Monday Rendezvous - Cosmo Cricket!

Welcome to our Monday Rendezvous here at the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog! I'm Nathalia Castellon and on this last day of August I want to share with you a few Back-To-School projects and gift ideas created with Cosmo Cricket's "Earth Love" collection. Thank you Cosmo Cricket for your generous sponsorship and for consistently creating the papers we all love to play with!

And remember readers, you still have time to enter your projects into our Wednesday's Be Inspired #46 - Back To School Challenge
sponsored by Cosmo Cricket!

If I've inspired you today and you created something please share! I'd love to see it! And remember to drop in tomorrow as we kick off our month-long Birthday Palooza.
This is one party you don't want to miss!

Thanks for stopping by and spending a little of your time with me!

Teresa Collins Designs, Purse Kit by Mel!!!

Mel here, with my first ever Cuttlebug tutorial. I'm more honoured than I can say to be hanging out here with Terrie, the design team, & You! Don't you just love Terrie's stunning album? All that colour & detail she added is such a delight, and talk about the sweetest photos ever!

I got to play with the gorgeous Journal It Girl collection from Teresa Collins Designs. There are unlimited possibilities with this trend-setting kit. (I just love all the stationery elements madly.)

I used it to make this gift set: a purse box, with a little pocket tag (as a wallet on a chain), and a pocket calendar book. The collection has so many details making it such a thrill to work with and so fun with everything matching.

the purse:

Journal It Girl double sided paper (Pink Ledger paper TC-6140)

brackets from the Journal It Girl Crown Notes sheet

Box & purse panel templates

Provocraft Embossing Folder (used here: Textile Texture & Argyle)

Cuttlebug machine

Versamark, Clear Embossing Powder, & heat gun

Paper piercer, needle, & thread. Embroidery floss

Strong double-sided tape

For the handle:Core'dinations Whitewash cardstock (black piece), pink fabric & fabric glue, white craft ink.

Misc: 3 for You Stampin' Up! punch, Pink Copic marker, Swarovski crystalsLarge beads (box feet) & misc. hardware from an old Prada purse

Step 1} Make the box as a base for the purse (a tall rectangular shaped box)

1A) Print & cut out the template for the purse box base.

1B) Trace the box template onto the Journal It Girl double sided paper (I used the Pink Ledger paper TC-6140 .)

Cut the box out & score it. The template is designed to fit exactly 2 boxes per 12x12 sheet of paper.

1C) Assemble the box & embellish it: add a little purse tag, if you like & adhere large beads for feet.
Measurements for the finished box: Height (without handle): 3 and 3/4 inches Width (side to side): 2 and 7/8 inches Depth (front to back): 2 and 1/4

Step 2} Make the panels for the front & back: Print & cut out the purse panel templates & trace them onto the largest of the Journal It Girl die cut file folders. Cut them out.
Step 3} Emboss & embellish the panels:
3A) Cuttlebug heat emboss the purse panels:
-->Ink a cuttlebug folder with Versamark (or other clear embossing ink)-on the negative or positive side, whichever you prefer.

-->Run the 2 purse pieces (for front & back) through the Cuttlebug in the inked folder.

-->After you Cuttlebug emboss the panels, sprinkle clear embossing powder on the wet Versamark

--->heat set the embossing powder with a heat gun.
3B) Embellish the panels: Pierce & stitch around the edges.

3C) Enforce the panels by adhering them to cardstock & cutting them out.
3C) Add fringe made out of pink embroidery floss to the bottoms.
Step 4} Make the front purse flap:

4A) Make an acetate piece for the flap by tracing the purse front with a permanent marker onto acetate & cut it out.

4B) Create a black frame by tracing the acetate piece onto Core'dinations cardstock, cutting the brackets from the Journal It Girl Crown Notes sheet, & trimming it to that bracket shape:

4C) Cuttlebug emboss the acetate piece, adhere the frame & stitch around the outside.

