Halloween Witch Boot

 

I love this time of year, I love changing out the summer décor for the fall décor.  And right now in addition to fall décor I put out spooky Halloween decorations.  My daughter's and I did just that today.  So fun to see them get so excited about the handmade cheesecloth ghosts and the unfinished wood pieces they painted in years past.  I came across this Witch boot that I made last year and wanted to share it with you for a little Halloween inspiration.

 

 

This started with an unfinished wood base that I covered with purple cardstock.  Then I cut strips of patterned paper and adhered them randomly, being careful to leave some of the purple cardstock showing.

 

Tip: Trim strips to desired width, but longer than needed, once adhered trim the excess paper with a craft knife or scissors.

 

Supplies used:

Unfinished witch shoe: Craft Warehouse

Cardstock: Close To My Heart

Patterned Paper: Authentique

Alphabet stickers: Thickers (American Crafts)

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

Pure Bliss Layout

Today I wanted to share with you one of my older layouts.  I made this as part of a challenge to create a monochromatic layout.  This is actually one of my favorite layouts and it is framed and hanging in our house.

 

 

I traced a circle using a plate and layered the flowers around the picture, using the line I drew as a guide.  Then I alternated two sizes of rhinestones for the flower centers. 

 

Supply List:

White Cardstock

Flower punch

White chipboard alphabet stickers

Clear rhinestone

Pencil

Round object (to trace circle)

 

 

 

Thanks for looking!

Independence Day Sparkle Layout

In honor of the 4th of July fast approaching I wanted to share a festive layout using Doodlebug Design Inc. Stars and Stripes line.  I had this picture of my daughter from an Independence day parade a few years ago and the dress she is wearing is perfect for this paper.

 

The red piece of patterned paper is actually the back side of the sheet that comes with the package of pinwheels.  The front shows samples of the pinwheels but back side has a smaller print of this fun paper.

I added stickles to the star shaped brads to add a little sparkle around the page.

Here's a close up of the title and the paper curls.  I love making these curly strips, so easy and fun.  Check out my 4th of July Rosette Bouquet post for how to make the curls. 

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Supplies Used

Cardstock - American Crafts

Patterned Paper - Doodlebug Design Inc (Stars and Stripes)

Chipboard letters - Thickers (American Crafts)

Stickles

Paper trimmer

scissors

straw or other round object

Paper piercer

Thanks for looking.

 

Le Tour Eiffel Acrylic Layout

Have you ever worked with Acrylic?  I love all the fun things you can do with acrylic.  I've made a few mini albums with acrylic pages but never any layouts.  Not until I took a class at the Creating Keepsakes Convention in March.  I took one class making layouts with the base being a piece of acrylic.  Love it!!  Here's my first layout made with an acrylic background.

 

Acrylic is a little tricky to photograph, but I managed to get a decent shot.  The picture of the Eiffel tower is from my honeymoon trip.  The patterned paper is from Bo Bunny's C'est La Vie line.  I painted the edge of the acrylic piece with acrylic paint and then painted the tips of the white roses with the same paint to bring more of the color onto the layout.  The flowers and flourishes are from Prima Marketing Inc., and the alphabet stickers are Thickers from American Crafts.

Supply list

 

Patterned paper - Bo Bunny's C'est La Vie

Acrylic sheet - Clear Scraps

Flourishes and flowers - Prima

Alpha stickers - American Crafts

Acrylic Paint

Adhesive

Glue dots

Pop up adhesive

 

Thanks for looking - Michelle

Family Tree Layout

Several years ago I had plans to make a wood purse.  I picked up these mini metal frames from Michael's and added black and white photos of my family to them.  The plan was to decorate the outside of the purse with the frames and some metal plates with sentiments on them.  It's became one of those projects that I never completed.  For many years I've had these picture filled frames just sitting around waiting for me to create something with them. 

 

I came across this paper from Prima Marketing Inc.  The colors and tones were perfect to create a layout using the frames. 

 

I layered the frames attaching some with pop up adhesive. 

 

 

The letters for Family Tree were originally grey, so I used a sponge to cover with brown ink to tie it in with the paper and frames.

 

 

Supplies used:

Patterned Paper - Prima

Metal frames - Michael's

3D letter stickers - American Crafts

Brown ink - Close To My Heart

Pop up adhesive

Glue dots

Paper trimmer

Scissors

 

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle

An Accountant's Valentine

I know it's a bit after Valentine's Day but with the chaos of family visiting and my daughter's birthday party this is my first chance to post this.  I wanted to make my husband a special valentine this year and since he is accounting I thought it'd be fun to make a card geared toward his specialty. 

 

It's a simple card, with a cardstock base and a couple layers of patterned paper from Bo Bunny's Love Letters line.  I used some Thickers to make the calculator keypad and replaced the bottom keys with I love you.  I attached the Thickers to a piece of cardstock first and then attached that to the card base.  Then I fussy cut a heart and attached with pop up adhesive over the 0.

 

 

On the inside a I printed a poem on vellum and layered it over some patterned paper.  I attached it to the card base with brads.

 

Thanks for looking ~ Michelle