Rustic Christmas Cards.

Here are 2 Christmas cards I made.

This one is more like an envelope card with a pocket on the outside and on the inside. It also has a "spool" that I made with the EPB.

I also made a little shaker pocket to go with it.

Here You can see the pocket and the little journal insert.

I like to include "scraps" in my shaker pockets.

I think this is my first project where I added a button.

For this tree I used corrugated cardboard. I added some colors for the background and added one layer of UTEE. Then I just wrapped some strings around it and topped it with a bow.

I also added some twisted wire to both corners.

The blue background, behind the tree, is something I painted. To finish it off I just backed it with some old music paper.
Renate

Faux Tea Bags made with Coffee Filters.

Here is just a collection of my "tea bags" I made.

Here I covered the coffee filter with fabric and added a small pocket in the front. I liked the frayed edges on the top, so I didn't add any string.

This one I just stamped and folded differently.

I love thinking up different ways to add charms to the strings.

This one has a little pocket in the front where the faux metal piece is. For this one I used some fabric to cover the top edge.

Rachel Tomlinson has a tutorial on how to make this project. You just sew it on top of some tracing paper.

This one I attached to the front of a small booklet.
Renate

Faux Specimen Slide and Window Faux Tea Bag Tag.

Tracy Fox Love Junk Journal has a tutorial for both projects. Mine is a faux tea bag because I used a coffee filter.

This specimen slide was easy to make.

I added a little pocket to my front. I used some tracing paper and folded it over, so I could add some things to the inside. Then I sewed all around it.

For the backing I used some old music paper.

Here you can see the 3 things I put inside the pocket. Including a tiny playing card.

It's hard to see, but I used a 3 colored stamp pad to stamp the swirl with. These 2 projects are fun to make. Thank you Tracy for the inspiration.
Renate

Faux Tea Bag Journal Card.

Charlotte Peterson has a tutorial on how to make these. Hers are quite beautiful. I don't have tea bags, so I make my own out of coffee filters. That's why I call them faux tea bags.

In the front of my tea bag I added a little ticket pocket. For my charms I used mini playing cards and stamps and book pages.

I made this moon tag with a tug spot.

Here's a close up of my charms.

I used scrap paper for my envelope made with  the EPB. On the right I made a copy of a mixed media booklet I made, and used part of it.

For the inside and outside, I sprayed a stencil and some book pages. The left side is for journaling. On the right side is an altered junk mail envelope.

The insert is a 2 sided rolodex card.

I chose to leave the back like it is.

These make a great addition to any journal.
Renate

My Vintage and Rustic Advent Arrangement Design.

This year I chose a totally different design for my Advent arrangement. My brother, Mike, cut all the wood pieces for me and did the cutouts for the tealights. I started out with a metal tray for my base. I added different cloth to lay on the tray... but I just was not happy with the look. So, one night I came up with the idea, of making just 3 different lengths of wood pieces as my base. I mod podged old book pages to the boards to kind of make it look vintage and rustic.

The red and white candle holder is just a cut down 4x4. (I've seen a similar block on Pinterest) I painted the whole piece red, and then taped it off and added the white. After it dried I used sandpaper, going from side to side, to give it the distressed look. Also, be sure and use a different sandpaper for each color. I love the way the wood rings on top still show. I had an old bike, that I thought fit perfectly to the theme I was going for.

I did not totally cover my wood base in paper, since I wanted some of the wood to show thru.

This plastic ornament I covered in Christmas tissue paper. I just took a piece of fabric to set it on.

In this ornament I added old book pages, string, fabric, mini spool and other stuff to make it look vintage. Also I just sat it on a piece of fabric string.

I used twine to tie around the block.

On the left, in the back, I made a little box covered in tissue paper.

I enjoyed putting this Advent arrangement together. I hope you draw some inspiration from it.
Renate

Flip-out Booklet.

This is a tutorial I've seen from Gi Kerr. It's a flip-out booklet #2. This is my front side of the booklet. I attached 2 mini spools to the end of my closure. I also choose some random pieces of paper I had stamped and painted.

When you open the booklet, you have an add on, that I found at Bohamian Crafting.

You flip it open, and on the left you have a tag, and on the right an envelope with a window.

Then you fold the tag back over to the envelope and flip it up.

Here you can see the backside of the envelope. I colored and stamped this envelope before I put it together.

On the right side I added a Tim Holtz cut out that I attached to a pocket.

Here are some of the inserts I made for it.

Then you close the booklet, and flip it to the back side. I altered a vellum envelope and added 2 circles to hold it in place. This way it also holds the flap shut.

Here you can see it a bit better.

Then you open that flap, and you have 2 pages.

I took a playing card and tore it apart and used it as part of this 3 pocket page.

On the right I made some journaling cards.

This is a journal puzzle piece card. Over at Al John you can find the tutorial. To the right of this page should've been a flap, but I didn't want it, so I left it off.

Here is the front again without the string.

Here you can kind of see the construction.

Thanks for the Ladies and their great tutorials. Renate