2022 October ~ Halloween Projects

We are doing several Halloween Projects during the month of October. Please join us. The schedule is as follows.

Halloween Projects

 Halloween Projects

 

Date	Project	Links to VectoriaDesigns YouTube Tutorials.
Oct 1	Overview
Oct 4	Album Part 1 CoverSpine	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTMAvWRnspM
Oct 6	Album Part 2 AttachSpinePaint	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTMAvWRnspM
Oct 8	Album Part3 Clasp/Booklet	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTMAvWRnspM
Oct 11	Album Part4 Signatures
Oct 13	Favor Bag	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZg99RZxad4&t=62s
Oct 15	Lamp Shade	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RprdKMOlRo
Oct 18	6-Side Box
Oct 20	Haunted Secrets	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT6mOYi-IqA
Oct 22	Casket Part I Part II
	Links to the Walkthrough for all of my Tutorials using VD papers from her Etsy shop.	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n3sGkBQMccU

 

Freebies from  VectoriaDesigns ~ http://pix.vectoriadesigns.com/ytfreeitemssignup
You can give her your email address, and she will send a link for lots of free items from her Etsy shop, but also throughout the month, she has sales on her larger kits.

 

Patterns From Jae’s Realm Blogspot:

Casket ~  https://jaesrealm.blogspot.com/p/casket-pattern.html

Six-Sided Box ~  https://jaesrealm.blogspot.com/2022/08/pattern-for-six-sided-box.html

 

2022 October Classes

 

Halloween Projects

 These are the links for all the Videos at VectoriaDesigns for her projects. The ones on her site are not my original projects. The X-plodingBox, the 6-Side Box and the Casket are my own designs. You will find links to the papers that Tinne uses in her videos on the YouTube links. 

Date	Project	Links
Oct 1	Overview
Oct 4	Album Part 1	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTMAvWRnspM
Oct 6	Album Part 2	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTMAvWRnspM
Oct 8	Album Part3	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTMAvWRnspM
Oct 11	6-Side Box
Oct 13	Haunted Secrets	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JT6mOYi-IqA
Oct 15	Casket
Oct 18	X-plodingBox
Oct 20	Favor Bag	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rZg99RZxad4&t=62s
Oct 22
Oct 25	Lamp Shade	https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7RprdKMOlRo
Oct 27	Countdowns
Oct 29

VectoriaDesigns Freebies ~ http://pix.vectoriadesigns.com/ytfreeitemssignup

You can give her your email address, and she will send a link for lots of free items from her Etsy shop, but also throughout the month, she has sales on her larger kits. 

Patterns From Jae’s Realm Blogspot:

Casket ~ https://jaesrealm.blogspot.com/p/casket-pattern.html 

Six-Sided Box ~  https://jaesrealm.blogspot.com/2022/08/pattern-for-six-sided-box.html

 

Pattern for Six-Sided Box

 

Make sure to print this full size on an 8 1/2" by 11" paper to get the full sizes for these.

Tools for Paper Crafting

 

Links to Tools

We are Memory Keepers Score and Cut Board

Tim Holtz Distress Ink – Vintage Photo

Single Bone Folder

Two Bone Folders

Art Glitter Glue 8 oz.

Art Glitter Glue 16 oz.

8 ½ “ x 11” Black Chipboard (.57)

8 ½ “ x 11” Kraft Chipboard (.57)

6” x 12” Clear Ruler

 

 

 Links To Jae's Realm at YouTube

 

Jae's Favorite Papers for Crafting

 So many folks have been asking about the papers I use in my projects, so this blog post and corresponding YouTube video will hopefully be of help to you. I have included links to where I get these papers, but will remind you that I do NOT get kickbacks from doing these reviews. These are links for general teaching purposes, only and to show what I like and why. Thanks for joining us in our paper crafting adventure.

Papers I use: Premium 32 ~ 32 pound; 120 gsm very nice to print digital journal pages; little thicker than regular printer paper, so it holds up well.

Joann’s Park Lane Paper ~ 80 pound; 176 gsm This is a nice paper to use for digital printed journal pages, but I also use it some instances for making smaller junk journals because it folds nicely with no tearing when scored with a scoreboard. I have used it for the decorative papers that I print for books and journals. It also comes in colors.

