Summerween Ghosts on Vacation Wooden Banner Set!

You have to come see this new Wooden Banner Set and how cute it is with the Summerween Paper Collection!

Get your collection today, Summerween, Ghosts on Vacation, all three sizes!

The video's description box has links to all of the goodies I received from  Country Craft Creations.

Have fun and stay crafty!

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It's been a minute...

 I have been busy creating and for some reason I have neglected my blog.  I have a wrap up post for you today.  I have done a bunch of videos and I wanted to make sure that you see them if you want.

So, here it goes.  Here is a list of the videos  I have done lately.  I hope you enjoy them.

First, I did a bunch more junk journaling items and even an album.

I was also fortunate to receive two more items that are amazing, 3D printed organizers for your craft room.  They come from One Stop Apothecary Shop and they are amazing!

I also shared what I made for #christmasinjulypss  These projects turned out amazing!

My video on my July Makes and August Picks for #paperstashsmash is below.

And then we are doing a #halloweeninaugustpss project...I love this paper!

And to wrap it all up, for Country Craft Creations, I created, or should I say recreated, a project I made last year, and it is so cool how the paper can really change the project.  Come see what I did!

I know this is a lot and I am very sorry for the delay.  I do hope you check out these fun items and tutorials.  Lots of information is in the video descriptions so please check them out.

Have fun and stay crafty!

Michelle💕

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Summerween, Ghosts on Vacation...The new collection from Country Craft Creations!!!

 This is a gorgeous and FUN collection.  What's better than Halloween?  

Halloween in SUMMER!  

Grab your ice scream sundae and watch this unboxing.  

This is a must see and a MUST HAVE! This perfectly spooky collection is available for preorder right now! It will ship in August, and I can't wait for you to see this.

We will be having a Country Craft Creations YouTube Hop with amazing projects in August...So like and subscribe and stay tuned for information to come!

Preorder your collection today, Summerween, Ghosts on Vacation, all three sizes!

The video's description box has links to all of the goodies I received from  Country Craft Creations.

Have fun and stay crafty!

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I made a Waterfall Card into an ALBUM!

Happy Halfway to Halloween!

I'm doing this as part of my May #paperstashsmash projects. 

I turned a Waterfall Card into a full on album.

This features three Waterfalls that open with the lifting of a flap, 

and three pocket areas.

I have filled it with spooktacular fun!

This is Halloween Junque by Photo Play, and I love love LOVE it!

The album is 7 3/4 x 6 inches. 

I have a share video if you'd like to see it!

Thanks for stopping by, and remember to stay crafty!

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Today I have a fun box of goodies to share!!

Hello again! Journalsay has reached out to me and asked if I'd like to try some of their items and share with you all. Today I want to share the box of goodies I received. I was able to pick the items out, and since I'm a Halloween junkie I went for the Halloween/Gothic/Magic collections that they carry. I also got some great "tools" including scissors, binding rings and cutting mats. The images on the papers and stickers are FANTASTIC!  

I hope you enjoy all of the items I'm sharing, and if you are interested in seeing these and other items they have available go to their site. Journalsay I plan on making some projects and coming back to share them with you in the near future.

Thanks for watching, and have a crafty day!!!

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Come see my #paperstashsmash makes in October, and what I plan on using for November!

 Here it is, my smashes for October and my hopes for November (that will make sense when you see this video, LOL!)  

I hope you enjoy it and have fun with the crafts we are sharing.  I can't wait to show you the fun things I made!

Below is a list of the tutorials I mention in this video. Please check them out and give the creators some love. Also below, a list of the phenomenal creators in this collaboration, so please check them out and have FUN! Stay Crafty, my friends! ❤️COLLABORATOR’S VIDEOS: ✦ Angela (AngelaPaperCrafts50) ✦ Candy (Apieceofme62) ✦ Carly Rose (madebycarlyrose) ✦ Co-Host: Karolina (KarolinasKrafts) ✦ Michelle (EastBayStampChickMichelleHale) ✦ Michelle (michelleallenacreativeoper6112) ✦ Co-Host: Debbie (Project39MiniAlbums) ✦ Heather (coveredbygracecreations9586) ✦ Letty (PartyPlannerPaperie) ❤️TUTORIALS MENTIONED: Project39 Mini Albums, Free Folio Mini Album Tutorial with Cutting Guide!

