Sweet As Jam Card

Here's a card I made recently.  I was never a big fan of all the mason jars out there but I tried to embrace them here.  It's a fun card for someone that loves to can or enjoys making jam.

 

 

I fussy cut the jars from the patterned paper and covered them with Liquid Glass below the lid.  When they were dry I tied some embroidery floss around the lids.  The paper I used is from a older 6 x 6 pa from Jillibean Soup called Coconut Lime Soup. 

 

Supply List

 

Patterned Paper - Coconut Lime Soup - Jillibean Soup

Cardstock - American Crafts

Liquid Glass - Close To My Heart

Alphabet Stickers - Echo Park

Embroidery Floss - DMC

Adhesive

Paper Trimmer

Scissors

 

 

Thanks for looking!

 

A Mom's Shadow Box

 

A while back I found this awesome tutorial on the Scor-Pal blog.  It was for a shadow box made from a piece of 12 x 12 cardstock.  I fell in love with it and had to try it for myself. 

 

 

Here is a view for the front, when it is closed.  I made the shadow box and then covered the front and with an extra piece of cardstock and patterned paper.  Then I embellished the cover.  The flowers are from Prima and all were originally white (with the exception of the little yellow rose).  I used glimmer mist to add color.  The sprayer on my red mist was clogged so I used a paint brush instead. 

 

 

Here's the inside.  I made two shadowboxes using the tutorial found here.  For the banner pieces I used some chipboard shapes from Maya Road's as the template and cut the shapes from patterned paper.  I wanted this to be able to close flat so didn't want to use chipboard. 

 

 

Details from the left page.

 

 

Details from the right side.

 

Supplies used

Cardstock - Sierra Pacific

Patterned Paper - Echo Park

flowers - Prima

Rhinestone / Pearl Flourishes

Beaded Floral stems - Prima

Glimmer Mist - Tattered Angels

Paper Trimmer

Score Board

Adhesive / Pop up adhesive

Micro Tip Scissors

 

 

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Repurposed Frame

I love picking up great finds at garage sales throughout the summer.  You never know what little treasures you might find at bargain prices.  This past summer I found this frame at a garage sale.  The gal selling it said it was a mirror, but the mirror broke.  There was no price on it and when I asked, she said I could just have it. Can't get better than free!  I also came across a large vinyl saying, probably meant for a wall, so I picked that up for $.75.  Add some patterned paper and voila some art for your wall.  And better yet, because I didn't use the vinyl on the wall I can move it.

I attached cardstock to the cardboard backing that came with frame and then I applied the strps of patterned paper in a quilt pattern.  The paper is from the 6x6 pad from Echo Park's For The Record 2 line.  The strips are 3x6 with a 3x3 yellow piece in the middle. 

The flowers were die cut using the Sizzix bigz die Flower Layers #3.  I used the remaining pieces of patterened paper and combined them in different flower stacks.  The brads in for the flower centers were made using the I-top tool by Imaginisce.  When the flowers were assembled I pinched the paper up around the brad to add dimension.

I think this will go on the wall in my craft room. 

 

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle

Happy Summer Days Layout

 

Hi everyone, today I wanted to share with you one of my recent layouts.  I made this one to submit for the SEI design team call.  Unfortunately I didn't make the cut this time, but I can share it with you.

 

 

I love the bright colors of this Echo Park paper collection, Summer Days.  I chose this picture of my daughter's and in-laws at the Aquarium because the colors worked with the paper.  I made the pinwheels from squares of paper to add a fun touch and custom embellishments. 

 

Supplies used:

Cardstock: American Crafts

Patterned Paper: Echo Park - Summer Days

Stickers: Echo Park - Summer Days

Brads: We R Memory Keepers

Rhinestones - Queen & Co. and Recollections

Adhesive

Paper Trimmer

Scissors

Ruler

 

 

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle ~

Take Flight Layout

One of the biggest challenges I get are the kits we get for the scrapbook challenge at the Salem, OR Craft Warehouse scrapbook club.  Why you might ask?  Well, you are given a handful of product to create a layout with.  You must use a portion of each item somehow on the layout.  For me the challenge isn't so much using a piece of everything, but more of how to make the most of the little bit we've been given. 

For August's challenge my kit contained a 12 x 12 piece of lime green cardstock, a 6 x 12, 4 x 6 & a thin strip of patterened paper from Echo Park's Eclectic line, some bakers twine and a paper clip with a bow on it. 

Fortunately a portion of the paper had hot air balloons on it and I imediately knew I wanted to create a layout using a photo of a hot air balloon that I had taken from my backyard. 

Here's what I came up with.

I added the pink and orange & white cardstock, the transparency, the thickers, and two additional colors of baker's twine.  The paper clip is holding the white piece of cardstock that has the journaling tucked in the pocket. And I used the baker's twine on a few of the balloons that I fussy cut from the paper.

 

 

 
Thanks for looking ~ Michelle ~

Craft Warehouse DT Assignment 6

Well with this post I'm sharing the last 3 projects for the 2011 Craft Warehouse Design Team.  What a great experience this has been, I'm so glad that I got to be a part of it. 

