Archive for the ‘scrapbooking’ Category

Check out these free Easter craft books! I was looking at them for something fun to do with my kids for Easter and also make some Easter gifts or perhaps decorations for the house.  Because frankly right now I am very unprepared for Easter and  I need to do something soon and free ideas make it even better and easier.

~sharon

Fairly often for gifts you will see different kinds of cups or mugs that you can unscrew the inside and have your kids color a paper insert that comes in it to customize the cup.  I recently purchased one of these cups at dollar tree of all places and fairly surprised by how good the quality of it was.  Because to be honest sometimes you can purchase stuff there that you are getting exactly what you pay for and they suck and not even worth the dollar.  Well anyway I got the cup and decided to do something different with it.

I used my horde of scrapbooking supplies to make it all pretty and be able to brag about my kids at the same time, just not with their artwork but their lovely faces.  And besides the fact that I love to just deface stuff and the freaking word is eluding me but cover it with paper and embellishments and all that good stuff.

Okay so what I did is I took out that insert that was in the cup and since it is kind of funny shaped I used semi-permanent adhesive to stick it onto the back my cardstock.  That way it would not be permanently stuck to it and if I got tired of the design I made I could possibly make another and interchange them.

Now since the cardstock and insert are together I cut the cardstock out around the insert sort of like the insert is a pattern.  And another idea is to trace it and then cut it out but I am a backwards and a lefty so doing it like a pattern is just easier for me.  And after that is done I can just take the insert off and just set it aside for some other time or if you don’t think you will need it toss it.

Now this is my favorite and the fun part.  I used a piece of pattern paper as a mat for photos of the kids and then a second piece in a different design to add some more color.  After I arranged those on the cardstock I placed my pictures on and then added flowers with brads.  Also a good touch is to use rub-ons or even stamps to add a phrase or names.  I used “My Boys” with rub-ons by the photos of my kids.   And of course I used ribbon on two corners to add more color and all to it.

It is very simple to do and most of us at one time or another bought scrapbooking stuff that is probably in a corner that is gathering dust.  They also make great gifts too.

If you were to do this you would need -

1. The cup -dollar tree and hobby lobby are two places I know of.
2. cardstock
3. patterned paper
4. adhesive
5. scissors (obviously)
6. embellishments (ribbon, flowers, rub-ons, brads, this part is limitless there are all kinds to choose from!)
7. Picture(s) of cute kids (this is a must!)

This is my cup and hopefully this will help you make an awesome cup too!
My Cardstock Insert:

The Cup All Around:

~sharon

Trying to get back into my scrapbooking and card making. It has always been very fun for me and it is something that I love to do. I had the opportunity to get started this weekend when I had a baby shower to attend. So to get my creative juices flowing I made this card for the gift.

~sharon