Pink Strawberryz, Hot Cocoa Caddy Tutorial Made with my Recipe Box 📦 Christmas 🎄Swap Idea May May Made It, Stash Buster Stationery Tote | Easy DIY Gift Featuring Legal Pad Folio Rejoice & Create, Jelly Jar Ghirardelli Holder My video tutorial, Country Craft Creations Design Team Tutorial, Do-Si-Do Waterfall Album, Free Tutorial! My tutorial, Country Craft Creations Design Team Tutorial, Photo Play Autumn Junque, Pamphlet Style Junk Journal Karolina's Krafts, one sheet wonder stationery set, shared in this video Karolina's inspiration from Treasure Books, Last Minute Gift using ONE 12 x 12 sheet of paper - Make Six Elements Made by Marie-Claire, Storage Box for the Envelope Box dies by Elizabeth Craft Designs Tamra's Photo Box, the first of three tutorial videos starts here If I missed one, please let me know. Thanks so much for watching!!! #paperstashsmash #halloweenpapercrafting #craftfairideas 🌺My social sites: Instagram Facebook Pinterest Blog This video was made with iMovie for iPhone and music used was provided by the iMovie app. Canva used for thumbnail, dividers and end screen creation.

Binder Album Walk Through featuring Country Craft Creations Happy Honk-oween! Come See!

 You are going to love this...Come see this walk through and I'll be back soon with a tutorial.  

In the tutorial I'll be using Gingerbread Village, another new Country Craft Creations paper collection.  

Thanks for stopping by, stay crafty my friends!

Smashing Authentique's Twilight Paper Collection, for October #paperstashsmash

 This is great bunch of projects!  

I smashed this and since it's October I wanted to share this with you before it was November...I just couldn't wait.

Links to the tutorials and videos mentioned in this video are in the video's description box.

Happy Halloween!!

Stay Crafty, my friends!

Country Craft Creations Design Team Haul...Gingerbread Village and Happy Honk-oween! What Fun!

 This is a design team haul you have to see! For my October Design Team Package I received TWO new Exclusive Country Craft Creations collections! Halloween and Christmas…what could be better than this??? NOTHING!

I can’t wait to get started…stay tuned, tutorials are on their way! Here are the links to the products… The entire Gingerbread Village Collection (I received the 12 x 12 and 8 x 8 paper pack, along with the 12 x 12 coordinating solids) The Happy Honk-oween Collection (I received the 8 x 8 paper collection)

Spellbinders Fashion Pearls, in Taupe

Tonic Studios, Pearlescent Cardstock in Coffee Cream Fibers/Ribbons: I received 2 yards each of, 

3/8” Reversible Satin in Antique Gold/Champagne 1 1/2” Bespoke Crinkle in Taupe Olive Jute Twine

3/8” Buffalo Plaid Ribon, in Gingerbread Thanks do much for watching, stay crafty! While you are at the store, don't forget your adhesives, cardstock, and chipboard...these are what I love to use: Art Glitter Glue Scor Tape Artisan Cardstock Heavy Weight Chipboard Light Weight Chipboard Here is my referral link, use it and I’ll earn points for crafting supplies so that I can share more tutorials! Country Craft Creations has an amazing store, so please visit the store. We have an amazing Facebook Community as well, so please check it out. 🌺My social sites: Instagram Facebook Pinterest Blog

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Halloween Planner and a Decor Project Share

 Good morning and welcome back to my castle...I mean craft room. HAHA!

Today I wanted to share the Halloween Planner I made using the remarkable printables from Magic Witch Souvenirs on Etsy. She has the most amazing printables and I am loving them. She has a couple of different Halloween planners and printables and I mix and matched to make my perfect Halloween planner for the season, decor, and party! Here is her link, MagicWitchSouvenirs you will love her images and designs! Then, while I had the paper pad out that I used to help make the covers for my planner, I made this little goodie to add to my decor. I thought I would share that too. I'm using the new Recollections pad "Dead Regency" and made a great wall art piece to add to the Halloween fun in my haunted home. Thanks so much for watching. Stay crafty, my friends💕 🌺My social sites: Instagram Facebook Pinterest Blog This video was made with iMovie for iPhone and music used was provided by the iMovie app. Canva used for thumbnail, dividers and end screen creation.

Tag Shaped Goodie Box Tutorial with the #trickortreattreasureteamcollab!

 Here it is, the last week of the #trickortreattreasureteamcollab! 

