I wanted to thank a friend for all the encouragement she has given me over the past couple of years. A card just didn't seem enough, so I applied the idea to a little canvas instead. This canvas can either be hung on a wall or sat on a shelf. 

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

6-673D Lilac Sugar

4-406E Chiffon

Spellbinders:

LF-006 Wonderful Wings

S5-191 Decorative Labels Twenty Eight

S4-116 Standard Circles Small

Other Materials Used:

Canvas

Acrylic Paint

Twine

Sinamay

Studio 490 Crackled Texture Paste

FabScraps patterned paper

Vellum

KaiserCraft flowers

Stampers Anonymous stamps

Ranger Stencil - Honeycomb

Created by Design Team member-TERESA

I wanted to include a little home made something in my daughter's lolly bags for her party and came up with these. They're little books, and probably not much good for writing stories in, but perfect for a couple of phone numbers and small enough to fit in a handbag too.

Products Used: 

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

3-336E Pollen

7-7116E Simon

1-125E Precious

Spellbinders:

S4-116 Standard Circles Small

S4-125 Classic Scallop Circles Small

Other Materials Used:

Various scraps of patterned paper and cardstock

Ribbon or twine

Created by Design Team member-TERESA

Products Used: 

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

10-1001 Bazzill White 

1-105E Petalsoft 

5-510E Parakeet 

Spellbinders: 

S5-214 Scalloped borders 3 

S4-371 Les Papillions 

S5-086 Bitty Blossoms 

S2-048 Sprihs 

S2-067 Create-a-rose 

 Other Materials Used: 

Bo Bunny papers and ribbon 

Step 1 

Cut a strip of cardstock to 6x12 inches.  Arrange two border dies together at one end, and tape in place before die cutting. 

Step 2

Hold bag closed and mark a spot for the notch to hold it closed, using the die cut pattern as the hook.Open bag and cut the notch. (note you may like to wait until you have added patterned paper. Go ahead and decorate with patterned paper and a Spellbinders Create-a-rose.

Created by Design Team Member - ALICIA

Materials Used:

Bazzill Basics Paper:

10-1001 Bazzill white

5-510E Parakeet 

Spellbinders:

S4-430 Foliage Flourish

S4-427 Decorative Labels Thirty Four

S5-086 Bitty Blossoms

Other Materials Used:

Pion Designs papers

 Satin ribbon 

 Created by Design Team Member ALICIA

Materials used:

Bazzill Basics Paper:

10-1001 Bazzill white

Spellbinders:

S4-092 Stars Five

S5-159 Gold Labels Four

LF 190 Grand Labels Four

S5 077 Labels 25 

Other Materials Used:

Kaisercraft name plaque

Kaisercraft paint

My Mind's Eye papers

Platinum Ranger Liquid Pearls

Floral Wire

Utee embossing enamel

Step 1

Paint timber plaque and allow to dry, then cover front face in patterned paper

Step 2

Die cut labels in three sizes from patterned paper and card stock, and layer together with foam dots. 

 Step 3

Cut floral images and adhere tucked behind labels. Paint and emboss letters, then adhere to the centre of the labels.

Step 4

Die cut a series of stars from patterned paper in varying sizes. Adhere to the back of the plaque and to the front. Layer some with foam dots.

Step 5

Coil floral wire around a pencil to curl. Adhere to the back of a die cut star, then adhere a second star to the top with foam tape.

Step 6

Adhere the wired stars to the back of the plaque.

Tutorial created by Design Team Member ALICIA

Being a very busy family of five, we often leave each other notes. Little reminders, like shopping lists or meeting times. I have made two magnets so we can keep better track of our notes using a frame die and the words from the Celebrations die set. Hopefully this will stop both my husband and myself responding to the note "buy milk" and we can have room in the fridge for something other than milk!

Materials Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

10-1037E Blackbird 

 Spellbinders: 

S2-001 Frame One 

IN-012 Celebration 

 Other Materials Used:

 Graphic45 patterned paper 

Magnet

Created by Design Team member-TERESA

Materials Used: 

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

10-1001 Bazzill white 

1-105E Petalsoft 

Spellbinders: 

S5-212 Belly Band One 

S4-428 Feathers 

S5-086 Bitty Blossoms 

 Other Materials Used: 

Hemptique twine

Silk ribbon

Pion Design Papers

Ruby Rock-It letter sticker

Victorian Velvet Ranger Distress inkpad

Created by Design Team member-ALICIA

Here is a lovely idea for holding potpourri. It has been designed to hang on a door knob.

  Materials used: 

Bazzill Basics Cardstock: 

10-1001 Bazzill white 

5-510E Parakeet (green) 

 Spellbinders: 

S5-049 Carnation Creations 

S4-415 Delightful circles 

S4-328 Foliage 

S4-430 Foliage Flourish 

 Other Materials Used: 

Maja designs patterned paper 

Organza ribbon 

AE designs bubble fizz glitter 

Kaisercraft rhinestones 

 Created by Design Team Member ALICIA

I have used one of the new Create a Flower die sets to create an embellishment for this peg. It has a magnet on the back so it can hold important notices and bills for me on the front of my fridge. A pretty peg makes those awful bills a little more palatable, don't you think? 

 Products Used:

Spellbinders: 

S2-063 Create an Aster 

 Other Materials Used:

KaiserCraft Sweet Pea patterned paper 

Wooden peg 

Magnet

Created by Design Team member-TERESA 

I hope that everyone had a lovely Easter break. Today we have a clever idea from Alicia.

