Friday 10 June 2011

10 things on the 10th.............................part 1.

As many of you my loyal readers know, I took part in Blogging for Scrapbookers and Beyond Blogging for Scrapbookers with Shimelle Laine. Now Shimelle our marvellous teacher and blogfiend has initiated us into a new scheme......................fiendish or what? Well this scheme involves us all blogging 10 things on the 10th of each month. It can be 10 of anything so I put my thinking cap on and thought I would share 10 great crafty makes I have found recently online. They are all ideas to get the current trendy looks on your layouts but at a fraction of the price.
So here are my 10 finds in no particular order:

1. The first is from ScrappyStickyInkyMess and demonstrates how to make your own Baker's Twine using crochet twine and permanent marker pen. Such an ingenious idea and enables you to make twine which perfectly matches your own LO colour combinations.

2.Everyone is talking Smashbooks on the web and the Counterfeit Kit blog have a fabulous post detailing how to make your own. A great way to use up stash and have a book all of your own design. Shimelle also has a great discussion post about Smashbooks here.

3. How about a handy printable list to help you focus your photography for a month from Creating Keepsakes

4. Want to make your own feature flags for cupcakes or scrapbooking? Try this simple tutorial from Studio Calico.

5. Want to make your own Polaroid faux pictures. Then this free download  from Fuzzimo is for you.

6. Pooi shows us how to make some beautiful handmade flowers using washi tape here on the American Crafts blog.



7. Using fabric on LOs is still in vogue and this tutorial demonstrates a brilliant idea for stamping on it.


8. There are still those of us who haven't made any ruffle flowers so here's a nice simple pictorial guide to follow.

9. Fancy using up lots of scraps using punches and origami? Then here is fabulous post showing how to make some brilliant paper flowers for your LOs and cards.

10. Finally a scrapbook sketch from Shimelle. Every week she pops up a brilliant idea on her site to assist us when our mojo is flailing or when we just need that little bit of help in deciding what to do. This weeks involves a panoramic picture and I have just the photos I would like to use.

Hope you have enjoyed my 10 on the 10th and see you all back here on the 10th July for part 2. And do hop over to Shimelle's blog to see the other peeps taking part today.

22 comments:

  1. Thanks for sharing these, there are some great links.

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  2. Oh my goodness, there is just too much lovliness to take in at once! I want to try lots of it! Thanks for sharing Jo :)

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  3. wow, I'm going to be busy all day now, thanks for sharing those fab links Jane.

    sorry, I can't post the normal way.

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  4. many thanks for sharing your top 10 links x
    Sheena x

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  5. Those were great Jo! I like the photo list idea :)
    Have a great weekend!!

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  6. lovely ideas, especially the fabric stamping!

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  7. Great list! I have bookmarked over half the list :) Thanks!

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  8. Definitely some great ideas in these links. Thanks for sharing.

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  9. An interesting mix of places to visit ~ thanks!

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  10. Some great links here...thanks Jo.

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  11. ooh I think we like lots of the same things as I have many of those links saved too! Great ideas xxx

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  12. Some great inspiration there. Thanks for sharing!

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  13. How fun, thank you for sharing such awesome links! I love sharing links like this!

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  14. Great post Jo (as ever)

    I will check out some of the things you have suggested over the weekend

    Thank you

    Lesley x

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  15. Great tips on your list! TFS!

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  16. Great list. I'm visiting a few of them after I'm done here. The link for Shimelle's discussion on Smashbooks is not working - was that a recent post? I'll have to go to her blog and see if I can find it.

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  17. I especially love the tags with fabric stamping and the flowers (though I don't think I'd have the patience to make them).
    Thanks for sharing!
    Rinda

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  18. What a great list! I've seen a few of these and will check out the rest.

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  19. What a great list, Jo and thank-you - I'll need a whole day to browse and learn from here... :)

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  20. Great post, thanks Jo! I shall have some fun following these links :)

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  21. thanks for fabby links, love the folding flowers with circle punch......will be trying those x

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