What can you do with Happie Scrappie Planner Kit Goodies

¡Hola! Aquí María de nuevo, con un poco de inspiración (¡espero!).

Este mes de Julio ha sido Maravilloso para mi, ¡¡¡soy amante de los zorros y otros animales!!! Así que he podido hacer un montón de cosas que espero os gusten tanto como a mi.

Hello! Here Maria again, with a little inspiration (I hope!).

This July has been wonderful for me, I'm loving foxes and other animals !!! So I could do a lot of things I hope you like them as much as I do.

Durante el mes de Agosto tengo vacaciones, así que en lugar de planificar mi día a día como hago normalmente, he podido “jugar” con las cosas que tengo y las que quiero hacer, pero sin horarios! Así lo he plasmado en mi agenda A5. Me lo he pasado muy bien dibujando, estampando y poniendo pegatinas de todos los kits anteriores y de este mes, ¡claro! ¿Os habíais fijado lo bien que combinan entre sí, todas las pegatinas aunque sean de meses diferentes? ¡Me encantan! (Sam, quiero más! ;) )

During the month of August I have vacation from work, so instead of planning my day as I normally do, I "played" with the things that I have and I wanted to do, but no schedule at all! So I started with some doodling, stamping and pasting the stickers on my A5 planner with previous months' leftover goodies and this month's goodies from the planner kits. Do you see how well they combined together, with all the stickers are from different months? I love this! (Sam, I want more;))

Además, para las tareas que sí tengo que hacer a diario, o recordatorios, he usado mi agenda “personal Size” (A6) aunque me gusta el resultado, no ha sido tan divertido como la anterior…

In addition, for tasks that I have to do on a daily basis, or reminders, I used my "Personal Size" (A6) planner, I like the result, but the A5 was definitely cuter...

Con mi “insert “para fauxdori he estado jugando con sellos, pinturas de colores, washis…. Un poco de todo, ¡Y con mis sellos hechos a mano claro! Aún me sigue sorprendiendo la buenísima calidad del papel de los insert (fauxdori y demás) son los mejores, verdad?

With my fauxdori inserts, I've been decorating the inserts with stamps, colored paints, washis .... A bit of everything, and with my hand made stamps, of course! The quality of the inserts is really amazing. They are made of very good paper quality. Don't you think the quality is one of the best?

Con mis die cuts de zorro he hecho varias cosas, marca páginas y “washi sample” (Que nunca falte el washi) Para ello no he tenido más que pasar por la laminadora (plastificadora) y cortar a la medida que yo quería.

With my fox journaling cards, I've done several things such as bookmarks and "washi sample holder" (so that I will always have enough washi). I just need a laminator to laminate the fox journaling cards and cut to the size I needed.

Con dos de las cabezas de zorro quise ir más allá y hacerme mi propio clip, así que puse las cabezas enfrentadas y las pasé por la laminadora también. Luego recorté alrededor dejando un poquito de margen y doblé por la mitad. Puse unos imanes (muy finos) por dentro y voilà, ya estaba listo! De verdad que el resultado me encanta! No crees? (los imanes son de la marca “Basic Grey” seguro que en tu ciudad puedes encontrar algo parecido en tu tienda de manualidades) también hay rollos de washi que en realidad son un imán, o puedes reciclar un imán de publicidad, hay muchas posibilidades. Puedes ver un vídeo aquí :

https://instagram.com/p/5zRDTJNKkc/?taken-by=mariacgbc

With two pieces of Fox Journaling Cards, I wanted to go further and made my own magnetic clip, so I put the heads facing each other and I put them through the laminator. Next, I cut around leaving a bit of margin and folded the plastic in half. I put some magnet (very fine one) in between and voila, it was done! I really love the result! What do you think? 
(You can find the magnet or something similar in your craft store) there are also rolls of magnetic tape or you can recycle a advertisement on magnet, there are so many possibilities. You can watch the video here:

https://instagram.com/p/5zRDTJNKkc/?taken-by=mariacgbc

Con los dashboard de este mes, (¿cuál te gusta más? , ¿puedes elegir uno sólo? ¡¡Yo no!! Así que tuve que pedir dos unidades de cada…) he hecho de todo, sobres para guardar tickets y pegatinas, separadores para la agenda, y por supuesto, ¡mandar cartas a amigas! ¿Haces happy mail? ¡Deberías! Es genial abrir el buzón y encontrar un detalle de una amiga. <3

El sobre de zorro también lo he laminado, primero lo doblé para que fuese sobre y después lo plastifiqué. Con cuidado corté la zona donde lleva el “bolsillo” aún no he decidido si le haré agujeros para poner en la agenda…

