Canvas WOTG & 6x6 Canvas

 
 Here is my version of the Canvas Workshop on-the-go kit.  Most everything you see comes in the kit --it even comes with its own stamp set.  The two smaller 6x6 canvas, the buttons, & the shimmer tape where purchased separately.  The larger canvas comes with a chevron background. So I made a heart and a arrow template with the Art Philosophy cart and painted backgrounds on the 6x6 canvases and covered them with pearl paint for a nice coordinating look.  You may see in the phot that i added a few Flip-Flaps to protect the phots that will soon go in here.

If you would like to order this kit click here. 

I used the Perfect Fit Frames 2 for the chevron print on the chipboard frame

What to do With a Can of Beans? (Lighthouse)

 This was going to be a “gag” birthday gift, to return a can of beans we have been passing back and forth.  My friend collects lighthouses so....I thought I would turn the can of beans into a lighthouse for her.  I set to work on developing a plan and experimenting.  Well, it turned out so darn cute! 
 I only used my Cricut for the fence rail.  I wielded 3 fences together in Design Studio for both levels.  The Fence is from Paper Doll Dress-Up and the three wiled together were cut 11.5 by .75.  I also used my Cuttlebug for the roof (Mosaic Texture folder) and a Fiskars wood grain-embossing card for the walls.  It was a little tricky putting the paper in the Cuttlebug to make the pattern cover the entire length of the paper.  I had to turn it and put it thru on the other end (I do not have the long boards for my Cuttlebug L ).  After I embossed them, I scored the walls at ¼-inch intervals so it would look like wood planks.  Some ribbon and a tooth pick for the flag, a circle punch, and a mini square punch for the windows.  I even pulled out some decretive scissor for the grass around the base (I hadn’t used those in a long while).  Of course I did some inking and glued everything together. 

The can of beans is the perfect weight for the base.  I put an individual serving size can in the middle level as well. 

 I made the top open so I could put in a flameless tea light – after all, a lighthouse does need to light-up.


The hardest part was getting the paper to fit snuggly around the cans at even intervals and figuring the score lines to make it the hexagon shape fit.  I have a ¼-inch flap on top and bottom of each level so I could fold it over and have a surface to glue the sections together with. 

It was also tricky figuring out where to place the red strip of paper so it would line –up just the way I wanted it.  After a little trial and a few errors, the desired result was achieved. 

 

I made a matching card and tag from the “Life’s a Beach” cart.  The card was cut at 4 ½ by 6 inches.  The tag was cut at 2 ½ inches.  I added a little backer’s twin and here you have it. 

I am very pleased with how it all turned out.  Maybe I won’t get the beans back this time -  J  Hope you all like it.

Decor and more than I asked for.....

Well, I have been so busy the last few weeks re-decorating.  Yes, my hubby finally let me get some new furniture and I had been saving for some new décor too!!!! 

Here is my  “before picture”.  It was all red and green plaid with lots of red glass décor.  It was prettier than it sounds, but over 10 years old and furniture was getting holes.  My table was almost 15 years old and had been through 2 rambunctious boys. 



HERE ARE SOME AFTER SHOTS



I forgot to take the cover off  after a CTMH gathering I had

Hubby got a new TV

Oops! I forgot to fix pillows all nice and neat before picture

It is all accented with minty sage and robin’s egg blue.

What do you think?    I love I the new soft, bright look! 

AND NOW FOR THE "MORE THAN I ASKED" FOR PART

Then, after all the re-decorating was finally done, you think we would set back and enjoy it --- Nooooo.  We stayed out in the woods for the long Memorial Day weekend. Why did I ever leave the comforts of my newly decorated home?  I came home with 10 big sore insect or spider bites in my shirt and bra area and a poison oak rash – woe is me – I have poison oak on my face!

God Bless & Happy Scrapin!

Tea Light Lantern -- Altered Project

 Our big lug of a dog broke an outdoor candle that used to set in a metal base.  My Husband threw this base stand in the recycled; So……

 

I recycled it in to this

 I think this would make a wonderful Mother’s Day gift!

