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Crafty Tuesday - 14 Craft Sites for Inspiration

>> Tuesday, March 9, 2010

Welcome to another edition of Crafty Tuesday. This week you won't find me crafting but instead I'm going to share with you some of the best places I've found around the net for craft inspiration. Some of the sites are geared solely for children, some for grown-ups (we all still have fun being creative right?) and some have a mixture for both. Let's get clicking!

Find Some Craft Inspiration and Get Crafty!

No Time For Flash Cards: She has crafts and activities for kids of all ages that are not only fun but educational too.

The Crafty Crow: A round-up of some great children's crafts from around the net.

Art Projects for Kids: Art lessons for kids of any age. If you have a child really into learning about art you won't want to skip this site.

Craft Jr: Crafts, recipes and party ideas for kids through teens

One Crafty Place: This site is closed now but there is still a great archive of crafts and recipes to make for and with kids.

Little Birdie Secrets: Crafts for kids and grown-ups and some really great tutorials.

One Pretty Thing: I love this site! It's another round-up site of great crafts from around the net - just fantastic content. There is sure to be something there for everyone!

Homemade by Jill: She has such cute ideas. When I visit I have a huge desire to run out and buy a sewing machine and try everything she has posted. If you sew, this site is for you!

Knock Off Wood: Not really a crafting site, more of a DIY building site. She has a great tutorial to make a set of clip art rails for you to hang all the art work made by your lovies.

Cooking Up Crafty Fun: All sorts of fun crafts and fun recipes!

Make and Takes: An endless supply of creative ideas for you and your children.

Plumpudding: Crafts & recipes for kids and grown-ups too.

Skip to My Lou: One of the first crafting sites I ever followed - she has some really great ideas and some of the best teacher appreciation ideas I've ever seen!

DianeDenmark: Last but certainly not least - she's one of my fellow Crafty Tuesday friends. Diane shows you that you can even make a great craft in just 15 minutes!

I hope you enjoyed this list and maybe you've found a few new favorites to add to your reader. Do you have any favorite craft sites you visit for inspiration?

Now that you've been inspired go get crafty!

Did you create a something for Crafty Tuesday? Link up here:

Crafty Tuesday - Kissing Heart

>> Tuesday, February 9, 2010

This weekend is Valentine's Day have you made any decorations or crafts with your kidlets yet? This is a great craft to do with the children. If you have more than one child you can divide the steps up between them so that everyone can help or they can all make their own to hang in their bedroom door way.

What you will need:

Three 12" x 12" sheets of coordinating scrapbook paper
Paper cutter
Scissors
Adhesive (I used a glue stick & Tombow runner)
Ribbon

What you will need to do:

Cut each of your papers to 6" x 6" {You'll end up with 12 pieces of paper}

Fold each of the paper squares in half, with the patterned side of your paper inside.

Trace a half of a heart onto one of the folded pieces and cut out. {Use the first heart as a template to trace & cut the rest of the hearts. All of the hearts need to be the same size.}

Using your glue stick start gluing the heats together. {You want to leave the patterned side inside so don't unfold anything yet.}

Glue 6 hearts together first then stop and attach your ribbon to this batch of hearts.

Start gluing the next 6 hearts together and then attach them to the set with the ribbon.

Happy Valentine's Day! If you'd like to see another kissing heart please visit Molly at the Creative Maven; her's was the inspiration for my kissing heart.

For more Crafty Tuesday ideas visit Diane at DianeDenmark.

Crafty Tuesday - It's in the Mail!

>> Tuesday, January 26, 2010

Last night Miss. Bean came to me practically in tears asking me to make a mailbox for their class. Apparently the students are going to write notes to one another and she really wanted to bring in the mailbox for them to use. She knew I could make one because it is what I made her last year for her Valentine's cards. For that mailbox I used pretty Valentine paper. For this mailbox I just used a pretty neutral paper, I didn't want any kids saying I'm not using that it's pink, ect. :) If I had a little more time to make this I would have added some cute embellishments - like the word mail on the front, maybe decorate the flag a bit. If you decide to make this for your little one go ahead and dress it up or better yet let the kids dress it up.

