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bursts of creativity april 2011 pages home about me tutorials featured contact etsy bursts of creativity skip to main skip to sidebar friday april 29 2011 what s new in the shop and giveaway results i spent yesterday adding all sorts of vintage goodies to my etsy shop including 25 black and white photos from the 1940s 50s 8 50 over 100 piece ephemera pack 19 50 and if you are sad you didn t win the giveaway see results below you could always check out the the journals i have for sale in my etsy shop or check out the wide variety of journals in karen s creations etsy shop giveaway winner and now what everyone is waiting for the giveaway winner drum roll 14 ashley who said blogged http ashleycreations a blogspot com 2011 04 memories journal html and just in case you were wondering what she will use it for because it was so much fun finding out what all of you would use the journal for she also said i would use this journal for my college adventures ashley send me an email with your address to claim your prize i need to hear from you by monday may 2nd posted by melissa at 9 02 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels etsy giveaway thursday april 28 2011 thrifty thursdays file folder art journal i was thinking about what to do with the leftover file folders from last week s thrifty thursday file folder mini and i thought about making a simple art journal file folders are great for this because they are thick and would be great for painting and inking i created this art journal by cutting 2 folders into four pieces that are 5 5 x 11 with the crease on the middle then i punched two holes and tied it together with string and there you have it perfect size for bringing with you so when inspiration strikes you will able to take it out and create and don t forget today is the last day to enter karen s creations giveaway posted by melissa at 8 00 am no comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels art journal thrifty thursday tuesday april 26 2011 file folder mini tutorial supplies needed 3 file folders need to have scored lines at the bottom mine are from the dollar store paper trimmer paper and embellishments to decorate tutorial click on the pictures to enlarge and better see the steps step 1 take out a file folder you need one with scored lines near the fold step 2 open the folder fold the bottom up roughly 4 step 3 fold your folder on the outside scored creased to create a spine if your folder doesn t have scored lines create a spine roughly 1 step 4 put your folder into the trimmer and trim at 6 from the outside creases on both sides this leaves you with a book that is roughly 7 3 4 tall by 6 wide step 5 now you are left with the base of your book adhere the sides of the folded piece and along the spine to create pockets punch holes in the spine mine are roughly 1 in from the top and bottom step 6 take your other two folders and cut two pieces that are 7 x 11 with the center on the fold step 7 layer the two 7x11 pieces and punch holes that match the holes in your book s spine step 8 thread a piece of ribbon through the pages and the spine to hold them in place tie on the outside of the book and if you haven t already make sure you enter this week s giveaway here this post is linked here posted by melissa at 1 20 pm 20 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels mini books thrifty thursday tutorials monday april 25 2011 karen s creations memories journal giveaway closed ever since our trip to asheville my mom and i have started the tradition of creating travel journals on all of our adventures i was home this weekend looking through her latest journal when the idea hit me why not share one of her handmade journals with you through a giveaway from her etsy shop i am so excited about this giveaway these journals are so cute and have tons of pockets tags and spaces for documenting your travels or would work well as a daily journal or a themed scrapbook as well giveaway win a 4x6 vintage inspired memories journal a value of 30 pictured above and i ll throw in some goodies from my shop as well required entry check out karen s creations etsy shop and come back and leave me a comment telling me what you would use this journal for 1 entry additional entries become a fan of karen s facebook page karen s creations 1 entry follow bursts of creativity blog current or new 1 entry 1 entry for each of the following you to do to spread the word about this giveaway tweet blog or facebook status feel free to copy and paste a link leave a separate comment for each entry and your email address in one of the comments unless it is linked to your account open to usa residents only giveaway ends at 11 59 pm est thursday april 28 2011 winner will be announced on friday giveaway is now closed posted by melissa at 11 13 am 59 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest friday april 22 2011 my big news and what s new in the shop so yesterday i was browsing the craft magazine aisle at my local barnes noble when i saw the latest issue of scrapbook trends create mini albums i then embarrassed my husband by snatching it up flipping through it wildy and upon seeing my mini album jumping up and down in the aisle i knew i was getting published but a thought it was in august i apparently got my a months mixed up b was still in denial and thought they would find a reason not to publish it and c it was my first time getting published so i was excited so what so that s my big news and if you happen to have the magazine or are in a book store check out page 38 and while you are checking things out check out what s new in my etsy shop school days ephemera pack 6 00 postcards from the early 1900s 8 00 i have also been creating a lot of custom ephemera kits lately custom italy custom school custom patriotic kit so if there is a themed you would