October challenges at Gecko Galz

 Holy cow we have new month of challenges over at Gecko Galz.  These are so fun and the creations are so inspiring - be sure to join us!!!

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Tent Mini Album Tutorial

 Well here it is - the tent mini album tutorial.  Hope you have as much fun as I did creating this.

Remember to create like crazy and cut with wild abandon.  All cutting instructions are on my You Tube channel - Tanis Buckton - don't forget to subscribe.

Tent Explosion box / mini album

 Fun project for summer - tent shaped explosion box.  A tutorial on this is coming soon - watch here and my YouTube Channel - Tanis Buckton.

Wedding Album

Here is one of my recent projects - a wedding album and matching box for a very good friend of mine.  Complete with video walk through.
Enjoy and remember - create like crazy and cut with wild abandon.

Happy Birthday baby!!!

Happy Birthday Baby!!!

My husband celebrated his 67th birthday July 1st - so of course I had to make a card!!!

For this card I used Pip Art's Follow the Stars Home Stamp and my Misti.  I will say colouring a stamp is a new venture for me.  I used my Zig Pens (yes I still have these and love them)!!

Once the stamp was coloured, I cut it out, mounted it on some scraps of barn board paper I had  in my stash and poof Birthday Card done.  I am very pleased with how this card turned out especially as I have never stamped anything and added colour to it prior to this card.  As always, I got my stamp from my favorite scrapbook store - Aall Scrapbook Essentials in Kamloops, BC or online at aallscrapbookessentials.com

Happy crafting!!! By for now, until we meet again.

Love Notes

Hello everyone!!!

I just wanted to share a few pictures of the anniversary present I made my husband - we have been together 32 years and simply put I love that boy.  I was very touched when my husband shared pictures of his gift on Facebook - the comments and outpouring from everyone have been amazing.

For this project I used a Graphic 45 Travel Journal, the Graphic 45 Love Notes collection, the Love Notes solids and patterns as well as the journaling cards, chipboard and stickers.  All of this was transformed into the anniversary present below, full of love notes, memories and our story over the last 32 years.  I hope you enjoy it.

This is our story - more than 60 pages of why I love my husband and our incredible journey together.

When my husband posted this on Facebook he stated that it made him cry.  He never ceases to amaze me.
 

Something for mom

Hello everyone.  Here is a card I made for my mom using Echo Park's I Am Mom Collection pack, coordinating solids and ephemera.  I really love how this card turned out and enjoyed making it.  I know my mom is going to love it.

When you have no plan...

As many of you know, I like to create with just a vague plan - that way I am always surprised in how things turn out.  For this project all I have decided on is the paper.  I am using Graphic 45's A Perfect Gentleman Deluxe Collectors Edition.  After that sky is the limit. 

So what does it mean to start a project with no plan?  Often it can mean cutting, scoring, recutting and so on.  Is this how things have started with this project?  You bet and I wouldn't have it any other way.

Here is a glimpse at the beginning.  I will post more as the project progresses.

Hello everyone here is the start of my latest project using a Graphic 45 Square tag and pocket album as well as the Tropical Travelogue, City Scapes and Penny's Paper Dolls Family collections.  I decided to change things up, turn the album into a suitcase and build a little steamer trunk to go with it.

This was a very fun project.  The only plan I had was the products I was using, after that, it was simply whatever my creative brain came up with.  I must say I have the most fun when I just start sticking stuff down and just let the process happen.  One of these days I may plan a project out start to finish....or not...

So here is a quick video of the finished project - I hope you enjoy it.  I look forward to seeing your comments.  Happy crafting!!!!

Where it all started...

Wow February already - today winter has finally come and we actually have some winter temperatures -13 C at the moment.

As you know my latest obsession is mini album building - and I have about 50 ideas floating around in my head so be prepared - they will start coming as soon as I can make them a reality.

But for now, I have returned to where it all started for me - 12 x 12 albums.  Of course now there will be flips and flaps because seriously how could there not be.  To accomplish this I am using my fuse tool by we are memory keepers.  I will upload a video of this later as the recording I thought I was doing didn't happen - helps if you turn the camera on.😁

So here is a quick montage of the first few pages.  Hope you enjoy and I will post more as we go along - I truly love the 12 x 12 format.  Happy crafting everyone.

