KARLAS001 Etsy DT Swap

The Design Team of KARLAS001 Etsy decided to do an internal swap and these are the three projects that I created for Bona (Keep On Scrappin). The only restrictions were to create three handmade projects and to use items from Karla's Etsy store.

Project #1 was a Burlap Gift Bag. I basically decorated the bag. I layered some lace and floral pearl trim on the front and back. A heart shape was cut out of the brown rosette trim. I cut a banner from vellum and stamped "friends" with white embossing powder. The floral spray is from I Am Roses. And the last embellishments I added was a button that I ran some twine through and a small crystal flower.

KARLAS001 Etsy Items:
(Project Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-i2NTJ6Go
4in Rosette Trim
Vintage White Lace 31/B30
White Medium Flower Trim
Mini Clear crystal Flowers/B13
5x7 Burlap Bag

Project #2 was a Keepsake Jar (an altered fruit preserves jar). Many items were used on this jar. Lots of layering of lace trims on the lid. Several embellishments were used. The best way to know how this jar was created is to watch the video (link below).

 

KARLAS001 Etsy Items:
(Project Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f9-i2NTJ6Go
4MM Mini Flat Back Pearl Trim
3D Clear Butterflykisses Crystal Flowers
2 1/2 in. Pink Paper Flowers
Cynthialoowho's Silver Mesh Bling
Thin Lace/Satin Beige Trim
White Paper Mulberry Flowers

Project #3, my favorite, was a Camera Box. This was totally a scraplifted project. My inspiration was from Maria (lollyrot-scrapbooking). I fell in love with the camera that she made and I just had to make one. So here it is. I wanted to give it a shabby chic look. The paper I used is DCWV Fabric Adhesive Paper. I gathered up all my pearl embellishments/buttons and went to town. Maria had initially created a flap for the back closure. I decided to make a box instead and created a mini diorama inside. I go in detail of the creation of this camera box in the project video (link below).

KARLAS001 Etsy Items:
(Project Video) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qwupQNrJaVg
Cream Satin Pleated Trim
4MM Mini Flat Back Pearl Trim
3D Clear Butterflykisses Crystal Flowers
2 1/2 in. Pink Paper Flowers
Cynthialoowho's Silver Mesh Bling
Medium Bird
Vintage White Lace 31/B30
Juliana's Pink Porcelain Ribbon Flowers
Mini Clear crystal Flowers/B13


There you have it, those are the three items that I made for this DT Swap. I hope you guys enjoyed them. I'm off to create another Camera Box, they are so addicting! Thanks for stopping by and make sure to visit KARLAS001 Etsy for the products that I used. Have a great week!

Hanging Sign/Layout

Hi everyone, I created this project this past weekend for KARLAS001 Etsy. It's a hanging sign that can be used as a layout as well. The base is made from Melissa Francis, it's a bracket chipboard shape. The lovely paper collection I used is Basic Grey Kissing Booth.

I incorporated lots of KARLAS001 Etsy items. I created this video showing the beginning process of the sign and I show which products were used.

Thanks for taking the time to look. Have a great day!

KARLAS001 Etsy Products (links provided):
4” Brown Rosette Trim
Vintage White Lace Trim
Lace/Satin Beige Trim
White Medium Flower Trim
Medium Birds
Jo’s Long Shabby Pink Crystals
Light Pink Beaded Spray
Pink Porcelain/Ribbon Juliana’s Flowers
Tan Porcelain/Ribbon Juliana’s Flowers
2 ½” Pink Paper Flowers
Other Products:
Basic Grey Kissing Booth, Melissa Francis Bracket Chipboard, Lindy’s Stamp Gang Starburst Dark Chocolate Truffle, Green Frame, Jute Rope, XL/L Eyelets, Pearl Beads & Embellishment, Flower Metal Embellishment, Crop-o-dile

Shabby Tussie Mussie

This was a 2011 Christmas project that I created and just now posting, better late than never. It's an altered cone or tussie mussie. It's actually great for any occasion. This was so much fun to create and embellish. I just love the trims that were used from KARLAS001 Etsy store.

I intertwined some green leaf trim with the ruffled Delicate Cream Trim. Several laces were layered on top of each other. The 4mm Mini White Flat Back Pearl Trim was wrapped around the top of the cone for added detail.

This flower was created using single rosettes taken from a trim. I go in detail about the project and also I do a quick flower tutorial at the tail end of the video.

I hope everyone had a fabulous Tuesday. Thanks for stopping by!

KARLAS001 Etsy Products (links provided):

Delicate Cream Trim

4mm Mini White Flat Back Pearl Trim
Other Products:
MME Festive & Frost Paper Pad, MM Cream Rosette Trim, I Am Roses R21-1 White Flowers, Misc Lace Trims, Green Leaf Trim, Pearls, Hot Glue Gun

Winter Wonderland Tag Swap

TGIF! Hi everyone, here is a tag that I made for a "Winter Wonderland" themed swap over on YouTube. I used some KARLAS001 Etsy goodies. I incorporated some of the pearl sprays in her store. I was going for a shabby vintage look. The color palette was kept very neutral. The only pop of color in the tag is the colored snowman and the light blue spray in the background. The pearl sprays looked so delicate, like tiny little snowballs.

