Alternative Crafting

Altoid Tin Swap

Posted by cassandra , 1.12.2009 Monday, January 12, 2009

The inside bottom. There are fairies, vintagey paper, a LOVE magnet...there's some ribbon. . .
The outside. The purple paper says, "Believe in fairies" and there is a mystical, Pan's Labyrinth tree. I might add more beads to the edges to cover the red altoid tin still showing. I might add a few small clouds.
The inside. I'm happy with how texturized it came out. The top looks really good, IMO. I love my little b e l i e v e glitter banner. I used a lot of pink because it's a valentine's day swap.
Another view of the inside.
Another view of the outside.

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Bookmarks Completed--with Pictures!!

Posted by cassandra , 1.03.2009 Saturday, January 03, 2009

(click to make them bigger--much much bigger!)
Bookmarks are done! Yay! This was a great swap to sign up for and I'm so glad I did. From left to right: vintage/dog/music/polka dots, natural/fantasy, zombies and Jane Austen/romantic.
Zombies (again) and my Jane Austen bookmark. It's vintage pink paper with swirly flourishes and then was embossed (using the Cuttlebug) with more swirls. I wrote the quotation out and added some beads to the string (it's upholstery thread). The beads are a nice touch, I think.
The back of the Jane Austen bookmark has my first die-cut cutouts (paisley, naturally) in pink and purple. It's all so romantic and periodic! I'm not an Austen fan but I think the marker came out pretty swell. This one was heavily mod-podged before it was laminated. It looks a bit shiny, I suppose. I like it.
One of the group members likes "dogs, music, polka dots, vintage patterns and things that are funny." I couldn't think of anything funny to write (people's senses of humor are quite different) so I just drew a goofy looking dog. The vintage paper is paisley. Both sides of this marker are the same, more or less (I did freehand the dog). All the bookmarks are laminated with heatless laminate--though I should've just used clear contac-paper or shelf liner. Next time...

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Cuttlebug.

Posted by cassandra , 12.27.2008 Saturday, December 27, 2008

I received a Cuttlebug for Xmas! Yay!

My good friend is getting married soon and we might work on invites with this little wonder. I see a lot of plates I would use for embossing or die-cuts. They're all pretty reasonable (under $5) until you get into the alphabets ($50+).





Having the Cuttlebug has made me seriously question whether or not I could/would use a Cricut. I looked up some reviews and projects and I think I would totally use it but the best part would be the add-on, "Sure Cuts A Lot" ($75-90 retail) where you can use True Type fonts (stencils?!) and cut out them perfectly with the Cricut, instead of using a boring X-Acto knife. Though I sure do love cutting out stencils. I also got a self-healing mat, two rotary cutters, some tiger-eye beads and a Michael's gift card! Eee! Craftyness!

That would save SO much time. I am going to start hunting on eBay and Craigslist.

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XMAS SPOILER! INGRID!

Posted by cassandra , 12.14.2008 Sunday, December 14, 2008

"Do You Know What I Love The Most?" (She loves turquoise and brown, as I do)
(excuse the crappy phone pictures without adequate lighting)

The set has four candles. Two 10 oz candles and two 8 oz candles.
We have:

• Rocks Tonic Juice Magic (lemon and palm trees)
• Coconut (strawberry, coconut, palm trees, ocean breeze)
• Morning in the Moonlight (jasmine and ocean breeze)
  
• She (melon, breeze, lemon)

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