Create a Valentine They Will L♥ve to Display Year Round!

Hi everyone!

True :D  here today to share another simple but elegant project with you. 

How many times have you poured your heart into a Valentine, only to see it put away in  a drawer or *gasp* thrown in the garbage? Why not make them something this year that they will love to display? This sweet little heart can be hung on a wall, doorknob, or even on a rear view mirror in a car. :)

(Click on photos for a closer peek)

It was quick and easy to make using Spellbinder dies and Want2Scrap bling.

The designer cardstocks are some that I illustrated for Inky Antics. I have to say that it is super fun working with your own creations! :)

I stamped a sentiment on the back from my Inky Antic's #1115MC "Swirly Bird" clear stamp set. There is still plenty of room for a hand-written message as well.

Want2Scrap Products Used:

Nestabling Scalloped Hearts White Pearl

Chipboard Sentiments - Words of Love

Preferred Partner Products Used:

Spellbinders Paper Arts - Classic Hearts and Scalloped Classic Hearts Nestabilities, and Grand Calibur

ClearSnap - ColorBox inks - Dark Moss and Orchid Pastel

Art Glitter - Sea Shell transparent ultra-fine glitter and Designer Dries Clear glue

Beacon Adhesives - Fabri-tac glue

Other Products Used:

Inky Antics - #IA-PAC003 "Everything's Coming Up Roses" and #IA-PAC004 "Green In Stitches" designer cardstocks by Trudy Sjolander Designs

Inky Antics - #1115MC "Swirly Birds" clear stamp sets by Trudy Sjolander Designs

Really Reasonable Ribbon - Mauve Velvet Ribbon

Wild Orchid Crafts - Mulberry Paper Roses

Deckle scissors

Thanks so much for dropping by! Please feel free to share or pin. I would love it if you left a comment too! :)

HUGS!!!

Canvas Project: Take the Time 2 Create

It's a New Year's Resolution for a lot of us.

Make time to create.

I need the reminder.

You too, can make a SIMPLE canvas.

I created this SUPER simple canvas.

by using a piece of balsa wood.

I decoupaged some napkins onto the board.

 I added a coat of paint, and created a whitewash finish by

dry brushing some Gesso.

I sanded and inked around the edges with 

Clearsnap Mix'd Media Inx® by Donna Salazar

I added some Tissue Tape,

a transparency,

a beautiful chevron border,

some words and hardware...

a few buttons,

some bulk LOOSE bling, and 

Steel Blue Pearls

and the title...

The Fancy chipboard title Create was painted with Gesso and 

coated with Medium and then

dusted with Fairy Dust from our preferred partner, Clearsnap.

VOILA...

Take the time 2 Create...

Supplies:

Want2Scrap™ Products Used: 

Create, a Fancy Chipboard Word, Steel Blue Pearls, 72 Count, Black Pearls, Beautiful Bling Borders by Nina Brackett

        

Preferred Partner Products Used:

Clearsnap - Fairy Dust Glitter by Donna Salazar, Mix'd Media Inx® by Donna Salazar 

Beacon Adhesives - Beacon's 3-in-1 Glue

Additional Products Used:

Buttons - Buttons Galore and More, Hardware and Tissue Tape - Tim Holtz, Trim - BoBunny and Close to My Heart, Letters - Paper Studio, Paint - Gesso and Medium - Ranger Ink, Transparency - Heidi Swapp

DID YOU NOTICE the loose BLING???

Want2Scrap's wonderful BLING is now available in bulk! The possibilities are ... well ... ENDLESS.

Thanks for stopping by today. Make time 2 create.

See more of my Mixed Media creations in my gallery at Larkspurs on Saturday.

Embellishing a Store Bought Frame

We love our preferred partners. When I saw these papers from Authentique, I was so immediately inspired to start crafting.

I started with a plastic frame from Ikea. First off, I could not believe this was plastic, it's so NICE!

I die cut several flowers using Spellbinder's Spiral Blossom.

Most of the other pieces are ready made.

The Bird on a Branch is a silhouette.

I used one of Donna Salazar's Puzzle Pack pieces and covered it with yellow patterned paper,

distressed it by sanding, and glazed it with glossy accents.

Then, it was time to drip the bling.

I took Sleek Strips and made a few cuts so I could round the corners of the inner opening.

I carefully trimmed around the butterflies from the Wonderful Wings Nestabling set, and left the clear backing intact, and just glued using a glue dot. Finally, I added some strips of Nina Brackett's gorgeous Chevron Bling Border to the tabbed card.

This project really didn't take very long, but I'm so pleased with the results.

What do you think?

Want2Scrap Supplies

Bird on a Branch

Donna Salazar's Puzzle Pack

Wonderful Wings Nestabling

Chevron Bling Border

Sleek Strips - Silver

Preferred Partners

Authentique - the Renew Collection

Spellbinders - Spiral Blossom One

Beacon's Adhesive - 3-in-1

If you love this paper and would like to see some more projects I created with it, check out my blog post here.

Thanks for stopping by today. Check out Today's Special at Want2Scrap.

A Holiday for the Birds

Hi, Allie here with a Shabby Chic Holiday Tutorial.

Let's embellish a Bird Cage for the winter holidays.

I'm using this pretty Bird Cage on my door.

Begin by applying a layer of gesso. Use a dry brush technique, with

very little paint. Simply swish it back and forth.

While the paint is drying, you can apply patterned paper to the background piece.

Once the bird cage front is dry, sponge on ink.

Paint the Fancy Chipboard Title "Noel" with gesso.

