Showing posts with label clothes pins. Show all posts
Showing posts with label clothes pins. Show all posts

Monday, April 14, 2014

Wherever You Go Bring Your Own Sunshine Layout by Lisa Spiegel

Wherever You Go Bring Your Own Sunshine Layout
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Lisa Spiegel
Layering is one of the best ways to create interest on a page, and I like to use not just paper but several types of products to create that fun layered look. I love how many there are to choose from with Curtsey Boutique!

My process goes like this...I select my photo or photos and then I usually pull all my embellishments first, trying to find some that match my photo.  Then I'll select a background paper. 


In this case, I chose a retired Sassafras Lass paper because I loved the clouds which I felt help tell the story of my photo of my daughter and her friends on a rainy day.  Then I started layering.  

First, I choose papers.  In this case, I chose a vellum and tape measure paper.  I started tucking things in like the sunshine, a Glassine bag (I cut it in half and tucked in top and bottom for the illusion of a larger bag), a doily (also cut in half and tucked top and bottom), and some tulle ribbon.  

I decided to embellish the corner of the flower girl with a Garland Flag, a doily and a Round Tag. (I thought she was so cute with her daisy umbrella and sunny disposition.  She totally echo'd my daughter's and her friend's faces while they ran to class in the rain.)   

I used my Silhouette to create my title and backed it with the polka dot paper.   I created a custom sunshine with my trusty zig zag scissors and my sewing machine and used it to highlight the word Sunshine for the title.  A few dew drops, some vellum circles and a clothespin all add even more dimension.  

The last little touch is some random thread, I love how thread softens the look of papers.  As always I added some journaling to tell my story...I just don't think a page is finished without journaling!  

I hope you've enjoyed this little look into my layering process and would love to see your take on layering..be sure to stop by our Facebook Fan page and share your pages with us!!

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To see more of Lisa's work, click on her photo below.

Wednesday, April 2, 2014

Butterflies Hover Card with Andrea Amu

Today, Andrea shares this gorgeous card, dripping with glitter and the feeling of spring.




Curtsey Boutique embellishments used include:



Other Supplies
Patterned paper: Echo Park
Cardstock: Core'dinations
Chipboard frame: Recollections
Ink: American Crafts
White gel pen: Sakura

To check out more of Andrea's creations, click on her photo below.

Thursday, February 13, 2014

Valentine's Day Banner with Lisa Spiegel





Valentine's Day Banner
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Lisa Spiegel

Lisa shares a  quick and easy Valentine's Banner today. Using Curtsey Boutique twine, doilies, vintage keys, clothes pins, and glitter cut embellishments and a bit of glue she created a cute new layer for her mantle decor for the month of February.  




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To see more of Lisa's amazing work, visit her blog by clicking on her photo.

Monday, August 26, 2013

Using Cork and Mini Clothes Pins to Make a Wedding Card with Andrea Amu

Today we have a lovely card to share, created by Design Team Member Andrea Amu.
Andrea used our mini clothes pins in a unique way on this card.  We love how she painted them and turned them into butterfly bodies.


Andrea also used Kraft Masking Tape, covering a sheet of cardstock with it, then embossing it.  We love her creative use for this staple item.

To see more of Andrea's beautiful work, you can click on her photo to visit her blog.


Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Laundry is getting so much more attractive

Curtsey Boutique Shabby Chic Recipe Clothes Pins
With 4 children and a sporty husband, I do lots of stinky, dirty, mind numbing laundry. I've tried everthing to make it more appealing. Here are just a few failed attempts at making taming the funky fun.

1. The Mary Poppins approach - "snap" the laundry is still not a game.

2. The Turn it into a competition approach - bummer the kids win again, they've used all the clean clothes up quicker than I can fold them.

3. The grin and bear it approach - who am I foolin' there is no one to impress in my laundry room!

So this week, while tracking down the one sock that has figured out teleportation way ahead of NASA it occurred to me - what's the most fun thing in the world? Crafting of course.

So I made a deal with myself, keep a positive attitude when washing off that stain of dubious origin and you get to go buy a brand new package of laundry pins and try that shabby chic stamping technique that you loved in that magazine a few months back.

Just doing the mental inventory of which stamps would fit on those little clips killed the time it took to do two loads of folding and pressing and now these little cuties are hanging all over my laundry room and kitchen and available in the Curtsey Boutique!






Hope your chores are going cheerfully,

CarrieAnne