New American crafts...step by step....

The new line from American Crafts turned up on my doorstep last week....and it is gorgeous! I am going to France for two weeks this summer ( including DisneyLand Paris) and i cannot wait to use this line on a mini album...it is called Margarita....

I decided to make something a bit bigger with this line......so i went to my local shop called 'The Range' and had a scout about it...there i found this...

pretty huh! and only £3.99.......i liked it as it is but i could see it could be changed to something a bit nicer....so i set about changing it...i have done a step by step of how i did it...

First off i wanted to make some magnets to use on it...so i grabbed some pegs...

I cut out a strip of pattern paper, the right size to cover one of the fronts of it...and it looks like this...

I then wanted to jazz it up a bit... i wanted to add something summery onto the top...this paper from the line was perfect....so i cut some out...

and adhered them to the pegs....

I then cut out a small flower from this paper...

this is what it looks like...

i then added some little gems...

i made four of these...here are three of these...

i then added a magnetic strip to the back...

I then turned my attention to the actual board...I covered the top part with the pattern on it with a piece of paper from this line...

I then wanted it to have a little pocket...so i cut out another strip of the same paper to make this pocket...folded over a strip...like so...

on the left handside fold i added some double sided tape...this is the bit that is going to be adhered to the board...

I then adhered this strip to the board and folded the edges around so it stuck fast...this is the view from the front..i added a border strip for decoration....

the edges were folded over and secured to the back...

I then wanted to make some notecards, something that the magnetic butterflies to hold...i cut out some pieces of paper...

i then added this border punch across the top of each of the squares...

I then added a stamp on the top...

i did lots, all of different sizes....

I then wanted to make some little butterfly magnets, these were easy, i took some smaller pegs..

I then added some more butteflies ( what else) using the Martha Steward classic butterfly punch...

they ended up looking like this...

then i had a brain wave! i wanted a few more magnets ( just incase ) so i grabbed these...

On the back they have little sticky pads...

so i took them off...
and added a magnetic strip...

and volia i had something new...something to keep my activities during the summer holidays in one place...

 and some close ups...

I hope you enjoyed this step by step...i had a blast making it....