Shopping Our Stash Weekly Challenge: Get Krafty! Use Kraft Paper In Your Design

Hello, Crafty Peeps!

This week, the SOS Design Team challenge is: 
Create a project using Kraft Paper.  
I love kraft paper for creating "faux" leather notebooks and tablet covers.   The cost is low and I can swap covers on my Fire Tablet almost daily.   I am eager to see your makes... 
I am always looking for "Krafty" inspiration.
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I created one new project for this challenge  
Using the Tim Holtz Die Alterations® Die  "Umbrella Man.

"TRANSFORMATION" 

I used craft foam instead of foam tape to add dimension to my project.  Craft foam is cheap and allows you to die cut cardstock and foam at the same time.

I reversed the "Transition" on my interior image.

Stash Items:  Every item used in this project is 15 months old or older.

 Here are some past faux leather projects using kraft paper.
Hope you find some "krafty Inspiration!" 

Orange You Special

My infusion nurse requested a Traveler's Notebook Cover but she wanted it to be Orange and she wanted me to use the "faux leather" technique.  She was convinced her family and friends would not believe that her planner cover was made from paper.  She took the finished planner before I could get pictures, however, I found two shots on my tablet.

I used Tim Holtz® Carved Pumpkin™ and  Abandoned Coral™ Distress Inks to create the orange undertones desired.  She was very pleased with the result.  
The orange is there but does not overwhelm.

"Itty Bitty Notebooks" 
Using Kraft Paper to Create Faux Leather 

Sunflower

I use the sunflower embossed design quite often when creating notebooks and Planner Covers.  It is the most requested.

"Waves of Grain"
I don't get as many requests for this one, 
but it is still one of my favorite embossed designs.

"Butterflies are Free"

This design is fabulous on a mini planner.

 

"A Pocket Full of Posies"

My five-year-old granddaughter chose this design for

her mini notebook cover.  This summer she is going to do her first planner.

I used Darice folders for these projects but any embossing folder will work just fine. 

 Join us at Shopping Our Stash!  We look forward to seeing what you create with your kraft paper!

Hugz,

Chana Malkah

Shopping Our Stash - My Favorite Things - Faux Leather from Kraft Paper

Hello, Crafty Folks!

Kraft faux leather using basketweave embossing folder.

This week, at Shopping Our Stash, we want to see how you use your favorite crafting "things."  If you are anything like me, you have "hundreds" of favorite things so the most difficult part of this challenge will be the act of narrowing the choices.

Basic Materials Used: (to create faux leather)

Kraft Paper

Glycerine

Glue

Liquitex Professional Gloss Varnish

Distress Ink: Vintage Photo, Black Soot

Kraft/Faux Leather/ Traveler's Notebook

I made this TN as a birthday gift for my daughter.  The project allowed me to use my favorite technique, creating faux leather using Kraft paper, and several other of my favorites like embossing folders, ClearSnap Smooch Inks, and anything Tim Holtz. 

I love how this process gives the designer a beautiful emboss on the front and equally pretty deboss on the back.

I used Tim Holtz® Distress Inks™to color the cover.  Almost all colors will work.  Sheena has a beautiful blue faux leather notebook on her YouTube channel.   The possibilities are endless.  You can use the regular DI no need to buy oxides, etc.  I used a clear acrylic sealer (three (3) coats) on both the inside and outside of my TN cover.

The sunflowers were colored using ClearSnap® Smooch™inks

The texture is determined by how much "scrunching" you do when your paper is wet.  

Ink applied after the paper has dried can be used to add depth to specific areas of the design.  The embellishment was made using a slide and layering a brad on it.   

Some Fun Stuff on The Inside

Creating the dashboards and inserts for this project also gave me the opportunity to use my new favorite thing, Stickers!!

This image actually reminds me of my daughter. 

Gotta love the back of that blouse!

The backing on inside of the TN is muslin  I decided to leave it untreated and opted to create pockets using a printed acetate sheet.  I am just in love with this image.

Fun papers make interesting insert covers.

Pen Loop

 Another favorite thing, making pen loops.  This one was made from a piece of the faux leather shown at the top of this post

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This is the definitive faux leather process tutorial.  

Thanks so much for visiting my blog.  Give this faux leather technique a try.  Also, visit Shopping Our Stash and check out my teammates' creations! 

Hugz,

Chana Malkah

Submitted to these ATG Challenges

Creatalicious

Crafting From The Heart 

The Creative Crafters

Other Supplies 

Daily Calendar: Happy Digital Downloads

Inks:

Distress Inks: Carved Pumpkin, Vintage Photo, Fossilized Amber, Abandoned Coral

ClearSnap Smooch Inks: 

Embossing Folders:

Darice - "Large Sunflower"

WRMK Next Level - "Woven"

Designer Papers/Acetate:

ColorBok Designer Paper - "Vintage Treasures"

WRMK Acetate Sheets - "Clearly Posh"

Elastic Cord (if you create a TN)

Metal Embellishment:

HouSWEETY

Shopping Our Stash - Challenge #231 - Let It Snow

HELLO, CRAFTY PEEPS!

Welcome to another fun challenge at Shopping Our Stash!  

This week we want you to LET IT SNOW (use snow, snowman, etc.)

I am once again creating a card using the great technique I learned from a Tammy Tutterow Tutorial.

I have a few more dies on order so that I can experiment with this design technique.