Also my mailbox isn't even close to being perfect. I have a template (that I will share with you) but of course both of my printers are out of ink; so I had to freehand the front and back flaps and the flag. If you use the template your's will likely turn out even better!

Here's how you can make a mailbox of your very own:

What you will need:

1 sheet of patterned or stamped paper
1 or 2 sheets of coordinating card stock (8-½ x 11)
Adhesive
Ribbon
Brads and eyelets
Any embellishments you like
Cropadile
Paper cutter
Template printed (I used the word document)

What you will need to do:

Cut your patterned paper to 8-½” x 11” if needed
Cut your base (bottom of the mailbox) card stock to 8-½” x 5-½” scored ½” in on both of the 8-½” lengths
Cut out flaps and flag on 2nd sheet of card stock from the printed template
Attach arched top to base
Attach back piece to box
Attach front piece to box
Attach flag with brad
Use cropadile and put eyelet in front piece and top of arched piece
Loop ribbon through eyelets and tie with a bow
Add any embellishments you like

I hope you enjoy this craft. There are so many ways you can use this. Not just for Valentine's Day but you could also make one for your child's bedroom and leave them little love notes or maybe be a conversation starter or journal entry ideas. Use your imagination and have fun getting your craft on!

Crafty Tuesday - Gourmet Hot Chocolate Holders

>> Tuesday, January 12, 2010

It is has been so long since I've had time to craft. Based on my blog it was back in October - that's sad. Today I had some time and I made a cute little holder to put a gourmet hot chocolate inside. I've seen lots of people make some sort of holder for hot cocoa around Christmas time to give as little gifts, but I thought hey, it's still cold and snowy so what would be better than hot chocolate. I made 3 of these today, one for Bean's teacher and one for each of Bub's teachers.

What you will need:

2 sheets coordinating card stock (I used Stampin' Up!® Brocade Blue and Whisper White)
Circle punch
Double sided adhesive tape
Ribbon
Scoring tool
Stamp
Stamp Pad (I used Stampin' Up!® Brocade Blue)
Snowflakes Cuttlebug® embossing folder (or other folder or none)
Paper Cutter

What you will need to do:

Cut your main card stock (this will be the one for the holder)to 8 1/2″ x 6 3/4″
Score your card stock the bottom edge at 1/2″ then score the cardstock at 1/2″ and 4 1/2″ vertically.
Cut the corner where your two score lines cross.
With that cut corner edge on your left hand side place a strip of adhesive just to the score line.
Then turn your paper over and place adhesive on the bottom right side,just to the score line and along the long edge.
At this point I folded all the edges in (do not remove protective strip from adhesive)and ran the paper through the sizzix® with the cuttlebug® folder.
Fold up the bottom edge and adhere. Now remove the other strip of protective cover from the bottom right and fold over adhering to the bottom left. Now the left 1/2 inch edge needs to fold in and adhere to the inside of the front flap.
Use your circle punch and cut a half circle in the top of your pouch.
Use your stamp on your 2nd color card stock and adhere that to your pouch using adhesive.
I used my cropadile® and punched a hole at the top of the hot cocoa package and tied on a long piece of ribbon.

I hope you liked this week's craft and that it doesn't take me as long to craft again next time. ;)

For a picture tutorial on how to make the hot chocolate holders check out Deena's site A Necessary Creativity.
To see more Crafty Tuesday crafts head over to my friend Diane's site DianeDenmark and check out the awesomely fun craft she did with her kids this week.

Are you crafting on Tuesdays and want to be linked? Just leave me a comment to your crafty blog post and I'll link to you too!

Now go get your craft on! :)

Crafty Tuesday - Halloween Tricks or Treats

>> Tuesday, October 27, 2009

I have been working on this edition of Crafty Tuesday for quite a few days. That doesn't mean the crafts are difficult though, in fact they are really easy! And so fun and cute too! So let's get right to it...

Halloween Mummies - Bub will be sharing these with all his classmates & friends. I also put a few in each of the teacher's baskets. He and I made these in under an hour, it was a lot of fun!

