The Gentleman Crafter

Graphic 45- Tropical Travelogue Tag Armoire-Done!

Good Morning Everybody!

Hope this Monday finds you rarin' to go!  For Monday's sake, let just smile and act like we love it! LOL!

Please join me today over on Graphic 45's blog , as they present my Tropical Travelogue Tag Armoire!  Here are a few pictures to get you started. 

Without further ado, here she is....

Ever wondered what to do with your tags when you want to store them?  Here's an Idea..

The Tag Armoire has two swinging doors thanks to the Graphic 45 hinges, two drawers and a secret attic!

For fast and easy drawers I used Tim Holtz Configuration Boxes!  The G45 Metal Button Brads are perfect knobs for the drawers.

The Tag Armoire can hold quite a few tags easily.  I placed them on The Idea-ology Hangers and used little wooden clothespins from the craft store and placed them on the clothes rod.

Instead of having an empty cavity, I thought, Secret Attic Compartment!  Great to store additional tags and such.

You just gotta love this paper line!  The graphics are just amazing!

Well That's It For Today!  Hope you like it! 

Please visit Denise Hahn's incredible altered ukulele on Graphic 45's Blog as well as Denise's awesome blog, In My Blue Room.

Thanks for visiting!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

Project Reveal Tomorrow! Graphic 45 Tropical Travelogue Tag Armoire!

Hello Everybody!

Please join me tomorrow on the Graphic 45 Blog for a Tropical Travelogue Extravaganza!

Denise Hahn and I have come up with some pretty cool projects using Graphic 45's awesome paper collection, Tropical Travelogue...

See You tomorrow!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

 

Summertime and the Mosquitoes are Buzzing!

Well, it's been a while since I just plain old posted to be posting!  I'm waiting on some pictures of my June projects to be uploaded to Flickr!  With my antiquated internet service this delightful experience could take a while.  So out to the front porch, Monster drink and laptop in hand.

This is my favorite time of day when the sun is slowly slipping down behind the house, things start to cool down and the cicadas begin their melodious chorus.  To me, the colors of the landscape seem to be much more brilliant right about now.  Could be my newly forming cataracts who knows!  :)  

Ok, I just realized, this is also the time when the mosquitoes like to come and make this whole serene experience...Oh.... just that much more fun!  Like I have said in the past, bugs always, always head for my ever growing circular bald patch!  When will I remember to wear a ball cap?  I knew that I should have let my hair grow longer.  There has GOT to be something to the comb-over thing!  Folks, it's for protection against bugs!  Just Sayin! We should never look down our noses at comb-overs again!

Oh the hair loss thing really gets to me.  I wish it didn't, but it does.  I sweep all my hair to the front and just high enough where I don't have to see what is happening behind!  LOL!  Totally serious here!  I also think that I'm vain enough to go into a restaurant and pick the chair that faces the wall just so no one sees it!  HAHAHA!  

What about a toupee?  That could be cool?  How easy would it be to take it into the shower with you and bathe it, shake it out and apply it with what...fix-o-dent or maybe Glossy Accents?  SWEET!  The awesome lady that cuts my hair...God bless her, wants to shave it off!  Well, so did my Dad back in the day!  ( That's a whole other story for a different day! ) There is NO WAY in God's green earth that this will ever happen!  It's kinda like children...I grew it, raised it, washed it, conditioned it, worried over it and even yelled at it a time or two!  It would be too hard to let it go.... I'm proud of the patches I have!  May they grow in peace.  

Well, back inside to get busy...Hope you all have an incredible weekend!  May your days NOT be filled with Mosquitoes but the ever soothing lull of the cicada.

Thanks for visiting!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

 

Graphic 45- Vertical Organizational Station- Done!

Good Morning Everyone!

Please join me over at Graphic 45's Blog to see my Vertical Organization Station!  This project was so much fun to make, I made two!! One is done in my favorite of all favorite papers, Graphic 45's Olde Curiosity Shoppe and another beautiful collection, G45's Little Darlings!

Here are a few pictures....

Olde Curiosity Shoppe Version

A vertical organization center complete with containers, note holders, and even a bulletin board!

Handy containers to hold pens, pencils, rulers, pads, etc.

The Graphic 45 Metal Clothes Pins to hold notes...

The bulletin board with the mini brads used to decorate the push pins.

Little Darlings Version

A picture frame for your little darling!

A place to hold brushes, creams, lotions and such for baby.

A little removable waste can or maybe to hold diapers!

Time to get organized!  Here you can Download Graphic 45 Vertical Organizational Station!

Thanks for looking Gang!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

 

New Graphic 45 May Project Reveal Tomorrow!

Please join me tomorrow on Graphic 45's Blog as Graphic 45 reveals another one of my May projects...I will have the pdf for this project posted here.

See you in the morning!!

Thanks Tons!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

Memorial Day...

 

On This Memorial Day...

And I'm proud to be an American,
where at least I know I'm free.
And I won't forget the men who died,
who gave that right to me.
~Lee Greenwood

 

Have A Safe Memorial Day!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

Project...A Memorial Day Card-Done!

