Christmas flip book

I had to make a Christmas flip book for a group. I chose to use some 4x6 Project Life cards as my base. I kinda modeled it on a flip book I got earlier in the year.

 This base was red with spots, I added the smaller project life card to the middle along with some plaid washi. The circles at the top were chipboard, but I took most of the dimension off of them. I used some holly washi to hold it all together.

 Inside I covered the back of the project life card with a scrap of paper I had, I didn't realize I had it on sideways, it also had some stuff I had to cover on the left side, I just layered some scraps on it. I thought the 'Happy Holidays' was an ephemera piece and it turned out to be a sticker. The card on the right has holly and gold berries. I added the brown bag with the sticker and put some holiday stickers in it. The 'tab' was a tag sticker, I just trimmed off the top of it.

The card on the left is plaid, I added a 3x3 card to it, the 'Merry & Bright' is from the bottom of another card. The sprigs in the corners are dimensional. The card on the right was actually some paper I got in a swap. I used some of my puffy hot chocolate cup stickers. The tabs were chipboard again, and I took most of the dimension off them, too. I tried to keep it pretty flat, so I could send it as a somewhat heavy letter. And it worked out, I think I sent it with a regular stamp and some extra ounce stamps.
I really like how this turned out.

Crafty Christmas Advent Calendar

I signed up to do an Advent Calendar swap in one of my groups. I've done big swaps like this before, the thing that kept getting to me was I had to make at least half the items, and for some reason I just couldn't get into it.
Here's everything I sent:

 The purchased stuff:

 Twine, tag set, chalkboard tags, album kit, Christmas tree pieces, garland kit, ornament, chocolate, wood stickers, pearls, pin and a gift card holder.
What I made:

  tassel, paperclips, snowflake ornament, magnets, handmade embellishments, bookmark, mason jar, altered mini composition book, snowflake handmade embellishments, star ornament, Christmas tags, Christmas embellishments.
Tassel:

 

 I had received one of these a few years ago, I always planned to make one. I have a ton of trim/lace, so I picked out a bunch that went together. I believe it's just the lace/trim laid out, tied in the middle and flipped down. I wrapped the top with a piece of trim and put a resin bow on it. There's also a couple beads at the top. Somehow some of the same pieces ended up next to each other and some more pieces refuse to hang down, but I love it, I even made another one for myself.
Altered paperclips:

 The Santa and poinsettia I already had, I whipped up the ornament one so I could say I made one.
Snowflake ornament:

 For one of my swaps I had to make an ornament with one of the Dollar Tree ones, and I just kinda kept going. This one has a die cut snowflake on the back, the DT snowflake, a glittery snowflake, a felt snowflake, a plastic snowflake, a sticker and a star gem.
Magnets:

 Back in September I bought some magnets made from buttons, and my friend said I could do that. I picked out some of my vintage buttons and added some magnets to them. I found out (should have known) the flat ones work better than the shank ones. I did trim off the shank, but there's always a bit of it left.
Handmade embellishments:

 These are just a bunch that I had already made and had around.
Bookmark:

 This was actually one of the last items I made. I just layered a bunch of paper and added some letter stickers to spell out Merry. I haven't done a bookmark before, not sure why, it's not like they are hard.
Altered mason jar decor piece.
This is what it looked like when I bought it:

I bought it at the Dollar Tree thinking I would alter it. I scraped off the glitter lettering. and covered it in paper.

 I added an extra layer of the white flowers on foam tape. I added the red berries on top of ones on the paper, as well as a sprig of greenery and a tiny pinecone. I also added the 'festive wishes' sticker. I love how it came out.
Altered mini composition book:

 This one was not Christmas, it was way easier to make it not Christmas. I just put some leafy paper on the background, picked out this fairy piece from an ephemera pack, added the leaf, flower and butterfly bling and the 'today is the day' sticker.
Snowflake embellishments:

 I found these snowflake die cuts and just added a snowflake pick, a couple stickers to one. And a felt sticker, another die cuts and a plastic piece to another one. The third one is a mini snowflake ornament to which I added a wooden snowflake and a gem to the top.
Star ornament:

 This was originally a burlap ornament from Hobby Lobby, I just started layering some of my lace/trim on it. I loved this so much I made some more for me as well.
Christmas embellishments:

 I call these embellishments, but they are about the size of tags. The one on the left, I traced a die cut I had on these two papers, added some flat back pearls, the holidays ticket and some puffy house stickers. The one on the right has some layered papers, some trim, a ribbon, and a flamingo die cut.
Christmas tags:

the left one has layered paper, some washi, a snowman from a card, a random sprig and a poinsettia flower. The one on the right is kinda like the star above only it started as a star piece of cardstock and then I just put washi tape on it.

This was fun, though I had a really hard time deciding what to make, not entirely sure why.

Altered notebook

I went with kind of a shabby chic theme. I had this package of paper I had bought awhile ago that I wanted to use. We had to cover both the front and back covers. I had to decorate and embellish the front cover. There had to be some kind of closure. I had to include 3 tabs and two pockets.

The spine:

 I covered it with some blue lace I had.
The front:

 This paper is the from the paper pack. I added some beige lace and wrapped the blue seam binding around the whole book. The sticker at the top is from the same paper pack. I added the lace leafy piece and the lacy flower. I also added the blue lace on the bottom of the cover.
Inside cover:

 The blue paper and the round piece were also from the paper pack. I didn't have enough papers in the paper pack to cover all the pages I needed, so I had to add a couple. The flower paper is from a Paris themed paper pad. I added some sticky notes to the inside of the cover, and some planner stickers in the pocket. The first tab is on the right page

 And the back of that page, I used some label die cuts I got from Tuesday morning. The tutorial I watched on YouTube stamped images every so many pages, I liked that idea, so I did, too.
My other addition to the pages was some washi tape every so often:

My second tab page:

 This was actually put in last. I thought I only had to have two tabs and then I noticed I had to have three, so I had to color the last two label die cuts I had. I went over this one with a blue gel marker. The bird page is layered on top of a grey and white striped paper.

