A little hiatus ...

Hello crafty friends. I want to take a minute to let you know I'll be out of the studio through the end of June as I head to sunny San Diego to visit my sister. So rather than crafting, I'll be vacationing, playing tons of Yahtzee, and likely (doing tons of) day drinking. LOL! Hubsy will be on his own to forage for sustenance in my absence. Fridge and pantry have been stocked, as well as his snack drawer, which I presume will be the mainstay of his diet if he acts normally while I'm away. LOL! I won't be completely "off the grid" but I will be away from the craft stash and the blog. 

In case you missed it, yesterday was my birthday. Happy birthday to me...and many more! 😁

See you in July!

Forgotten project

Going through pics and posts and realized this gem never did get posted. I made this one just before my first Mass Make March project, and figured I'd post later. Well, later never got here so I'm making today the day. LOL I kind love how this turned out. We started with a file folder as the base. I used Stamperia 8x8 paper pad, Magic Forest backgrounds selections. Totally LOVE these papers, actually most all of the Stamperia collections if I'm honest.

Pocket inside front cover, with another baby pocket on top of that.

Triple pocket in the center

and a long pocket/tuck on the inside back cover. 

Tri-fold folio

This project was inspired by Bernadette of binkyb2020 on Instagram. Check out her great work. 

Started with one sheet of 6x10 paper. Folded in three and added pockets, tucks and tags from previous makes. Lots of things from mass make March in here. 

Multi pocket-pockets

Today I'm sharing this super cute idea shared by Crafty by Toni. Super quick and easy to make. You don't have to embellish unless you want to, of course. Take a look. 

Started with an 8x8 sheet of Tim Holtz double sided paper. 

This is an 8x8 by Stamperia

This one started as 6x8 from Arden Creative Studio, Vintage Maker's collection. I cut it down to 6x6 and used the leftovers for the tags. 

Little book in a box

While searching for digital files I ran across these awesome vintage fishing flies tags and thought they'd be perfect for a little Father's Day mini for the hubs. The cool thing is, these flies were created in 1892! I think hubsy will be impressed with my find. :) So I took the tags and put them together in a little book. I added the tiny piece of tape measure for luck because what fisherman is worth his salt if he doesn't measure the big catch. Then, I found this cute little matchbox digital file that just goes perfectly and as luck would have it, the tags are a perfect fit. IT WAS MEANT TO BE! Isn't it so cute. 

fly names: Silver Lady, Humming Bird, Maid of the Mill, Fiery Dragon, Bishop, Beaufort Moth, Brazilian Blue Wing, The Notion, Zulu, Yellow Hackle, Scarlet Hackle

Fishing flies and tape measure digital files by Studio on Glore at Etsy
Matchbox digital file by Vibe of Vintage on Etsy. 

More tag tabs....

I had cut out quite a pile of these tag tabs, I soon realized after the first post. There are still 10 more unmade, in fact. Which is fine, it's a great start for the next batch I guess. LOL

Tag tabs ... so cute!

Don't throw away that tag that went wrong. Just cut off the top and make a super cute cluster tab from it. They'll be great as dividers or just a page tab, or even on their own as a page embellishment.

Been busy

Sorry for being so long between posts. It's not that I haven't been busy, I've just been so busy making that I haven't taken the time for posting. But the next couple of posts will catch you up on my shenanigans in the craft room! Lots of fun has been happening in here. Hope you like the results.

I love these vintage shipping tags. I think they turned out super cute. 

The rest of my jump rings arrived so I made two more sizes. These are so much fun to make and even more fun to add to projects. 

And from the scraps after cutting the tags, I had to make these cute add-on mini tags. These are always fun to add with a loop pin to a larger tag. 

Cluster tabs

Made some cluster tabs when I was lacking creative mojo. It helps to keep busy so I don't lose crafty motivation. Plus, my stash was getting low so I needed to replenish anyway. 

I kinda like these circle tabs. Might have to make more of them. These measure 1 1/2 in, 1 in, and 1/2 inch.