Archive Category: 'Paper Crafts'

• Free Printable Recipe Cards – A Nice Collection: {Updated!} Here’s a collection of free printable recipe cards I’ve gathered from around the web. There are hundreds (thousands maybe?) available online, but I thought these were some of the best designs I came across. This collection is a nice mix of different styles and graphics, hopefully there’s a recipe card or two you like [...]
• Mini File Folders & Labels: Free Printables: Today’s feature is from Vale Design with DIY: Free Printable Mini File Folder & Labels: blockquote>I realized that I still have a lot of loose paper notes laying around and other miscellaneous pieces. I needed somewhere cute to store them. What is cuter than mini file folders?! These FREE PRINTABLE folders are roughly 4.5″x6″. I have [...]
• Canning Jar Labels: Free Printables: Canning Lids Download: A set of 12 cute printables for canning jar lids, pdf download available. Vintage Design Labels: Nice printables on pdf that you can edit to add the contents or your name, whatever you like. Gorgeous! Alenkas Printables – Labels Templates: Both circular jar toppers and rectangular labels available, type your info right on the [...]
• Seed Packet Printables & Templates {Free}: Here is a lovely collection of free seed packet designs and template printables I’ve found online, use these to collect and organize your seeds and to give the seeds you’ve harvested from your garden as gifts. A few of the sites offer more than one design (I’ve noted those in the descriptions). Free Seed Packet Printables *Click [...]
• Paper Mache: Recipes & Tips: You can make all kinds of crafty items with paper mache (not just the school volcano project): Decorative paper mache masks, bowls, ornaments, Halloween & Christmas decorations, you name it–you can likely make it with paper mache. It’s a very economical craft and with a little practice, you can create some pretty amazing pieces! Here’s [...]
• Paper Crafts Saturday: Freebie Printables (List 3): FREE Download of Mini File Folder Make A Booklet With A Pocket Round Labels for Spice Jars Kind Over Matter Fortune Cookies Recipe Wrap-Up Project Paper Dolls Downloadable Party Favor Cone Paper Cake Tutorial Tags, Stickers & A Notepad Printable Calling Cards Pretty “Quiet Please” Door Hanger Chick Chic Bookmark Colorful Book Plates Pretty Garden Seed Packets Recipe Cards With A Little Fuji Flair Free Printable Snail Stationery Set DIY: FREE [...]
• Days Of The Week Tags: Free Printables: Today’s feature is from Living Locurto with these clever Days Of The Week Tags: blockquote>Here is an idea I came up with to keep my son organized and ready for school. We picked out clothes for each day of the week and hung them on a low rack for him to reach. Then I designed some cute [...]
• Magic Boxes: How To: Today’s feature is from Life As Lou with Magic Boxes: A Life As Lou Online Class: blockquote>You need six sheets of matching paper (preferably a heavier weight). Choose one for your outside, a contrasting one for your lid, and 4 to create the inside boxes. … Once the glue is dry (I do recommend a liquid glue to [...]
• Tutorial: Brown Paper Bag Recipe Cards: Today’s feature is from Crafting A Green World with Tutorial: Brown Paper Bag Recipe Cards: These easy and quick recipe cards were inspired by the Brown Paper Seed Packet Business Cards. I loved the idea of repurposing brown paper bags, but didn’t really need business cards. What I needed was recipe cards to fit in a [...]
• Vintage Valentines: Free Download: Here are a dozen vintage valentines from my collection of ephemera, I believe these are from the 1940’s and 1950’s. You’re free to download them and print them off to use in scrapbooking, as gift tags or whatever else you like. These are so charmingly retro and although they’re older than I am, they sure [...]
• Paper Crafts Saturday: Freebie Printables (List 2): Hanger Labels: Hang Monday-Saturday tags with ribbons on hangers to keep everyday dressing Fuss-free. Both daily tags and blank tags available via jpg file. From No Fuss Fabulous. David Suzuki’s Green Recipes (pdf): Recipe cards for house cleaning, home remedies and more. Candy Bar Wrappers: Take your pick. Customize candy bars for any occasion! From Rachel Ray. Placecards [...]
• How To Make A Soft Cover Wrap Around Notebook: Today’s feature is a cute little project from Rosemary Travale Super Blog with How To Make A Soft Cover Wrap Around Notebook. How cute are these! These would make cute gifts or even a small journal for notes or travel. Tutorial features lots of pics and notes. Supplies Needed: 25 sheets of paper paper cutter bone folder sewing machine a press two pieces [...]
