5 Item SWAP (share with a pal) with Cara Brandon
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 14 ต.ค. 2024
- This concept was inspired entirely by Gayle Agostinelli and Ceri the Crafter and Cara was kind enough to agree to swap with me. She gifted me fabulous items to work with and I created this simple folio with the treasures that were sent. It can be easily altered for any theme and can be assembled in a single craft session. I’ll come back and edit to add the link for Cara’s video. Thank you Cara, thank you all for watching and happy creating!
Cara's channel/video link: • 5 Item Swap (Swap With...
Cori, this is a very organized tracking specimen journal, you thought of everything! I'm glad you don't edit. That way we see how you fix something, where as I would probably get frustrated and throw it away and then have to start over. No need to comment on my comments. I'm binge watching today. TFS! Hugs from South Dakota.
This is soooo cute and cool. Great job, Cori! Also, how lovely to swap our stash items. Great fun receiving snail mail with different goodies and a fun challenge to decide what to make! All up, a great idea. 😉👍🦋🌻🐨🦘
Thank you Linda. It really was a super experience all the way around 💕
LOVE this little field notes journal Cori and what a genius closure. I absolutley love it all. You are such a creative genius my friend. Much love. xx
You are too kind Sue, thank you. I’m more than ready to see (and collect) some wildflowers 💕
Hello Cori, what a fun folio you created with your swap items, very cool. Thanks for sharing.
Thank you Denise. It was a great challenge and I encourage you to give it a try!
This is so clever! Love it!
Very clever, I love it
Thank you Laurel 💕
Oh the beauty of a creative mind!!! You’ve ve gone and done it again!!! ( right down to the last detail!)🥰 appreciate the bloopers…just because we all try to be so…..well….flawless😉!
Have bright and beautiful day!!!🌷🌷🌷
Thank you Joy. I definitely do bloopers...maybe my lack of editing skills area good thing? 😊
@@CoriDahmen
Yes, they are helps people to see even the best
Has those moments of… “oops!” And can just move on and make it work! I just love how you
Move to the positive. “See that’s why I like using liquid glue” “ you can change if you catch it quick enough(with glue stick)”
You are a true teacher of the highest quality!!!
Again have a bright and beautiful day!!
Great idea, you got everything you need in a compact journal.❣️
It is a cute little booklet, ready to be filled with fun.
Oh Cori you are so clever. I love, love, love your videos so much. Thanks!!!!
You are too kind Hope, thank you 💕
What an imagination you have Cori. It is stinkin’ awesome!!
Thank you Betty 😊
I dream of this imagination lol
I love the field journal, Cori. I thoroughly enjoyed the videos you and Cara made for this fun swap.
Thank you very much 😊
Very clever! My favorite thing is the closure which looks sturdy, yet holds some baby’s breath in the round plastic thingy. 📁📂📁
Thank you Gladys 💕
Cari this is such a handy project and would be a great gift for anyone. You have so many amazing ideas. Thanks for sharing and inspiring Take Care Hugs and Smiles
Thank you Lori 💕
Cori this is so cool! Love the scissor idea too!
Thank you Amanda. My goal is to use this booklet, so scissors should come in handy!
This is a wonderful idea having everything together
Thank you Rosemaree!
This is a wonderful treasure book. So much fun!
Thank you 😊
I really enjoyed this project and seeing the whole process. Great little item to carry along. tyfs.
Oh, Cori, what a beautiful gem you created again!
I looooooove it!
And such a remarkable of treasures to play with Cara sent to you!
Cara made my task super easy and so much fun! Her generosity gave me lots of options and ways to take my project. Thank you!
Oh black file folders are fabulous!!!
I'm really enjoying using them.
I absolutely love this cute little field journal/notebook!!! What a creative way to utilize the swap items Cara sent you! 😉
I really enjoyed creating that, and am having too much fun using file folders in my current makes. Thank you Jenn!
Soooo inspiring isn’t it?
Very cool cori, awesome goodies and your project from them is fantastic
Thank you Selina. Cara was incredibly generous with what she sent me to work with!