Recipe:
Mini Hershey bars
white crepe paper
googly eyes

I took a serrated knife and cut a roll of crepe paper in half so I had 2 skinny rolls. I found this made for a much "prettier" mummy. Wrap a piece of crepe paper around the chocolate bar and secure the end with some sort of adhesive. Attach the googly eyes with tacky glue - do not use a hot glue gun or the eyes won't wiggle. :)

Teacher's Halloween gift basket - includes a few packages of Hot Apple Cider mix, a package of homemade caramel corn, a Coffin that contains a few mummies, and a couple of cake pops will be added once we make them.

Halloween box - Instructions for this box can be found here. Each of my baskets were made from a single 12x12 sheet of Stampin' Up! Ghostly Greetings DSP.

Stampin' Up! Coffins - printable template can be found here

I also made each of the kid's teachers a Halloween card to match their Halloween treat basket. The cards were fairly easy and quick to put together. They were CASED from some cards found on Split Coast Stampers. I have no idea now who made them, but whoever you are thank you for the great idea!

Inside each card it says:

Scary, Scary

Screamie, Screamie

Happy, Happy

Halloweenie!

Ingredients for the cards:
Paper is all Stampin' Up!
- Kiwi Kiss (also this ink)
- Pumpkin Pie (also this ink)
- Basic Black (also this ink)
- Ghostly Greetings DSP
Stamp Sets are both Stampin' Up!
- Batty for you
- Eat, Drink & Be Scary!
Embossed Paper is done by using the Sizzix BIGkick and the Cuttlebug embossing folder D'vine Swirl

What are you making for Halloween crafts with your kids? Are you making anything for the kids to take to school or for their teachers?

Crafty Tuesday - Halloween Pencil Holders

>> Tuesday, October 6, 2009

It's Crafty Tuesday again! Have you done any crafting this week? I decided to do a Halloween craft this week. I wanted to do a craft for Thanksgiving but I couldn't think of something...yet. Might try working on something this week for Monday (our Thanksgiving) and then tell you about it next week.

This week I made a Halloween Pencil Holder. I thought this might be great for my daughter's class. Something other than the usual candy treats she'll end up bringing home. I only made one today to see if she likes it. I may try making a couple different things and then let her pick. Also need to see if my son, who is in grade 7 this year wants to take anything in to school. He may be past doing that but I should still ask him.

What you will need:

Paper cutter
Scissors
Adhesive
Stampin' Up!® Scallop Circle Punch
Stampin' Up!® 1 3/8" Circle Punch
Stampin' Up!® Batty For You stamp set
Stampin' Up!® Basic Black stamp pad
1 Sheet Stampin' Up!® Pumpkin Pie Cardstock (8 1/2x11)
1 Sheet Stampin' Up!® Basic Black Cardstock (8 1/2x11)
1 Sheet Stampin' Up!® Whisper White Cardstock (8 1/2x11)
1 Sheet Stampin' Up!® Ghostly Greetings DSP (12x12)

What you need to do:

Cut your Pumpkin Pie cardstock so it measures 6 3/8" x 3 5/8".
Turn your paper long ways (so it is tall) and score it at the following intervals: 3/8", 1 5/8", 2", 3 1/4". Then turn the paper 90 degrees (so it is wide) and score just one end at 3/8".
On the end that you just scored, make a cut on each of the score lines. You can cut off one of the little tabs at either end if you want to.
Fold on the score lines and then apply your adhesive and attach. You now have your pencil holder. Now let's decorate!
Cut a piece of your designer paper to measure 3 5/8" x 1 1/2" and attach to the top of your box.
Use your scallop circle punch on the Basic Black card stock
Using your Basic Black ink, ink up one of the stamps from the Batty for You set and stamp it on the Whisper White Cardstock. Let dry.
Use your circle punch and punch out your stamped image.
Use your adhesive and apply your stamped image to the black scalloped circle. Apply adhesive to the back of the scallop and attach it to your pencil box.
Put your pencils inside!

Hope you liked this week's craft & don't forget to come by next week to see what we'll be making. Now go have fun and get crafty!

