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Robbin Gladhart 7:15 PM 0 Comments

Sneak Peek of Kathy Orta technique Paper Bag Book

I am currently working on a paper bag book I saw Kathy Orta teach. The pages them selves

have been very easy to put together, it is the embellishing that is taking me so long.

I am making it for my daughter who graduated from High School, and I wanted

something she could save memories from freshman year to her senior year.

It started out as black and gold color theme, which are the school colors, but

she is such a girly girl that it just wasn't working out for me so the colors kinda changed

to pinks purple blacks greys and white. which I think looks way better. This book is

taking a bit longer than I had anticipated, because I want it to be something really special and

that she could keep for a long time. I only up loaded a few pages and tages that I have

completed so that you could see what I was working on. I hope to have the book

done sooon.

This is the front cover of the book. I used lots of flowers and
beads, some tulling. and a wooden frame that I painted and
then white washed it.

This is the first page with the tags in the bottom pocket.

This is the first page with out the tags in the pocket. There is a
pocket to the left side of the book and a pocket at the bottom
of the page.

These are the back side of the tags from the first page. The
tags are made so that you can place pictures on them.

When you turn the page this is what you will see. This is
also space in which photos can be place. This page also
lifts up to reveal more pockets and a water fall embellishment

This is the water fall embellishment that is an interactive part of
the page. I plan on adding more to this page. You can't see the
top part very well, but there is a pocket on it as well

When you pull the ribbon you can see that
there are places to journal and then the last page
a place to put a photo.

This is the next page across from the one with the water fall
embellishment. I am not finished with this page cause I am
not sure how I want to embellish it or just leave it alone since
the tags are pretty fancy.

These are what the tags look like once you take them out of
the pocket.

These are the back side of the tags.

This is the next page

This is what the tags look like out side of the pocket

These are the back side of the tags.

This is all I have done so far on the book. As you can see I have put a lot of embellishments all over the book and I am making most of them by hand. I have not bought any premade flowers. I have taken old flowers and then re worked them to look kinda like sprays and such. So I have been busy stamping, cutting, and gluing stuff. I hope to have this book done soon so you can see the entire thing.

If you feel so inspired to make one of these books, head over to Kathy Orta at Paperphenomenon.com and watch her videos. She is very good at directions, and you all are probably getting tired of me saying how amazing people are but Really Kathy is unbelievable.

Hope you have been inspired.

Robbin Gladhart 5:33 PM 0 Comments

Special Cards For Special People

Happy Sunday to you all. I have not been able to post anything lately, I have been

very busy with my daughters graduation prep. Wow what a whirl wind that was. I did

slip in a little time to make the card down below. I saw this card on pintrest and thought

it would make a good challenge for me to try to make it. I needed a card

to send to my boss who just resigned from our company. It will be sad to

see her leave.

I used CTMH card stock and

stamp sets to recreate this card. I will give more details down below. I sewed around

each layer individually so that there wouldn't be any stitching inside the card

and then wet the edges slightly so that I could roll them with out tearing the paper

too much. Then when it dried, I ink the edges with the chocolate in pad. I wish

I could remember the lady's name that created the original card, because she did

an amazing job.

Supplies:
Juniper Card Stock
Bamboo Card Stock
Blush Card Stock
Burlap cut into a square
Tags were cut from Cricut Art philosophy (by CTMH)
Pins I made by Gluing beads onto large straight pins
Stamp Sets:
Authentic (D1401)
Heartfelt Treasures (C1456)
Star Power (D1403)
Ink CTMH:
Chocolate
Baby Pink
White Daisy
Ribbon was something I had laying around,

Please enjoy this card and if you have any questions, feel free to contact me

at Robbinstamps@yahoo.com

I found the cutest cards to cut out on your Cricut or other cutting machines

over at Treasureboxdesigns.com

These were a lot of fun to make and sooo clever. You need to really go and check all

the cute cut files they have over there. I believe they are even having a 50% sale on

their files. Below I posted the ones that I made. I put my own little twist on them so

they may not look exactly like the ones they are showing. So again go check them

out you will fall in love with their site.

This one was for my niece for graduations so I added a
cap and tassel.

This is the card opened up. I placed a caption on the chalk
board, added a sticker on the left side, and had to add glitter
on the hat and glasses.

Behind the pencils, is a pocket for a tag. I made the tag different
from the one that comes with the cut file. I made an extra
pocket on the tag so that I could add money in side it. Then
on the black part I wrote my message to my niece.

This was card I made for my father in law who was in the hoptl.
When I saw this card on their site, I just had to have it.

This is what the card looks like inside.

Behind the pillow is a pocket in which the chart tag fits inside.
I also changed this up too so that I could write a message on
it.

Treasure Box designs has a few more of these really cute cards, so go and check them out you
will totally fall in love with them. Very talented designers at that company.
Happy creating.