Puedes ver otro vídeo aquí:

https://instagram.com/p/5v_C4sNKix/?taken-by=mariacgbc

With the dashboard of this month, (Which one do you like the most?, I love all of them, So I decided to order extra two pieces for every creature) I used the dashboard for multiple purposes such as made it into envelopes to keep tickets and stickers, dashboards for the planner, and of course, sent letters to friends! Do you send happy mail? You should! I love the feeling of opening the mail box and receiving happy mails from my friends. <3

I folded the fox dashboard into a letter and laminated it. Then I carefully cut the space in between the fox stomach and the mail so that I have the space to put stickers, tickets, etc. This is to serve as a pocket. Though, I have not decided whether I will make holes to put on the planner or not ...

You can watch the video here:

https://instagram.com/p/5v_C4sNKix/?taken-by=mariacgbc

También llevaba tiempo necesitando un muestrario de mis tintas, ¡tengo demasiadas! Así que corté cartulina y me hice mi propio muestrario. Decoré la portada con una de las cabezas de zorro también, ¡me parece perfecto! De un vistazo puedo ver los colores de las tintas y no volverme loca buscando la que quiero.

Since I have so many ink pads, I decided to do swatches of my ink pads. I cut the cardstocks and made them into a binding book (tiny one). Next step, I pasted one of the fox journal cards to serve as decoration purpose on the cover page of the ink sample book. This is perfect for people who have too many ink pads and having difficulty deciding which color to use.

También quiero aprender a usar mejor mis acuarelas y para ello, me hice mi propio cuaderno con papel de acuarela y un dashboard de búho de portada. Corté las hojas de acuarela con la misma forma, ¿no es genial? ¡Yo estoy encantada con el resultado!

I also wanted to learn how to use my watercolors (best) and for that, I made my own notebook with watercolor papers and owl dashboard to serve as a cover. I cut the sheets of watercolor papers matching the shape from the owl dashboard, isn't this cute? I am delighted with the result!

Y por último, también plastifiqué uno de los dashboard de búho y lo pegué en un marco de foto vacío, ahora lo utilizo de “pizarra” para apuntarme cosas que quiero hacer, ideas, frases inspiradoras… lo que quiera! Sólo tengo que limpiar con una toallita de bebé y puedo escribir de nuevo.

And finally, I laminated the owl dashboard and put it in a picture frame. I use this "owl board" to take note of things I want to do, to write ideas, to write inspiring quotes and other things. All I need to do to remove the writing, just to clean it with baby wipes and I can write on it again.

Con las tarjetas del mes pasado preparé un mini precioso de mi sobrina. No pongo más fotos porque esto va a ser eterno! Tenéis un video en mi instagram, aquí:  https://instagram.com/p/54Z5EatKqK/?taken-by=mariacgbc

También puedes verlo en el nuevo grupo de Facebook.

With last month's journal cards, I prepared a lovely mini album of my niece. I do not put more pictures because this is going to be eternal! You can watch the video on my instagram, here: https://instagram.com/p/54Z5EatKqK/?taken-by=mariacgbc

You can also watch this on Happie Scrappie Facebook group.

Y por hoy creo que ya es suficiente! Espero que hayas podido llegar hasta el final ya que este post ha sido realmente largo!

Muchísimas gracias por leerme y espero que alguna de estas ideas te haya ayudado para darle un uso diferente a tus productos favoritos de Sam! Si haces algo parecido, me encantaría que me etiquetases en tu foto de instagram para verlo. 

And now I think that's enough! I hope you will be able to go all the way because this post was really long!

Thank you so much for reading and I hope some of these ideas can inspire you to create something from your Happie Scrappie's favorite products! If you do something, I would love to see it on Instagram or Facebook, do tag me :).

XOXO.

Maria

Things I have used in this blog post.

Fox and Forest Critters Planner Inserts

Washi Tapes

Fox Die Cut Journal Cards

Foxy and Forest Critters Dashboards

Journaling Cards - Summer Theme

Dew Drop, Cloud Stickers

Planners | Page Marker To Hold Your Washi Samplers

 Hello everyone! I am sooooooo in love with Cocoa Daisy Day Planner February kit! There are so many little hearts sprinkle all over the the page inserts and embellishments. Before I show you how I make retractable washi samples page marker (with a short video tutorial), I would like to show you more pictures of the Daisy Day Planner kit. How can you not love them? It is full of hearts and pinks / reds - my favourite colours.

Close up of the page marker - using the cute envelope stamp and also cute heart-lock charm.

As usual, I love the quotes on the monthly page - and especially when it is in cute calligraphy <3

The Week-on-one-page for the february kit.

