Step by Step Mixed Media Vintage Box Tutorial by Marilyn Rivera

My Creative Scrapbook Design Team member Marilyn Rivera is with us today to share how she made her gorgeous vintage box featuring our February Mixed Media Kit! In case you missed her first mixed media project with this kit, you can click HERE to view it (and her tutorial for it).

Here's Marilyn...

Hello! February is the month of Love and chocolates, right? And I will show you how I change an empty box of chocolates into a pretty vintage box... with the February Mixed Media Kit.

Here's how I did it....

First, I used the 7 Gypsies product packaging (shadow box and Journal tags) to cover my box.

I traced with a pencil around the box top on the product packaging.

Then cut and glue it.

Measure the sides of the box or trace them onto the product packaging and cut them.

Glue them...

It should look like this...

Now, put masking tape on all the borders of the box.

Continue around the box.

Then apply distress ink on all the masking tape borders. I used the "Vintage photo" color.

Then measure or trace the inside of the box on cardstock and cut the patterns and stamp them.

Glue all the inside borders

And next, cover the rest...

It should look like this...

Select your favorite embellishments from the Mixed Media Kit. I used the Melissa Frances frame, the 7Gypsies Charms and Journal tags, the roses, key, the lace, ribbon and more embellishments from this beautiful kit...

Some masking...this mask is from a previous mixed media kit.

Now decorate the top of your box.

The final result...

The sides of the box looks like this...very vintage, I love the result!

I hope this inspires you! So go and recycle your chocolate box and if you still don't have this Mixed Media kit... Hurry, go... HERE

Until next time!!!

Marilyn

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Marilyn Rivera

My Creative Scrapbook Design Team member

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Please visit our Design Team Gallery for more layouts, cards, and projects from our designers!

We invite you to join us and experience all of the fun and excitement that we have coming for 2013.  Click here to find the My Creative Scrapbook kits.

  

Scrap Space Saturday with Jodi Baune

Welcome to Scrap Space Saturday! Today My Creative Scrapbook design team member Jodi Baune is here to take us on a tour of her space.

Here's Jodi:

Welcome to my studio! It is a small room, and when I get deep into a project it can get pretty deep and cramped but, I am very happy to have my own space!

I have a fairly good sized desk. The Clip It Up houses my dies from Cheery Lynn Designs. The little blue tote is ideal for storing my scissors, adhesive, etc at arms length. 

This set of shelving works great for me. When I am working, I like easy access to everything, but when the project is complete I can effortlessly tuck everything back in it’s place. The first section houses my computer and scanner. The top shelf has jars of buttons, lace, and twine, along with a basket of pearls and bling. The section on the far end has baskets of flowers, thickers, and adhesive. The little plastic drawers are wonderful for chipboard shapes, charms, inks, and stickles.

I’ve opened the doors so you can take a peek. My rub-on’s are stored in the binders. I just slip them into binder sleeves making handy access, and well as easy clean up!

One of my best investments, and favorite storage solutions is my Ribbon Rings! The little plastic pieces come in two different sizes. Just slip the ribbon through the plastic.

You can hang as many of the little plastic pieces as you want on a ring.

I bought a package of little Command Hooks and stuck them to the inside of my doors to hang the hooks on. I chose to store my ribbons by color so I have a hook for each color. No more knotted up messes. No more dumping and entire jar because the one I wanted was on the bottom. I tried wrapping them around clothes pins but I didn’t like that everything was creased….Now, no more creases! I just grab the piece I need and go!

Another great storage purchase is my Over-the-Door Shoe Organizer. It holds a tremendous amount without taking up more space in my room. I love that it is clear so I can see everything. It holds all my punches, diecuts, pins, and other odds and ends.

The previous owners left this shelf when we moved. It is an old 60’s – 70’s shelf built specifically for storing the old vinyl LP Music Albums . It is 12 inches deep, and the shelf spacing is 13 inches. Perfect dimensions for paper!! It has wooden dividers every 6 inches which is ideal for sorting…an area for cardstock, company papers, kit papers, and scraps!

Thank you for visiting my studio! I hope you enjoyed the tour!

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Jodi Baune

My Creative Scrapbook Design Team member

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We would love to hear what you think about Jodi's scrap space ideas!

