Anything But a Card

Hello all!
When I visited the Really Reasonable Ribbon Blog I just knew I had to join their current challenge Anything But a Card #146 with ribbon or trim. This is the outcome of my efforts in the crafting-room:

A lilac themed tag from scrap pieces embellished with large flowers. My favourite is the two-toned lily. Thank you for stopping by today!
Love, Outi

Preparing for Christmas...

Hello everybody! Summer is now slowly fading away. Here in south Sweden July was unusually hot but now the temperature seems to have gone into autumn mode. And soon it's time to prepare for Christmas, isn't it? Anyway, I'd like to share some Christmas tags today. The tags were made from paper scraps which is quite fun. It's a bit of a challenge to make something out of scrap pieces and I really like that.

These Christmas tags were also entered into the Christmas challenge #315 at Fab'n'Funky. Thanks a lot for stopping by.
Love, Outi

How to Use Dull Scrapbook Paper - Make These Cute Mini-books!

Hello again! Hope you've had a great start on this fresh new year. I still feel great about most things and I hope I will keep my spirits up throughout the year. Today I'd like to share a fun way of using those scrapbook papers whose patterns, colours or whatever don't appeal to you. You know the feeling when you buy a stack of coordinated papers and you love most of them, but then there are a couple of papers that you simply don't like.

Guess how happy I was when a good friend of mine directed me to this link on YouTube. Click on the link and enjoy when The Frugal Crafter shows you how to make cute little note-books with those darn dull papers. And it's super easy! I've already made five mini-books and I'm so happy now that I know how to use the rest of those -what am I going to do - papers. There is nothing so refreshing as learning a new technique!

This little collection books were also entered into the following challenges:
As You Like It - Anything Goes
Cute Card Thursday #406 Anything Goes
Allsorts Week 344 What's New?
Kort o Mania #144 Anything Goes

I'd be happy to know if you've had as fun as I did when learning to make this mini-books, so feel free to come back and leave a comment. Wishing you all the best!

Love
Outi