4D) Add some flowers (punched from the Journal It Girl file folder instructions-which makes great text paper for small flowers.) Adhere the purse flap to the front of the box. Colour the flower centers pink & add Swarovski crystals
Step 5} Make the handle:

5A) Adhere a strip of fabric 12" x 1-1/2" to a piece of Core'dintations Cardstock (I used the black piece from their Whitewash collection.) Trim & fray the edges of the fabric Cuttlebug

B) Emboss it, ink the black side with white ink & stitch it with black thread.
Step 6} To assemble the whole thing:

Adhere the panels to the purse box base & attach the handle.

the pocket calendar:

Supplies:

12 months from the Journal It Girl Calendar sheet TC-6447Medium Die Cut File FolderPink Tags sheetBlack cardstock

To make the pocket calendar book:

A) Cut all 12 months of the year from the Journal It Girl Calendar sheet TC-6447

B) Fold the matching Medium Die Cut File Folder in half

C) Cut 4 pieces of black cardstock (each piece measuring 3-3/4" x 5-1/2") Score them each down the middle & fold them in half. Lay them over each other, pierce them down the middle & stitch or adhere them into the File folder to make a book.

D) Adhere the calendar months & embellish the pocket book with pieces from the Teresa Collins Journal It Girl Collection

E) If it's tied shut with a ribbon, it fits perfectly in the purse box.

If you wish to have the PDF files for the purse, please leave a comment and your full email address, and we'll send it right to you!!
Thank You so much for stopping in! :o)

PS don't forget to be a follower on our journey of 2000, and let your friends know about our birthday party :)

Mel

Cuttlebug`Creativly Yours Spotlight Sunday` Therasa Collins Kits...

Welcome to this week's `Creatively Yours Spotlight Sunday`with me, Terrie Bailey.
I am so happy that you chose to stop by today.
I am so honoured to share with you all today the wonderful products from `Theresa Collins`
alongside the very creativly talented `Mel`...


I will be showcasing the

`Theresa Collins Documented Envelope Book kit`.
I hope I can give you a little Inspiration showing just how you can create with this beautiful album making it your own. Anyone can create with this kit, from the less experienced crafter right through to the more experienced crafter. The main thing is to `Enjoy` and
create your precious album for you to keep all those precious memories and photos we all too often put away in the cupboards and forget about. I think it would make a beautiful gift to give a family member to treasure.


This kit is quite self contained so all you need are a few crafty materials and your Imagination.


There are oodles of papers, stamps, tags and journaling pages with pleanty left over to create LO`s and cards. The kit co-ordinates beautifully, therefore the choices are endless. It even comes with the red binding coil so you can use your Bind -it machine along with it. The only other materials you would need are the Score-it, adhesive and embellishments of your choice.


I started to prepare my album by printing my photos and gathering all my embellishments and tools together along with my Score-it for those perfect folds.

I then prepared the back and front of my album covers and ran them through my Cuttlebug machine using my `Fleurs and swiss dots`from `Provo Craft`embossing folders. I thought they matched the album beautifully.
GATHER ALL YOUR MATERIALS AND TOOLS.

I then started to dress my pages as I went along....

Another good point with the album is you can add to your pages along the way. Don't you just love how you can add your pages from small to tall?

Some of my complete pages...

My Complete album...

I hope you enjoyed what I did with my `Documented Evelope kit.` I hope you can visit us here at CUTTLEBUG CHALLENGE...and share all those memories and pages....

Don't Forget to sign up to become a follower. We are well on our journey to 2ooo followers!!!!Leave us a comment and let us know what you think of this album?

`Thank you` for letting me share this with you.

Have a lovely Sunday.

Mel and Terrie.

Your Story This Summer in 30 Days (week 4)

Hi Beth here, would like to share a quick mini album with you today I hope you enjoy it and will try one of your own.
My album is an outdoorsy one with pictures taken at a museum I went to a couple a weeks ago called the Life and Science Museum in Durham NC supplies are very simple cardboard coasters, card stock, (I used Core'dination a fantastic product from one of our sponsors), cuttlebug, folder of choice I used the new Star folder from Provo and Tombow adhesive.
Okay lets get started
1. Cut card stock to 4x4 squares
2. Run front and back cover through Cuttlebug
3. Sand embossing on covers
4. Adhere to coasters
5. Use Bind-it-all to add holes and put your book together.

Okay I am adding some visuals to help you understand better, myself I love visuals

I used my Cricut and the solutions Camping cartridge for some of my embellishement's

Here is my completed book cover.

And the completed pages

I hope you join in with us for this super fun challenge, but hurry because time is running out.

