We place ours directly behind the recipe it’s referencing in our recipe binder!

Happy Cooking!

Erin

Want to make one (or a few)? Download the illustrated directions here! All it takes is a 1/2 yard of ultra firm double sided interfacing and two fat quarters!

Happy Sewing,

Erin

Picture from CityCraft.  (Where I teach!  They’ve got a great selection of modern fabrics, and they are available to purchase online.)

Merry Christmas Everyone!

Erin

What?  You don’t see it on my table?  This is what my table looked like while trying to figure out the pattern for that little box!  (I’m not a clean crafter, that’s for sure!)

Then I took a nap-and my brain kept working on it.  I love how your brain is always working on solutions to problems, even if you’re not consciously working on it!  I woke up with the perfect solution and sketched it out right away:

Want to make one?  I’ve got the template for you!  Just download the pdf, cut, and trace onto your best black spider paper, attach ribbon legs underneath and you’re done!

To hold it shut black velcro works perfect!  It’s a great size for a small message and a piece of candy!  Doesn’t it look cute perched atop this jam jar watching over the treats?  I wrapped the jar in white organza to give it a little spider web feel to it.

Ready for the next project?  Need some easy to make drippy and spooky votives for your Halloween get together?

All you’ll need are some glass votives and red acrylic paint.  (I used the Christmas Red Folk Art paint from Plaid.)

Wash your votives so they are free of fingerprints, oils, and dust.

Hold the votive at an angle and put a bead of acrylic paint around the inner top edge of the votive.

To get it to get a good drip shape just tap the bottom of your votive on the counter top.  The drips will appear on their own.

Just let them dry and drop in your LED tea lights!  Easy peasy!

Happy Crafting!

Erin

For each passport cover you’ll need to cut the following:

2- 12 1/2″ x 6″ pieces of fabric (I used micro-suede.  It’s easily cleanable and not too bulky!  A cotton would work well too.)

1-12 1/2″ x 6″ piece of lightweight interfacing (non-fusible)

Sew-In Colorfast InkJet Fabric Sheets for your printer (You can find these in the sewing section of any craft/hobby store.)

Coordinating thread

Your choice of which download you’ll be using for the front and back!

I’ve got the artwork download available in 2 different patterns with a total of 4 different colorways.  Hopefully there’s something for everyone!  One design has artwork with “Hello” in different languages on the front and an airplane design on the back.  The other design has an airplane pattern on the front with the text “Are we there yet?” and the text “How about now?” on the back.  (Click on the image below to download the PDF.)

First you’ll want to do a test print on a normal piece of computer paper.

This is just to make sure you’ve got everything right before you print something wrong on the fabric sheets.  I loved how these printed so nicely!  You can hardly notice a difference between the fabric and paper printout!

After they print, you’ll need to follow the instructions on the package to heat set the image.  It was a really simple process that took no longer than 5 minutes.  It involved heat setting the image, rinsing the image, patting dry the image, and re-ironing to dry and heat set the image.  Below you can see one dry fabric sheet (on the left) and one wet fabric sheet (on the right).

It warns you to pat dry, and not to rub so I thought I’d give it a rub just to see what happens.  Turns out it’s very easy to rub and blur the image when it’s being rinsed the first time.  See where I rubbed the word Schlosser?  It definitely got blurry quickly!  (It’s permanent and won’t blur after the final dry and heat set,  don’t worry!)

You’ll trim the front and back along the crop lines on the printout.  Layout the front and back printout pieces according to the measurements below on your front main fabric piece:

(To find the middle, just fold the larger piece in half and crease with your finger.)

Stitch 1/8″ around the edge of the pieces.

Layer the two fabric pieces right sides together with the interfacing on top.  Stitch 1/4″ around the pieces, leaving a 2-3″ opening along the short side.  Clip the corners and turn right side out.  Iron the opening and top stitch along both short sides.  (Sorry, I forgot to take a picture of this step!)  Fold ends in 2 1/2″, pin, and top stitch 1/8″ along the long sides to sew the pockets down.

Add your passport and you’re ready for some stylish travel!!

