My December Erin Condren Planner Decor

I am having a ball of a time decorating my Erin Condren planner because it makes my planner more colorful, fun and interesting. Erin Condren planners are already colorful and fun as they are but with my own personal touch, I feel it is more befitting of my personality.

December month is the most fun month to decorate because I was able to use my old patterned papers from My Mind's Eye. I like how the cute, whimsical Christmas characters from My Mind's Eye made my December pages extra cute!

The whole month of December is adorned with snowman, kids in winter clothing, polar bear, snowflakes, stars, Christmas tree and some stickers from my other patterned paper stash. I am very happy that I kept my patterned papers because they are very useful with the design process of my Erin Condren. As you can see, there are also plenty of washi tapes all over the pages because I got hooked on the latter quite late. I wonder why I never discovered the many wonderful uses of washi tapes. However, I am glad that I managed to snag some great designs at very good prices in Etsy.

So, here are my Erin Condren December decors. If you also want to have one of these life planners or any products from Erin Condren, please feel free to sign up here and you will get your $10 upon your first purchase:  https://www.erincondren.com/referral/invite/clarindacervantes0315

First week

Second week

Third week

And my favorite page - the week leading to Christmas!!!

Running Out Of Craft Supplies

Update: I no longer make handmade cards and my Facebook page is already unpublished. Thanks to those who believed in my ability to create beautiful and special cards. :) 25 July 2014

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When you are a crafter and your juice is just flowing ever smoothly, the last thing you want to happen is to run out of stocks. Yes, it happened to me just when my momentum is soaring. I found out that I only have few patterned papers left, no available embossing powder with Christmas themed colors, few metres of adhesive tape left and very limited supply of paper flowers that I need for my shabby chic and Victorian themed cards.

I have made my list so I can visit the scrapbook supplies this weekend and I am pulling the weekend already to come fast. I am yearning to create my Christmas projects and finish them soon so I can post them in my Facebook page. I am still waiting for that breakthrough that someone will actually place the first order and the rest will be glorious history for my cardmaking biz.

Anyway, do visit my Facebook page and check out my handmade cards. Please feel free to purchase anything you fancy. :)

Also note that I have created an album for my Christmas cards and other stuff. So come back again soon!

Art Stash For July 2013

My day today is very tiring but fruitful. I was everywhere from 3:30 p.m. yesterday up to 3:00 a.m. today! I barely had a decent sleep but all sense of weariness was gone as soon as I stepped inside the craft store where I bought my supplies for July.

I went loca but still stuck to my budget. I bought plenty of paper flowers, ribbons, some bling-bling and a roll of organza and some envelopes for the handmade cards. Next stop, I'll buy a colored printer and some patterned papers to work on. I'm also eyeing to get some of those Copic markers so I can start incorporating rubber stamps on my projects. Oh, I can't wait to get my hands on those stash!

My Memories Party Bag Project And Free Templates

Another great free and easy to do paper craft is being offered to you courtesy of MyMemories.com! This party bag project is great for birthday parties and other events where you can put small goodies as souvenir or favors. You can also use these bags for gift giving and there are many ways to use these bags too.

You can get the free template here. If you don't have the digital software from MyMemories.com, you may purchase it here and use my discount code STMMMS30652  for a 10% off your purchase.

Click this link to buy the software and use my discount stated above: digital MyMemories Suite software

Free party bags template:

Template 1

Template 2

Party Bags Tutorial
1. Print your Purse Card templates on cardstock and gather supplies. 

Be sure to set your margins as close to 0 as possible.
(Recommended supplies: small craft scissors, bone folder, glue runner)



2. Using the scissors cut along inside of handles.



3. Fold bag at fold lines.
There should be a total of 6 folds.
TIP: Using a bone folder will help you get crisp edges on your project.


4. Using scissors, cut along outside edge.



5. Lay the bag flat, printed side down.
Fold up the tabs at the bottom of the bag, so that you can see the printing.
Apply Glue to the tabs on the printed side



6. Bring the side of the bag up and adhere the tab to the bottom of the bag.



7. Repeat on other side.



8. Lay the bag down, and apply glue to the last tab.



9. Attach the remaining side.
TIP: Insert your hand into the bag to ensure that all the tabs are securely attached.



10. Enjoy your Bag! You can fill it with all kinds of goodies or treats.
TIP: You can take the front and back and press them together to make side seams.




Share this info to you friends as well and enjoy making this very easy-to-do party bags!

Art Attack - Choco Loco Birthday Card

I opened another site focusing on my handmade cards, unfortunately, I have no time to maintain two accounts. So, I will be featuring my creations here every now and then.

This is my Choco Loco Birthday Card. It's a big birthday card for the chocolate lovers. I made this for my big boss since he is a chocolate fanatic.

I used patterned papers from free digi-scrap sites and printed them. I also used aluminum foil to simulate the foil wrapper. I wrote the "Choco Loco" wordings in front of the card.
The size is 5 1/2 inches (height) x 3 inches (width when tri-fold).

The inside of the card is blank so my other colleagues can write on it too. I used 3 varying colors of plain colored paper to highlight the tri-fold.


Lastly, I used a "bite-mark" effect on the edge to make it look more realistic and yummilicious!