Crafting with Cereal Boxes

Crafting with Cereal Boxes is what we have for you today. Did you know you can repurpose cereal boxes? Did you know they are cuttable not only by your punches but by electronic cutting machines? They really are and I am going to show you how easy it is! You will be asking people for THEIR cereal boxes!

Supplies needed for the Crafting with Cereal Boxes Project

A Creative Journey with Melissa Sign Language Alphabet Stamp Set

Stamping Block

Adhesive

Ink

Cereal Box

Paper Clip

Foam Dots/Squares

Glue Dots

Here is the project we are going to create. It’s cute and is super quick BUT think about ALL OF THE AMAZING THINGS YOU CAN CREATE WITH CEREAL BOXES!!! And your PUNCHES WORK TOO!! YES! What great gifts you can make doing the Crafting with Cereal Boxes Project.

Here is close to the cereal box I started with.

I cut off the areas that would not be useful. Keeping the sides for me was a good idea for small punched or cut out items.

You can also use your ELECTRONIC DIE CUT MACHINE! Above, I used my Brother Scan and Cut 2. When using your electronic die cutting machine, be sure to change the settings so that the machine and the blade are for a much more rigid item.

Check with your machine’s manual or the manufacturers website for further information.

YOU CAN ALSO USE your punches on your cereal boxes! Perfect for your Crafting with Cereal Boxes Project! Now let’s start creating!

Take out your cereal box and punch. Punch your cereal box. Set box aside.

Take out your paper and punch out three pieces for your clip.

NOTE: If you are going to create this, I would suggest covering the inside back side of the clip so that the cereal box printing doesn’t show OR you can flip it over so it just shows the chipboard looking side. In my video example, I covered both sides of the back which is why I punched three of the tag out.

Take out your A Creative Journey with Melissa Sign Language Alphabet Stamp Set. Pick out the letters you wish to use for your clip.

Place your stamps on your block.

Ink your stamp.

Stamp your image or images on your tag for you Crafting with Cereal Boxes Project.

Place your foam dots on the back of your cereal/paper covered tag.

Put your glue dot on the bottom of your Crafting with Cereal Boxes Project tag.

Using your paperclip, place it on the glue dot.

Be sure you are placing it low enough so that your clip can be used and is not blocked by the adhesive.

Place the stamped tag on top of your tag with the clip on it.

YOU ARE DONE with the Crafting with Cereal Boxes Project! Now what are YOU going to do with the cereal boxes you save? Please let me know what you create! I can’t wait to hear about it!

Now, for the GIVEAWAY!

This week we are giving away the A Creative Journey with Melissa Sign Language Alphabet Stamp Set!

To qualify to win, you must be BOTH:

A public follower on YouTube, subscribe to our mailing list/blog posts and you may also comment on this blog post for an additional entry to win! Winners will be announced next week on our Mondays with Melissa blog post!

If you do not contact me within two weeks of the announcement of winning, you will forfeit your prize. Thank you for your understanding.

NOTE: Be sure you are subscribed to BOTH with MATCHING NAMES. If I am unable to match you with your subscription to both the email list and the YouTube Channel, you will miss your chance to win a prize. If I can’t decipher if you are a matching subscriber (if your profile doesn’t show publicly who you subscribe to) and I can’t confirm you have subscribed to both, I won’t be able to enter you in for the prize. **DO NOT COMMENT WITH YOUR ENTIRE EMAIL ADDY. Only give me the first 6 NOT INCLUDING YOUR HOST. Just enough for me to match your name will work perfectly.

Now, for the last weeks GIVEAWAY of the double embossing folder set from Tim Holtz!

The winner is Tonya!

Tonya, please send me your contact information via contact page on our website, which post you are a winner from and I will get your prize out to you! Thank you so much for being a YouTube follower and subscribing to our mailing list/blog posts!

We hope you enjoyed our Crafting with Cereal Boxes Project! Have a wonderful week and thank you for going on A Creative Journey with Melissa.

Craft personalized Sign Language planner, journal, midori clips, etc.

Craft personalized Sign Language planner, journal, midori clips, etc. is what we have for you today. There are so many ways and reasons you would make these clips that I can’t wait to see what you come up with. This is a CAS (clean and simple) design for you to use as inspiration or “clip-lift” (copy the idea) for your own creation.

Supplies Needed to Craft your own personalized Sign Language clips

Sign Language Alphabet Stamp Set

Stamp Block

Ink

Foam Rectangles/Squares for 3-D look

Scrap Patterned Paper

Scrap Colored Paper

Punches

Ink

Adhesive

Paper for Stamping on

Paper Clips

Take out your patterned and colored paper. Punch out your shapes.

Be sure one is larger than the other so that they will layer nicely.

Apply 3-D Foam adhesive to the bottom punched out layer.

Add the paper clip to the top of the foam adhesive allowing most of it to hang off of your creation enabling use for planners, bookmarks, midori’s, etc.

Add your second 3-D foam adhesive rectangle to the top of the paper clip.