Always such a pleasure to see what you are creating ...
Thank you Lillian!
Your so inventive with all your makes Cori, I love it, and will be having a go at making it. Thank you 😍
You’re going to make something incredibly beautiful Gaye 💕
Wonderful little field book and terrific tutorial. Great make Cori ❤️
Thank you Julee 💕
What a great swap. Anothrt inspiring video, thank you Cori 😊
Thank you Elaine 😊
That's incredible and well explained. Very clever and cute.
Thank you Robin!
That is a cool smaller journal. Thank you for sharing how you put it together.
Thank you Debbie. I enjoyed the challenge and sharing it with you😊
Very very good idea’s also great inspiration thank you
Theola
Thank you Theola 💕
Amazing treasures and such a fun little book!
Wasn’t she so kind in the items she gifted me to use?! Thank you 😊
This little folio is so cute, great job! 😘
Thank you Linda!
What a cute little field folio! You're like the rest of us with gluing things down upside down or wonky and having to go back and fix it...since I'm not a glue stick user, I have to get inventive on fixing my mistakes all the time. Sometimes, it actually works out better because you have to be really creative on how to fix mistakes. :)
Just curious, how do you work without using any glue stick? Is there a reason?
@@bettymetz3746 I use acid-free glue (my favorite is the Scotch Create but I have been testing good quality PVA glue recently...double-sided tape is employed at times as I used to make albums years ago and still have quite a bit of it left). I hate glue sticks because they are messy to use and things that you glue down will eventually fall off a few years later.
Fabulous project as always Cori! You are such a talented, creative, and super inspiring lady! TFS!!! PS... I went over to Cara's channel and subscribed.
Thank you Donna and I’m sure you enjoyed Cara’s incredible booklet. It is fantastic!
Bonsoir, vraiment très beau, merci pour la vidéo. Amitiés
Merci Nadia 💕
OMG You are so talented 🥰 I love the simplicity but great idea for making a to go journal with all you need! I called all in one😍I love it. Actually I love all your journals awesome ideas🤩👍👍👍👍👍
Thank you so much!
Another idea for your tickets...I use the smallest hole puncher on my crop-a-dile (might be 2 or 3mm) and I punch out a month and day. When I make a journal for friends, I punch out a meaningful date or their lucky number. They look almost like the real deal when punched out!
Love that, thank you! It will show much more clearly that way. Excellent!
Beautiful useful journal.I love your style.
Thank you Lucy 💕
Love it!!! That would be great to travel with😊
Thank you Cynthia. I hope to adventure with it 😊
You did a great job with those items Cori! Perfect little journal to keep in your purse!
Thank you Nancy 💕
Thank you!!! Great little book!!!
Thank you Jama 💕
How cute is that! 💕
Thank you Deborah 😊
Great little journal!
Thank you Betty!
Cori you did a great job
Love it. Everyone included with the swap has done amazing.
It really is fun to do a swap like this. I hope you give it a try! Thank you Eliza!
I agree
Love it 😍
Well done, Cori, to create an awesome usable folder with all 5 items! Now to find some time for you to use it! 😘💞
Amen! Thank you and yes, I fully intend to use that little booklet!
What a clever way to use the swap items, and I know you will make great use of your field journal. I love the ledger paper, and would also have a hard time actually using it. I would take it out occasionally and gently stroke it, treating it more like a pet:) I love how you use the dried baby’s breath. Do you just press it between heavy books? Thanks for inspiring me once again, Cori. Crafty hugs from Ky.
Thank you Katie. I forced myself to use that cool ledger, and I’m glad I did. I used my paper press board for the babies breath, but I’m sure book pages would work too.
Another amazing project. I love this little folder.
Thank you Nancy 💕
Love it Cori 💖
Thank you Debbie 😊
LOVE this little project 😀👏👏👏.........will be keeping this in mind for sure......plus I'm off to get a gorilla glue stick lol....as the only other one l like is TomBow lol TFS 👌👍🌟🌟🌟😍
Thank you Isobel! As someone who is notably NOT a glue stick fan, I really do love the Gorilla brand glue stick.
