Kaisercraft BTP items using Tea at Elsie’s….

Many years ago I saw the most gorgeous little mini album that was created by Lisa Bearnson (Creating Keepsakes magazine founder) for one of her daughters.  It contained some little facts about her daughter that she thought were important for some-one to know if anything happened to her.  I loved the sentiment and emotion behind creating such an album and when I looked at Kaisercraft’s beautiful floral tags, I decided to create something a little bit similar of my own.

Bed Timeby Nikki Antonello: Floral Tags, Tea at Elsie’s Papers, Paper Pad, Pearls, Pearl Strips, Chipboard Alphabet, Alphabet stickers, Lace

Miss Isabelle (at 5 years old) has a string of little things she has and does before going to sleep each night.  I’m quite sure some of these began purely as diversionary tactics, but have somehow ‘stuck’ and become a part of her bedtime routine.  So I thought I’d fill the tags with photos and comments about each one of these special little things.  I took photos of each of item I wanted to write about and placed them on the back of each tag, like this one below of  ”Floppy Rabbit”.

I really wanted to focus on the story behind each one of  Belle’s routines, so I created a little pocket on each of the tags and made a journaling tag so I’d have more room to write on.  I kept the embellishments fairly simple  as the main focus for me was the story.

One day when she’s all grown up and maybe even has children of her own that are driving her crazy with bedtime rituals and routtines……I’ll will turn her attention to her little tag book…..and quietly smile!

Do you want another BTP made with the Tea at Elsie’s collection.  Renee has used the Kaisercraft Recipe book and converted it into a family history folder.

“Family History”-Renee Ludlow: Kaisercraft Recipe Book, Tea at Elsie’s papers, die-cut elements, colour rub-ons, clear stamp set, ink (brown and sepia), 6×6 paper pad, chipboard alphabet # 3, Alpha Stickers (avocado and brown, pearl strip.

“In starting to research my family history, I found that there is a lot of information to work with.  I decided to convert this recipe book into my Family History folder, so that all the information I find can be stored together and in a safe place.To make the plaque on the front cover I removed the top layer from a piece of corrugated cardboard that I found in a soft drink box.  I then painted this with Gesso.  Once dried I sponged Sepia ink randomly over it, followed by the darker Brown ink.  The flower is made using the doily stamp and stamping three times onto brown paper”.

“I have machine stitched around the dividers and added rub-ons.  I have used the paper from the 6×6 paper pad to make mini layouts of any photos that I find. They are just simple layouts that tell me who is in the photo and are scattered throughout the folder. I backed two pieces of the 6×6 paper together to make these pages, so that when you turn the photo over there is still patterned paper on the reverse”

We hope we’ve given you a little inspiration and some ideas on how to use different BTP items to tell those all important stories and preserve our special memories.