like to see email me and i may be able to put something together for you i added about 20 new items this week so be sure to visit have a great weekend and happy easter posted by melissa at 6 30 am 11 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels etsy news published thursday april 21 2011 thrifty thursdays file folder mini it s thrifty thursday again i made this week s project out of some file folders that i got from the dollar store but are available at office supply stores or walmart i plan on doing a tutorial for it next week so be sure to check back for that i would have taken pictures as i made it but i spent the first 30 minutes folding and cutting folders until i found a way to make a book thrifty thursday news i have decided that the last thursday of the month will be be reader submitted projects so if you are thrifty and have a project you have made send me an email at burstsofcreativity at yahoo com with a link to a blog post with your project it doesn t have to be on a thursday please only submit projects that have been completed in the last month by submitting your project you are giving me permission to use your photos i will use one photo and link back to your blog more traffic for you please send me the links by tuesday april 26th depending on how many submissions i get i may not be able to feature everyone i am looking forward to seeing what kinds of thrifty projects you have been creating posted by melissa at 8 00 am 4 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels dollar store thrifty thursday wednesday april 20 2011 spring tags i played around with some of that new crate paper i just got and a few vintage photos and came up with these tags posted by melissa at 8 00 am 10 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels spring tags tuesday april 19 2011 custom journal if you follow me on facebook you know that yesterday i got a huge box of new stuff to play with from two peas in a bucket i haven t had a chance to make anything yet so i thought i would share a custom journal i made for a customer a couple of weeks ago she wanted a journal that had lots of yellow polka dots cherries and vintage i think it turned out great custom journals start at 35 for 25 pages to order a custom journal send me an email at burstsofcreativity at yahoo com all journals ship free through the month of april posted by melissa at 10 30 am 5 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels etsy monday april 18 2011 sometimes you just need to get away feeling a little burned out i went to spend a couple of days with my sister and nephew last week i know every aunt in the world thinks their nephew is the cutest smartest whatever est but little jarmon actually is haha i love this photo it looks like he s trying to catch the bubbles well he wasn t he just wanted to put the wand in the container he didn t even care about the bubbles posted by melissa at 10 22 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels family friday april 15 2011 what s new in the shop lots of new ephemera packs in the shop these are great for adding to scrapbook pages in altered art projects or for making journals like the one i made here homemaker ephemera kit 10 60 piece ephemera kit 6 child s play ephemera pack 8 50 tiny ephemera pack child s play 3 75 posted by melissa at 3 40 am 1 comment email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels etsy thursday april 14 2011 thrifty thursdays altered journal happy thrifty thursday if you follow me on facebook you know that a couple of days ago i made a trip to michaels and found the most fantastic vintage circus items in the their dollar bins for this week s project i bought one of the journals and a pack of cards envelopes i started by pulling out some of the paper throughout the book in sections i then adhered envelopes and photo mats made out of a paper bag i embellished the front with the image from one of the cards matted on crumpled brown paper bag added eyelets and ribbon and done a easy way to turn a dollar bin journal into a fun altered journal that you can add photos and other fun bits from your life this post is linked here posted by melissa at 5 45 am 8 comments email this blogthis share to x share to facebook share to pinterest labels thrifty thursday newer posts older posts home about me melissa view my complete profile search this blog popular posts what i m working on at just about 6 weeks i m starting to find a little bit of free time who would have thought it you put the baby down in th travel journal tips and tricks one of my favorite projects to work on are travel journals sometimes i contemplate taking a weekend trip just so i can put one of these 500th follower giveaway closed i was so excited to reach my 500th follower last week i m still amazed that people actually come back and read what i have to say we maine travel journal the video my finished travel journal is huge i love it so much more than any other book i have every made so i thought i would show it all to yo etsy 500th sale giveaway i have been itching to do a giveaway and have been looking for an excuse to do one i thought i would wait until i reached 1000 followers october afternoon mini tutorial yesterday i was in target looking for stuff i can turn into a craft when i saw this child s cardboard book in the dollar spot i though week of dollar store crafts matchboxes it s day 2 of my week of dollar store projects and today i am making over matchboxes these cute little boxes would be great for storin spring cleaning and a giveaway closed picture is from a year ago but basically it looks like this at all times so i have dedicated this week to spring cleaning my studio i file folder mini tutorial supplies needed 3 file folders need to have scored lines at the bottom mine are from the dollar store paper trimmer 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