Tsunami Rose Design Team Project #1 Junk Journal.                                                                                                                           As some of you may know I am lucky enough to be a part of Tsunami Roses Design Team! I'm here to share a few photos of my first project with you. The two kits used in this JJ were Charming Fragments and Rose Azure as well as ephemera from various ephemera kits offered. I Used a 6x9 clasp envelope and the cover is a magnetic envelope and the envelope is in the kits. Daisy Collins store Tsunami Rose Etsy Shop has all of her amazing digital kits ready for download upon purchase! If you would like to see a full flip through of this Journal CLICK HERE to be taken to my YouTube. Don't forget to check out my Facebook groups also! Paper Crafters United and Handmade Embellishments and Altered Items. As always thanks for your support and keep on crafting!! Tsunami Rose Fanpage Here check out Tsunami Roses Blog Here and Join her group Here

Envelope DayTrip Mini!!

Here is another project I made with two envelopes, The envelopes are long about 10 inches by 5 and i wanted to do something with them and came up with this! My Youtube video can be found here. I have attached a few pictures as well.

Coin Envelope Mini Book!

Im Sharing with you today an adorable coin envelope mini book that would be great to use for a small day trip! Each page is constructed with a single 8 1/2 by 11 sheet of card stock or paper whichever you prefer ... You can find my Youtube Flip through here are a few pictures!!

Design Team News!!!

My Very first announcement since I have been gone from blogging is that I am now on the Tsunami Rose Design Team!!!! I am SO excited to be able to design for Daisy!! She has always been my favorite and it is such an honor!! Please be looking for my first Junk Journal I did using her Rose Azure and Charming Fragments kits in the next few days!!!! I have decided to focus on my blog and try to build a reader base, it is very hard to get going but I am ready!! If you don't already know about my two Facebook groups I will provide the links below!!!

Paper Crafters United

Handmade Embellishments and Altered Items

Junk Journal Page Ideas

Hello crafty Peeps! Today while I was preparing to start my "Retro" JJ for a swap in my paper crafting group on FB "Papercrafters United" i started thinking about creating unique pages that are fun to look at, touch and use! I started looking back at a few of my journals to gather the most unique styles of pages and wanted to share those with you! For those of you new to JJs you may want to catch up on my blog posts for a look at a few of mine as well as my YouTube channel which you can get to by clicking HERE ... I have gathered the pages I plan to receate with a twist in my new JJ.. I think this time i will add a few new elements.. i love the pages in Paper Bag minis, how they are constructed with an additional flap added onto the page and how you have the tucks for tags or ephemera.. i may create a few hinges and add in some new pages! Im also considering a few other mini album elements and will be sure to share those with you as i go! So here are those pages!



Here is a page out of my Fairytale JJ... I have created a doily tuck and made a large tag out of a page taken from an actual childrens fairytale. On the opposite side I have a piece of torn coffee dyed parchment paper i made into a side loading pocket and uses twine to create a bow.. Inside i have left a journaling spot! I plan to use these ideas on a page in my upcoming JJ!

Yet again we are looking at the same JJ, While this page is not very unique i do love the pocket tuck and wanted to share it.. you can see that i have folded a page down a bit to create a pocket but i only adheared the pulled down part on either side to leave it as a tuck! So i have on one page a place to add items into my pocket and also slide in some journaling paper where i created that tuck spot! The opposite page is just a smaller page and for some interest I had added a flower.

This JJ was featured in Faith Crafter Magazine, here tore a piece of paper that was coordinated with the other page on the opposite side, I could have choose to ink it for added effect but did not. The other side was edge punched to create some effect and I had some tags tucked so that they would peek out.. That is a homemade embellishment cluster which I will be showing in a later post! The final Pic is showing use of a small half page, I created a belly band with a punch and slid two phrase tags into that band.. You can use your imagination and create fun and unique pages!

Policy Envelope DIY for Minis!

Sooo.. Lets talk about these Adorable envelope mini albums I have seen all over YouTube!? I have been watching and wanting to jump on the bandwagon for sometime but I just was not sure which envie style I wanted until I saw Policy envelopes being used!! I grabbed the Policy envelope my utility bill come in, carefully took it apart and BAM! I had my template! I used the " Best of Basic Gray 2" paperstack and for my adhesive a simple elmers gluestick! I used my scoreboard (the smaller version) and my bonefolder to get my folds crisp and clean! Below is the first step completed! I have my 5 policy envelopes finished so stay tuned for whats next!!!!

Hello Crafty Peeps! I want to share a project I have dabbled in a bit the last few weeks while sick...yes sick! Its that time of year:( ... The project I have for you today is a simple flower makeover you can do for a few dollars and a look in your stash! " Dollar Store Flower Makeovers" is what Im calling these beauties! Im linking my YouTube video to a few Ive done using simple 1.00 bunches of various flowers and some Elmers glitter glue and centers from my stash! https://youtu.be/DiFNYh3T6gU. I also have a video on my channel showig a flower I made with dollar store carnations that I sprayed with glimmer mists! I hope I inspire you to take some flowers and make them all yoir own for your next project!