So I thought that I would do a few posts about crafting on a budget as we all know how tight money is at the moment. So I had a look through my stash and saw I had brought a couple of paper packs from temu and some decorative paper stacks and thought about what I could make with my goodies  And a journal was born now my intention is to make this one and share some pictures and videos but to actually make one after ward with a different paper stack on video showing step by step how I've made it  So what do you this is this something you would like to see? Or should I just make one and share with you the after pictures?  Here's a little preview of the one I'm working on now Love Kayla xXx

Hi and welcome back to my blog I am back with a video for the construction of a tag booklet I have made this in a shabby chic theme but you can make it in any style you wish I made this using some scraps I had left over from another project, so ideal for using up all those bits of decorative paper we have hanging around. I added a little twist and included a magnetic closure  For the base you will need a piece of card  measuring 5 x 7 inches you need to score the long side at 1/2, 3/4, 3 3/4,& 4 inches  and the short side on the edge with the 2 score lines at 2 1/2 inches to the 2nd line then draw a line from the end of the little scoreline to the top of the next scoreline then trim along the little score line and the drawn line as shown below  fold and burnish all score lines  I then added some strong craft magnets to the small flap using glue dots and covered with a strip of decorative paper cut to 1/2 by 2 3/4 inches which I trimmed down to size...

 So to start us off I have created this beautiful vintage tag   and I wanted to share with you my process. so I began with a piece of Kraft card cut to 5 x3 inches and I cut the corners off of one end like below I then punched a hole in the top before applying a thin coat of Multi Medium in matte with a brush to seal the paper before the next step  I waited for the gel to dry then covered the surface with distress oxide in Gathered Twig using a blending tool I then spritzed the surface with water to create the following effect I then got out my distress ink in Vintage Photo and a blending tool and blended the in around the edges only I then stamped the tag with a postage stamp image and the distress ink followed by a ledger stamp in black memento ink over the entire surface, its that layering of these stamped images that gives the tag surface depth and interesting  I then decided to add another layer of texture by adding some structure paste through a stencil on...

 hi I thought I would pop a post on that was about me ......who I am , what I do and my passions!  But first of all thank you for dropping by and checking out my Blog you really don't know how much I value the fact that you have taken the time to check out what I do !!  So firstly I am a mum to my beautiful children Caroline, Courtney & Joe and Grandmother to        6 amazing grandchildren I am also wife to Richard and fur mum to my 3 beautiful crazy pugs! I love to craft I can do most crafts but feel my talent lies in papercrafts ! I love to dabble in mixed media an often use mixed media in my loaded envelopes you can check out my loaded envelopes galore page here I have a TikTok account that can be found here  and an instagram account with can be found here I would be eternally grateful if you could give me a quick follow on any or all of them  so what can you expect from me? .......... well I plan on making weekly videos to share of me...

 Sorry it's been a while since I posted but I've had some health issues that needed my attention and that has taken me a while to get my head around but I will be adding new content here and on my instagram and TikTok accounts !  Let me know what you would like to see more of I will be doing videos showing techniques from the basics to the advanced as well as pictures of work I have done  I am looking forward to creating new content for you and hope to hear from you all soon  Love  Kayla  xXx