurpose and recycle!
😀
Michelle💖

Home Sweet Home

 One one of our famous Creating Keepsakes adventures I picked up this kit.  It is by Nicole Harper of The Hen's Den.  Unfortunately, they were not coming back to the next convention...but that meant that they were having a sale.  I love this paper line, and I had to buy it.

 The kit sat in my pile of to do stuff for a while, and I finally decided to put it together.  The paper line is by Graphic 45, and it is called "Home Sweet Home".

 The top lid has a drawer that pulls out.

The bottom box is intended to be a recipe card file.  I have this box sitting in my office on the desk.  It is just sitting there looking beautiful, and I haven't figured out what to put in it yet.  No worries though, I will get this dilemma straightened out soon.

Thanks for stopping by!  Have a crafty day!

Michelle💖

Cantilever Sewing Box, Part 2

 After I put the boxes together, shown in the previous post, I took it all apart, then I reinforced the levers with another piece of cardboard (making them double thick), and covered them with kraft paper.  I also changed the color of the brads that I used.  I think the gold matches the papers better.

 I also changed the knobs to ones I felt more suited the project.

 This is one side opened, you can see how big the drawers are!  I covered the inside of the box with some kraft paper to cover the brads, but that is all of the papering I did on the inside of the boxes.

 The handles were not to my liking, so I edged them with more papers.  Then I stuck the whole thing together and attached it to the foam core base.

 This is the finished project.  I added feet to it to make it more pretty.

 I love how it came out.

 It will be so fun to fill with fun stuff.  I just have to figure out what to put in it!

It's awesome, and a fun project to make.  Below is a list of things I used to make it.

Papers:  DCWV and Recollections Kraft Cardstock
Knobs:  Tim Holtz
Feet:  Graphic 45
Adhesive:  Score Tape (Yup, just loads of Score Tape...I love that stuff!)
Miscellaneous:  Brads, screws (for the feet), a drill to make the holes, paper piercer, rulers, etc.

Stay crafty, my friends!

My Attempt at a Cantilever Sewing Box

I have been wanting to make one of these for years.  I am finally going to try.  I have been saving boxes for a while, and I think they will be perfect for this project.  Below you see my sketch (not very detailed) and my paper attempt at figuring it out. 

 I've used these boxes in a variety of projects, now I'm going to use a bunch more!

 Here you see the two stacks of three boxes.  I put the whole thing together and put knobs on it to see if the whole contraption will actually work.

 It does!

 Fully opened, this is what it will look like.  I left the lid on the top box, now to figure out how I am going to close it.

 These pieces were the "guts" of the inside of the boxes, that held the device all nice and safe inside.  I think they will make perfect handles.  So...

 I covered them with craft paper...

...and this is what these turned out to be like.  OK...Now I have to figure out how to do a base and put it all together.

 I bought a thick piece of foam core board, and then I covered one side with kraft paper.  I will attach the boxes and handle to this.  This will put a nice base under the boxes and give stability without a lot of weight.

OK, that is part one...now to finish it and see how it works!

Stay crafty, my friends!!!

I had to try it!

 I have seen many tutorials on Pinterest about making organizers out of boxes, and so I had to try it.  We had an empty Kleenex box, so I cut it and folded it and covered it with papers...

Taa daa!  It was quick, easy, and it recycled!!!  The paper I used was by Bo Bunny, with kraft colored card stock.  I think it turned out cute!  Now I need some more empty boxes!

Stay crafty, my friends!

Happy Birthday, BFF!

Jackie, my BFF and blog buddy, had a birthday!!  WOO HOO!!!!  I wanted to make her a beautiful box to house the gift that I got for her.

 I used the same type of box that I used for my September project for the Just a Few Friends Blog Hop. I covered it with pretty papers after inking the edges.

 On the cover I put a mini paper bag with the gift card inside.

I even covered the inside of the box.  Hopefully she will be able to use it well after its intended purpose.  What did I put in this very pretty box, you ask?  Well, seasons one and two of the Walking Dead DVD's!!!  What else could go into this box in October!?  HAHAHA!!

Stay Crafty, My Friends!

Playing with Altoid Tins

 

Utilized Vintage Bo Bunny to dress up this cute little tin!  Also added a mini book with my Bind It All.  I used diamond glaze on the leaves & embossed the inner lining with Cuttle Bug!