{Front}

{Back}

The colorways I made go with lots of different fabric colors so you can mix and match to your hearts content!  (They’ll also make great card fronts.)

Enjoy!

Erin

P.S. If you make one I’d love to see it!  Don’t forget to upload it to the Schlosser Designs Group on Flickr!

Download the PDF here.  It includes the Strawberry boxes in a light and dark pink, 2 different cards, and the blank template if you want to use your own patterned paper to make the boxes!  (Have a Cricut and the SCAL software?  You can download the box template here and the leaf template here to let the Cricut cut it out for you!)

Instructions:

Print the entire PDF out onto white cardstock.  There are 2 cards on the page, cut in half so you’ve got two pieces that are 8 1/2″ x 5 1/2″.

Score at 4 1/4″, and fold.  Your cards are done!

To fold the box see the video below.  (It was going to be a little tricky to show you in pictures so I made a quick video instead!)

See, it is pretty easy!

If you are using your Cricut and SCAL, or the blank template to use your own patterned paper, just cut the base out of a strawberry colored paper, and the leaves out of a leaf colored paper.

Layer and glue the leaves onto the base.

Fold according to the instructions in the video above.

Let me know if you enjoyed this and Happy Crafting!

Erin

P.S.  Have you registered for CraftyCon yet?  It’s going to be awesome!  There’s even a special code right now for an additional $50 off of registration!

Be sure to check out the speakers too!  There’s lots of great crafty business minded people and we’re adding more almost daily!  Hope to see you there!

Download the Sherbet one here and Download the Jewel one here.

But wait!  Before you print them out try this:

It’s called a Color Check!  Print this out first on your printer, then you can see how the colors will come out on your own printer, before you print the full sheet of cards!  I know that it can be annoying to download and print something, only to have it come out different colors than you wanted it to because of differences in printers and computer monitors.  Now you won’t waste paper or ink!  Download the Color Check here.

Don’t want to use them for a card?  Try cutting out just the front of the card and putting it on a gift, or printing at a smaller scale for use as a tag or label for Valentine’s Day Dinner!

What you’ll need:
A few sheets of patterned paper (Trimmed to 7 3/4″ x 3 1/2″)
Orange Cardstock (Trimmed to 2 3/4″ x 1 3/4″)
Light Ivory Cardstock (You’ll print on this so make sure it’s trimmed down to 8 1/2″ x 11″ to fit into your printer!)
Coordinating Ribbon

Score along the lines of your patterned paper as shown below:

Fold along the lines and adhere the flap to make your triangle shaped place cards.

Type into the free PDF (available here) what you’d like the place cards to say.  You could also use these for labels for all the different Thanksgiving dishes!  (If the font isn’t one you have on your computer-Download the free font here, follow the directions on adding it to your font library, and reopen the PDF.  You’ll be able to use the same font as I did in the example!)  Print and trim the pieces on the dotted lines and mount on your pieces of orange cardstock.  Tie a simple ribbon bow to the left side and mount on one side of your place card with foam tape.  You’re done!

To make the napkin rings, just cut a few strips of paper and hold them while setting the eyelets!  (I used my Crop-A-Dile to make it easier!)

Now you’re well on your way to a beautiful Thanksgiving!

P.S. Here’s a funny little conversation my husband and I had.  I was leaving to go to teach a card class and my husband was helping me get everything loaded in the car and was making sure I had everything I needed.  (Isn’t he sweet!)  The conversation went something like this:

Christian:  Do you have your adhesive?

Me: Yep!

Christian: What about all your stamps?

Me: Yep!

Christian: What about all your paper?

Me: Yep!

Christian: What about all your animals?  Do you need those for this class?

Me: Huh? Animals?

Christian:  You know, your Cricut (cricket), Crop-A-Dile (crocodile), Cuttlebug (bug)…

I just started laughing…   :)

Have a great weekend Everyone!

This package and a card are available for download over at Christy’s site!

Click on the link to download the notecard pdf.  Cut on the layout lines and fold in half and you’ve got 3 little notecards for almost any occasion!