I think I made the clues way too easy! Or you all are just way too smart!
The March 2010 Main Kit went to South Africa and will be crafted with by Sophia Allison. Check back in a few days to get to know Sophia a little better and see what she did with our March Kit.
The winner of the very first “Where in the World is Crazy Daisy” giveaway is Gloria Gomez! Gloria, I’ll send your goodies ASAP!
Have some leftover goodies from your March kit? Here’s a fun way to use them thanks to Miss Mara. Enjoy!
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Hi Everyone!! I am here today to show you how to make the easiest treat bag ever!! This will take you about 10 minutes and is perfect for Easter gifts, teacher appreciation gifts, neighbor gifts…just about anything. What you will need it this:
-1 piece of paper cut 11 inches x 4 inches
-something to create score lines
-clear plastic treat bag (find at your local craft store)
-embellishments for front of the bag
1. Score your paper at 1 inch, 5 inches and 7 inches.
2. Crease the score lines. The 1 inch flap will hang over the top. Seal the 1 inch flap over the top of the bag.
3. Using your circle punch or a pair of scissors, create an opening in the top. It could be a half circle with a circle punch or cut an opening with scissors.
4. Fill a clear treat bag with treats. Put the treat bag inside your folded treat bag and thread the top through the opening. Tie shut with a matching ribbon. Add embellishments to the front of the bag and/or add a tag to the bag.
There you have it!! A quick, fast treat bag that you can coordinate to any occasion! Thanks for stopping by the Crazy Daisy Blog and I hope you found some time today to be creative!
There are some cool things out there on the Internet. I could spend all day just surfing away. Luckily, I have way too much to do … so I have to limit my Web time. On top of being generally busy, I currently have two sick kiddos. My daughter started vomiting yesterday (I know, too much info!). She’s never sick; so when she is, everyone in our house is miserable. Now, our baby is sick too. It’s so sad to see him in such a crummy place. His nose is running. He’s burning up. And he’s just cranky! So, in my short power surf, I found some cool stuff online, all of which are inspiring and include lots of projects to add to my list of future projects.
Aren’t these scrappy pin cushions adorable? There is a tutorial on the Craftzine blog. Have you checked out Craft? There are some awesome ideas and really cool inspiration on the Craftzine blog.
I’ve started listening to a new podcast, Paperclipping Roundtable. It features a panel of professional scrappers, including Noell Hyman, Ana Cabrera and Stacy Julian to name a few. It’s informative as well as inspirational. Download it and listen to it while scrappin, driving or working out. You won’t be disappointed.
While at CHA (actually, the consumer SuperShow before CHA), Jennifer got a new sewing machine. We did a bunch of fun make ‘n’ takes at various booths sponsored by the National Sewing Council. We both left itching to sew more. I really want to make my daughter some fun little skirts and hopefully teach her to sew, just like my mama taught me. I think I’m going to try this skirt (picture below).
I was reading a bunch of tweets today (I’m a Twitter junkie … you can follow me @crazydaisykits). Someone mentioned this old blog post of Ali Edwards‘ that caught my attention because the link to the post was proceeded by “one of my fave posts of all time. refer to it all the time.” Now that I’ve found it, I will be refering to it often as well.
Another one of my favorite scapbooking blogs that I read regularly is Donna Downey’s “Simply Me.” She’s a phenomenal artist. Her regular Wednesday feature, “Inspiration Wednesdays,” always leaves me in awe. I love, love, love everything Donna does. You have to check out yesterday’s post and the canvas she created.
Last but not least, I am really loving Craft Gossip. It’s a one stop shop for all things crafty. They find all the cool tips and tutorials around the Web and post them in one convenient location. Looking for inspiration or ideas … head to Craft Gossip.
Okay, so this has absolutely nothing to do with scrapbooking. It might have to do with crafting, but that really depends on you.
My baby, Cooper, is eating baby food these days. I’ve been buying the organic baby food and on the label of every jar it says “Please recycle.” So, I feel super bad every time I toss one of these jars. I know, silly … but I do!
So, is there some sort of fun craft I could do with these? I’ll be feeding him food from a jar for at least another four or five months, so it would be fun to come up with a creative way to reuse the jars. Maybe I could turn them into a gift of some sort or even a toy for Shelby (my five-year-old) or something I can use to entertain Coop.
Any ideas? If you can’t think of one, then ask a friend. Please leave a comment and help me! In fact, how about I offer up a prize. I’ll randomly select a winner from the comments and send them one of our cool new grab bags. So tell a friend. I’ll pick a winner Monday night (Oct. 26).