Materials used: 

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

10-1001 Bazzill white 

5-5103E Guacamole 

 Spellbinders: 

S5-086 Bitty Blossoms 

S4-328 Foliage 

S5-034 Parisian Accents 

 Other Materials Used: 

Kaisercraft Tea Party papers 

Platinum Ranger Liquid Pearls

Organza ribbon 

 Created by Design Team Member ALICIA

I needed some little notebooks that would fit inside my small handbag and thought I would decorate the covers with some embossed paper. When the scraps of embossed paper I had weren't big enough, I decided to create my own. I have shown an example here of embossing (green) and debossing (red) - it gives a slightly different look. 

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

1-107E Quartz

Spellbinders:

 Es-016 Cabbage Roses embossing folder 

 Other Materials Used:

VersaMagic ink 

Acrylic paint 

Twine 

Sewing machine 

Clear embossing powder 

 Step 1

Emboss the cardstock. 

 Step 2 

While the cardstock is still in place in the embossing folder, gently rub some Versamagic ink over the bumps created. 

Step 3 

Sprinkle some clear embossing powder over the entire sheet and use a heat gun to melt. 

 Step 4 

Paint over the whole sheet with some acrylic paint. 

 Step 5 

Use a baby wipe or wet cloth to wipe the acrylic paint off the embossed areas. 

 Step 6

 Cut several sheets of paper to size, centre them on the back of your embossed and painted cardstock, and sew right down the centre with a sewing machine. These little books will have a tendency to spring open for a while, so I have tied them with some twine to keep them closed.

Tutorial created b y Design Team Member-TERESA

This began as a cheap little metal umbrella I picked up in a market in Singapore for next to nothing. I removed the mesh cover that it had and used it as a template for the paper umbrella.

Materials used:

Bazzill Basics Paper:

10-1001 Bazzill white

5-5103E Guacamole

W16 WPCL Peaches and Cream

Spellbinders:

S2-020 Medallion Five

S5-086 Bitty Blossoms

S5-143 Jewel Flowers and Flourishes

S2-047 Blooms Four

S5-050 Rose Creations

S4-328 Foliage

S5-034 Parisian Accents 

 Other Materials Used:

Graphic 45 papers

Ranger liquid pearls

Created by Design Team Member ALICIA

I made a little oriental style screen. This will hide some mess on a shelf in my craft room. 

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock:

9-960E Kraft 

2-214E Red Devil 

Spellbinders: 

S5-190 Noble Rectangles 

S6-002 5x7 Matting Basics 

S4-190 Labels Four 

S4-126 Classic Squares Large 

 Other Materials Used:

 Darkroom Door Kimono Montage sheet images

 Darkroom Door Japanese Calligraphy stamps 

Gold Tassel trim 

Hessian scraps

Created by Design Team Member-TERESA

Making this wrist cuff was a breeze with Spellbinders dies. Made with off cuts of felt and fabric, it's a fantastic school holiday project for tween girls. Half the fun was putting together interesting colour combinations.

Products Used:

Spellbinders: 

S5-127 Labels Twenty Eight 

S5-027 Labels Twenty One 

S4-354 Splendid Circles 

S3-046 Blooms Three 

 Other Materials Used: 

Scraps of fabric and felt 

Button

Created by Design Team member-TERESA

This is a mini altered clipboard. I used to the decorative square as a base for a stack of post-it notes.

Materials used: 

Bazzill Basics Paper: 

10-1001 Bazzill White 

 Spellbinders: 

S5-086 Bitty Blossoms 

S2-047 Blooms 4 

S2-048 Sprigs 

S2-014 Medallion one 

S4-414 Captivating Squares 

 Other Materials Used:

 Meg's Garden papers 

Platinum Ranger Liquid Pearls 

Silk ribbon 

 Created by Design Team Member ALICIA

Art Journaling is all the rage at the moment. I recently purchased a new journal, but as it was so similar to my friend's, I decided to alter the cover to differentiate the two.

Products Used:

Bazzill Basics Cardstock: 

8-816C Walnut Cream 

 Spellbinders: 

S5-089 Home Sweet Home 

MD1-005 Hearts One 

S5-084 Girlie Grunge Labels 

 Other Materials Used:

Hessian 

Calico 

Walnut Stain Distress Ink

Created by Design Team member-TERESA

Here's a handy little set for this time of year. It's a fun way to make a gift extra special. Just keep to the same paper range and cut similar die cut shapes for each item, and away you go!

Bazzill 

7-783E Admiral 

1-120D Dark Rosey 

9-960E Kraft 

 Spellbinders 

LF-246 Grand Labels Eleven 

S5-055 Layered Poinsettia 

S4-348 Postage Stamps 

S4-356 Floral Ovals 

S4-126 Squares 

 Other Materials 

Brown Kraft shopping bag 

Hessian 

Pink ribbon 

Buttons 

Darkroom Door Dear Santa Photochips and Filmstrips 

Basic Grey 25th & Pine patterned papers

Create by Design Team member-TERESA

"I'm making a bunch of these as teacher thank you gifts from the kids."

Materials Used:

Bazzill Basics Paper:

10-1001 Bazzill white

Bazzill glitter tape

Spellbinders:

S2-048 Sprigs

S5-109 Vintage lace Motifs

S5-055 Layered Poinsettia

S5-158 Timeless Rectangle 

 Other Materials Used:

Hemptique twine

Hero Arts stamp

Created by Design Team Member ALICIA