Followers

I am very excited to announce in only a week The Craft Donkey got over 10 followers. I wanted to mention something though.

While speaking to a few gals they were curious if they would be considered for for prizes.. they had followed via email. I wanted to point out that when you follow via email.. you do not appear as a follower... therefore making it nearly impossible for me to contact you when you have or do win a give-away.

So here's what you do, if you had followed via email from directly on this blog.. please also great an acct. on blogger to become a follower! This will ensure your following is seen! As, like I stated I can not see you as a follower if you just follow via email. It only takes about 30 seconds to create an account.

Sneak Peak....

SNEAK PEAK!!!!! If your savy with your brands.. this is from a great collection from Prima. A lovely collection for Spring!

  In May I'll have a giveaway each week! YAY!!!! Nothing is better than free goodies!!! So, be sure to check back regularly! And invite other to follow as well to have a chance to WIN!

Here's a sneak peak as to which line it is. See if you can guess it.

 A hint: the answer is in the flowers!

It's my recent project! I'll share it soon! And one lucky winner is going to be winning an amazing selection of this Prima Collection! Including papers, flowers, chipboards, cardstock stickers, journaling cards and MORE!!!

Remember SUNDAY!!! I'll be announcing a winner to one of the great altered vintage books!!! So be sure to stay tuned to claim your prize!

Must Make Flowers!!!

One of the most growing trends over the last year have been creating your own flowers!!! We all love to try new ones and add a personal flair and touch to our pages! There's sooo many tutorials out there. Some more complicated then others.

Below is a wonderful link. It has a simple and very good tutorial on making the adorable little roses! I've made them a time or two on my own but love that she made them from coordination's cardstock... the colored core is just soo pretty! Take a look!

http://helmarusa.typepad.com/blog/2011/04/a-layout-and-some-cardstock-roses.html


Here are some wonderful flowers as well!!!! Maya Road is absolutely wonderful!!!!! And their blog is just as great!!!  Remember you can make them from any zippers (like from a local craft store) or ribbons for that matter!!! Try them out! Adorable! The tutorial is super easy and a video!

http://mayaroad.typepad.com/mayaroad/2011/04/zipper-flower-video-tutorial.html

Woo Hooo

We have 8 followers.. remember I said if we reach 10.. we'll be doing one of the altered vintage books as a giveaway!!! So spread the word! thanks bunches ladies!

Trash to Treasure... one of my faves

We all have these! trash from all your packages. I use alot of my "trash" therefore most of these are Prima package leftovers and I'm hopelessly addicted to flowers. There's also so sticker "trash" packets. What to do, what to do with all this trash! Sooo pretty you don't want to throw it all away!

Some of the "trash" has patterns on the pack of the packaging. The other side is some sort of patterned paper! Great four journaling and little embellishments!

This is it thus far!!!!! I created an entire album from trash ruminants! Look through the pictures and I'll share all the different "trash" I made my own little treasure!

This flower and wings were created from chocolate overlay waxy paper (the stuff that comes on top of a box of chocolates), I didn't even use a circle cutter, I used a pill bottle to trace and cut out the circles then i took a paint brush and applied some tattered angels mist to the edges, allowing them to just absorb it. The center of the flower is circles punched from a prima crystals kisses packaging. The wings.. soo pretty!! Love yellow.. hee hee were die cut from yellow duct tape! 

All words shown here are more packaging. Some packages by Prima have them on the packaging! U selected some and inked them up and used them throughout the book. The twine there.. also trash it comes on the 7-Gypsies fabric tapes! The flower there is acetate from packaging and the center another hole punched!

I did some reaching and actually looked in my trash in my nook after cleaning it up last night and found some blue tulle in it from some other projects. i created a bow with some of it. Also created a bow with some plastic that covered most acrylic albums you buy these days to protect them from scratches and such before your ready to use it! Note: the page in the middle... it was scratched from adhesive and such from when I pulled the bling off of it. I simply took a pair of scissors and scratched it more!

Here... I did a few things. The words again.. only this time used as separates. Now for most of the packaging I had duplicates. When I had two of the same I backed them together. When I did not I did one of two things. I either used some white paint to cover bar codes and words or I placed two pieces together and tore them to be the same size. Also here is a flower I die cut from packaging and then just dripped some Tim Holtz die on them! (couldn't not use dear Tim's things.. hee hee)

Just an up close of it. The paint was just a thin layer as well covers well. You can write on it super well if you wanted to as well.

Who doesn't love the those flowers.. so easy just to twirl n wrap! I used some of the left over tulle from my trash for this as well. I also used it to tie in knots just to add some depth. The stars paper is an example of one of the papers i just tore to make them the same size.

This is a super cute way to also use one you do not have more than one of or just on a layout. Tri-fold it. make it your own little card within it. I painted over the product brand info and put some words on it.

Another flower here cut from some plastic from the packaging. Then I tore cardboard for the center.



OK, so note about this project! Shout out to Helmar adhesives Scrap Dots! As it is the only adhesive I used on this project!!!! Also anything that POPS off the page is done with the Helmar Scrap Dots wonderful for deminision) or with cardboard from a shoe box!!!