Using a Mask with Paint by Angel Rodrigue

This is our third post today. Please scroll down to view the previous two posts.

We're back once more with another wonderful technique from My Creative Scrapbook Design Team member Angel Rodrigue featuring our March kits!

Here's Angel...

Using your favorite Template lay it on the pattern paper of your choice.

Then dab the paint dabber as shown...

This is the effect you get with different color paints.

This is the look you get..

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Angel Rodrigue

My Creative Scrapbook Design Team member

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Check out more of Angel's beautiful layouts featuring our March kits!

We invite you to join us and experience all of the fun and excitement that we have coming for 2013.  Click here to find the My Creative Scrapbook kits.

Stretching Supplies by Angel Rodrigue

This is our second post today. Please scroll down to view the previous post.

We're back with more wonderful tips and techniques from My Creative Scrapbook Design Team member Angel Rodrigue featuring our March kits!

Here's Angel...

Tips to spread your goodies further…

Tip #1 -Using the spray of flowers on the sticker sheet I cut around the flowers to form two pieces in order to have a spray coming out on each side of my flower Cluster.. So One Sticker Served Two Purpose. I like That..

Sample of it used on my Layout Here...

What do you do if a piece of pattern paper is too Short to go across a layout? I cut The piece Of Paper that I want to use in half before adding my Top layer pattern paper to make it look like it went all across as shown .You can do this with Ribbon and a doily...

here is the layout I did this for....

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Angel Rodrigue

My Creative Scrapbook Design Team member

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Check back here a bit later today for more tips and techniques from Angel!

We invite you to join us and experience all of the fun and excitement that we have coming for 2013.  Click here to find the My Creative Scrapbook kits.

Stencil Technique by Angel Rodrigue

Have you had a chance to view our beautiful March design team gallery? If not, we encourage you to head over there and have look. It's loaded with tons of totally amazing layouts, cards, and projects to inspire you.

We're kicking off our March tutorials with a day full of wonderful tips and techniques from My Creative Scrapbook Design Team member Angel Rodrigue featuring our March kits! Let's get started.

Here's Angel...

This is the effect I did on my Cheezy Moment Layout….

To get this effect I used the following…. Tinted Embossing Stamp pad, Ultra thick embossing powder, Template and heat gun…

Stamp on top the template with the tinted emboss pad remove the template and add some ultra thick Embossing Powder and heat set it and you get this result…

so fun looking Hope you give it a try...

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Angel Rodrigue

My Creative Scrapbook Design Team member

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Check back here a bit later today for more tips and techniques from Angel!

We invite you to join us and experience all of the fun and excitement that we have coming for 2013.  Click here to find the My Creative Scrapbook kits.

A Reveal, A New DT Member and a Few GDT Members to introduce...

I feel Spring in the air as I prepare to reveal March's Kits. Each of them are swoon worthy and packed with fabulous products. Head on over to our site to purchase these fantastic kits while supplies last...go here.... ad check out all the DT and GDT inspiration...here...

The Main Kit...American Craft 5th and Frolic...

The Creative Kit... My Minds Eye, Collectable...

The Limited Edition Kit...Kaiser Craft, Secret Admirer and Websters Pages...

The Album Kit...Little Yellow Bicycle, Just Because...

Now its time to introduce you to a Brand New DT Member....She will certainly inspire you each and every month with her beautiful style and projects!

Yuko Tanaka

 My name is  Yuko Tanaka and I live in Japan.

               I live with my husband and a beautiful daughter and  two lovely cats. 

               After I got married in 2006,I started sorted our wedding photos and organizing

               so that I could start “scrapbooking” in 2007.

               I gave birth to the daughter of the wish to 2012. 

               Now   I  eager in leaving the growth of the dearest daughter .

 .             I am honorable to be join to MCS DT!

We also have a few fabulously talented GDT to inspire this month...