I embossed the snowman with white embossing powder and colored it in with my LSG Magicals in Azure Sea Asters. For added shimmer, I sprayed the whole tag with Scintillating Silver. I was able to use mostly what was in my stash on this tag and I didn't have to buy a darn thing LOL.

Now that I'm finished with this swap I can finally put all my Christmas stamps, papers, embellishments away! Time to move on to Valentine's Day themed projects...stay tune! Have a great weekend everybody =)

Don't forget to check out my video on this tag here.

KARLAS001 Etsy Products (links provided):
Light Blue Sprays
White Pearl Sprays (OS)
Other Products:
White Mat Board, Inkadinkadoo Holiday Filigree Stamp Set, Vellum, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Mini Pearls, Burlap Mesh, Martha Stewart Leaf Punch, Lace Trims, Lindy's Stamp Gang Glitz Spritz Scintillating Silver/ Magicals Azure Sea Asters, We R Memory Keepers XL Wide Eyelet, Jute Rope, Bell Embellishment

A Very Merry KARLAS001 Christmas Tree

Happy Friday everyone! It was rainy and gloomy yesterday and now it's sunny and windy. California weather what are you doing? LOL No matter, I will not let this crazy weather affect my creating mojo. I have a KARLAS001 Etsy project to share. It is this mini Christmas tree that is decorated with KARLAS001 goodies from top to bottom.

I used the 8mm White Pearl Trim Strand as garland. I also draped some Flat Clear/Iridescent Trim from the top hanging to the bottom. As for ornaments, I used the Jo's Shabby Clear Crystals and the Metal Capped Rhinestones. The Metal Capped Rhinestones already had a wire stem attached, so I just trimmed it a bit and bent it to create a hook. I threaded some wire through the Jo's Shabby Crystals and created the hanging hook.

As for the star topper, I went and used two Clear Flowers and adhered them back to back with a glue dot. I then stamped "Season's Greetings on to some vellum and made a cute banner. The only non-KARLAS001 item that I used was a silver glittered star ornament that I had purchased at Michael's. You can view this project on a video that I created here.

Have a great weekend everyone! Good Luck to those braving the shopping malls this weekend!

KARLAS001 Etsy Products (links provided):
Metal Capped Rhinestones
Clear Flowers
Flat Clear/Iridescent Trim
8mm Pearl Strand Trim
Jo's Shabby Clear Crystals
Other Products:
Mini Christmas Tree, Vellum, White Embossing Powder, Heat Gun, Mini Pearls, Christmas Sentiment Stamp, Glue Dots

Shabby Holiday Stockings

Is everyone ready for the weekend? I wanted to share this project that is easy to create using some Pink Rose trim and Pearl trims from KARLAS001's Etsy. The backing of these stockings are just basic thick cardstock cut into a stocking shape. I cut off the individual roses on the trim to fill out the shape. Instead of using ribbon as the stocking hanger, I opted to use the pearl trims.

These Mini Crystal Clear Butterflykisses Butterflies added a cute touch. Using other trims to decorate the top and some pearl embellishments for the buttons they completed the look.

This is a holiday project that is easy to create as little handmade gifts. You can also use other colored trims that you already have in your stash.

I used the White Flat Back Pearl Trim for these two stockings.

For this one, I used the Pink Flat Back Pearl Trim to coordinate with this light pink rose trim.
On this stocking, it was initially a cream rose trim but I had dyed it with my Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Spray in Cadbury Milk Chocolate. The trim I chose to go with this brown color was the Bronze Pearl Strand Trim.

I truly love how these stockings turned out and I hope my scrappy friends like them. To watch a tutorial on how you can make a similar project like these, you can view my video here. As always thanks for taking the time to stop by. Have a great weekend!

KARLAS001 Etsy Products (links provided):
White Flat Back Pearl Trim
Pink Flat Back Pearl Trim
Bronze Pearl Strand
Mini Crystal Clear Butterflykisses Butterflies
Nancy's Pink Rose Trim
Pink Loopy Trim
Other Products:
MME Festive & Frost 12x12 Paper Pad, Hand cut stocking template, Misc. Trims, Pearl Embellishments, Lindy's Stamp Gang Starburst Cadbury Milk Chocolate

Sew Sweet

It's late and I wanted to share this "Sew Sweet" card I made today for Karlas001's Etsy store. I had leftover papers from a mini that I just completed and I wanted to use them up to make a card. I layered scrap pieces of paper that were lightly edged with some Distress Ink in Walnut Stain. I used some aplha letter stamps to make the "sew" banner. I stamped the word "sweet" on a piece of paper and inserted it under the button.

The sewing machine, button and dress form die cuts were also leftovers. I added some lush Light Brown Pleated Satin Trim across the card. Over that satin trim I laid some Beige Medium Flower Trim. I had cut individual flower pieces and placed them on the "sew" banner as well. On the dress form, I had used a portion of the Beige Mini Flower Trim and placed it as a belt across the waist.

To see a close up this card and the beautiful trims that I used, you can watch the video here. Thanks for stopping by =)

Karlas001 Etsy Products (links provided):
Light Brown Pleated Satin Trim
Mini Beige Flower Trim
Medium Beige Flower Trim
Other Products:
K & Company Celeste Paper Collection, ChandiWalsh Spool Mini Album Kit, Distress Ink Walnut Stain, Memento Ink Rich Cocoa, TCP Studio Sewing Stamp Set, MME True Blue Stamps, Misc Thread