How to make cheer pants

My girls love to wear shorts and recently I bought some hot fix rhinestuds from my2angels. They have a glue backing that needs to be heated with an iron or an i-rock tool. They are a great bargain at only $1.00 for 50 and look wonderful on paper or on clothes.  

I decided to write the girls' names on the back of the pants in rhinestones. Our neighbour girl got a pair too. Here is how:

Your supplies:

* A plain pair of shorts, preferably without back pockets

* Rhinestuds  (Find all the 9 colours here)

* A heat resistant mat to protect the front of the pants 

(click here to find one)

*A big wooden cutting board to protect your table

* An iron or an i-Rock tool

Lay out one letter in rhinestuds, starting with a middle letter next to the middle seam of  the pants. This one spells Leah, so "e" it is. This way your word ends up centered. (I bet by now you'll regret it if you gave your daughter a long name)

Since I used the i-Rock tool, I let it heat up and pressed the hot tip onto each rhinestud, letting the heat melt the glue underneath and attach them to the pants. If you don't have one, simply use an iron. I recommend you iron on one rhinestud at the time because they do become permanently attached once they are heated. 

Once all the letters are on, I ironed the pants to make sure all rhinestuds are well glued on. And that's it already! 

 My girls will wear nothing else, so I made a few...

They were a great hit as gifts too!

And this is how they look on paper (from the Paradise Found layout):

Paradise found

 Something sweet and romantic for class next week!  

A little while ago Gayle showed me how to make these flower vines from silk flowers and if you come to class I will show you too. You can add more flowers, make it more viney, whatever you like.

 A stitched heart, some scrolls...

...a few swirls and the very cool rhinestuds (find them here at my2angels in loads of colours for only $1.00 for 50!!!!)

  Cheers, Geli

Charming word card

Here is just a quick card using the charming words from my2angels.  

 This one is the tangerine forever word, but there are lots of colours and words available. They make it easy to take a piece of paper from scrap to fab. 

I also added some of the new gold twine and the pictures don't do it justice, it really is sparkly and pretty in real life. (Pssst, there is silver twine too, find it here.)

To create the multi-coloured piece of paper I placed a mask (find lots of designs here) on a white piece of paper and inked all over it with clear Versamark ink. This means that the in-between bits of the mask get inked. Then I embossed it with clear embossing powder and inked the cardstock with Distress ink in mustard seed, spiced marmalade and peeled paint. A blending tool is best for this, but a scrap of felt works too. The ink will only stick to the bits that weren't embossed and it will leave you with a lovely batik effect. It looks best with masks that don't have a lot of fine details.

Lazy days

Yes, these photos look familiar, they will sit together with the previous post once I get around to making a wedding album for my lovely new sister-in-law. In the meantime I am using them for class projects. (The frame featured in the blog hop here went to the other brother-in-law.)

You can use the leftovers from the last class and we'll add some texture and washi tape. 

If you want, you can make this girly of course, just add some flowers and stuff.

Loved this day - using masks

Are you ready for some stencil inspiration? We're using lots of them in class next week! 

I have scrapped these photos before, for the Scrapbooking Memories blog hop, but I gave that frame to one of the boys for Christmas, so here's one for my album.

The tags were inspired by Natalie Kalbach's Creative Jumpstart. Thanks, Natalie. They're made with texture paste, glimmer mist and stamping. 

 And the photo mat is actually a big pocket (inspired by Gilly's Christmas card. It holds 2 tags or more photos, whatever you'd like. 

The paper is a Kaisercraft preview of an upcoming collection, "75cents". I love it.

Man of science

Happy new year! Wow, I haven't blogged in a month! It has been a busy Christmas time and I had a commission to finish, which I can't share here.

But I can share next week's home class project.

My son loves science and for Christmas he wanted a lab coat. How smart does he look! 

The page is rather simple, but I wanted to use lots of photos with all his cool science stuff that he got for his birthday. Problem is, the background is messy and they aren't that great, so I printed them small and hid the 4 mini photos under the squares. 

And thanks to Keno, here's a little pencil cluster!

How to make a twirling Christmas card

Would you like to see how to make a Christmas card with a swirling snowflake? It's really easy.

Here is what you'll need (click on the links to find it)

- a square cream card

- a pack of collectables (they will go a long way)

- 2 pieces of patterned paper: wishlist and remember

- a piece of red cardstock

- glitter ribbon

- a buckle: find a great variety here

- a holly charm

Most of these will be enough for several cards.

Ready?

1.)

Cut a piece of patterned paper (white with leaves) so it is just a tiny bit smaller than the card and die cut a hole in the middle of both. I laid the paper on top of the card and did them both at the same time so the holes would match. 

Cut a ring from the red cardstock with the hole being the same size.

Cut a circle one size larger from the second piece of paper (blue).

2.)

Emboss the front of the card and glue the red ring on top of the hole. Don't worry of the embossing folder won't reach the edge, it looks pretty like that too.