Did I forget to mention you will get the "Your Story" from Provo Craft the maker of Cricut and cuttlebug. "Your Story" is a binding machine that lets you bind your own book at home :) courtesy of Provo Craft, how kewl is that!
Set of fun prizes from our Sponsor Tattered Angels (Glimmer mist)
A full kit from Urban Anthology!

Have a great weekend!
Beth

You will have until September 5th to enter all the challenges every Saturday :)
Please leave comments with fun ideas for others try :)

Here's a link to this post you can put on your blog to let your friends know here, and sign up as a follower.

ETA The Your Story in 30 days challenge runs until September 5th, every Tuesday you will get prompts and ideas to do with family, kids, neighbor etc. from Jackie, Karen, Maggie. You can post weekly, you will have until Sept 8th to get all your project uploaded. Drawing for the prizes is Sept 12th.
please continue to post your questions below so we can answer them :)

Creating an Accordion Fold Card with the Scor-it

Hi Everyone!

I'm Michelle, and I'm excited and happy to bring you this episode of The Cuttlebug Challenge Blogspot's "Fab Friday TV": Creating an Accordion Fold Card with the wonderful and easy to use Scor-it Scoring Board.

I chose to share this specific tutorial with you because it's clever in that it allows for making 2 standard A2 sized accordion fold card bases out of one 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of card stock. While the folded (base)card itself is shorter than a standard A2 card (and is almost square) it gains the extra length by the placement of the pumpkins off of the edge of the card, giving the completed card the measurements of a standard A2 card.
*Many A2 accordion fold cards require that you use 12 x 12 card stock

Being able to make 2 easy accordion fold cards from one sheet of card stock is a great way to send one of the cards off to someone special, and still have another to save for reference and inspiration in the future. (I almost always make at least 2 of every card I make...saving one in my "Inspiration Box")

I'll be showing you how to make the Halloween card pictured here today, but imagine the possibilities...
A floral card, with floral/flower images cut out and placed at the edge..
A Holiday Card with snowflakes at the edge...
A birthday accordion fold with stamped images of a birthday cake..or numbers specific to the person's birthday...or images of birthday presents...placed at the edge of the card

The possibilities are endless!

To make this Halloween card you'll need:

Black card stock

White Card stock

Ink Pads

Halloween themed or Print Paper of your choice cut into 3 pieces measuring:
1 1/4 x 4
2 3/4 x 4
3 3/4 x 4

Punches or dies that will give a scallop edged square and a nesting plain edge square

Halloween stamp set/images

Paper trimmer, adhesives, fine detail scissors

Scor-it Scoring Board

Now that you've taken a peek at the supply list...it's time to get started!

Thanks for visiting the Cuttlebug Challenge Blog today,and please be sure to post a fast comment after you've watched the video to let us know what you think...and be sure to come back and post a comment and link for the accordion fold card that YOU make!

We'd love to see what YOU'VE created!

And "Thank You" to Scor-it, one of our fantastic sponsors, for creating and offering a tool that allows for easy, perfect scoring.

Have a wonderful and creative day!
Michelle

Cuttlebug Challenge Birthday Palooza

Hi Everyone,
Look who is turning 1 in September! Happy Birthday to us, but we invite all of you to come and celebrate with us..

All month long in September it will be the fiesta of all fiesta, Inspirations daily, challenges, and tons of prizes !

We are teaming with Ready Set Create as our sponsor for the month of September. You could win a chance to have your Art published, how kewl eh?

Tell all your friends :)



Have a great day,
Don't forget to sign up to be a follower :)
Maggie

Be inspired #46 and Cosmo Cricket

Good Morning Everyone,

Welcome to our latest edition of "Be Inspired" where we feature fabulous inspirations with our sponsor products.
I'm not sure where Summer went, but this week it is back to school in Florida, and in many parts of the country!
It has been a flurry of activity here the past few days getting ready, shopping, organizing, meeting the teachers and getting familiarized with a new school system...sheesh, I was glad to be able to sit down and look at all the beautiful Cosmo Cricket papers, and create to relax a bit.

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Sponsor this Week

We welcome Cosmo Cricket

Have you seen all the fun new lines from Cosmo yet? Did you know this company was started 3 years ago by husband and wife team, Eric and Julie, then added the fabulous Lindsay?
Read their story here
Check out fun inspirations on their blog here
It has been truly so much fun for our team to have been able to work with so many of their yummy lines..Please take a moment to visit Cosmo Cricket and look at the different lines you can incorporate into your crafting, and be on the look out for another challenge using their fabulous lines. A huge thank you to Lindsay, Eric & Julie.