Apply the smaller punched out shape to the top of the foam rectangle.

Take out your stamp block, Sign Language Alphabet Stamp Set, Ink and paper to stamp on. Peel off the Sign Language Alphabet letter of your choice.

Place your stamp on the block.

Ink your stamp.

To Craft personalized Sign Language planner, journal, midori clips, etc. you will now need to stamp your letter on your paper.

Here is a close-up of the stamped image.

Using your chosen punch, punch out the stamped letter.

Apply adhesive to the back of the stamped letter.

Apply the stamped image to the top of the punched out shape.

Here is your finished clip! You now know how to Craft personalized Sign Language planner, journal, midori clips, etc.!

Here are a few clips that I made showing you the different look whether you have a solid color by the alphabet letter or patterned as well as a smaller clip is used for the middle creation.

Thank you so much for joining us today. We hope we have inspired you to create your own clips and we would love to hear what you have created! Please be sure to share it with us. Thank you for going on A Creative Journey with Melissa.

Awesome Finds in Strange Places

Awesome Finds in Strange Places- Exactly what I love!! I don’t know about you but I can tell you there isn’t any place I have gone to that SOMETHING I see doesn’t inspire me to be creative. There is ALWAYS SOMETHING that can be used for a craft or some type of creation. Yes, even at a Home Improvement Center… ESPECIALLY!! LOL

Today I am going to show you some awesome finds I found at Target, Ikea and Lowe’s (or any Home Improvement Store.) I didn’t create anything but I did find some cool things that I thought YOU may be inspired to create with. What better way to share than show you, right? I will be show you a few of the things that inspired me on my shopping trip. I had some awesome finds in strange places!! Below I have some pics so you can see what the items were if you don’t care for seeing the video above. I hope you enjoy what you see and will try to look at stores a little differently now when you shop. I am not sure if you will want to thank me or not but it is always fun to think of things in a different way. I would also love it if you share with us what you make too! Let’s get started!

Here are items I found at the Target $1 spot usually found near the entrance of the store. It’s really worth it to go through the aisles every time you go because they are often adding new items and they can be seasonal so keep your eyes out!

Here are some close up shots of the awesome magnetic note pad

Large blank books

Chalk Board Labels

Small board books

Here are the items I found at Lowe’s which can be found at any home improvement store. There is cork contact paper as well as replacement screen material. I love to work with both and love the textures!! You can die cut these with your manual die cut machine however be sure you use a larger die and not a thin die. The wafer thin dies may not hold up and I would hate for you to ruin one.

As you can see here, I have created a flower with both of these items. If you would like to see the tutorial on YouTube, Click on the link HERE

Here are the items I found Ikea which can vary from one store to another.

Paper Clips PERFECT for planners, memo books, cards and just about EVERYTHING!

These speech bubble paper clips go perfectly with our Speech Bubbles Mini and Speech Bubbles Large stamp sets. This is why they caught my eye so quickly!

Washi Tape

Stickers

I would love to hear about your crafty finds and what you do with them. Thank you for spending your time with us and we hope you enjoyed going on A Creative Journey with Melissa.

Planner Clips, Hair Clips, Book Marks, OH MY!

Planner Clips, Hair Clips, Book Marks, OH MY! This is EXACTLY what I thought when I was creating these clips and I have since come up with more ideas as well! Would you like to learn how to create a clip that can be used for multiple purposes? In this video, I will show you how to easily make these clips that have a number of uses. You can make Planner Clips, Project Life Clips, Hair Clips, Pocket Letter Clips, Book Marks, Money Clips, OH MY! The possibilities are ENDLESS!

Whether you prefer to learn by the video above or the pictorial below, we have you covered so let’s get started!

Here are the items you will need to create this project:

Hair Clips

Grosgrain Ribbon ( 1/4″ thick which is what I used)

Beacon Fabri-Tac Glue

Sharp Scissors

Embellishments

You will want to use your ribbon to measure exactly how much you will need to cover the inside top, top and back area of the clip. This should be done each time you use a different sized or brand clip, as they can vary. It is the same exact way you would create your clip with adhesive.

Now, for the project! Take your measured ribbon and run a line of adhesive on one side of the ribbon (not the patterned side) leaving a small area on each end empty for overage.

To assemble, you will start with the inside top of the clip. You will have the pattern of your ribbon facing down (as you have just placed your glue facing up.)

Place the ribbon on the inside of the clip so that the glue is facing up and will adhere to the top part of the inside of the clip.

Wrap the ribbon around so that you cover the top of the clip.

Take the remaining part of the ribbon and wrap it around the back to hide the spring area.

Add adhesive sparingly as needed in areas where necessary.

Adjust your ribbon so that they line up and are centered.

Take your project one step further! Add embellishments like rhinestones, flowers, more ribbon and whatever you choose!

You are done!

We hope that you enjoyed our project today. We would love to hear what type of uses YOU come up with for this adorable project.

Thank you for joining us and for going on A Creative Journey with Melissa.

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