Rachel's Paper Crafts

I love to PAPERCRAFT! Stay tuned as I will be posting the things that I make on here as often as I can. I do scrapbooking, cards, tissue paper flowers and anything else that I can possibly learn that has to do with papercrafting.

January 30, 2011

Luggage Tabs


These are Luggages Tabs # 5 and 6 found on Page 110 of you Fabulous Finds Cartridge. Haven't made up my mind yet if these are useful or not. But here they are. If anyone has found a use for them please leave me a comment and let me know what that use is.
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Hinges


These are HINGES found on your Fabulous Finds Cartridge. These can be used for many things. These are cut at 2 1/4. I have yet to explore the many possibilities of these however, I am sure they can be used to hold your handmade "booklets" together amoung other things. They can be found starting on page 118 of your Fabulous Finds cartridge book.
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Laugh Often


This is cut from Fabulous Finds. I used Ribbon to hold it together but you can use whatever you want to hold it together. I decorated the inserts of the "BOOK" with different animal themes. This particular book and it's inserts are cut at 8 1/2 inches. You can also use this as a recipe book, an advice book for a new Bride or a new Mother. The ideas for this are endless! You can find it on page 124.
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January 23, 2011

Add A Heart



I first made this just playing around, then I seen the challenge over at Totally Paper Crafts. Decided I would enter it there. It's a simple card really, can't remember where I got the paper from but here is the recipe for the card:

Card Base: Take a 8 1/2 x 11 piece of  card stock cut to 4 1/4 x 8 1/2. Score at 4 1/4 on the long side then fold in half at score line.
Brown Card stock is cut at 3 1/2 x 6 1/2 and glued to front of card
Patterned paper is cut at 2 3/4 x 4 3/4 and glued to brown card stock
I  used a fiskars 4 corner  punch  on the Brown card stock and the patterned paper 
The word "LOVE" is cut at 1 1/4 and the "HEART" is cut at 1 3/4both from the cricut cartridge "Love Struck"

I hope that you enjoy this card!!    It can be used for any occasion!

January 20, 2011

100 Days Of School

100 Days Of School.  This is a poster that I helped a young man make for school.   He had to have 100 items because the 100th day of school is coming up.  We turned to the Cricut and the carts that I have and just cut out 100 random items glued them to a poster board and hopefully HE gets an A on it.  We'll see soon!!

January 16, 2011

Look What I Found!

Pretty Not So Whiteboards


Whiteboards (or dry erase boards as they are also commonly called) are pretty cool for diagramming and  story boarding wild ideas, but the ginormous white ones ubiquitous in most office settings are not exactly something I want in my kitchen (where I currently do most of my work.) They also aren’t particularly portable or easy for the kids to use when they want to draw without wasting paper.

Here is a pretty simple tutorial showing how to make personalized, portable dry erase boards. We decorated just a border in the examples pictured, but you could also use a two-toned, light-colored wallpaper or even scrapbook paper to decorate yours using the same basic principles detailed below.
What You’ll Need:
Clear Adhesive Backed Laminate or “Contact” Paper (we used one made by “Duck” available in most stores that sell basic drawer liners.)
A sheet of MDF – Larger, pre-cut sizes are available or you can ask the hardware store to cut a 24 x 48 inch sheet into 8  12 x 12 boards (which is what I have done.)
White Latex Primer ( I used Killz – you don’t need much so the smaller container will do.)
Craft glue
pencils, markers, ink, or paint for decorating (non-washable markers work better here but use what you’ve got!)


Priming the MDFA sharp craft blade and a self-healing board

Dry Erase Markers
How to do it:
Prime your MDF board and let it dry. If you are decorating a border, measure 1 1/2 inched in from the edge and draw a line or tape it off so you know where your border ends. You will want to keep the center area light colored or blank white so it is usable as a dry erase board when it is finished.
Making it pretty:
Decorate your border or background. If decorating a border, use pencils, markers, etc. (crayons even work!) to create your design. If you are using a full background, choose a light colored one and decoupage it to the board using a Mod Modge type product. Let your board dry completely.




Our Family all worked together to decorate the Dry Erase Board
Our Family all worked together to decorate this Dry Erase Board
From Art Back To “Blank” Slate:
To turn the design you have just created into a dry erase board, you need to apply the contact paper. Put your (fully dry) decorated board face down onto the contact paper to measure about how much you will need. Cut this amount off of the roll. Remove the backing of the contact paper to expose the sticky side. Carefully place it over your design – use a light touch and you will be able to position it to cover the full face of the board. Once the contact paper is in place, apply firm pressure to make sure it adheres well to the board underneath. For extra security, pull up just the very edges of the contact paper and apply a very thin bead all around the very edge of your design. Press the contact paper back down on the craft glue and let it dry.
Applying the laminate paper to the dry erase board
Applying the laminate paper to the dry erase board
Finishing Your Board:
At this point in the process, your contact paper is still kind of flopping over the edges a little. To give it a clean, professional finish, put your board face down on your self-healing mat, and use your craft knife to cut right along the edge, removing the excess contact paper and probably a little dried paint and glue that is sticking to it.
At this point you have a lovely, usable dry erase board. To give it an even cleaner finish, paint the back and sides or use spray adhesive to attach fabric to the back, fold over the edges and staple, then glue a thin ribbon border around the exposed stapled edge.
When you are done, your dry erase board will look smooth and  shiny
When you are finished, your dry erase board will look smooth and shiny like this.
So far we have made two of these…My 8 year old make his own “cool” one and the family worked together decorating each side of the border on the one for our soon-to-be 4 year old. Just the perfect thing to keep the children occupied in the car on the way to the lake this Summer.




























This is a great idea as far as I am concerned!! I am gonna be making one for my son!!!  Thank You CRAFTS WEEKLY!!!!!


This was something I just thought I would share!!!

January 15, 2011

Old Card Pics

Thought I would post pics of some cards that I made for Christmas 2009.  That was the first year that I actually sent Christmas cards out to anybody.  Constructive criticism is always welcome so please leave comments below.  Thank you!





January 14, 2011

Gift and Treat Bags

I made this for 2 reasons. 1} a close friend of mine and 2} The More Than Favors "Wacky Wednesday" challenge.  I haven't added the gift just yet because I haven't decided what the gift is gonna be. So that being said here is the recipe for the gift bag:

Cut the Heart Box @ 6" using your Tags, Bags, Boxes and More Cartridge.
Cut out out Matching Paper @ 6" using the Window feature

Add Tissue Paper and Gift or candy.

I'm from the country, when it comes to Birthday's we do things simple.  However, Christmas is a different story.  We don't Fancy up things for birthday's.

"Circles"

I had such fun making this card!!  I actually made it for the Paper Sundaes Challenge.  A challenge it was!
So challenging that I simply did not write down the recipe for this card! I will have to go back and  write that up!!

January 1, 2011

Anniversary Card

This is a card that I created and gave to my husband for our 3rd anniversary.