We were given three very different assignments, the first was to create an altered canvas featuring a set of 4" alphabet stamps provided.  Here's what I came up with.

We were asked to use the a canvas flower and shapes, the burlap ribbon and shapes, a clothes pin, Tim Holtz distress stain and restist paper.  My first step was using the distress stain on the resist paper, I chose one with butterflies and dragonflies on it.  Once it was dry I fussy cut the ones I wanted to use.  The distress stain I received was aged mahogany, a brick red color.  I used this for my inspiration for color for the project.  I stamped the word hope with the stamps and a combination of red, white and black paint to create a marbled look with the letters.  I then used the same paint combo and distressed the edges of the black canvas flower to create a little pop.  The shapes I received were pennants which I used as accents under the flower.  I wanted to do something different with the clothes pin so I decided to take it apart and just use it as an accent. 

The next part of the assignment was a Disney themed layout.  Each DT member received 1 of 3 possible themes, Mickey/Disney, Winnie the Pooh or Princess.  I was so excited to receive the princess line as I have two little girls who are very into princess's right now. 

I actually had the girls dress up and have a tea party to get these photos.  I wanted to show a way to use the actually princess's that were printed on the paper I received.  There are often times I see cute papers like these and think how would you use that?  So I fussy cut around the two princess, leaving some of the background to use as part of the embellishements. 

We were given washi tape to use in someway on the layout, I covered squares of patterned paper with the washi tape and create the little rosettes to add dimension to the rosettes on the paper by Sleeping Beauty. 

We were also given baker's twine to use.   For this I took a pop dot and coiled teh baker's twine around it to create a one of a kind embellishment.  It's a fun way to use baker's twine and would make for a great candy or lollypop too.

The final part of the assignment was to create anything we wanted with the mini Echo Park kit we received.  I got the 4th of July kit and thought it would be fun to create a wreath.

I really loved how this turned out.  I cut strips of the patterned paper and die cut them with the Tim Holtz rosette dies, large, medium and small.  Then I just layered them on a base that I cut from chipboard.  The stars and banner were all stickers that came with the kit.  I love the look and will definately be making another one of these soon. 

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle ~

Craft Warehouse DT Assignment 5 (continued)

For the third part of our assignment we were asked to alter either a journal or a box with note paper.  I ended up altering the box.  for this assignment I used the stencil required and the wood vaneer embellishments. 

I placed the stencil on the front of the box and applied black ink over the portion I was using with a sponge.  I then used the sponge to distress all the edges with the black ink as well.  Then I simply layered some paper and a sentiment.  I fussy cut the scallop & view finder from the pattern paper.  I added a couple stickers from the collection and a few wood vaneer stars that I covered with black ink.

Next I covered the sides and back with the red and white polka dot paper to add a little color.

I finished the inside of the box lid with more red and white paper and the fun paper that the alphabet listed several times including sign language.  I thought this was a nice fit for a box that holds note paper.  The arrows are different color stickers from the set that I covered with black ink.

My final step was embellishing the top sheet of paper.  I added a small strip of patterned paper, and a house shaped wood vaneer piece, again covered with black ink. 

That's it for now.  Thanks for looking ~ Michelle ~

Craft Warehouse DT Assignment 5

Our 5th design team assigment for Craft Warehouse was using Echo Parks Note To Self line.  Now, this is not a line that I would likely buy, but I loved playing with this paper. 

The first layout we were required to use the view finder paper in some way, a vinyl rub on and the wood vaneer shapes.  I originally thought to make a flower out of the view finders but ended up in a different direction and just layered them with other papers.  I chose the blue card stock for the base because it added some color and made everything else stand out.  The key is the vinyl rub on that I placed on a sticker and attached with a pop up adhesive.  I also used pop up adhesive on part of the journaling, I actually messed up on one of the words and tada a happy accident.  

I had some pictures from a trip to the coast that I would work nicely with this line.  So for the second layout I really wanted to create the look of waves and the beach with the paper.  One of the patterns was a corkboard so I used that for the sand and layered the blue waves above it.  I traced a small plate on a scratch piece of paper to get the pattern for the wave.  I created a fringed sun using one of the view finder pieces and spraying with glimmer mist.  The flowers are stickers but I adhered with pop up adhesive.  For the title area I tried to include a variety of pieces so I took the sticker that said "together time" and cut it in half so I could rearange the words.  And I wanted to incorporate the piece that listed the month and date on it so I placed it right below the title. 

The center photo is a pocket with a sentiment tucked in it. 

Be sure to check back soon for the third part of this assignment.

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle ~

Craft Warehouse Design Team Blog Assignment

I was selected as one of the first two Craft Warehouse DT members to have a blog assignment.  I was excited to have this first challenge.  Be sure to check out the Craft Warehouse Blog to see all the details on this project and how you can create one yourself.

Bits of Summer printer tray -

Thanks for looking,
~ Michelle ~