The Crazy Daisy Family is blessed to include some extremely talented ladies serving on our design team. One of them, Miss Kim, is sharing her amazing talents with us today with this awesome Gesso Paint Rag tutorial. (Thank you Kim! We always love it when you’re our guest blogger!) So, let’s get our Gesso on ladies!
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“This technique is something I learned on National Scrapbook Day over at the Scrap in Style forum from the brilliant Lucy Folch, awesome Brazilian artist who has such innovative ideas. I have modified mine a little but I must credit Lucy with the basic gesso – paint – rag technique.
I used the Making Memories kraft album included in the September kit, but you can also do this on a heavy chipboard or cardboard.
The key to this technique is pre-planning the layout.
Gather some chipboard pieces and any other items that you want to include on the layout and place them where you want them.
I used the cute paisley pieces along with some other pieces from my stash. Since this is going to be an album for my stepdaughter’s end of season horse shows for this year, (photo above) I wanted to use the horse piece I had from Martha Stewart, but I peeled off the slick pattern from the top so my gesso will adhere. I put the horse on the back of the album.
Next, since I want to add some pieces of patterned paper to my finished project, I need to measure and cut those out before adhering my chipboard. I also made a quick sketch of my layout and numbered my pieces to correspond with my cutout paper for easy placement later.
Once I have my layout how I want it, I start gluing down all my chipboard pieces. I did not glue the word “ALEX” down yet because I want to use those awesome 7Gypsies letters as they are.
After the glue is dried completely, cover the entire project in gesso. Get it in every crevice and corner of the chipboard pieces. I use a smaller dry brush to get any excess out of those same crevices and corners.
Now let the gesso dry completely while picking out four or five colors of acrylic paint to coordinate with the paper and other pieces.
This is the really fun and messy part of the project – let your creativity run wild!
You will need to use a thin consistency with the paint, you may want to experiment on a scrap piece of chipboard or cardboard first. I began on one side and worked with a color then switched to my next color and so on to blend each color together. Just keep working with the paint until satisfied. Don’t worry, it won’t be perfect!
Next take an old rag while the paint is still wet and wipe and dab the project to remove some of the paint. If you remove more than you want, just add more paint. If the paint gets too dry, wet your rag – this method is mistake proof!
When you are happy with how it looks, let this part of the project dry. You might want to add some glimmer mist or another mist of choice to jazz it up.
Once dry, you can add on everything else. I distressed my pattern paper and glued it down. I also distressed my chipboard letters with a small emery board and some paint and glued those down.
As an afterthought I decided to use the Stickles that were included in my kit, and I love how they look on this project!
Once that dried, I got my Sharpie out and outlined, added a photo in middle and used some Ranger Glossy Accent that I had in my stash on the word “ALEX” so it would have some shine to match where I used the Stickles.
The album is now finished and ready for my pages to be done inside!
My daughter Shelby is a hoot. Nearly everything that comes out of her mouth is hilarious. I love chatting with her and as she gets older, it just gets better.
Now that she’s started kindergarten she really has some cute and highly memorable things to say. Last week when I was dropping her off at school, she insisted on walking in on her own. I kept trying to help her as she was carrying a large box of goldfish snacks to share with her class. After insisting I help her, she gave in, but with a frown her face said, “Okay Mom, you can come in with me, but you have to walk that way,” pointing to a path far away from the one she was on. She’s five and already doesn’t want to be seen with me!
I was thinking yesterday it would be tough to scrapbook all the funny things she says, especially since a lot of the times I have no pictures to go with her funny comments. I have decided to create an art journal of sorts. Something that is pretty to look at and can be filled with all the Shelbyisms. I don’t want to forget all the cute things she shares with me and think it will be great to look back over her words and ideas as the years pass. I want to make one for each school year and can add her school photo to the book as well. I can’t wait to see how it comes out.
What sort of crafty thing are you doing today?
I am a huge fan of podcasts. I subscribe to a ton of them and they really help pass the time when I am traveling, while uplifting and inspiring me at the same time. Allison Lee, the host of craftcast, interviews a wide variety of crafters and though I’ve yet to hear a podcast that’s dedicated solely to scrapbooking, I’m impressed by all the crafty and creative folks she rounds up. I always feel energized and ready to craft after a craftcast podcast.
Some of my recent favorites have been interviews with Margot Potter, the Impatient Crafter; and Amy Karol of the blog Angry Chicken.
You be the judge, check it out here. What podcast are you listening to? I am always looking for something new to add to my iTunes library!
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