Finished Scrap Calendar

Good morning!!  As promised, here is the finished scrap calendar - good thing as it is Jan 14th and I need to get this calendar on the wall in my office.
Here are few pictures of the pages as I went:

And, finally the video of the finished calendar - hope you enjoy it.  Looking forward to your comments.  Love your scrap, use your scraps or pass them to a crafty friend who loves to use them.  Happy Crafting!!!

What the heck?

I know you are wondering why the heck I am filming a skirt.  Well let me tell you.  The reason is to show that crafting potential is everywhere.  The tassels from this skirt will become the closure for a future mini album.  I love this skirt but the tassels don't work well for me so I am going to re-purpose them.  Why not.  I see crafting potential in virtually everything - probably why I use so many scraps!!!  Happy crafting.  See you soon.

Scrap Calendar

Good morning!!!  Scraps - we all have them, save them and are sometimes not sure what to do with them.  Well, I love using my scraps and tend to do a number of projects with them.  In an earlier post I had shared easy cards to make with scraps and today I am sharing my calendar - made totally from scraps.

That is truly how quick a scrap calendar can come together and here are some pictures of the months done so far.

I will add more pictures of the calendar as it comes together.  Have a great day and happy crafting.

Happy New Year!!!

Happy New Year everyone!!! I certainly hope you get spend some time today crafting!!! As many of you know - I have decided to build a series of mini albums for Christmas.  These will be brought out each Christmas and hold all of our treasured memories.  The first one I did was the Graphic 45 St. Nicholas album which I featured in an earlier post.  This is my second addition - using Carta Bella's Santa's Workshop collection. 

I hope you enjoy the video.  My plans this year are to include tutorials for the items I create.  Stay tuned, sit back and enjoy.

Wow it is hard to believe it has been a month since my last post.  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year eveyone.  Today, I am sharing with you a desk calendar I built for my brother for Christmas.  I used Graphic 45 Good Ol' Sport.  This gift came together quick and I am very pleased with how it turned out.  Hope you enjoy the show - although the December picture did not work out - the rest is here to see.

Quick and easy Christmas cards

Hello everyone.  I often hear people say what do you do with all your scraps?  Well I save them and then use them on cards!!  Here are few of the examples and a quick video.  I hope you enjoy and are inspired to use up your own scraps.  I even collect scraps from other crafters - possibly an addiction but I am okay with that lol.  Have a great day crafting everyone!!

St. Nicholas Mini Album

Here is a video of the mini album I made using Graphic 45's St. Nicholas collection.  I love this collection it has a great Santa face (most important) and just lends itself to soooo many things.  I am working on an assortment of Christmas albums that will become part of my yearly Christmas decorations.  Hope you enjoy - I loved making this.

Ready Set Go...

Well calendars are finished and space is finally cleaned to start the next project.  I am going to build a mini album, likely inside this Graphic 45 box and plan to use the Tropical Travelogue and Steampunk  Debutante collections from Graphic 45.  So this is pretty much how I plan a project.  I grab a few things and then let the creativity begin.  I will update as things come together.  See you soon.

Calendars and Christmas Presents

Happy Thanksgiving everyone.  Family has all gone home so it is quiet today.  Just working on Christmas presents - hoping to finish this today.  I have been making calendars for the family for the last 15 years - they love to receive them as much as I love to make them.  I used Graphic 45 Chidren's Hour calendar pad and collection kit as well as assorted scraps from stash. Hope you enjoy the sneak peak.

Christmas Shaker Box

Well here it is - finally!! Sorry it took so long to post but I finally have my first shaker box done.  I thoroughly enjoyed this project and look forward to making more.  I have uploaded my first  YouTube video for you of the shaker box and hope you enjoy it.  To make the shakerbox I was inspired by the tutorial by Alexandra Morein  that can be found on her website at http://clayguana.blogspot.com.

I used the Carta Bella Christmas line for this project and I love the rustic nature of this paper.  Thanks for stopping by.

Hope you enjoy the video of the shaker box.