Christmas Gifts

Hello & happy weekend to you all!

Christmas is round the corner & it's the most magical time of the year! Time to celebrate & enjoy! Festivities are never complete without gifts & today I have some quick & easy ways to wrap the gifts. 

Here's a sneak peek!

I am very proud to introduce the newest range of Itsy Bitsy products - a favourite with most paper lovers like me - Little Birdie's Pattern Papers!!! Let me warn you hoarders like me will find it hard to run the scissors!

Over the next few days we will share a lot more inspiration using different paper packs.

So here it is the Christmas Pack - 

Priced at Rs. 200 for a pack of 12 sheets each one with a different design. With a very good mix of checks, plaid, dot & stripes, these are truly value for money & they are SINGLE SIDED! I loved the rich & vibrant prints & colors, very very festive. These are printed on 160gsm acid free Linen Paper & are a delight to work with.

Besides this pack Itsy Bitsy has the widest range of Christmas embellishments & home decor products. Check the link here to view the festive collection.

Over to my post now........loads of ideas! 

First I have a quick & easy idea to transform a gift bag using the Itsy Bitsy stencil. My favourite paint to work while using a stencil is the Mont Marte dimensional paint.  Once the paint dried I popped up the pattern using a white gel pen. 

The gold shimmer is very festive in real!

Next I have a star shaped gift box & complete with glitter embellishments for a festive look.

Pillow boxes are so handy when gifting small items. With the WRMK pillow box punch making these is child's play!

This star I made using the Sizzix die looks so elegant. Aren't these papers fantastic!!!

A magnetic frame up next, also made using sizzix dies! 

A simple tag in which I used the backing of the embellishment pack.

And finally my favourite is this gift card holder, made is a jiffy!

Hope these ideas help you in making your gifts even more special!

Stay tuned for the next release in this range coming soon!

Hugs,

TANVI

Supplies from Itsy Bitsy - 

Christmas embellishments & home decor

Sizzix star die

Sizzix retro frame die

Christmas Pack

Itsy Bitsy stencil 

Mont Marte dimensional paint

glitter embellishments

Foam dots

tacky tape

red card stock

twine

Flip stand Photo album

Hello friends , 

 It is CELEBRATION time as Itsy Bitsy turns 9 , 
Do participate in our ongoing giveaways at the Facebook Group and the Page as well ! 

With so much celebrations going on I decided to make something cheerful and here is my project 

Flip Stand Album on Birthday Theme

I was all excited to receive these papers from Birthday Wishes 12x12 inch Stack Pack as part of my DT Kit. The Birthday Wishes collection is one of those collections that just makes me happy! I love the colors, the theme, and I have found it to be perfect for everything from creating scrapbook pages to birthday party decor. Today, I’m sharing a project that was inspired by chalkboard birthday messages patterned paper in the Birthday Wishes collection

I began with setting the papers of my choice as a part of this flip album  over the Black card stocks 

Dimensions:

1st Page: 4 x 8"

2nd Page: 6 x 8"

3rd Page: 8 x 8"

4th Page:  10 x 8"

5th Page: 12 x 8"

Back Cover: 12 x 8"

The flip stand is made with 2 chipboards covered with Black paper and decorated with washi tape

I have used  We R Memory keepers  Dies And Stamps Happy set  to add the wordings for each layout 

Close up of the words stamped die cut and adhered 

Here is a close view of the Front cover , I have made a chipboard shaker frame to go with the theme 

I have made cutouts of the Pattern paper and used them as sentiments and wording all over .

Here is how I have decorated each page of the flip stand album with Foil stickers 

Image courtesy - Google  

Image courtesy - Google  

Image courtesy - Google  

Image courtesy - Google 

Products used to make this project

Birthday Wishes 12x12 inch Stack Pack

 Dies And Stamps Happy set 

chipboards

Black paper

washi tape

 Foil stickers 

sequins

Bakers twine

Clear Acrylic Block

Black card-stock

White card-stock

Big Shot

SILICON LIQUID GLUE

Eyelet punch 

Double sided tape 

Premium Ribbon Doted Grosgrain 

Book ring 

Do check my earlier creations on stamping  Here at the Itsy Bitsy Blog

This is all for today…. I love to hear from you & truly appreciate your feedback.

Have a crafty day!

Sharada Dilip 

WRMK Albums Made Easy...PART II

Hi crafty heads, 

Here is Part II for the WRMK LINEN ALBUMS. As I had mentioned in my last post these albums are great for keeping photos, layouts, etc with the help of page protectors. So here i am with a layout. Photo layouts or scrapbook layouts are best way to jazz up a photographed memory. You can use pattern papers, chip boards, stickers, flowers or any embellishments to give any photo a new look and the page protectors even save your work from getting damaged. 

For the layout you can choose a theme to work around your photo. Here i took a beach photo and trimmed into 2 inch wide stips. 

I started with layering using lovely pattern papers from  Mixed Company pattern paper and  Maggie Holmes pattern paper.