3.)

Pick out 2 matching pieces from the collectables pack. Glue them together with a piece of cotton thread (doubled up) in-between. If you can't find matching pieces, glue a piece of cardstock behind a single one instead.

Sticky tape it into the hole like this: 

Double back to secure the tread a little better. The thread should be nice and tight.

Now cover it with the piece of paper that has the hole in it.

4.)

Outline the position of the hole on the inside of the card...

 ... and glue the blue circle on top. This way it peeks through the hole when the card is closed. Add a sentiment from the collectables pack.

5.)

 On the front, add some twigs from the collectables pack and string a buckle on 25cm of glitter ribbon. Glue the buckle down with strong glue or a glue dot.

 Starting from the outside edge of the card glue down the ribbon and let the excess loop like a bow. 

Add a little holly charm and you are done! 

Before you put the card in an envelope,"wind up" the snowflake and when the person opens the card up it will twirl!

♥♥♥

If you have never been to one of my classes, here are a few points:

♥ Beginners are always welcome. Nothing I teach is beyond you.

♥ You bring your own papers and control your material cost. In general you'll only need basic materials for a class. Papers, ribbon, brads...that sort of thing. I don't sell anything apart from cardstock, but I'm happy to give advise where to buy cheapest or do a combined order when I see a great deal.

♥ Feel free to change things or skip steps. It's your layout and I want you to like it.

♥ Almost any project can be made to suit boys too.

♥ Class projects are normally not very busy or full of embellishments. That is because we create most of them from scratch or do a certain technique. If you like to add more embellishments, feel free to bring them along.

♥ Older children are welcome with a parent.

♥ Classes are fun and there is lots of chatting, a cuppa and laughs. Come along if you're tired of scrapping alone!

♥ Find more class info in the top right corner of this blog and leave a comment if you'd like to come!

Scrapbooking Memories blog hop - Lazy days of summer

My first ever blog hop! And it's with Scrapbooking Memories, of all people and magazines! If you have joined me from Kim's blog, all is well; if not, go back to hers here. To the start from the beginning click here.

We are all doing different things, but there is a common thread, have you guessed it yet? My hint is: lazy
And here is my project:

  It's my husband's brothers, living the good life in Vanuatu. As you can see, they're working extremely hard... 

 ...about as hard as a pair of sloths in a tree...

I found this chipboard frame at Kaisercraft, it's a little bigger than 12x12". I painted it, crackled it, sanded it, misted it... the poor thing has seen 100 years of wear and tear in one afternoon.

The paper is all from the gorgeous new Tropicana collection, nice and beachy with a touch of vintage.

A lot of the embellishments, like the net, the beach sign and the charms came from the my2angels beach kit (click on the word to find it)

Would you like to know how to make this bottle cap embellishment? Click here to go to my bottle cap magnets tutorial, they are fun and easy and make great gifts for teachers and friends.

Thanks for dropping by! Please leave me a comment, have a guess at the theme, follow me and be a good little bunny and hop along to Sarah's blog here. Her post will be up Thursday morning.

Cheers, Geli 

Christmas layouts

Here are two upcoming Christmas layouts for my classes next week. The first one is a peek of my Kaisercraft class on Monday:

(This is not the whole page)

Even though I went for the Christmas look this one can be changed to suit any theme.

And the second one is my attempt at mixed media, which we will play with in my home classes next week:

I wanted to create the look of an old fresco with cracks and paint peeling:

It starts out as a plain sheet of white cardstock!

And a little glitter never goes astray at Christmas...

PS: Please note that Friday classes are on hold from the 7th of Dec. till after the school holidays. Normal classes are on Tuesdays (10am) and Thursdays (6pm)

I am yours

The new Tropicana collection from Kaisercraft is lush. Its vibrant reds and soft teal with cream and a dash of vintage are perfect for tropical holiday photos without sliding into kitsch. If you see it in real life you will love it. 

I have the perfect photos of my sister-in-law and brother-in-law's wedding on Vanuatu.

The red background frame is Tropicana Summer  (I tore the centre out and rolled the edges over) and the cream in the middle is Hibiscus. The teal frame behind the photo is from Breeze, and the rest are from the Tropicana collectables. I glued some pink ric rac just under the rolled edge and a red star flower with a locket charm in the corner to balance the large red hibiscus in the opposite corner. 

The Tropicana collectables make a quick and fuss free embellishment cluster.

The filigree border under the photo gives the layout a bit of class (plus a few white star flowers, they are so very versatile). 

And do you remember the cabochons? If you still don't know how to make your own glass pebbles, go to my post here. It's so easy and looks absolutely fabulous.

 I hope I have inspired you to try out the new Tropicana collection. 

If you have no tropical photos, check out my next blog post coming soon where I used a plain beach photo (not a hibiscus or swaying palm tree in sight)