I used Art Philosophy (AP) for most of the cuts and sized and wielded things together in Cricut Craft Room (CCR).  Here is how the lantern looked once it was cut (x2).

I spray-painted it with “Hammered Metal” Cream colored spray paint to make it more durable.  I also spray painted the inside with glow in the dark paint (just for fun).

All the roses are made from Art Philosophy (AP) cricut Cartridge on white and red paper.  Once all the roses were “quilted” and glued, I misted them all with glimmer mist in scarlet.    

The swirly scroll vine is from AP as well but I wielded some leaves from Flower Shop on the scrolls to make it look more like a vine.

I add some clear panes (cut from cartridge clamshells) behind the screen.

I am happy with the final product.  Hope you enjoyed!  God Bless and happy scrappin’

Love Notes Box ** Made The Chirp**

            
        I could call it a Smile Box
This is an altered craft, just right for valentine’s cards.  I currently use it to store completed cards that I have made but think I will change to hold my special love notes.  I really like this box; it reflects my personality and makes me smile when I look at it.



The Recipe
1.      Get a box - Any box will do: this one was a “suit case” type box meant to hold a set of children’s books.  I got this box for free when I was at Boarders close-out sales, it was empty, but I new it would make a great altered project!   A baby shoe box would work great to I think.

 2.      Choose a pallet of four coordinating colors – I used Red, Yellow, Black and Cream/off white

3.      Find a base paper you like. I couldn't find in my stash what I wanted so I made my own using my Imagine: I first used a small diamond shape, colored it black, then flood-filled my mat with little black diamonds.  Print only and – wola!  Diamond Checkered Paper.

4.      I used a plaid sheet from Provo Craft’s Christmas Cheer Cricut 6X12 stack for my red center papers.

5.      Next I used Happy Hunting's  for the following words/phrases: Love Notes, Smile, Notes, Romance, Little Things,  and This & That, as well as some swirls/flourish

6.       Gather coordinating bling - trinkets, ribbons, and flowers, brads, Cricut cuts,  - things you like

7.       Arrange – this is the fun part - decide where you want everything (play around a bit).  Then, once you are satisfied (that is the part that always takes me a while) glue it all in place. 

8.       The last stage is decoupage.  I got a little nervous here; everything got all wrinkly and bumpy – but no fear – there are no mistakes in creativity.  And it all dried nice and flat. 

                     Note on the flowers:  

The back (yellow) flower is paper.  I put cloth flowers on top of that and put them together with a brad.  I glued and decoupaged over the entire back/bottom yellow layer, lifting up the other layers, to make sure it would have a good strong bound and still be 3D – worked great! 

Supplies

Box
Papers:  Checkered paper (homemade base), Red circuit paper(center mat) , cream (contrasting word base) , black (words)  & yellow(flower) papers
Imagine & or Cricut (words, flourish and base paper)
Decoupage & glue
Bright flowers: I used cloth of cream with red and black splatters
Black brads (for flower centers)
Bling – various key charms, gems, stamps, old playing cards, stickers, Cricut cuts
Ribbon:  Black lace ribbon (around the top) and black word ribbon
Happy Hunting’s cartridge (words & flourishes)
Paper clips (to hold note (inside lid))
Black or brown ink (around edges of box and some papers)

Cricut blog’s monthly challenge - October

Here is my entry for the Cricut blog’s monthly challenge.

October’s challenge was  CELEBRATING CREATIVITY

We were to create a scrapbook page or a home décor project. I choose a home décor piece. I thought it should be a big deal for the wonderful prize they are giving away – A Scrap Box.

The project needed to:

1. Include at least 2 cuts

2. Use the shadow feature

3. Use patterned paper

4. Embellish at lease one of the cuts

I used Hello Kitty font cart for all the lettering and welded the words in design studio. I also used the shadow feature for the lettering. The butterflies I cut from the Storybook cart.

For the patterned paper I printed full sheet on my new Imagine using the patterns on the Imagine More cart.

I used gems and Smooch on the butterflies.

The frames were just $3 each from Wall Mart.  I used some nice golden fall colored ribbon to finish it up.

 It looks great in my kitchen!

Enjoy and God Bless!