RobsCreations

I recently bought the fantastic Lawn Fawn Plan-On-It-Calendar stamp set and some Memento Dew Drop ink pads  with the intention of making my first scrapbooking agenda/planner ever! Considering the amount of money I spent to buy these goods, I didn't have the heart to buy also a new planner to decorate.... I therefore decided to create the agenda from scratch with what I had at home !!! Front cover :  Canson brown 150 g/m² paper + scrapbooking paper. Back cover : recycled cardboard + brown Kraft paper. I've recycled the loops of a wire-bound mini notebook ...and used them to bind the planner! I've decorated the front cover with a water-colored Swiss Pixie Tiny Heart stamp from CC Design Stamps and some die cuts from the Sizzix Scribbles and Splat die set and from the Florilège Design nesting tag die set . While for the back cover, I've used the die cuts obtained with the  Xcut  Circle nesting dies ,  the Si...

Boxes realized with the envelope punch board , Sizzix Xmas dies and Big Shot machine, b a k e r ' s t w i n e and felt Christmas embellishments (Trees, Stars, Mittens and Stockings). By using this on-line CALCULATOR you can make boxes of all kinds! Read also this blog post HERE for details on soap box making with the envelop punch board.

I have been amazed by a recent video from Jennifer Mcguire o n  stamped shaker cards  ( link at the end of this post for technical details ). I wanted to try something similar myself, but more on the Xmas theme. My post focuses mainly on the things I've changed, so if you need a step-by-step guide, again, hit the link at the bottom of the page (but please don't skip my post 😊) I was well aware that I was missing most of the cool items she used for her cards like for example the single stitch frame die, the shimmer pen and the Copic markers but I think I can be pretty happy with the result anyway. In order to create the frame I have used two dies of the  Sizzix Squares Framelits Die Set that I've stuck together with washi tape like this I've used the square left over as a background for the shaker window. I've stamped  an alphabet  with white ink and embossed it with white Jasmine powder  and glued some sequin...