Bon Voyage Suitcase Album Tutorial

 I have another tutorial for you that you are going to love!!!!

This is an amazing album and a fun project.  The papers, exclusive to Country Craft Creations, are just amazing.  They really make me want to take a trip so I can fill this up with memories.

Please come and check it out.  I think you will love it as much as I do.

Stay crafty, my friends,

Michelle

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!

 

Midnight Potions, A Spooky Junk Journal/Spell Book using a Classification File Folder

 You all have to see this...I made this junk journal as a project using Country Craft Creations "Midnight Potions" papers and it is amazing.  This is a tutorial and I'll show you how I used a classification file folder and how I sewed in the pages.  It turned out so amazing!  I absolutely love this one and I think you will too.  Thanks so much for watching.  Stay Crafty!

A Round Up of Projects...

 

I know...another round up...LOL!  This is a folio I created using products from a local scrapbook store, Cobblestone Creek, in Damascus, Oregon.  If you are reading this and are local, please go check it out.  It's super cute and she has all the things.  

This is a flip flop folio that I made that I am EXTREMELY happy with.  It is beautiful and full of things that I have been making...they fit perfect into this amazing piece.

Planning never stops...So here is what I'm up to this month.

And, last but certainly not least, my August design team package from Country Craft Creations.  I'm using the exclusive collection called "Bon Voyage" and it is GORGEOUS!

A Paper Bag Junk Journal AND a Tag Album!

I have been busy!!

 

This tutorial features Daisy Journal Co.’s free July 2023 paper collection “Let’s Go to the Beach”. I found some bags in my stash and this was born. I talk you through my journal and then show you how to make the pages. It’s super simple.

If you subscribe to her newsletter she sends out a link to a free paper collection at the beginning of every month. This one is only available until the end of July so run over and sign up. Her information is here. It will take you to her Link Tree where you will find the link to sign up. She has done amazing papers. They are so fun.

I created this with the lovely bee themed papers in the March box. I did a walk through/unboxing and you can see that here.  

Your Creative Studio March Subscription Box Reveal

. I raided my stash of tags and created this fun piece that can be a stand alone project or can be easily put into an existing journal.

Your Creative Studio is here...https://ycvstudio.com

Enjoy the videos. If you have any questions please let me know. Stay crafty!

Seasons of Creativity Subscription Box, a NEW IDEA IN SUBSCIPTIONS BY COUNTRY CRAFT CREATIONS!

 

You just have to check this out!

This is an amazing and new idea in subscription boxes and it's all detailed in this preview of the first box!  I will have all of the information you need and links to visit to check it out and join.  I hope you do and I hope to see you there!

I'm so excited to be a part of this dedicated team ready to deliver you amazing tutorials and projects and PRODUCT, some of which is not available any where else and you will also get exclusive first dibs on!  

Please check out the video and come and join the fun!

Stay crafty, my friends!

How about a "Towering Maze Card" tutorial...and more!

 

This is going to be fun!  Check out this tutorial I did for Country Craft Creations!  Out of an Oopsie I created a new card design.  Plus...yes, but wait there's more, I demonstrate how to use the new Embellishment Templates available at Country Craft Creations!  

Thanks for watching, and stay crafty!

LOTS OF THINGS TO CATCH UP ON :)

 Oh my, have I been a bad blogger.  I have been trying to keep up with things, and I have, once again, a catch up post for today.  I'm sorry.  My hubby had surgery, and I have been taking care of him and working, and trying to keep up on my crafty stuff.  But, today I have a list of things you may have missed.  I hope that you all are also following my on my YouTube, or on Instagram, or even on Scrapbookers of Country Craft Creations on Facebook.  If so, then YAY!  If not, please go to the links and check it all out.

I just posted this today, it is an amazing album that I was inspired to make from seeing a maze card.  It is so cool, and features a new paper clip closure for a waterfall.

This is a subscription box reveal from Your Creative Studio, this box is BEE THEMED!!!

I did a lot of patriotic crafting. It all started with designing a prototype for Country Craft Creations for our 4th of July YouTube Hop.  This was so much fun and I made a ton of things.  

Here is a video of the projects I made using the tutorials by the amazing Country Craft Creations Designers.

This is my submission for the Country Craft Creations YouTube Hope.  I made a loaded goodie box full of fun things.

I also did my July #craftygoals2023 video...I was  very busy!

I shared a take on the wave card that has been going around.  I added a gift card holder to it...come check out how I did it.

