Category Archives: Shabby Chic Project Ideas

Shabby Chic Tags

Shabby Chic Tags

Shabby Chic Tags using Vintage Ladies from HonneyBunnies Treasures.  I created these cute shabby chic tags for my second and last guest design team project for Crafter’s Castle.  In the month of May, Crafter’s Castle is sponsored by HonneyBunnies Treasures.

Please click on these links to visit Honneybunnies Treasures and the Crafter’s Castle Blog, and let them know that Sandi from Decor8yourlife sent ya!

how to make a shabby chic tag

These Vintage Ladies Shabby Chic Tags were made of canvas and paper.  To cut out the canvas tags I used my Spellbinders Contour Steel Rule Die Tag, You’re It.  I used the Spellbinders Platinum 6 Die-cutting machine to cut the canvas for this project.

For the backing I used regular card stock and applied the canvas to the backing using some double sided tape. My go-to double sided tape is Scor-tape.

I also applied gold eyelets using my We R Memory Keepers Crop-a-dile.

Spellbinders project ideas

Use Your Dies

I used several different dies from Spellbinders to make the gold die-cut backgrounds to these beautiful vintage ladies.  For the lady in blue I used the Spellbinders Garden Weave Die D-Lites.  The lady above shows a sign post background, using the Spellbinders Victorian Sign Post Die D-Lites.  The tag below shows a background using the Spellbinders Ooh-La-La Die D-Lites 

The one after that shows the sign from the Victorian Sign Post die-set.

how to make shabby chic tags for scrapbooking

The rest of the materials that I used are trims and flat-back pearls from my stash.   When applying your trims and flat-back pearls, you’ll want to use a little bit of hot-glue.Spellbinders Contour Steel Rule Die

I hope that you find inspiration in this Shabby Chic Victorian Ladies tag projects and make some of your own.

Here are links to Crafter’s Castle Design Team YouTube channels where you will find more creativity and inspiration!

Janie Rinta https://www.youtube.com/user/jjgz4ever/videos

Bev Code https://www.youtube.com/user/beecee1000/videos

Jeanie Ellis https://www.youtube.com/user/1486Jeanie/videos

Tasha https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC2591F2Ml9W_1QW_5ZgilIw/videos

 

 

Shabby Chic Loaded Pocket

Shabby Chic Loaded Pocket

Today’s project is a Shabby Chic Loaded Pocket.  I was inspired by the many loaded envelopes, pockets and hoops that I’ve been seeing around in the snail mail genre.  These loaded pockets are super easy to make.  You start with a piece of 12×12 double sided designer cardstock, fold in half, and cut one side down to your desired measurement for the pocket.  You can then enclose by adding your Artist Glitter Glue or Scor-Tape, or you can make a couple of expandable gussets and then enclose.

Shabby Chic Loaded Pocket

This Shabby Chic Loaded Pocket was more of a snail mail exercise for me.  I’m really bad about sending out store bought goodies in their original packages, instead of prettying them up! So I took a lesson from my friend Christine, ShabbyPinkHouse on YouTube, and decided to make my packaging look extra special!

Shabby Chic Stamping

As you can see, it really doesn’t take very much to make a package look pretty.  Just trim your paper down to size, fold, use a corner punch to round up the corners, hot glue an embellishment at the center and you’re done!

How to shabby chic packaging

You can even use a stamped sentiment on scraps and turn them into beautiful tags.

Altered memorydex card

Lately I’ve been on an Altered Heidi Swapp MemoryDex Card kick. You’ll see more about it on a later post.  I decided to alter this one with coordinating papers, added my info on the back and it’s done!

Shabby Chic Wands

No snail mail package is complete until you’ve included a wand! I decided on two wands for this Shabby Chic Loaded Envelope.  For this beauty I used the Heartfelt Creations Arianna Lace Craft Dies HCD1-747.

Shabby Chic Loaded Pocket Tutorial

And to decorate the front of my Shabby Chic Loaded Pocket, I simply used odds and ends from my crafting left-overs.

Heartfelt Creations Arianna Lace HCD1-747

I hope that I’ve inspired you in making your very own Loaded Pocket.  Check out my video on YouTube and Subscribe.

Shabby Chic Explosion Box

Shabby Chic Explosion Box

This Shabby Chic Explosion Box was created using the We R Memory Keepers Gift Box Punch Board, and it was super easy to make!

shabby chic box tutorial

Taking into consideration that not everyone has the punch board, I’ve taken the liberty to make a two-part video tutorial for this shabby chic project.  Below you’ll find a tutorial video using the We R Memory Keepers Punch Board; and another tutorial using a score board.

shabby chic mini album tutorial

Both tutorials are super easy to follow and won’t take up too much of your time.

Some of the items that you’ll need to make your very own shabby chic explosion box are the following:

Video Tutorials

I hope that you find these video tutorials helpful.  If you are not already a subscriber to my YouTube channel, go ahead and subscribe.  At Decor8yourlife I do a lot of paper crafting project shares, tutorials, handmade cards, mini albums, traveler’s notebooks, you name it!

Click here to watch my Shabby Chic Box Tutorial.

Bo Bunny Winter Wishes Mini Album

Bo Bunny Winter Wishes Mini Album

This Bo Bunny Winter Wishes Mini Album was created for a swap. I absolutely loved working with this collection. The soft colors and gentle graphics lend themselves to the making of this beautiful Shabby Chic Christmas Mini Album.

Shabby Chic Mini Album Ideas

This Shabby Chic Mini Album was made out of chipboard (for the covers) and paper bags (for the pages).  I used several paper-cutting-dies from Spellbinders to accentuate the top of the tags. I also used the Heartfelt Creations Fleur Borders & Pockets for the pages inside.

Shabby Chic Mini Album

As you can see, I’ve also created several Christmas Cards, box included; and a couple of Gable Boxes for gifting.

Check out the full Shabby Chic Mini Album and Christmas Cards Here

Click here to see some of my other Mini Album creations.

As always, thank you for watching my videos, subscribing to my Youtube Channel and following along in my Blog.  I appreciate your visit. Have a wonderful Holiday and wishing the best for 2018!

Christmas Loaded Bags 2017

Christmas Loaded Bags 2017

Christmas Loaded Bags 2017 – This is my first installment of Christmas Snail Mail Ideas using paper bags.  It’s been awhile since I’ve made a loaded envelope.  If you’ve never heard of loaded envelopes, click here to watch this easy loaded envelope tutorial.

best loaded envelope ideas for 2018

I created this Christmas Loaded Bag for one of my YouTube channel subscribers.  In it she’ll find useful items like Christmas Cards and envelopes, tags, die-cuts for her paper crafting, a metal-cutting-die and a couple of wands to pretty up her Christmas gift wrapping.

Spellbinders Paper Crafting Ideas

List of Supplies

I’ve used several different items in the making of this Christmas Loaded Bag. I wanted to make this gift a one-of-a-kind; and there’s nothing better than your paper-cutting-dies to help you create something spectacular!

Christmas Loaded Gift Bag Project Share

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