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Another YouTube Challenge – Flipbooks

It’s been since September that I last entered a YouTube crafting challenge. With the holidays and my vintage and craft shows I was just too busy to enter any others. Well now that the dust has settled, I’m ready to enter some more challenges. This one comes from craftyirina on YouTube and it requires participants to make a three page flip book. I had never even heard of a flipbook until Irina explained them. The complete video about her challenge, the prizes and how to make flip books can be found here:

I decided to dig into my hoard vault and use the Prima Marketing “Princess” papers and embellishments I had won from another challenge.

Whole kit of Prima Marketing's "Princess" papers and embellishments

Whole kit of Prima Marketing’s “Princess” papers and embellishments

I love these papers so much but this is where my dilemma began.

Three double sided pieces of 6" x 6" papers

Three double-sided pieces of 6″ x 6″ papers

Flip books work well if the three pages are joined using washi tape because it is flexible enough for the pages to fold up. Unfortunately, none of my washi tapes came close the matching the papers. So I had to make my own with masking tape and a script stamp.

Pieces of masking tape on wax paper ready for stamping.

Pieces of masking tape on wax paper ready for stamping.

Stamped masking tape ready for using

Stamped masking tape ready for using

I’m not going to bore you with step by step photographs of the making of this flipbook, but here are pictures of the finished project.

Front cover of flipbook. I actually tied stained seam binding around the book to keep it closed but forgot to take a picture

Front cover of flipbook. I actually tied stained seam binding around the book to keep it closed but forgot to take a picture

The first page on the inside has a pocket with tags inside

The first page on the inside has a pocket with tags inside

This is the second page you see when opening the book

This is the second page you see when opening the book

The second page has the information tag Irina required which flips open to the left

This page has the information tag Irina required which flips open to the left

This is the last page that has a little bag filled with tags and various types of paper clips

This is the last page that has a little bag filled with tags and various types of paper clips

At some point Irina will probably do a video showing my flip book. I will write a quick post and include the URL to the video when she does. In the meantime, go to craftyirina’s YouTube challenge video and see if this is something you are interested in entering.

I have never made a flipbook before, but this was such a fun project I will definitely be making more. This week I will mail my book to Irina. Wish me luck!

 

Secret Happy Mail And A Little Project

This post is going to cover two recent events in my life. The first is the receipt of some Happy Mail! Who doesn’t love to receive goodies in the mail? My Happy Mail carries a little mystery with it though. The envelope it came in has a name and a return address, however, I’m not sure who it is. It could well be someone I spoke to at a show and I’m just having a senior moment. It could be someone who follows this blog. Or it could be someone who knows me through my Etsy store. Anyway, it’s kind of fun trying to figure it out. But while I’m figuring, let me show you what this sweet “mystery” Happy Mailer sent to me.

Happy mail received from a sweet mystery gift giver!

Happy mail received from a sweet mystery gift giver!

I got lots of sheets of deli paper which I have never had before. I can’t wait to “play” with these. I also received two fun shipping tags for altering. I’ve never seen a red tag before! How fun. I want to thank Marnold  for sending me these wonderful goodies. You really made my day!!!

Now onto the other event in my life. I entered another challenge on YouTube. This one is sponsored by a very talented lady named Shemi Dixon. Her challenge is in honor of her birthday and she requested that the entries be handmade postcards. If you remember my post titled “A Little Piece Of Myself” I made brightly colored Scripture cards. I loved the process of making these so much I made some more of the large sheets and decided to cut one into postcard size for Shemi’s challenge. Here is the postcard I sent her.

Front of postcard for Shemi's challenge.

Front of postcard for Shemi’s challenge.

And I stamped the back with an appropriate stamp.

Back of postcard.

Back of postcard.

If you would like to see the video where Shemi opens my package check out her channel Shemi Dixon on YouTube. She uploaded the video on September 17th and it’s titled, “Happy Mail and More Amazing Postcards From Maggie, Angela, Helen, Michele”. She is such a gracious host!

I had a lot more of this sheet left so I decided to try making greeting cards with some colorful blanks I had on hand. 

Greeting cards made with my flower artwork paper.

Greeting cards made with my flower artwork paper.

I think they turned out really well. I know I will be making more of these! 

It’s nice to get some Happy Mail and be able to paint and doodle in the middle of my big show season. It keeps me from getting too serious! Thank you Marnold and Shemi for giving me permission to play!!!

I Won!!!

I am one of those unfortunate people who rarely ever wins anything. But my luck seems to be changing. I recently won a $25.00 Etsy gift card from a site that promotes Etsy sellers. The other prize I just won came from the Boston Home card challenge held by Beth Schrottman from the YouTube channel Bethsscrapbookroom.

If you look back through several posts of mine you will see one called, “Crafting With A Cause – Part 3”. This post explains the challenge and shows the cards made for it. Please note that I did not win based on my cards, it was a raffle type drawing for the prizes. Every person who entered the challenge had a chance at winning. 

Beth is very generous and had several winners but I won FIRST PRIZE! She gave me a choice of two prizes and here is what I chose. It is a kit full of paper and embellishments from Prima’s Princess collection.

Here is what Beth generously sent me:

This paper is so beautiful I’m sure I will hoard use it well. I’m so thankful to Beth not only for the wonderful prizes she gives, but that she sponsors challenges every month to make a difference in other people’s lives.

I hope you consider looking on YouTube and finding a challenge “to craft with a cause”. It could be a real win-win situation!