And this is my latest design team haul from Country Craft Creations.  Photo Play "Hello Lovely"!  IT IS SO PRETTY!!!

Thanks for hanging in there with me and checking out my videos.  I appreciate all of you support!

Stay crafty, my friends!

Michelle

A couple of fun and quick projects for you...

 

I posted some fun and quick tutorials that I wanted to share with you. 

The first one is something that has been around for a while but I rediscovered it and thought about how I could use it in junk journals.  The Origami Corner Bookmark is fun and easy and so pretty!

The Rolling Ephemera Holder/Organizer tutorial is practical!  Store and sort and display your bits and pieces for your projects in a creative way!  I  share how to make this and believe me, you will want to.

That's it for now.  Have a crafty day!!

Two fun and quick tutorials for you!

Hi!!! I have two tutorials for you that I have posted in the last two days and I think you'll like them!

The first is the pen holder idea I came up with, inspired by another creator on YouTube "Medieval Mirage".  The link to the video she did that inspired me is in the video description box.  This is a fun tutorial, is extremely useful, and uses scraps.  What can be better than that??

And this tutorial is a pictorial on how I made 6 different tags for journals.  In the video I have pictures of the drawings with instructions on how to make them.  Easy peasy lemon squeezy!

Thanks for watching and have a very crafty day!

Stars and Stripes Album

 

I made a smaller version of my Simple Stories Simple Vintage Berry Fields album using Country Craft Creations "Stars and Strips".  https://countrycraftcreations.com

In the video I will do a walk through, and I have all of the cut and scoring information in the description for the smaller version.  There are also links to the original tutorial.  I won't be doing a tutorial specific to this size, as it is made/constructed exactly the same as the larger version.  

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

Attic Antiques Album Tutorial, a Country Craft Creations Design Team Project

 This is a tutorial for a fun little configuration page album using Country Craft Creations "Attic Antiques" paper. In this album I am incorporating two dies that I purchased at the Country Craft Creations brick and mortar store while in Utah last May. This album also used Graphic 45 tags that I purchased there as well. In the video description there is a list of the supplies I used, and a cut guide.  

THANKS SO MUCH FOR WATCHING!!!

Stay Crafty, My Friends!

Attic Antiques Album Walk Through

 

Good morning. I have a walk through for you for an upcoming tutorial using "Attic Antiques". This is a Country Craft Creations collection, and will be a design team project.

I will get the tutorial out soon.

Have a great day and stay crafty, my friends!

Check out what I did with Simple Stories "Simple Vintage Berry Fields"!!!

 Hey all!

Once again, this is a catch up post.   I have been busy and then sick and it has messed up my whole plan of action lately.

For my May design team package for Country Craft Creations I received this beautiful collection of Simple Stories "Simple Vintage Berry Fields" and it is amazing.  I did a shopping/design team haul in this video, so you can see all of the goodies I received.

My first project using this paper was this very cool Honeycomb Ephemera Organizer.  I also made ephemera to go into it.

The "big", and I mean BIG project is this album.  It is 10 x 10 with a 3" spine.  This paper was beautiful with it.  I can also see it as a baby album, recipe album, wedding album, or even an October or December Daily album.  It has so many opportunities with it.  

The full walk through is here.

And the tutorial is here.

I hope that you enjoy this project.  I will be back soon, sooner than I have been lately, and share more goodies with you.

Thanks so much for your continuing support.

Stay crafty, my friends,

Michelle

Honeycomb Organizer Tutorial

 Hi all!  I have been a little behind in updating the blog.  I've been busy.  Work has been excessive lately.   I did get to go to the retreat for Country Craft Creations and had a blast!  I have been home and getting back into the swing of things.

I have my new design team package, and it's delicious.  Simple Stories, Simple Vintage Berry Fields.

This is the haul video I did.

I also made this demo organizer...

And from that I made a version for the design team package!

I also did a guide that goes along with it, a Google Doc.  You can access it through the video above or by clicking here.

Thanks for sticking with me, and I'll see you soon with more goodies!

General Store Card Keeper Album with Slotted Hinge, a Collaboration with Jacqs Scraps and Country Craft Creations

 Hi all! This is a project share today, and I'm so excited. This is a collaboration with Jacqs Scraps, and I'm using Country Craft Creations "General Store" papers that I had leftover from a virtual retreat from July of 2022. This is such a fun project and a great tutorial by Jacqs Scraps! I had to make it and share it with you. I have lots of links below of the projects that have inspired this slotted hinge system. There are also SVG files you can get by following the links. Thanks so much for watching, and please let me know what you think! Links for the SVG files for the magazine holders and the slotted hinges are in the tutorials listed below.