This challenge winner will receive 1 of the lines directly from Cosmo Cricket :)

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Our Challenge to you this week is to create a back to school set, gift set for a teen, for their locker, or for your desk, or a s a gift to someone.

You will see a big variety of ideas from our design team, including locker decor :)

Be Inspired!! Let's get 100 participants this week!!

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Beth Ullman	Beth Ullman
Hanneke van Dalen	Cassie Larson
Betty Brett	Betty Brett
Karen Maldonado	Karen Maldonado
Angie Tieman	Jenn Koss
Heidi Van Laar	Heidi Van Laar
Shantaie Fowler	Shantaie Fowler
Cindy Royal	Nathalia Castellon
Terrie Bailey (ensemble)
Terrie Bailey (bookmark-back)	Terrie Bailey (bookmark-front)
Terrie Bailey (keepsake book)	Terrie Bailey (notebook)
Amber Goble
Sonia Kertznus
Ewonne Ek
Michelle Borsack
June Houck (ensemble)
June Houck (locker magnets)
June Houck (clipboard)	June Houck (backpack)
Rosemary Zuba (ensemble)
Rosemary Zuba (CD pictre frame)
Jackie Gallagher
Dannisdoodles (ensemble 1)
Dannisdoodles (ensemble 2)

Cosmo Cricket Back to School Desk Set (by mel)

Supplies:

To alter: 1) A wooden box 2) a cardboard box (blue diamond almond snack-packs) 3) A chipboard book (SU) ...covered in a whole lot of Happily Everafter:

Paper: Cosmo Cricket Everafter collection-Everafter Kit specifically: Something True, Something Blue, Something Special & Everafter Elements (and even the packaging!)
Embellishments: Cosmo Cricket Everafter Rub Ons, Cosmo Cricket Everafter Ribbon, Cosmo Cricket Everafter Ready-Set-Chip, Cosmo Cricket Everafter Cardstock Stickers

Miscellaneous: Image from Mo's Digital Pencil "First Day of School," White acrylic paint, Above the Mark Paisley stamp (pressed in acrylic paint), clear embossing powder, & heat gun; Double-sided tape, paper piercer, needle & thread. Clear Seed beads; Provocraft embossing folder Textile Texture; Copic markers. Drawer pulls for feet-screwdriver & drill to affix them.



How-to:

Step 1) Alter the box: A) Add drawer-pull feet to the wooden box, if you like. B) Cut pieces of Cosmo Cricket Everafter collection 12x12 paper to fit the wooden box inside & out. C) Cuttlebug emboss, stitch, and add ribbon to the front panel. D) Adhere the Everafter ready-set-chip (self adhesive flower chipboard) to the ribbon center E) Cut a scallop, add it to the bottom of the front panel & stick the front panel to the box.

Step 2) Embellish the Cosmo label & add the bunny: A) LABEL: Pierce around the fancy label piece from the Everafter Elements & stitch seed beads around it. Add mats to the Everafter label & adhere it to the front panel. B) BUNNY: Print, heat emboss, colour, and cut out the "First Day of School" bunny; add him to the label on the box front. C) BOOK: Cut the tiny school children image from the Cosmo Cricket Everafter Kit packaging & fold it over some white paper to make a wee little book. Add it to the front of the box.

Step 3) Make the pencil box: A) Cut Cosmo Cricket Everafter paper to fit the cardboard box of your choice. (This is a Blue Diamond Almond box). B) Cuttlebug emboss the Cosmo paper & add a scallop at the top. Adhere the paper to the box C) Stick the round school children sticker (from the Everafter Cardstock stickers) to some scalloped cardstock layers. D) Pierce around it & add seed beads & stitching. E) Adhere the decorated sticker over top a strip of Everafter ribbon with a bow & a piece of the matching Ready set chip.

Step 4) Cover the spiral notebook: A) Layer mats of Cosmo Cricket Everafter papers onto a notebook (this one was painted white first) B) Add a strip of Everafter ribbon.

Step 5) Add the image: this image is "First Day of School" from Mo's Digital Pencil.





Thank you so much, don't forget we are celebrating our birthday all month long in September as we turn 1.. It's going to be loads of fun :)

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