Steph Devlin

Hi MCS Girls, just a little bit about me. I was a full time dancer, who has a degree in choreography, a diploma in Interior Design and Certificate in Color Consulting. I am obsessed by color, and I think that is what drew me to scrapbooking - being able to express my love of color in a creative forum using pictures of my kids.   I am a full time mum, studying Photography P/T. My family consists of my sweet, understandng hubby Mark, and my 2 gorgeous girls, Emma (9) and Madison (5).  They are like Day and Night both in looks and in personalities and I love them to bits.  . I prefer to scrap during the day in natural light as I am absolutely hopeless at night.  Besides, its my computer / chat time !!!! My scrapping style is very feminine, eclectic and I love fussy cutting and lots of layers.  I love text, and have a obsession with blooms and all things pretty. I scrap as an expression of my art, but REVEL the fact that my artwork can surround images of my girls who I adore.   I am a contracted writer for Australian Scrapbooking Creations, and my artwork has been published in CK both in the US and Australia, Scrapbooking Memories,  S.M.M. Scrapbooking in Sweden, Scrapbooking Russia and Scrapbooking Trends UK. Currently, I'm a DT member for Prima Marketing and have been on the DT's for Pink Paislee, Melissa Frances & Websters Pages.   Teaching is my other love, being lucky enough to be an educator for Tattered Angels, and have taught both within Australia and Overseas.  Thanks you so much for having me at MCS, I just love your kits, and can't wait to share my pages.

Steph's blog... here

Jana Eubank

Hi, Everyone! My name is Jana Eubank. I’m so excited to be joining everyone here at My Creative Scrapbook for the month. Thank you for having me! A little about me … my husband and I live in Bountiful, Utah, and are proud parents to 3 daughters and 1 son. I have been crafting and working with paper in one form or another for my entire life. My family owns a printing business, so paper, cardstock, ink, fonts, and binding techniques have been in my vocabulary for a long time. As a young mother, scrapbooking developed into a passion of mine and I began working on design teams and submitting my work to magazines.  Right now I design for two amazing companies, My Mind's Eye and BasicGrey. They both make such beautiful products, and I love that I get to showcase them the best I can on my own projects. While I scrap, I listen to Pandora Radio, or, if it’s night time, late night shows and sitcom reruns. I love to spend time with my family, create sketches, decorate my home, and try out new restaurants. My favorite paper crafting projects include scrapbook pages, gift boxes, and seasonal home decor. I especially love playing with my die cutting machines. I’ve been playing with stamping and Copic markers lately, too. It’s all so much fun! Thanks again for having me this month! To see more of my work, please visit my blog at www.janaeubank.wordpress.com

Missy Whidden

Hi!  I’m Missy Whidden from Florida.  I’ve been married to Marshall for almost 13 years, but we’ve been together for almost 19.  We have two beautiful daughters, Reese (6) and Paige (4).  My girls are the usual subjects of my pages.  I began scrapping during the Summer of 2006.  My mother-in-law asked me to help her put a baby book together for my husband, and I was instantly hooked.  I thought it was so much fun to cut paper with deco scissors and put stickers all over the page J  I have learned so much over the past several years, and my style has changed.  I love working with bright colors, mists, paint, and fun patterned papers.  I also love sketches.  When I’m not scrapping, I teach Spinning at our local YMCA.  I love working out and running, and I’m just finishing up certification for teaching Body Pump. Reading is also a big hobby of mine.  I’m so excited to be a GDT here this month!  Thank you for having me! Missy's blog...here

Erica Houghton

Hi!! My name is Erica Houghton. My husband and I live outside of Washington DC in Stone Ridge, Virginia. When I’m not working or sitting in traffic ;) you can find me in my scrapbook room creating, or cropping and teaching classes at my local scrapbook store.      

I’ve been scrapbooking for 7-8 years but have recently become more intentional about making time to scrapbook. I’m hopelessly addicted to patterned paper so I’ve resorted to using lots of layers in order to use all of the wonderful papers that come in each collection. I never feel my pages are complete until I’ve added flowers, machine stitching, and usually LOTS of bling – I love glitter, rhinestones, and anything else that has glitz, glamour and a lot of sparkle. I mostly make 12x12 layouts but have expanded my interest into card and tag making, along with a mini album every now and then. 
Over the last few years much of my inspiration has come from My Creative Scrapbook, so I’m excited to have the chance to inspire you this month and am truly honored to have the opportunity to be a Guest Designer!! 
Erica's blog...here

We have so much to share this month....So what are you waiting for??? Head on over and Be Inspired!!!