• Pretty Paper Sachets: Tutorial: Today’s feature is from Simple Studio with this tutorial for Paper Sachets: Place approximately 1 tablespoon of potpourri in the center of the sachet (don’t over-fill, potpourri needs room to breathe). Fold in petals, working to the right. Tuck in the last petal and firmly press over the whole sachet to secure. Using a free Hexagon Petal Card [...]
• Adorable Bookplate Printables: Free Download: Today’s feature is from Sweet Jessie with these super adorable Bookplate Printables: Print them out – cut them up – and give them as wonderful little gifties (or keep them for yourself)! There are six different designs available, each with a blank line you can fill in for the book owner’s name. The designs remind me of [...]
• 2009 Calendars: Freebie Printables: Happy New Year! Here’s a selection of calendars that are free to download and print (plus a few planner pages listed at the bottom). Enjoy! Free Printable 2009 Calendars Free Printable 2009 Desk Calendar: The calendar pages will fit into any cd jewel case (just flip it inside out to make a stand). Just print, cut on [...]
• Newspaper Snowflake Garland: Tutorial: Today’s feature is two parts, first from Maya*Made with Newspaper Snowflake Garland: A Tutorial: These aren’t exactly garlands, more like delicate mobiles. They gently spin and twirl at the slightest breeze. It seems to add to their magic… as if they are spiraling to the ground like real snowflakes. Supplies Needed: newspaper squares sharp scissors sewing machine and thread tape The tutorial [...]
• Celery Stamped Gift Wrap: How To: Today’s feature is from Creature Comforts with Paper Scraps + Celery = Fabulous Gift Wrap: Yes, you read the title correctly… Celery! Today I put together a little photo tutorial on creating your own gift wrap and tags using celery as a stamping tool. This has been done before (it’s not an original concept)… [...]
• DIY Wrap Up: 101 Gift Tags, Toppers & Wraps: Gift Tag Printables Holiday Stickers & Tags Downloads: Two different downloads available, one for tags and one for stickers. Adorable Penguin Gift Tags: Seriously.Cute.Printables! Mitten Gift Tags and Background: The scatter of mittens was designed to be a pattern on the reverse of the gift tags, you can use it however you wish. For the tag, after you [...]
• Free Printable Scrapbook Papers: Today’s feature is from Heaven Country Clipart Graphics with Free Printable Scrapbook Papers: These free printable scrapbook papers are available to download for personal use. Use one scrapbook paper for that perfect page background, or download a bunch and crop them into your page layouts! These files are also excellent for digital scrapbooking, small gift wrap, handmade [...]
• Easy Decorative Flip Notebook: How To: Today’s feature is from Simply Vintagegirl with notebook . . . easy to make . . . easy to use: With a combination of several different items that are easy to come by, you can come up with a wonderfully attractive little notebook to flip through. Customize this notebook any way you like, create the sections you [...]
• How To Make Personalized Mailing Labels: Tutorial: Now here’s a treat! It’s soon time to get things organized for holiday card mailing and here’s a super easy way to design your own personalized mailing labels online (for free!). A few highlights: You can make address labels for everyone on your mailing list as well as make your own personalized return address labels. Once you’ve designed [...]
• Paper Flower CD Case: How To: Today’s feature is from Curbly with Nick and Norah Paper Flower CD Case, I just had to bump this in as today’s feature (these are so sweet!): In honour of Nick and Norah’s Infinite Playlist, (which b.t.w is awesome and adorable) here’s an uber-cute and COMPLETELY simple way to wrap mix-tapes (sigh… remember tapes?) for your [...]
• Paper Crafts Saturday: Freebie Printables (List 1): To Do Lists (pdf)–Nice! Library Card Pocket Template, Printable Standard Library Cards, Printable Mini Note Cards The Ultimatest Grocery List Recipe Cards Project Queue Info Cards Kokeshi Printables: Labels, To Do List, Tags Free Printable To Do Lists The Ultimate Kitchen Conversion Chart Printable Planners & Checklists *Martha Stewart Seed Packet Template More Printables: Canning Jar Labels: Free Printables 21 Free Kitchen, Household & Crafty Printables Free Printable [...]
• How To Make A Gift Box From A Cereal Box: Today’s feature is from Instructables with Gift Box from a Cereal Box. Using just scissors, hot glue and an old cereal box, you can whip up a most-excellent gift box. There are 11 simple steps outlined in this picture tutorial that involve some simple cutting, folding and a bit of glue. Please visit the site above for [...]
• Free Printables: Over 35 Packaging Templates: Today’s feature is from Mirkwood Designs with dozens of free printable templates as well as Osaka International School with Packaging Templates (many are from the first link). You’ll find printable templates for lots of things including: small favour box bon bon candy box cake slice box teapot gift bag Victorian sewing box stationary box heart basket door hanger gift box And lots more! Visit [...]