Creating With Wendy

Paper Doll Snow Angel I have a passion for making paper dolls as well as art dolls, so what a better way to fill a cold rainy day than to stay indoors and play with some beautiful papers and make your own paper doll.   I have called this little lady my 'Snow Angel' and she is a lovely addition to my paper doll journal. As I was cutting out some of the snow crystal dies, I thought it might be fun to actually make this little lady from other die shapes I had in my supplies and then piece them together and see what I could come up with. What I Used: *A selcection of the Solitude patterned paper from Authentique *Kaisercraft Snow Crystal Die Set *Hero Arts Dye Inks-Winter, set of 4 *Echo Park Cheery Snowflakes Designer Stencil *From my own supplies-a large heart shaped die, a large butterfly die, a 1inch circle die, a small friskars snowflake punch, PVA Craft glue and some white paper/card.              I made my snow angel first by cutting out a large hear

BOXED JOURNAL GIFT SET Today I have this lovely Boxed Journal Gift Set to make.  This would make a very special gift to send to someone. Can you see the trend I have going this month. Winter weather crafts to share with others and take the winter blues away. My mum always said, 'Sharing is caring!', and what better way to feel warm inside by making a wonderful present for someone special to you.  This set contains a handmade journal and a matching handmade journal pen and is also left undecorated so you can personalise it yourself.  What I used: *Authentique 'Solitude five' patterned paper (for the box) *Authentique 'Solitude four' (for the journal and pen) *Double-sided tape *Plain paper from my supplies (for journal pages) *Scor Board *Twine to bind journal *Refill pen cartridge *Kaisercraft Snow Crystal Die Set-Medium snowflake The first thing I did was put the box together using the 'Solitude five' patterned paper

JOURNAL PEN These handmade journal pens look wonderful and are so very useful if you are an avid journaler. They all have a paper-clip on the back of them, which is used to slid your pen over your page and can also be used as a bookmark in your journal. What I used: * Pen refills (mine purchased from Officeworks Aust.) * Strips of Aunthentique 'Solitude One' paper * Double-sided tape * Paper-clip * PVA glue * An Awl to punch a hole * Some clips to hold sides together whie glue is drying * Threads from my supplies I started using two strips of Authentique 'Solitude One' patterned paper each cut at 1 inch wide, with lengths cut at 5 1/2 inches and the other cut at 6 1/2 inches. The 6 1/2 inch strip is folded at about an inch on one end, where a small hole is made in the center of the fold line. This is where the pen refil will be pshed through. Place some double-sided tape alongthe center of each strip and then push the pen r

Gift Card Sets This is a lovely gift you can send to one of your crafty friends or make a few up for yourself  to have them on hand for when you need to send a little note to someone. So easy and simple to put together and then to be filled with your special handmade cards. The size of the cover can be adjusted to suit the size of the cards you make as well as making either a single pocket or a double pocket folder.  The choice is yours! The image above shows two different folders. The one on the left (blue) is a double pocket and the one on the right (green) is a single pocket that holds your handmade cards. In this blog I will be making the single pocket folder which holds six of my handmade cards and at the end of this blog you will be able to view my process video which shows the making of the double pocket folder. What You Will Need: * Authentique 'Solitude One' 12x12 paper * Plain 12x12 piece of Kaisercard (I chose a green) * Authentique 'So

Ephemera Storage Folder Where I live in Australia, we really don't have the full effect of the cold cold winter, that others experience around our beautiful country. We have cool and cooler days and slightly cooler nights. So, I have always found it rather hard to relate to making winter crafts or painting scenes. To me when someone mentions winter, I think of the winter of Christmas from overseas. I would love to experience that snowy Christmas one day. Anyway, with the theme of winter staying in the forefront of my mind, I decided to make an easy Ephemera Storage Folder. Somewhere to keep all your little bits'n'piece and something to fill with ephemera and send it as a gift to a crafty friend.  Above: Ephemera Storage Folders Here is what I used to make the folders: * One 12x12 piece of Authentique Solitude Six paper * Authentique Solitude Elements sheet for decorating * 6 pieces of A4 125gsm grey shade paper and/or coffee dyed paper * Aunty V