For a picture tutorial on how to make the pencil holders check out Laurie's site Just Give Me Stamps.

For more Crafty Tuesday ideas:
Diane at DianeDenmark - Halloween 2

Crafty Tuesday - Kool Aid® Play Dough

>> Tuesday, September 29, 2009

I'm finally back for another addition of Crafty Tuesday! This project I did with little E a few week ago actually & I'm finally posting it for you all. I thought for sure I took pictures as we mixed it up but I can't seem to find them. At least I have a picture of the finished product for you. :)

This was really fun to make and smell! E is too little to really enjoy the fun of helping make it (have to use boiling water), but he definitely had a great time playing with the play dough for the first time. I've been making this play dough for about 13-14 yrs now. It is so much fun! I love that just by adding the Kool Aid® packets you get great colors and smells. The kids love it too! Plus unlike the store bought stuff it doesn't crumble and find a new home in your carpet so easy and it lasts a really long time. I keep it in Ziploc bags stored in the fridge.

Here is the recipe so you can go make some with your kids this week.

Kool Aid® Play Dough

Ingredients:

2 pkgs. kool-aid®
2 cups flour
1/2 cup salt
2 Tbsp oil
2 cups boiling water

Directions:

Combine flour, salt, kool-aid®, and oil and mix until water is ready, then add water (be very careful)
Have an adult pour water and stir with spoon until cool enough for child to touch and mix thoroughly with hands. Then let child have the time of his/her life.

Talk about the way the play dough feels, how it smells, the color, what the child wants to make, ect. Most of all have fun!!

Crafty Tuesday - Altered Composition Books

>> Tuesday, August 25, 2009

Ok I finally finished my craft. I swear it wasn't supposed to take so long, but the baby had alternate plans for me today. :) Next week this will go up much earlier, I promise. I already know what I am going to do for next week's craft, so will soon get it done and then I can get a post all ready to go. Wow, that'll take some organization on my part but I think once I get this underway it's going to be a lot of fun.

This week I decided to make altered composition books. I actually made 3 - one for my son (who asked for it) and one for each of the kid's teachers. I like to send in a little gift to welcome in the school year with a little note, telling them a little about my kids and giving my phone number, offering to help when I can.

What you need: {What I used}

3 composition books
Paper cutter
Scissors
Adhesive
Martha Stewart Bat Punch
1 Sheet Stampin Up! Ghostly Greetings DSP (12x12)
1 Sheet Stampin Up! Hawaii Papaya DSP (12x12)
1 Sheet Stampin Up! Good Morning Sunshine DSP (12x12)
1 Sheet Stampin Up! Basic Black Cardstock (8 1/2x11)
1 Sheet Stampin Up! Kiwi Kiss Cardstock (8 1/2x11)
1 Sheet Stampin Up! Summer Sun Cardstock (8 1/2x11)
1 Sheet Stampin Up! Tangerine Tango Cardstock (8 1/2x11)
1 Sheet Stampin Up! Chocolate Chip Cardstock (8 1/2x11)
1 Sheet Stampin Up! Whisper White Cardstock (8 1/2x11)
Block Sander
Sizzix Wingo Zingo Alphabet
Xyron Create-a-Sticker

What you need to do:

Cut your pattern paper to 6x10
Cut your coordinating cardstock to 10x4
Cover the back side of your patterned paper with adhesive and line it up with the open edge of your composition book. Repeat on the back side.
Take your coordinating cardstock try to center it over the spine of the book and fold it over. (Do not score or your score lines will show.) Then put adhesive on the back of that paper and apply to the spine of your book.
With the leftover coordinating cardstock run it through your sizzix to make your Notes letters.
Then put the letters through the Xyron Create-a-Sticker and apply to the Whisper White cardstock.
Cut out and matte on another coordinating cardstock, cut and adhere to notebook

My finished notebooks

I hope you enjoyed this week's edition of Crafty Tuesday. If you have any questions about the project just leave a comment & I'll do my best to help. Have a great day & go get your craft on! :)

More links to altered composition books: