Tiny Art

I got inspired by several artists to create "Tiny art", and these were published in The Papercrafting in the beginning of April. This was to show, that you can create a lot of cute art pieces, just by using old craft stash you have lying around in craft supplies.

All the small art pieces are different, and created with old bits and pices from my craft supply. They have been made on a set of chip board pieces. I used texts from Tim Holtz to fit each art piece. Some of the pieces has been created in clay with a moulds from Prima and other brands.I also used small beads, half beads. All the tags were sprayed white before I used green and gold 13 arts sprays and white gesso.

With brave wings she flies

The face, is something I got in a craft swap with a friend many years ago. The wings has been created with clay from one of Primas moulds.

Have an open heart

At the base, I glued on lace from Kaisercraft and microbeads. Then I added some string around the piece. I added a heart and a key, beads and charms.

Great things take time

Here, I used two pocket watches in thick card board. I added microbeads, cork, wooden heart and a wooden number from Tim Holtz. After painting and sprayng, I added beads inside the watch on the top.

Use your wings

At the base, I used lace from Kaisercraft and an old zip. The frame has been moulded from clay. The angel was originaly on a small clothes peg, but removed and added to the project. I added beads inside the frame after painting ad spraying. 

Remember to play

This item is a "lift" of one of Finnabair's famous projects. I used an old zip, lace from Kaisercraft and microbeads at the base. I also added string before i spraypainted the tag. I added a small spoon at the top, and added beads after painting the tag.

Happy crafting.

LDRS inspiration week with tutorial - day three

Thank you for joining us on our LDRS Creative inspiration week blog hop! We are showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from our new release. You can even see them in action with step-by-step projects by our amazing designers!

We have some awesome new critters with the Candibean Safari and the Polkadoodles Just Because and Sink Or Swim stamp sets, fabulous dies with the Woodland Foliage Frames, Petite Pinafore Build-A-Card, Petal Perfection Accordion and Happy Days Circle sets, and last but not least, a gorgeous Country Friends Sweet Pea Paper Pack for you to use with all your crafting projects!

Simply use the list at the end of the post to keep hopping!

Each day we are giving away a $25 LDRS Creative gift card to one lucky hopper!  To enter leave a comment on each blog in the hop, plus follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Winners will be announced on the LDRS Creative inspiration blog on May 29^th.

For the release event we are excited to offer some great savings!

Save 20% on EVERYTHING and use code MAY20

(Coupon valid until midnight EST 5/27/18)

Gift box with cards

Today, I am showing an oval gift box with five cards. You can find the tutorial for the box further down in the blogpost.

I used the new Sweet Pea paper pad for this project. 

The handle has been made with the small banner die from Fancy Rectangles & Layers die set. The little bow has been made with a sweet bow die from the Happy days die set.

The cards

There is five cards in the box. Two are very similar, so I have only added photos of one of those cards. The cards has been made with the small oval die from the Woodland Foliage Frames die set. The images are from the Safari stamp and die collection. The pink circle has been made with Happy days die set, while the white circle has been made with a die from the Fancy circle die set.  The nuts and leaves has been made with the super sweet leave and nut dies from Woodland Foliage Frames die set. The tags have been made with the Fancy Rectangles & Layers die set. I have added a heart on the back of all the cards, created with the heart die from the Lovelette die set.

Oval box tutorial

The box has been created as the main box with a lid. The box has been created in white cardstock, and decorated on all sides with patterned paper. 

Cut out two ovals, using the large oval die from the Woodland Foliage Frames die set. Also cut out two strips of cardstock to create the sides of the box. I used two bits, since the cardstock would not reach all the way around the box. The two pieces were mounted together to create  longer strip of cardboard. The strip is 7,5 cm tall, scored and cut after 2cm. The 7,5 cm side created the side of the box, and the 2cm strip will be glued under the box. 

Fold along the scored line on the paper strip, and cut small lines vertically up the 2cm strip on the rectangle, creating the side of the box. This has to be done to be able to fold and glue the side to the oval. Cut of 3-4 mm of the edge of one of the ovals. This oval has to be  bit smaller because it will be glued inside the box. The other oval (the larger one), will be glued under the box at a later stage. 

Glue the side of the box to the smaller oval. Make sure the oval is on the inside of the box.

Glue the larger oval to the bottom of the box. You have now created the box. 

The lid for the box, has been created in the same way as the box. The lid has to be 3-4 mm larger than the box to be able to fit over the box. The side of the lid is 2cm, scored line and another 2cm 

 used to glue the side to the oval.

Cut of about 2mm of the side of one of the ovals, used on the inside of the lid. Cut vertically strips along the glue line on the side of the lid.

Glue the side of the lid to the box, gluing the smaller oval inside the box, and the larger oval outside the box.

The box is ready to be decorated.

Hop along and leave a comment so you could win! 

Day 3:

LDRS CREATIVE BLOG

MELANIE SMITH

KIRSTEN  HYDE (you are here)

LAURIE CASE

ANDREA SHELL

RALUCA VEZETEU

CAROL HELD

REBECCA KEPPEL

ALEXANDRA STAPLETON-SMITH

And make sure to be back tomorrow for more inspiration!

LDRS inspiration week - day two

Thank you for joining us on our LDRS Creative inspiration week blog hop! We are showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from our new release. You can even see them in action with step-by-step projects by our amazing designers!

We have some awesome new critters with the Candibean Safari and the Polkadoodles Just Because and Sink Or Swim stamp sets, fabulous dies with the Woodland Foliage Frames, Petite Pinafore Build-A-Card, Petal Perfection Accordion and Happy Days Circle sets, and last but not least, a gorgeous Country Friends Sweet Pea Paper Pack for you to use with all your crafting projects!

Simply use the list at the end of the post to keep hopping!

Each day we are giving away a $25 LDRS Creative gift card to one lucky hopper!  To enter leave a comment on each blog in the hop, plus follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Winners will be announced on the LDRS Creative inspiration blog on May 29^th.

For the release event we are excited to offer some great savings!

Save 20% on EVERYTHING and use code MAY20

(Coupon valid until midnight EST 5/27/18)

Baby card

Today, I am showing a baby card created with the super sweet Pinafore Build-A-Card die set. I have created similar card before, cutting the shape, as I didn't have a die. This die set is superb for creating these cards.

The paper pad used is the Sweet Pea paper pad with soft pink papers.

The stamp and text is from the new sweet Safari stamp and die set.

At the back, I used a banner die from the Fancy Rectangles & Layers die set and a butterfly from Pinafore Build-A-Card die set.

Hop along and leave a comment so you could win! 

Day 2:

LDRS CREATIVE BLOG

MELANIE SMITH

KIRSTEN  HYDE (you are here)

LAURIE CASE

ANDREA SHELL

RALUCA VEZETEU

CAROL HELD

REBECCA KEPPEL

And make sure to be back tomorrow for more inspiration!

LDRS inspiration week - day one

Thank you for joining us on our LDRS Creative inspiration week blog hop! We are showcasing lots of gorgeous projects using products from our new release. You can even see them in action with step-by-step projects by our amazing designers!

We have some awesome new critters with the Candibean Safari and the Polkadoodles Just Because and Sink Or Swim stamp sets, fabulous dies with the Woodland Foliage Frames, Petite Pinafore Build-A-Card, Petal Perfection Accordion and Happy Days Circle sets, and last but not least, a gorgeous Country Friends Sweet Pea Paper Pack for you to use with all your crafting projects!

Simply use the list at the end of the post to keep hopping!

Each day we are giving away a $25 LDRS Creative gift card to one lucky hopper!  To enter leave a comment on each blog in the hop, plus follow us on Facebook and Instagram. Winners will be announced on the LDRS Creative inspiration blog on May 29^th.

For the release event we are excited to offer some great savings!

Save 20% on EVERYTHING and use code MAY20

(Coupon valid until midnight EST 5/27/18)

An Easel card

I created an Easel card with the super sweet motive "Just Because". 

The motive has been cut out using an oval die from the Woodland Foliage Frames die set. The pink  doilie at the edges of the motive is a die from he new Happy days circle die set. 

The small double paper bow has been made with the supersweet bow die in the Happy days circle die set. The white butterfly boarder has been made with the sweet Butterfly Boarder die.

The blue papers are from the Cotton Candy Paper Pad and the butterfly is from a paper in the Pretty Perfect paper pad. 

Hop along and leave a comment so you could win! 

Day 1:

LDRS CREATIVE BLOG

MELANIESMITH

KIRSTEN  HYDE (you are here)

LAURIE CASE

ANDREA SHELL

RALUCA VEZETEU

CAROLHELD

REBECCA KEPPEL

And make sure to be back tomorrow for more inspiration!

An altered bike

Summer is almost here, and Hobbykunst has got some new wooden  bikes from Rayher. 

The bike has been decorated in retro style with dotty glitter paper from Rayher. 

The bike

The bike has been covered with dotty glitter paper from Rayher. The wheels has been covered with black cardstock.  The support has been covered with Kaisercraft's paper Coal - Christmas Edition, which has a fantastic wooden structure. The butterfly in acetate has been cut out from a sheet of acetate from Kaisercraft - Butterflies - Romantique Acetate, 

The back wheel has been decorated carully with flowers in red and white, and has got a little flag from 3D sticker set - Summer Party.

Happy crafting.

Have a marvelous day

Today, I am showing you a super simple CAS card. 

The tree on the front has been created using the tree die from the Puppy Love die and stamp set. The white cardstock has been mounted on 3D foam tape to create dimention and making the tree pop out from the green bckground paper.

The text is from the Mini Winnie Boutique stamp and die set.

The green dotty background paper is from the Pretty Perfect paper pad, and created a soft background colour on the card.

The little dog on the back is a stamp from the Puppy love stamp and die cut set. I just love the dies that come with this stamp set. It makes it so easy to cut around the stamps.