Sunflowers Blog Hop

Summer is flyin' by and it's already time for the Sunflowers Club Scrap Blog Hop! If you'd like to start at the beginning, click HERE.

I've really enjoyed the Sunflowers Stamps, so I've created a plaque that I can have out all the time.

The wooden 8x8" plaque is recycled from an old project I no longer cared for. I like it so much better now.

What I used:

Sunflowers Stamps

Sunflowers Wooden Buttons & Waxen Linen

White Metal Label Holder

8x8" Wood Plaque

White Pigment & Earth Ink

Faber Castell PITT Artist Pens

White and Cream Acrylic Paints

It will hang or rest on an easel. I think it looks great on this Dollar Store easel for now! 

Thanks for stopping by. Next on the hop is the talented Debbie Weller at DebDuzScrappin.

Enjoy!

Kay

The Shutter Box

Greetings Fellow Paper Crafting Enthusiansts!

Today I bring to you my Shutter Box project. Hand crafted, of course as usual, but this time from mainly book board, cardstock and a couple of wooden dowels.  So, do you want to see what's inside the box?

The inside holds pictures and rubber stamped quotes on five inserted pages that are attached to rotating wooden dowels.

If you are interested, here is a bit about how I assembled the shutter box. First I had to cut out my box, doors, lid and base from book board.

Then after attaching the book board to make the inside box, I wrapped it with a text weight black paper and punched holes for the wooden dowels.

I decorated my inside pages before installing them into the box frame.

Then continued to add pages.

I prepared the doors complete with a paper wrap to hold the wooden dowel that serves as a hinge.

After inserting the front doors into the holes I punched into the base, it was ready for the lid or top, the thing that basically holds the front doors in place once it's attached.

Well, after all those pictures, you get the idea of the process. We liked it so much at Club Scrap that we decided to make it the September Serenity Club Stamp Project. Making this into a kit with instructions makes the project so much easier since all the book board and paper are already cut to size. That is precisely the reason I made another! Here is the project the kit makes with the Serenity papers included (however the kit is also available without paper, so you can just use your own favorite papers).

I think I'll leave you with that, hoping you like the project. It sure was fun to figure it out and make more than one of!

Thanks for stopping by Kay's Keepsakes!

Enjoy your day,

Kay

Still Love To Play With Blocks

As adults, isn't it strange how some of us end up reverting back to things we played with as children? Here is a perfect example of just that. My altered 1.5" wooden blocks.

Once I got started, it was difficult to stop.

The bare wooden blocks are available at most craft stores, around here I hit Hobby Lobby quite often.  The wooden blocks can be wood stained and rubber stamped on easily. I'm using the Science Wood Mounted Stamp Set here from Club Scrap (along with many other Club Scrap stamps) for some fun decor on one of the blocks.

Once I had the wooden blocks stained and stamped on, I was ready for adding more stuff.

The wooden blocks were fun to work with since embellishments could be nailed onto the blocks.

Of course any doodad can be used for embellishing, glued on or nailed on.

Or just kept free of embellishments for rubber stamping only.

Just a little stack of three decorated blocks is so cute.

However, a larger stack is fun too! Everyone likes to stack blocks, right?

Well it's been tons'o'fun playing with blocks again.

I haven't been able to get a Kay's Keepsakes Blog entered recently because we've all been so busy at Club Scrap getting ready for our annual retreats. The first this year was earlier this month and the next is still coming up in October, so much fun and inspiration all in one weekend!

I'm off to make more blocks using a couple bably pictures as a gift for the new parents in our family. Take Care!

Thanks again for stopping by!

Kay