 And my favourite week-on-two-page which I can't get enough of. I am using this inserts to journal my daily and I can't wait to show you more of these.

And here's a simple video tutorial on how I make a page marker - to store my washi sampler. I hope you like it!

Thanks for dropping by today and have an awesome day ahead!

This video shows you how I combine my love for a planner page marker and washi tapes sampler. I dream up the concept of this page marker (literally dream of how to making this when my 20-month-old kick me in his sleep) - inspired by the old-school  retractable / folding ruler that my dad use when I was really young. 

All you need is washi tapes roll on a piece of transparency / acetate sheet, cropadile and a page marker to make this. Remember to roll the washi tapes sample on your acetate sheets first before fixing it onto the page marker.

Related blog post: 

What I used: 

Planners: Minty Blue Planner

Inserts: Cocoa Daisy Day Planner February Kit 

Washi Tapes: MT Slim 20

Happie Planner Kit: http://happiescrappie.bigcartel.com

Stamps: Cocoa Daisy

Inks: Versafine Onyx Black

Camera (for Video): iPhone 6

XoXo,

Sam

Tutorial⎪DIY Your Own BookMark for Your Planner

Hello all! Recently I am really obsessed with dolling up my own planners (yes, I have 3 planners and a Midori Traveler's Notebook now), so i decided to share a tutorial on how to make a cute seal bookmark or page marker  for your lovely planner!

I actually made this in 2 different versions, no sew version and the other sew with backstitch. Which one do you prefer?

 So this is a quick glance on how to do a no-sew version, remember to pin this on your Pinterest if you like it! And also, share your work with me on Instagram, has tag #happiescrappie @happiescrappie =)

And if you are just too lazy to make your own, I do make and sell them on my Big Cartel. Check them out!

And now I am going to walk you through on how to make these cuties, in a naggy  errr…I mean in details. So firstly, you would need to download this template and print & cut it out. (To save this template, right click the image and save as…) If you print it 100% on an A4 paper, it measures approximately 2 inch x 1.5 inch. You can definitely print it bigger to make a plushie too!

P.S. I am a total noob in using computer to draw shapes, so I traced this out from a Japanese pattern nook and scan it for ya. The uneven line would not affect your seal-making process ok?

And now, here are the supplies you would need for making your own seal, definitely applicable for making other felt clips too!

1. Felt (any colours + white) 

2. Paper clips

3. Printed Template

4. Scissors

5. Scotch Tape

6. Black embroidery thread and needle

6. Liquid adhesive (for the no-sew version)

7. Polyfil stuffing, thread and needle (for the sew version)

Okay, let's get started. Trace out the template - so you would have a seal and its muzzle.

And this is how I cut out the felt using my template: scotch tape the template on the felt and cut it out.You can also trace the outline on the felt using water erasable marker for fabric. 

Do the same for the white muzzle part.

You would need two pieces of felt for the body and one piece of white muzzle.

Glue the muzzle on the body.

Use pen to mark the eyes and the nose and sew them with a piece of black embroidery thread, using french knot. I used 3 strand of the embroidery floss here.
Do not know how to do a french knot? >> Check out the youtube tutorial here, I wrap twice for the eyes and thrice for the nose.

Once you ar edone, the front and back would look like this. And you are almost there!

Take another piece of body and glue the paper clip down. Apply glue generously then put the piece that you have sew eyes & nose and place on top.

And now you are done! I personally prefer the no-sew version because sewing is really not my forte ;)

And now, let's move on to the Sewing plushie version of bookmark. You would need to do the same for the eyes and the nose form the front piece.

Then you would need to take another piece of the body, sew and secure the paper clip as show below.

Then stack both pieces together, sandwich the paper clip. sew the border using blanket stitch.  Again, totally clueless about making blanket stitch? Check out the tutorial here.

Remember to add a bit of stuffing once you have sew half of the seal. Use tweezer to push the stuffing into the tail and the limbs. Lightly stuff it =)

Continue sewing and stuff your baby seal 2 cm before you reach you first stitch. You might need tweezer (or pen / scissors) to help pushing the polyfil in.

And now you have a cute little seal plushie as you page marker!

I didn't like how the sewing was shown behind the seal after we sew the paperclip, so I die cut small pieces of heart using felt and my eBosser and glue it on the stitching.

It looks so cute with a little heart on the back <3

I actually made a few of them in different colours.. Rainbow seals look so cute right? So which version is your favourite? Comment below and do remember to share your work with me!

Before I go, I just need to make a quick announcement:

For those who are in US, mar your calendar! Craftwell eBrush is coming to HSN on 14th of May! Check out this blog post on how you could use it on your project.

Thanks for looking!

XoXo