{ Itsy Bitsy silicon glue is one very strong adhesive and sticks almost everything }

Next I used the new Irregular Dot stencil from IB store.

Another new entry to the IB store are some amazing stamps. These stamp crisp images. 

I have used hope and smile stamp set

I have used this gross grain ribbon from American Crafts..and used the silicon glue to help form these pleated folds.

I have also distressed and inked the edges of this layout before sticking it to the final 12x12 inch paper. And now comes the embellishment time..and there is no right or wrong to this..you can choose embellies in line with your theme. 

Used these kraft printed flowers alongwith some paper flowers. Hand painted the little chipboard bird .Looks like it flew from Rio :)

For "LIFE" i have used gem alphabets.

To keep it along the lines of beach I made this fishnet. And its very easy to make..

Here is a little tutorial for fishnet,..

Take jute twine of desired length and string it among two points. You can tie it or just tape to the surface.I kept it flat to the surface. 

Take another piece and fold it in half and tie the girth knot. Repeat for the entire length of the horizontal string.

Grab one string from one length, and another from the one next to it; forming a triangle.

Knot them together.

Continue the process.

When you reach the end  tie one vertical string on to the end single string. 

Continue along row by row until you reach your desire fishnet length.

Here is your fish net.The size will depend on how close you tie the knots.

The WRMK linen album come with D-ring binder and page protectors. Here is how these look. You can store around 100 pages in one album. 

Here is the completed layout

And filed in the album. 

Hope you liked it. 

Would love to hear from you.

Keep crafting!!

Supplies Used:

WRMK linen album
Maggie Holmes pattern paper
Mixed Company pattern paper
page protectors 
gem alphabets
paper flowers 
kraft printed flowers
chipboard designs

silicon glue

Irregular Dot stencil 
hope and smile stamp set
gross grain ribbon
jute twine

WRMK Albums Made Easy...PART I

Hi, Lekha here……..

Before I share my project today, let me announce the winners of the Sizzix Challenge. The winner is RISHITA THOMAS. She shared this elegant & classy white on white card. We absolutely loved the use of dies here.

                                                      

   Rishita's lovely entry

             

The runner up is VINITA JAIN. Here is her gorgeous circle card with some awesome details.

                                                   Vinita's gorgeous card

Congratulations ladies, please email {support17@itsybitsy.in} within a week to claim your Prize(only winner) and badges.

And now over to another huge project..Have u checked out WRMK 'albums made easy" range...they have huge collection with linen as well as leather album in some cool colors. If you like keeping photo "positives" for a memory, or creating scrapbook layouts than these are for you.

These are 12x12 inch D-ring albums with metal corner and spine accents. The album includes photo sleeves and page protectors (though you can get wide variety of WRMK LINEN ALBUMS.)

And whats more...these hold up to 100 pages..that is a lot of photos and some amazing memories.

So lets gets started...in my DT kit I got this lovely Butter colored Linen album..

And some very pretty papers from Mixed Company pattern paper and  Maggie Holmes pattern paper from Crate paper.

The packaging says 12x12 inch but believe me its 15x12 inch for the album cover (that is a huge space!!) 

You can design it in many ways..mix media, stamping, shabby chic layouts or simple scrapbook layouts..I chose to do a bright scrapbook layout. 

For the layout I decided on a layered look with distressed edges.

For the edges you can use a pair of scissors(blade side) to distress it and than ink it on the edges. Any inks can be used.

More layers are in the form of tags ..these are hand cut, used eyelet punch/setter and some satin ribbons.Notice the 'Dream' word that is from the latest stamp release at the store. Lovely designs..if you still haven't got them I recommend putting some in shopping cart.

If you are following our blog you would have read my post on wrmk Banner tool..(i created some huge banners there!) here is a cute little penant and flag banner with little gem alphabets. Stuck the banner with hemp twine.

The center of the cover houses space for 4x4 inch photo. I have cut the rectangle ornate chipboard piece at opposite ends and stuck in a way that it forms perfect space for a 4x4 inch photo.This is the focal point of this album cover.

These chipboard can be hand painted, heat embossed or used as it is...I am a big hoarder of these and love to paint or heat emboss them. Here I have painted them in gold.

And now the embellishing journey starts..I love these paper flowers ,you add them to any project and the looks just pops out!..

And yes before I forget since these are linen album they took so well to the stenciling.I used a script stencil( stencils are great for breaking the monotonous backgrounds and adding some depth).

Also have used a bit of  tiger tail near the bottom leaf.And some enamel dots finish the project.

Here is the complete layout for this album cover page.

Hope you liked the makeover ...Do leave some love in the comments.

Thanks

Happy crafting!!

Supplies used:

WRMK linen album
Maggie Holmes pattern paper
Mixed Company pattern paper
Eyelet setter
Eyelet
wrmk Banner tool
hemp twine
page protectors 
gem alphabets
paper flowers 
chipboard designs

silicon glue

stencil
tiger tail