Welcome back to my crafty lair! Today we have a goodie box for the kiddos full of Halloween treats you will love to make and give! This is too fun and you won’t believe the amount of goodies you can fit in here! #TrickorTreatTreasureTeamCollab We are hoping to inspire you to get out your Halloween (or halloween colors if Halloween is not your thing) and craft along with us. We may share projects, we may show you the process, or we might even give you a tutorial, whatever we do it is sure to help get those creative juices flowing. Each week at 1:00pm eastern, we will share our projects. We would love if you liked the videos, and if you haven’t already, subscribe to our channels. And go check out the crafty friends we list below. If you want to share your projects after we have inspired, use the hashtag: #TrickorTreatTreasure

Super bonus: We have an entire playlist where we will add our videos as they go live. All of this crafty goodness in one playlist! It doesn’t get any better than that! Here's the line up of our paper crafting wizards in this collaboration. Thanks so much for watching.

Your Hostess Debbie Amy Angela Carly Rose Dawne Heather Letty Michelle Michelle This is me! Nicole Linh

Flip Flop Journal Tutorial, a project with the #trickortreattreasureteamcollab

Hey all! I’m baaaack! How about a fun junk journal project?!?! This only takes theee sheets of patterned paper and whatever other fun goodies you want to add for pages. Coffee dyed or plain paper, grab up a bunch and lets have some fun!  

#TrickorTreatTreasureTeamCollab We are hoping to inspire you to get out your Halloween (or halloween colors if Halloween is not your thing) and craft along with us. We may share projects, we may show you the process, or we might even give you a tutorial, whatever we do it is sure to help get those creative juices flowing. Each week at 1:00pm eastern, we will share our projects. We would love if you liked the videos, and if you haven’t already, subscribe to our channels. And go check out the crafty friends we list below. If you want to share your projects after we have inspired, use the hashtag: #TrickorTreatTreasure Super bonus: We have an entire playlist where we will add our videos as they go live. All of this crafty goodness in one playlist! It doesn’t get any better than that! Here's the line up of our paper crafting wizards in this collaboration. Thanks so much for watching.

Your Hostess Debbie Amy Angela Carly Rose Dawne Heather Letty Michelle Michelle This is me! Nicole Linh

Curiosities! Carta Bella Paper Meet a Uniquely Creative Folio!

 You have to see what I did!  This is a fantastic folio I made using a paper collection I have been hoarding in my stash since 2012!  

I purchased the folio and dies from my local scrapbook store, Cobblestone Creek Studios, and I know that you will love this!  Thanks in advance for watching!

Stay crafty and stay scary, my friends!

Fold Up Folio Tutorial, a project with the #trickortreattreasureteamcollab

Hi all! Welcome back to my laboratory! I hope you enjoy this weeks project. I have a tutorial for a "Fold Up Folio" that I think you will love. It's quick and easy and has so many possibilities.

We are hoping to inspire you to get out your Halloween (or halloween colors if Halloween is not your thing) and craft along with us. We may share projects, we may show you the process, or we might even give you a tutorial, whatever we do it is sure to help get those creative juices flowing. Each week at 1:00pm eastern, we will share our projects. We would love if you liked the videos, and if you haven’t already, subscribe to our channels. And go check out the crafty friends we list below. If you want to share your projects after we have inspired, use the hashtag: #TrickorTreatTreasure #TrickorTreatTreasureTeamCollab

This is our second week, and we are featuring albums or folios. Please check out all who are involved in our collaboration, the list is below. Have fun, and stay scary! Bwahahaha! Super bonus: We have an entire playlist where we will add our videos as they go live. All of this crafty goodness in one playlist! It doesn’t get any better than that!

Here's the line up of our paper crafting wizards in this collaboration. Thanks so much for watching. Your Hostess Debbie Amy Angela Carly Rose Dawne Heather Letty Michelle Michelle This is me! Nicole Linh

This is a simple folio, and I've included the following for you.

CUT LIST: A: 1 - 6 x 8 B: 2 - 7 3/4 x 8 C: 1 - 7 x 7 1/2 D: 6 1/4 x 7 E: 5 1/2 x 6 1/2 F: 1 - 4 3/4 x 6 G: 2 - 4 3/4 x 6

The paper I used in the tutorial is Aged Parchment Artisan Cardstock 

from Country Craft Creations, and you can get it here.

The video can be viewed here.  

I hope you enjoy it.  Happy Halloween!  

 

Halloween Themed Mini Junk Journals

I followed a tutorial by Lyric Lover Crafts,    • Craft Fair Idea #4: Simple Mini Junk ... 

She did this as part of her craft fair series. I was super intrigued by these and had to make one.

