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I remember watching a scrapbooking video about 6-7 years ago here this woman was raving over using tape on her projects. At that point it wasn’t washi tape, but shiny, colourful plastic tape, some with metallic patterns. I remember my reaction, how I couldn’t understand it at all, why use tape? So, fast-forward to present day and the washi tape craze. I’m stuck in the middle of it. The trend has completely exploded and so many brands have their own take on this product; so many different pretty colours, patterns and textures. I’ve read in some forums how some people wonder how they will ever use it all, and I wonder: Did I Overbuy?
But then I think: How could I? You can use it on EVERYTHING. Layouts, mini albums, cards, tags, altered items like books, frames and boxes, on embellishments, or make it INTO an embellishment itself. Use it to decorate your phone or diary or calender, use it to tape something on the fridge and make the world a brighter place. So, lot’s of uses out of those yards of tape, huh?
Why not use it to embellish a shape for a card or a layout? I made this card to day with a hot air balloon as a theme, really easy peasy and great fun to make. Just draw a shape, turn the paper over, tape the back side, flip it back and cut out your motif. Done! On this card used both store bought paper tape, and some handmade tape I made myself with masking tape, tissue paper and stamps.
Hope you like it!
Handmade decos are always a nice touch to a card or a scrapbook layout, I think. It just feels great to be able to make something from scratch from the supplies you have, and it gets a little more personal, which is what I always want with my Christmas cards. Sometimes a Christmas card is only thing you send someone that year, maybe to a friend or a loved one that lives far away and you’ve haven’t had a chance to see or talk to in a while. That’s why it feels important to me; I want the recipient to know I’m thinking about them.
So here are some of the Christmas cards I made this year. I decided to hand paint some baubles with watercolour. I really can’t paint at all, but this technique is fairly easy: Draw a circle on some watercolour paper, dampen the circle with water, then add colour, a little bit at a time.Make it a bit darker around the edges and leave a little spot where you don’t put any colour at all, which makes it look a bit shiny.
When deciding on size, I punched out a circle with one of my punches and used that as a template. That made it easy to punch out the baubles perfectly circular after I’d painted them. Also, I used some of my small snowflake- and heart stamps to make a decorative pattern. I stamped the pattern in water resistant ink before I added the watercolour. Lastly I sprayed the baubles with some shimmer mist. To make the card a little dimensional I adhered the baubles with some foam dots.
I was really pleased with these cards, I wanted to make more like them, but I went on to other ideas, more posts to come!
Stay safe, everyone. :)
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Whenever Tricks find a gift for someone she always takes time to wrap it in the most beautiful way, making it so much more than the gift inside the box, the gift wrapping itself makes it all the more special. So when she had her birthday last year I wanted to do the same for her.
For this set of gifts I chose a wrapping paper with colours that would match her dress and the colour scheme for the party itself:
 Of course the pressies needed a matching bag  Punch out details from the wrapping paper and stick on the gift with some glue dots I had a lot of fun with the following ones. Of course I found a lot of fun scrapbook supplies, which means that I could either do one big gift of them all or wrap them all separately. I chose a combination of both. Cherry blossoms was something that occurred in a couple of her projects, using a lot of those sort of stamps, so I decided to make her a blossoming tree, hanging all the gifts from the branches:
 Some green silk paper, japanese rice paper and glass pearls to match the cherry blossom tree  Cherry blossom tree with pressies It was a great evening with a lot of happy friends and family, and I hope Tricks will remember for a long time and that that it makes her smile!
Well, when Tricks gives you something she does it with a flare, even just a bottle of red will get her personal attention. Like this one, simple and beautiful. Cheers!
 Who'd say no to this?
I had a few friends over for beer and Rockband this weekend, such a great evening! That game is so much fun, it really makes you feel like somewhat of a rock star, and it’s something you do together with your friends, big plus!
Tricks brought this gorgeous bouquet of roses, and she had altered it! Getting fresh flowers is such a treat, and when someone also has spent the time to scrap something for it it’s just lovely :) She’d made these awesome guitars with cords and buttons and everything, totally neat. Also she’d glazed them so they’re all shiny. I just have to post some pictures! Thank you, Tricks :)
 Beautiful roses and rockin' guitars  Perfect replica ;)  I love the bling bling for the buttons!
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