Anything But A Card at the 4 Crafty Chicks

Happy Thursday everyone!  I hope you are having a great week wherever you are.  It's finally feeling like winter here in Central Alberta - the snow started falling on Tuesday and I will admit, it *does* look pretty.  :)

This week's challenge at the 4 Crafty Chicks is brought to us by Tamie and she is challenging us all to create "Anything BUT a Card!"  When I first sat down to work on this challenge, I thought I would pop over to Splitcoast and check out their 3-D projects for something I hadn't tried before.  But once I got there I couldn't find anything that got me excited.  I went into my cupboard and found an unaltered paint can, some lunch tins, some ceramic tiles and some glass ornaments - I could use one of those, right?  Well, I *could* but it seemed like too much work at the time!  LOL  But, lo and behold, in my cupboard I also found a bag of Stampin' Up! Decor Elements that I hadn't used yet.  Hmmmm...  Those are pretty quick and easy... it might just work...

I found the Thoughts and Prayers Tree and a quote that I thought would work together and set off to work.  I wanted to use them on a picture frame like I did a couple of years ago but I didn't have any empty frames left.  What to do??  Well, I was kind of getting tired of this picture in this frame soooooo... I recycled it!  LOL

Remember when I said I wanted something that wasn't too much work?  Well, this wasn't it.  It *would* have been but I had a few mishaps along the way; first, I broke the glass on the first frame.  Thankfully I had an identical frame in the kitchen I could snag the glass from.  Then it took FOREVER to get the DE to transfer completely from the non-sticky to sticky side of the paper... those little leaves were being persnickety!  In the end, I absolutely LOVE how it turned out:

Supplies: Thoughts and Prayers Tree (small Chocolate), Direction of Your Dreams (small Chocolate)  Paper: Deck The Halls DSP

A close-up of the tree - I love the shadows and dimension of having the Decor Elements on the outside of the glass:

This project also fits in with this week's challenge over at Creative Inspirations to use trees on our project as well as Penny's Paper-Crafty Challenge to alter something.

I know that the rest of the Crafty Chicks did some pretty amazing 3-D projects so make sure you stop by their blogs and leave them some love!  I can't wait to see what you all come up with - maybe you can get some Christmas presents done??  Have fun!

Merry Christmas to . . .

. . . a couple special someones.  These are for 2 of my neices for Christmas.  

The girls and I were out shopping yesterday for supplies to do a diferent special project and while we were in our LSS, I asked them to each pick a paper that would match their room.  They have recently had their room repainted in pinks and brown - one of my favorite color combinations!!  I think they did a great job choosing papers that are the *same* but very different.  I sure hope they like them!!!  Heck - I hope mom and dad think they're OK!  I guess if the colors aren't quite right they can go and get any paper they want to replace it.

I used Decor Elements: Together Circle Frame in Chocolate and their first name initial.  I kind of messed up a little on J's but hopefully she won't notice!  The frame was very tricky to get on straight without bubbling or wrinkling . . .   Oh well!

As always, thanks for stopping by!

How Much Do I LOVE Decor Elements????

I have been waiting not-so-patiently for my most recent Decor Elements order to come in and it is finally here! I have decided to make most of my Christmas gifts this year so some very lucky people (at least I think they are lucky!) will be getting one of these under the Christmas Tree:



I bought some Ribba frames from Ikea - these ones are almost 20" square - and used the small, black "Serve the Lord" Decor Elements. I used a neutral plaid DP but the recipient can change the background paper to whatever fits their decor. I think these are almost the EASIEST thing I have done - and they are so elegant.

ETA: The verse is applied to the outside of the glass frame front - it creates wonderful shadows and depth.

I'm going to do some more this weekend so check back if you want to see what I came up with! Later!

More Decor Elements

It's Fabulous Friday!!

My very good friend, Lori, and I had a fun girls' day today.

First, we went to Home Depot looking for glass blocks and other "things" to embellish. Unfortunately, all we could spend our money on there were 12x12 ceramic tiles. FORTUNATELY, we were able to turn some pretty BORING tiles into these:



We used the Small Season of Thanks Decor Elements. Don't you just LOVE IT??? I am very happy with how it turned out. Now I just have to find a couple of wrought iron tabletop plate stands to display these puppies.

So, off to Wallyworld we went to get some mini-lites for inside the glass blocks when we DID find them. We managed to find some lovely glass things to embellish. :o)



I used the Small Park Avenue Ornaments and the Small Jingle All the Way D.E. Then I bought some cheap, silver balls to fill the vase, tied some ribbon around the top and. . . VOILA!!! Instant Christmas centrepiece.

We went over to Rona and found these glass blocks made especially for crafters like us. They already have an opening in them so no painful hole-drilling is necessary. I picked up 4 but haven't done any yet. Lori did one and I think she is going to post pics on her blog so head over and check it out.

I had a nail appointment at 11 am so we headed over to the mall and grabbed a pumpkin spice latte and snack at Second Cup. I spent 2 hours in the chair getting my nails done and then got my hair cut. Lori also got her hair cut - it's so much fun because we have the same hairdresser and so we try to make appointments when we can go together.

Both of Lori's kids were going to friends' houses after school so Lori ran home and got her D.E. and came back to my house to play. Thanks for coming to craft, Lor!!!

Enjoy your weekend, everyone!

I'm in LOVE. . .

. . . with Decor Elements!!! OH - MY - GOODNESS!!! They are SUPER easy to put on the wall and they look amazing! Click on the pictures to see them a bit better. . .




I used the Manahttan Flower Decor Elements in Kraft and Chocolate as well as the Create Definition. The instructions are easy to follow and clear, clear, CLEAR! I just ordered some more to use to make Christmas gifts so I cannot WAIT 'til they get here to show you what I create with those.

I'm going to try to sit down to do something after dinner tonight so make sure you check back!