Then I made a bigger sized one. Then I made a do-si-do version. I really hope you like these! I was able to smash the rest of my Photo Play "Fright Night" paper collection. I had used it for a prototype project, and had some left over that I used up for these. Thanks so much for watching. Please check out her tutorial, the binding is fantastic. I hadn't seen that before! If you want to make the bigger size one like I did, here are the measurements and scoring... For each journal the large pages were 12 x 7 1/2, score on the 12 at 5 1/2, 6, 6 1/2. Make two For the mini page, it was 12 x 4 1/2, score the same as the large page For the pocket page, 11 x 9 1/2. Score on the 11 at 5 1/2, score on the 9 1/2 at 2 (on the bottom) The spine is 2 x 7 1/2 The tag I cut at 4 1/2 x 7 1/4 Then I just went to town decorating! Stay crafty, my friends

Halloween Mini Album Share

I made this mini as a prototype for the little mini I made for my Country Craft Creations design team project using Graphic 45. It turned out so sweet and cute that I just had to share this. I bought this Prima paper (“Luna”) from Country Craft Creations a couple of years ago. I bought so much I just keep using it! I love it!

I can see this being a fun gift or even a brag book. It is a great stash/scrap buster as well. The tutorial for this beautiful little mini is in this tutorial. Grow With Love Explosion box Tutorial Part 2, a Country Craft Creations Design Team Project. This is part 2 of a three part tutorial. 

I hope you like it! Thanks so much for watching!

I have some updating to do...

 Once again, I have fallen a little behind on the blog...but here is an update to what I have been up to.

This is my latest video.    It will be in parts, and it is using the magnificent collection, "Bountiful Blessings" from Country Craft Creations.  It's actually a remake of an old album I made before I was a designer for them.  I have updated it and revised it and I think it will be better than ever!  There is a lot of information in this video's description, so check it out and stay tuned because I have more on this one on the way.

This is a quick video on a project I made on a whim.  I raided my supplies and used a Dollar Tree heart shaped wand with a wooden spool and created this beauty!  Spooky, isn't it??

Here's an idea for a Halloween Treat Box that is quick and easy to make...check out how you can use up some scraps and make a fun little goodie container.

Then I have this video with a tutorial as well.  I used two separate kits from Your Creative Studio.  I altered an old 7 Gypsies notebook and then did a tutorial on my never ending album with some amazing tropical papers.  

I hope you enjoy these videos!!

Stay crafty, my friends!!

Smashing my "Midnight Potions" paper collection by Country Craft Creations!

 Come see what I made!  I love altering items and using up my stash to create fun decor and gifts!

I used up all of my "Midnight Potions" collection and made some fantastic stuff...You'll love them!

The paper collection can be found at Country Craft Creations.  

Little Monsters Banner Album, a Tutorial for Country Craft Creations

 Welcome! I have this fun little album for you today. I'm making this fun banner shaped album, based on an idea I had back in 2021 with my Midnight Kiss Exchangeable Banner Tutorial. That tutorial can be found here: https://youtu.be/wTjEJlYuPqE

This is fun and easy. I will show you how to make the template for the pages and for the mats. There are also fun interactions that I came up with. I hope you like the walk through at the beginning and the tutorial that directly follows. Cut List:

Welcome! I have this fun little album for you today. I'm making this fun banner shaped album, based on an idea I had back in 2021 with my Midnight Kiss Exchangeable Banner Tutorial. That tutorial can be found here: https://youtu.be/wTjEJlYuPqE This is fun and easy. I will show you how to make the template for the pages and for the mats. There are also fun interactions that I came up with. I hope you like the walk through at the beginning and the tutorial that directly follows. Cut List:

Pages: 4 - 6 x 12 Waterfall with cover: 1 - 7 1/2 x 3 1 - 6 1/2 x 3 1 - 3 5/8 x 4 1/2 Up/Down Waterfall: 2 - 8 x 3 1 - 7 x 3 Accordion: 1 - 4 x 12 Extra booklets: (As desired to put into pockets) Tag Booklet, 1 - 3 x 10 Booklet, 4 x 6 Supplies from Country Craft Creations: (I'm sorry, but the charms I used are no longer available) Little Monsters https://www.countrycraftcreations.com/search?type=product&q=little%20monsters* Artisan Cardstock https://www.countrycraftcreations.com/collections/artisan-cardstock Seam Binding https://www.countrycraftcreations.com/collections/seam-binding buttons https://www.countrycraftcreations.com/search?type=product&q=buttons* Stash supplies include: chain and jump rings for charm, book rings, cupcake wrappers, gem dots, shaped brads, twine, flowers

Pumpkin Explosion Box Tutorial

The above video is a walk through of the project and the video below is the tutorial.  It is so fun!

It was requested by one of my scrappy friends, Dawn.  She wanted a pumpkin shaped explosion box and this is what I came up with.  I hope you like it.

Stay crafty, my friends!