Love how well the Iced Spruce Distress Ink and the Carolina Blue Vellum work together.

This cute little stamp from Unity Stamp Co. fit perfectly on the inside of this project.

I created my background paper!

I used a thinlit die to create "footprints" in the snow.

I painted my card using Picket Fence and Iced Spruce Distress Ink.

This piece of tissue paper was on my board, left over from another project.  The shape and black text seemed a perfect counterpoint to this design.

I added a small safety pin to the ribbon because the left side of the card seemed a little empty. 

I used Rub n' Buff Patina to distress the safety pin.  This was a safety pin from my local laundry.

Hope you join our LET IT SNOW Challenge!

SHOPPING OUR STASH

Shopping Our Stash - Create Your Own Embellishment

Hello, Crafty Peeples!

This week's challenge from our team over at Shopping Our Stash should have great appeal to all crafters.  Creating our own embellishments is something that each of us has been forced to do, mostly out of sheer necessity.  So, what a great chance to do it just because...

I chose to create this faux metallic medallion.  I die cut medallion, pressed it into a Versamark watermark pad, coated it with silver embossing powder and thenheat embossed.  I repeated the process but this time, before the melted powder cooled, I pressed a floral rubber stamp into the center to create my design.  I decided not to get too involved in an image for the front of my project since the focal point is supposed to be my embellishment.  The silhouette is a TH stamp 

The Sunflower Stamp and Sentiment on the inside are from Unity Stamp Company's Itty Bitty Stamp Club.  The backing paper is actually the backside of a piece of scrap wallpaper.  I just rubbed Tim Holtz Vintage Photo DI across the surface.  The texture of the paper created a really cool (IRL) look.  It looks like a piece of brown silk.  The wall paper is a silk paper.

Thanks for stopping by!  I hope you will join us this week at Shopping Our Stash!

Hugz,

Chana

Create Something For a New Born - The Outlawz Challenge Blog

Happy Monday Morning, My Crafty Peeps!

The Greetings Team at The Outlawz has chosen to Celebrate the Birthday of Dr. Martin Luther King by creating project for a new born.  Hope you will join us and make some cute baby stuff!

I have wanted to make one of these block cards for a while now and this challenge seemed like the perfect time to give this creative cut and fold design a try.

I chose to only use two designer papers, but you can make every block different!

The card folds nicely and fits into an envelope box that is made specifically for it.  I only had  scraps of this paper left, so I did not make the envelope.  You can put small embellishments on the top of the blocks as long as they do not interfere with the fold.

Thanks For Stopping By!  Hugz,  Chana

Challenges Entered:
Crafty Sentiments Designs - Birthday
Deep Ocean Challenges - Birthday

Just Thanks and The Hands of Time1

Hello, Crafty Peeples,

This week at the Outlawz Greetings Challenge, our theme is Anything Goes!  I made a simple Thank You Card!

Just Thanks

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The Hands of Time

I have also been working on Mixed Media and Journal Pages.   I made this journal cover for the book I use to make design notes for my DT projects.  It would have had more texture, but my DIY Texture Paste did not turn out right.  I still have a long way to go, but this is a start and it serves my purposes.

Thanks for stopping by!  Chana

Write Your Story!

Hello, Crafty Peeples! 

 The Monday Greetings Challenge at the Outlawz this week is to create a bookmark!   I was delighted, when I checked the team thread, and saw that my teammates had elevated the lowly bookmark by coming up with some really nice, creative and very different bookmark designs. For my part, I wanted to try making a fabric bookmark.  So here goes!   Oh, Yeah, We have 3 Fabulous Sponsors this month!

MY LITTLE CONCEPT BOOKMARK

I considered this more of a concept design as opposed to a useable bookmark.  I thought the thickness (around 1/8") would be a problem.  But surprisingly, it isn't and the bookmark works very well. I've found that I love it for use in my craft magazines.  

 I cut a strip of lightweight chipboard 1 1/2" x 5 3/4" and glued batting to both sides.  I wrapped my material and glued down the edges and then covered the back with a coordinating piece of card stock. The metal brads at the bottom were added before the card stock backing was applied.  The other metal embellishment was attached with fabric fusion.  Surprisingly, the batting is soft so that when the bookmark is placed inside a book, it works just fine, one thing for sure, you always know where you left off in your reading!  

I have had this material for almost two years now.  I picked it up at Hancock Fabrics.  Since I did not want to glue a sentiment to the tag, I used a few of my  G45 "Typography" stamps  on the fabric before it was attached to the batting!  I inked the edges with TH "Vintage Photo" DI and then added a small key to my ribbon.  I used an eyelet to cover the hole punched for the ribbon. 

Thanks for stopping by!  Hugz,  Chana

The Back Story 

Fabric:  Design By The Piece Singles

Batting: Warm and Natural Needled Cotton Batting

Stamps: Graphic 45 "Typography"

Word Sticks and Key:  Tim Holtz Ideology

Inks: Momento "Rich Cocoa" and Tim Holtz "Vintage Photo"

Misc.  Fabric Fusion, Ribbon Eyelets

Tim Holtz Screwhead Brads

Challenges Entered:
Craft My Life All Craft Challenges - Anything But A Card (November/December)
Card Mania - Anything Goes
Craftin Desert Diva's - Anything Goes
Make It Mondays - Always Anything Goes
Scrapbook Stamp Society - Anything Goes