Jacqs Scraps Links: Wedding Planner Part 1 (This is in many parts, this is the link for the first video, the others are listed in her YouTube video list) Keepsake Card Mini Album featuring the New Slotted Hinge Binding My Links: Patchwork Paper Tutorial Let’s Create Project Planner/Organizer Simple Vintage Lakeside Traveler's Notebook Walk Through By the Seaside Traveler's Notebook with the NEW Slotted Hinge System Country Craft Creations General Store Paper Collection

By the Seaside Traveler's Notebook, a Tutorial Featuring the New "Slotted Hinge"

 Good morning! 

I have another design team project for you for Country Craft Creations!

My tutorial is live for the Travelers Notebook that I did with Simple Stories "Simple Vintage Lakeside" and Country Craft Creations "By the Seaside".  

This features a NEW "Slotted Hinge" that I created.  

With an amazing collaboration with Jacqualine Hart, she has created a SVG file you can access through the tutorials. She also has done a variation of this hinge and has a tutorial to share as well.  

There are A LOT OF LINKS and INFORMATION in the video's description. I hope you enjoy it!

Stay crafty, my friends!

Let's Make Rosettes! A tutorial for Country Craft Creations

 

Hi all! Welcome to what I hope you’ll find as a fun and informative rosette tutorial. I have been making a ton of these lately, and had a few inquiries as to how to do it. Rosettes are fun to use for so many things, as I will share in the video. In the tutorial I will share how I make them and what I’ve found to be easy techniques that I use to make them. I’ll talk about size of paper strips, scoring widths, scoring technique, and putting them together. We also talk decorating! Then I’ll go over variations such as edge punching, folded edges, and making heart shapes. We will even have a card tutorial using rosettes. There really isn’t a cut guide. I will use 12” strips of paper. Widths vary, and I talk about that in the video. I hope you like it and it helps you to make your own lovely creations! The examples shown and made in the video use papers from 

Country Craft Creations 

and this is a design team tutorial for them as well. 

Thanks so much for watching! Tutorials for the projects I share at the beginning of the video:

Love Is in the Air Z Fold Folio (Heart shaped rosette) 

Midnight Kiss Exchangeable Banner Tutorial

White Christmas Loaded Album

Love Letters Double Hidden Flap Never Ending Album Tutorial

Life's a Journey Wall Rosette

Simple Vintage Lakeside Mini Album Tutorial

Hi and welcome back. I have a fun tutorial that you will love. This album features "layouts" on the inside covers, and three fully loaded pages with tags, pockets, tags and pop out elements. I used approximately 14 sheets of Antique Grey Artisan Cardstock, I sheet of Kraft Cardstock, about 20 sheets of patterned paper (which included the coordinating patterned paper that you can get with this collection), and 2 sheets of heavy weight chipboard.

 Please note: I used a lot of patterned paper in this project, but did have several "half sheets" of patterned paper left over. If you do this album like I did, you will need approximately 20 sheets but it can be done with less if you desire. It all depends on how you use your patterned paper.

If you would like to check out the walk through video I did, you can find it here.

I'm using Simple Stories "Simple Vintage Lakeside" which is available at Country Craft Creations.  

I'm using Artisan Cardstock in Antique Grey. I also use one sheet of Kraft cardstock for photo mats. The flowers are by 49 and Market. I also use Seam binding in Chocolate Brown. The twine and green ribbon used on the cover are from my stash. If you are unfamiliar with the Lay Flat album cover method I use for the cover, the tutorial is here.

I do have a cut list in the video description for this project. I hope you enjoy this project as much as I do.

Stay crafty, my friends!

Just a Little Catchup! A Country Craft Creations Design Team Package and a Tutorial...

 

First, I want to share the amazing goodies I got from Country Craft Creations in my March design team package.  I get to play with Simple Stories, "Simple Vintage Lakeside" and I love it!  Truth be told, I bought extra stuff also!  I can't wait to share with you what I'm starting off with, I came up with a page that I think you are going to love, and a different take on something I designed years ago...Stay tuned!  

I have also shared this tutorial.  I made a Victorian Sewing Box, in a different style, using items I got in the Your Creative Studio's December "Sewing" Box.  It is a great project, and very versatile. 

I did make another version of this, using papers from Country Craft Creations, "A Mother's Love". That video is below if you missed it.