Good Afternoon Everybody!

I hope that everyone is enjoying their weekend and getting some things done or just plain old relaxin' and taking a nap!  Both have been happening over at my house!  Well, napping not so much!  Maybe tonight, around midnight!!

As promised, I've just finished, A Memorial Day Card project.  This card can be made to honor the heroic men and women that have fallen to give us our freedom.  The card can be placed in a 6 x 6 invitation sized envelope.

I hope that you like it! 

Here you can Download A Memorial Day Card in PDF.

 

Thanks For Looking!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

 

Cleaning House!

Good Afternoon All!

Been busy as a beaver!  Three days off...You just got to love that!  With time, there is so much you can finally get done!  Not that I'm done, but getting close!  

I took some time today to work on the blog.  Actually, I took some time to figure out how things work on my blog!  LOL!  I have received many emails asking where certain tutorials were on my blog and I have partly solved that problem.  Next holiday maybe I can finish solving the problem!  :)  Each time I finish a project and post it, you may see "DONE!" after it.  I'll reveal my secret...LOL!  wooow big secret...:)This is so I can find the projects in the search box as it list everything with Done in the title.  I still have to weed through them to get to the one I want but it helps.

But here's the good news, it gets a little better....kinda...If you look at the top of the page, just under the banner, there are several buttons you can push to go to Home, Archive, Profile, etc.  Next to the Subscribe button I added a button for Tutorials, which will take you to all the tutorials I have done.  Unfortunately, at the moment, you will still need to scroll through all of them to find what you are looking for.  I'll be working on how to make that even easier soon.  I'm convinced that there is some kind of index on Typepad.  Just haven't gotten to that chapter yet!  :)  

I've also added buttons for Graphic 45 and Videos.   In the future, when I blog, if it pertains to any of these things it will go into that category.  It will still show up as a post on the home page when I blog it, but for historic value it will be filed into these categories.

Hope this helps us all and makes it somewhat easier to navigate...

And Yes, I haven't fallen off the face of the earth LOL!  It's deadline time again and as always I work to the deadline!  Go figure!  I will post some of the things I have been working on tonight or tomorrow.

Thanks for looking and have an excellent weekend!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

Addendum! Fast and Easy -Metal Mini Pages!

Thanks Jennie O for helping me realize I never showed the pages of the metal mini!  So sorry gang! What was I thinking!  LOL!

Hope this helps! 

Thanks Again Jennie!

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter

 

 

Fast and Easy Done! Thanks Dad Metal Mini

Good Morning Everybody!

As promised this weeks Fast and Easy!  A fun project to thank Dad for all he does!  I know how busy we can all be and this little thank you can be done in little over an hour. 

A PDF of this project can be found here:   Download Thanks Dad w: Pictures!

 

 

 

Here's how I did it...

 

Materials:
Graphic 45's ABC Primer Paper Stack
2 -G45 Door plates
2 -ring binders
Sizzix/Tim Holtz Gear Die
Idea-ology  Sprocket Gears
Idea-ology Hitch Posts
Idea-ology Alpha Cards D-A-D
idea-ology Adornments Regal (Crown)
Assorted nuts and washers
Elastic Hair Scrunchy (Dollar Store)

 

Step1:

With an awl, slightly enlarge the holes on the Graphic 45 Door Plates.  Not alot, just enough to help the metal rings slide through the Door Plates smoothly.

 

Step 2:

Cut the front, back and inside cover papers to 1 x 6-1/4 and adhere to Graphic 45 Door Plates.

 

Step 3:

Cut six 1-1/2 x 11- 3/4 pieces of Kraft cardstock.  Score at 6" leaving a 1/2-inch tab on the left side. Fold.  Punch two 1/8 holes on the left tab side.  Use one of the door plates for a template for hole placement.   Apply four 1-1/4 x 5 inch mats to all six pieces.

 

Step 4:

Cut six 1x 2-1/2 inch pieces for the top tabs.  Score in half on the long side creating a 1 x 1-1/4 inch tab.  Use a decorative corner punch and punch the left and right top of each side. Stamp the letters, T-H-A-N-K-S and apply to top of each of the six pages.

 

Step 5:

Insert the binding rings through the door plates and pages.  I added washers and nut to the rings. 

That's it...

 

If you want a closure, I used two Idea-ology hitch posts into the open holes on the end.  I then placed washers on brads and inserted them into the holes on the backside trapping the elastic hair scrunchie under the washers.  Bend the brads legs down tightly.  The scrunchie is then brought around to the front and then on the hitchposts for the closure.

 

As far as embellishment, I used several Idea-ology pieces and a Graphic 45 hinge on the front.  I distressed the Idea-ology Alpha Cards to the letter's D-A-D and applied to the front.  Voila! A metal mini to place 24 quotes or hand written thanks for dad!

 

 

Thanks For Looking!

 

Jim

The Gentleman Crafter