The Crafty Alley Design Team: A Needle Case for the Material Girl ... + TUESDAY TUTORIAL

Hi Everyone,

Katie here, and this week it's my turn to show you a tutorial using this month's kit. This is the last week of this month's kit, and don't forget that the only way to guarantee your place for next month's kit is to buy the April kit!!

Last week I featured the Early Bird paper range, so this week I decided to feature the other paper range included in the kit: Material Girl by Cosmo Cricket.

I have made an open up case to store all my sewing needles and pins etc...

Here is the front cover..

And here is the inside... there are spaces to store pins, safety pins, and my measuring tape...

So.. Let's get started!!

Firstly, I cut two thick pieces of cardboard to make the front and back covers. I recycled the back of an old watercolour paper pad, as it is VERY thick and durable. I then covered both sides of each page with the Material Girl papers.

I then sanded the edges to give a smooth finish. (Look at the cool sanding tool my Daddy made me last time I visited home :-) )

I then used Distress Inks to ink up the edges (I used Brushed Cordoroy - my favourite go-to ink)

Next up, I cut out a sentiment panel from the borders page, and again inked the edges...

I then highlighted some detail on the panel using Glossy Accents, and finished adding the decorative elements to my front cover...

Now it's time to make the hinges. I used the Grungeboard rectangles included in this months kit, covered them in one of the papers and inked the edges, and then punched two holes in each hinge. (Nearly broke my hole punch.. note to self, buy a Crop-a-dile!!)

I then put one of the American Craft's brads included in the kit through each hole, to give a riveted effect.

I then glued the hinges onto the front and back covers, and tied some fibres around the front cover to add detail. I also added a half backed pearl from the kit to each hinge.

Now it's time to work on the inside...

I took a piece of the border page, inked the edges, and punched two holes and threaded through some ribbon...

I then glued the paper panel down and used the ribbon to tie around the tape measure and hold it in place...

For the other page, I used a Nestabilities die (available from the Crafty Alley), to die-cut a felt panel, and again punched two holes through it and threaded through this GORGEAUS daisy lace from the kit...