 The back was from the paper pack. I went over this tab with a gold gel pen. You can also see another stamped image on the right.

 My last tab. This paper is from the paper pack.

 And the back was from another paper pad.

 Some more washi.

 Another stamped image.
Back cover:

 I used a scrap of paper for this pocket, added some marbled paper and a clear sticker on top. I added some frames from the paper pack.

This is the back cover, you can see the lace and seam binding from the front with matching paper as the front.
I really like how it turned out. It was a fun swap, but kind of expensive to mail, so I probably won't be doing one in the future, unless it's part of another swap.

flip book

I signed up for a flipbook tag in one of my groups, so I just kinda altered one someone had sent me.

First page:

I added the 'smiles' piece and some tags to the pocket.
Second page:

I added the doily and a piece of ephemera to it (you can't see it), I also added the rectangle piece. I put some washi samples in the tuck spot.
Third page:

I added the ice cream post card. I added the circle piece and black and white piece to it. I also added a sequin mix.
Fourth page:

I added the butterfly paper, and the writing set. I also added some tea to the tuck spot.
Full layout:

mini pocket letters

What begins with O mini pocket letters.

My plan was to have the dictionary paper as my layered background and just add stickers on top that coordinated with the words on the paper. I had also planned on stamping an octopus stamp with owl and something else. I found out that the stamp I had was really a jellyfish, so I just looked through my stuff to find O things.

The top one has some octopuses I cut from paper with some stickers. The second card has owls and the third card has olives.
The bottom one has Olaf, owls and otters.
The goodies:

I tried to include stuff I used on the pocket letters.

ATCs

Halloween ATCs:

 I didn't have any Halloween cardstock for the backgrounds, so I just used some fall paper. The first one has some blood dripping, I got this sticker in a swap awhile back and have been hoarding it. The jars are clear stickers that I added to white cardstock and fussy cut out. The rat is also a clear sticker. I added the Halloween from a planner sticker pack.
The second one, I put some grass washi on the bottom with a haunted house die cut, some star and lightning bolt sticker and a Boo sticker.
No theme:

 I just used a project life card I cut down to size, I fussy cut the stamped image, brushed some brown ink on the edges, put some clear heart stickers and a piece of washi on the bottom.
No theme:

This is made from scraps on my desk. I just layered them altogether and got this.

Coffee Tag

I read this blog, Tag Tuesday and I keep meaning to participate in their challenges. The current one is anything goes. Figured since I just finished a Coffee Themed tag, I'd participate.
So, here's my tag:

The background is cardstock with a brown spotty patterned paper. I added the coffee washi to the bottom with some wooden stickers on top of some of the cups. I also added a strip of brown paper that made me think of a burlap bag and a dimensional sticker to the middle of it. I added some tiny bling to the side so of the paper, with some stickers spelling out coffee. I finished it with a piece of twine and another coffee cup wood piece.
So, go check out the other tags on Tag Tuesday, it's a fun blog to read.

Book box

I created a "book" box for a geeky group. I wanted to make more of a Harry Potter theme, but he was very elusive now that I was looking for him, so I went another direction. My recipient likes Harry Potter especially Ravenclaw, teal and purple combos and vintage.

Front:

 I had gotten a Harry Potter spell book for a granted wish of Harry Potter ephemera. It didn't actually work for my box, but I did rip out a couple of the pages for backgrounds. The purple pages are from this book. I added a piece of random book page because the piece just needed something between it and the background. This focus piece was originally a necklace I picked up at a thrift store. It was purple and white acrylic stones. I don't have paint, so I colored it with teal pigment stamping ink and sealed it with mod podge. The background paper was a bit too small to cover the whole front, so I added some teal glitter washi to it.
Inside:

 She also liked baking, so I added the macaron paper to the inside. I also added some vintage trim to the left side and an applique. I added a purple butterfly and some teal paper flowers to tie in the purple and teal theme. I also added vintage purple seam binding.
Box:

 This was an update after I had taken the above photo. I had received a Ravenclaw crest postcard. I thought it was going to be a thinner material and had planned to put it on the front, but it arrived a bit too late. I cut it down and put it in the box, to tie in the Harry Potter theme inside.
Back:

 I covered the back with the same paper from the front and the teal washi. I added an image of Harry Potter from some stationery I was sent.
Spine:

The Ravenclaw colors are navy and bronze. Bronze is hard to find, but I found these gem stickers at Hobby Lobby and thought they'd be perfect. The blue is a piece of fabric, as the stickers didn't quite cover the whole spine, I wish it was more navy. I also added a Harry Potter charm that I took off of a bookmark I was sent.
I REALLY LOVE how this turned out. I hope my partner does, too.

Under the sea flip book

I had a hard time with this one, I just couldn't get motivated.

I used backgrounds from a paper pad, attached them to a folded paper for the flip book.

This one the background already had the mermaid, I added the foam shells, the sea creatures, the tag and the clear sticker.
First flip:

The top background has a bunch of mermaids. I added all the stickers on top of it.

Back background: I just added a fish postcard I had cut down. I added a few stickers on top of it.

Second flip:

I used some striped blue/white paper for the middle piece. I made some pockets with the seahorse paper. I put some washi samples and fussy cut pieces to them.

The bottom piece I used some scale paper for the background, with the large purple piece attached to it. I just added a bunch of sea creature stickers and some gems to it.

The back:

I just added a sticker with my info to the background.