Accent Opaque Digital Cover Paper ~ 80 pound; 216 gsm This is one of my favorite papers when a heavier paper is needed. It makes great creases for bindings and book covers when using white. I have not found this in black, yet! Paper that is considered “Cover” is a better paper because it will have a higher gsm, so be sure to choose this type. I also use a paper product from Heartfelt creations in both white and black ~ 85 pound; 230gsm This is a perfect paper for using when making the 3-d flowers, but it is also great for anywhere you need to bend paper and don’t want it to crack and rip. The finish is not as smooth as most of the other papers I use.

Tyvek envelopes These are wonderful for using anywhere the joint will bend a lot, such as in exploding boxes and book spines. These are available in other colors than white or black. Paper Backed Book Cloth ~ Perfect for spines that you wish to keep a long, long time without cracking and breaking. Last just like a book. https://www.dickblick.com/products/books-by-hand-book-cloth/?clickTracking=true&wmcp=pla&wmcid=items&wmckw=12845-5089&gclid=Cj0KCQiApL2QBhC8ARIsAGMm-KHuhYz0JT2NV4sx8NgXcZtcS6A5QK8xOxqNizDwel0L_TPG6ejrm-caAo0OEALw_wcB

Decorating a Composition Notebook

   Hi and welcome! Today I am going to show you a video of how to decorate a composition notebook with paper to make a journal of your craft work. I use these for knitting information and ideas as well as other crafting that I do.

I will be posting a video of actually how to make this later in the week, but this is just an introduction of how it can look. Enjoy, and thanks for stopping by.

How to Decorate a Compostition Notebook

2022 ~ A Year of Flowers for Mom

This past year, my mom has had to have her garden removed because of her and pap's declining health. She loved her flower garden very much, so this was a sad time for them. To, hopefully, help her through the transition, I have been making her cards and boxes filled with flowers and flower pictures. Enjoy and think about doing something nice for your momma.

January 2022 ~ Happy Winter

February 2022 ~ Happy Valentine's Day

March 2022 ~ Easter Box 

April 2022 ~ 

These videos show projects for my family (not made specifically for mom.)

Tardus Stories

Butterfly Slides

Garden Box

Bee-Mine (Anniversary Project for 2022)

Making 3-D Flowers with Heartfelt Creations

 Welcome back! Today, we are going to explore the neatest card and paper crafting ideas I've seen in quite some time. I stumbled upon the neat site at Heart Felt Creations a month ago and have been patiently waiting for my three orders to arrive. What fun I've been having with the gorgeous products from this company.

   This is my first stash of products. The company is  so easy to order from and are kind, gentle and sweet in spirit. You will love working with them. They have a monthly group to join for $12.99 which allows you 20% off each order, plus free shipping, plus access to all the classes that are uploaded on their web site. It is a great buy and has saved me quite a bit of cash. (Y'all know I don't mind spending my money, just wanna get something for it! LOL)

  They have a "Refer a Friend" Page where you can get $20 off your first order, plus, I can get $20 too. Here is the link: Carla's Refer a Friend Link

   They look complicated, but creating these three-dimensional flowers to place on cards and other sundries has been so easy and fun. Here are some of my examples. 

From the Small Roses Bundle 

From the Rustic Sunflower Bundle 

Hope you enjoy the photos and that you will go and check out Heartfelt Creations US.

Oven Towel ~ Part 3

I had computer issues, to the video showing how to decrease to make the tab to hang the towel on the oven door is lost in cyber world. I do explain how to do this in the video. 

Here, we are going to learn how to finish our oven towel and create a bind-off buttonhole.

Oven Towel ~ Part Two

 These are the stitches used for the patterning of our towel:

Moss Stitch

Row 1.  {K2, P2} across
Row 2.  {P2, K2} across
Row 3.  {P2, K2} across
Row 4.  {K2, P2} across

 

Seed Stitch

Row 1. {K1, P1} across
Row 2. {P1, K1}across

Knitting for the House

 Oven Towel ~ Part One

Oven Towel ~ Part Two

Oven Towel ~ Part Three