@@CoriDahmen GREAT to KNOW......I'd don't trust them 😏😆😆😆
You create the most wonderful projects! Thanks for sharing Cori 🤗🌻❤️
What a kind thing to say. Thank you Diana!
I absolutely love your project !!! Such a cool field folio! This was soooo much fun! thanks for asking me to be your swap pal! 😊😊❤️❤️
Totally agree... way too much fun! Thank you Cara, for the treasures that were so easy to work with and for agreeing to the fun. I had the chance to watch your video this morning... seriously stellar! Love that you combined TH with t he things I sent. Creative and cute!!!
Nice project!
Thank you 😊
Awesome idea Cori 😊
Thank you 😊
Such a fun swap! Love this little folder, looks fabulous! xx
Thank you 😊
Such a fun little folder thingy, another thing to add to my to-do list. Cheers.
Thank you Kathleen! My to-do list is way too long... but such fun t o have options!
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Fun! 🌺
Agree! It was great to think abut including the different items in a fun way.
This is such a beautiful project. Thanks for the tutorial and inspiration. I must try this. Your voice is soothing and you sound exactly like Mrs. Cog on YT. It’s remarkable! I am confused as to the laminator. It doesn’t appear laminated. 🤔
I use the laminator (the heat) to adhere the ledger to the file folder. The heat reactivates the glue and the pressure eliminates any gaps or bubbles. I get a better adhesion when I use the laminator.
Hi, Cori. I love this specimen collection folder (I'm not sure what you called it), and I cannot wait to make my own. What a great idea. Thank you for the second video tutorial. I appreciate it so very much. I also have a question for you. Where do you buy your Gorilla Glue sticks from? I have searched and cannot find it, even on Amazon. Thanks again.
Hi Eve and thank you! I originally found the Gorilla glue stick at Home Depot, then Amazon, but neither have it now. Most recently I’ve bought it through Michaels.com
Loved this project. I have a Crop-a-Dile Big Bite II, where can I find the 1/8 and 3/16 eyelets besides amazon? Also, where did you get the magnets from (I think you mentioned where, but I couldn't quite hear). Thank you for sharing this project!
Thank you Daisy. I get most things from Amazon these days, including the eyelets and Basic Grey mini magnets.
I wish you could hear me I kept telling you it was upside down 😂very easy to do 😊worked out fine
So did I. Shouted out so loud, my son really was irritated. 😁
But Cori, luckily you heard us! 😊👍🏼
LOL! I'm just happy I heard you before it dried!! Thank you Helen 😊
@@kreativundglucklich6393 I heard you both. Thank you!
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i so love this idea... may i ask what brand is your circle puncher? and whts the diameter of it? thanks so much
Hi Maya! Most of my circle punches are EK Success brand, and they tend to last a good while. I have a huge variety of sizes, simply because I use circle punches so frequently. I do use the 2" circle quite often and I'd get a 1" and a 2" if I was just starting out.
Never thought to use the laminate to make the glue seal better
It works like a charm!
When you use old paper do ever worry about the acid that is in.
Yes and no. I don’t design these projects to last forever. I would imagine most of them will end up in the bin at some point, and I’m okay with that 😊
What is your brand size of laminate?? I’ve never used one? Do you have suggestions??
Hi Lori! I bought a Scotch brand laminator from Amazon and it is roughly 14" x 4" x 3", with a 9" "mouth". It was not spendy and it works great for smoothing things and reactivating glue.
@@CoriDahmen thanks I got that at Walmart today. 52.00
@@CoriDahmen where do I send my entry for your give away?? I want to enter.
Can you find out where she got those clear holders you used for your flowers? Awesome idea.
Amazon :) I'll see if I can find the listing.
@@CaraBrandonCreations thanks Cara. I just put in coin holders in Amazon and got the cardboard and clear round cases. Tons to pick from. Thank you
I have some in a larger size from Amazon as well. Cara and I are shopping compadres 😊
Twill with #s printed on it = printed twill...