Once the gesso is dry, lightly brush on Liquid Glass

and liberally sprinkle Sugar Shimmer.

Now, you're ready to decorate!

This project is embellished with an ornament,

a Frilly Flourish Swirl, some brads, and flowers.

Products Used

Designer Embellies - Bonnie's Bird Cage
Frilly Flourish Swirl - Silver Rhinestone
NOEL - Fancy Chipboard Word

Partner Products Used

Patterned Paper from the Secret Garden Collection - My Little Shoebox
Please visit the My Little Shoebox Blog for more inspiration!
Sugar Shimmer - Designed by Donna Salazar for ClearSnap

Additional Products

Snowflake Ornament - Big Lots
Paint - Claudine Hellmuth
Ink and Liquid Glass - Close To My Heart
Snowflake Brads - Creative Impressions
Flowers - Prima

Thanks for joining us today. Be sure to check out our sale. You can click here - or on Santa up above.
Leave us a comment - tell us your favorite thing to do with chipboard - and you'll have a chance to win some Fancy Chipboard Words.

NOEL

Earlier in the month, I shared a project using Nestabling Pennants.

I didn't use all the sizes, so I had leftovers,

so I thought I'd trim those up and use them to

decorate this adorable cube.

I started by covering the cube with papers from Authentique.

I left the edges exposed, I thought the white was sparkly 

and reminded me of snow.

Have you seen any of that elusive stuff yet this season?

I saw a flake or too here in Minnesota. Not much though!

I colored and "dusted" Stylish Chipboard Alpha with Sugar Shimmer glitter

from ClearSnap [Donna Salazar]. This sparkly stuff is so cute, it comes in a salt shaker!

This little tree is from the train section at a hobby store.

I added some gesso "paint" and then

I decorated it with some buttons from Buttons Galore.

More buttons, held in place with some pins from Maya Road.

These sparkly poinsettias from Prima really finished off the piece.

The letters are super sparkly, but I still added some Baby Bling

to make sure they could really Bling in the SEASON right.

Thanks for making us a part of your day. I hope your season is "Blinging" along nicely!

Allie

P R O D U C T S   U S E D

 

Additional thanks for products to our partners, Authentique and Donna Salazar.

Bring in the Bling

I hope your Thanksgiving was great!

Do you participate in the madness that is Black Friday? Not me, I like to recuperate from Thanksgiving. I cannot however, resist a great opportunity to add a little bling to my craft room. Check out this amazing sale - Everything is 50% OFF. This Momma wants a blingy new iPhone Case.

How about some inspiration?

Do you have any birthdays this time of year?

We do in our house, and if they look even remotely "Christmasey" - well,

let's just say...

THAT WON'T DO!

In the birthday girl's mind,

it's akin to cheating!

So, how about Black and Yellow?

and BUTTERFLIES?

and B L I N G!

I'm starting with some die cut circles, and some distress ink.

There's a hint of blue, just a little extra color.

I added sentiments.

I added butterflies. I sprayed these with some

sparkly goodness from Color Box, and added some Baby Bling ... B L I N G!

I put on Pennant Nestabling, created to perfectly

match Spellbinders Pennants!

I connected the pennants together with some 

buttons [Buttons Galore & More] and twine,

and some crepe ribbon.

I added some baubles to the bottoms,

because ...

you can never have TOO much B L I N G!

Am I right?

I want this to last, maybe use again, or hold up for display.

So, I'm thankful for NESTABOARD - I backed all

my pennants with matching board.

Enjoy BLACK FRIDAY.

Please, don't forget to stock up on some BLING!

Thanks for making us a part of your day,

Allie.

P R O D U C T S     U S E D

 

Special thanks to additional products from from Spellbinders, ColorBox, and Buttons Galore.

DIY pumpkin floral arrangement

Hi there!  Is it looking a little autumn where you are?  The weather and the leaves are starting to change and I am here to share a super simple decoration you can whip up for your desk at work or to surprise a friend.  Ready?  Let's go!

 

I gathered a small pumpkin, a silk floral pick, wire cutters, scissors and sharp craft awl (not shown), craft wire (not shown), ribbon (not shown) and or course, Want2Scrap BLING!

 

Use your awl or other sharp tool to pre poke holes for the wire stems of your silk flower picks.  Insert floral pieces in a pleasing way.

 

Also add a bow or bunch of ribbon using craft wire as the "stem".  The Leaf Pattern Ribbon - Orange - 1 1/4" Wide and the Sparkling Brown Ribbon from Want2Scrap work great here!

 

 

Finish off your arrangement with Swirls Finesse - Brown Rhinestone - 2 Pack - Self Adhesive applied directly to your pumpkin for a quick and easy arrangement that brings instant autumn to your home! 

 

Thanks for stopping by!

www.paperdaydream.blogspot.com

 

Want2Scrap products:

 Swirls Finesse - Brown Rhinestone - 2 Pack - Self Adhesive

 Leaf Pattern Ribbon - Orange - 1 1/4" Wide

Sparkling Brown Ribbon

 

Other products:

Craft wire

small pumpkin

 

 

 

Creating with Embellies: Puzzle banner

Hello!  Today I am here with a fun banner project.  I'm especially excited to be trying out the Designer Embellies - Puzzle (2-Pack) chipboard puzzle pieces from Want2Scrap® and Donna Salazar for my very first time.  I also am loving the Wonderful Wings Bling!

Each piece of my banner has a different letter to spell out "create"...you can bet this baby is going on the wall in my craft room!

72 Count - Silver Rhinestones - Self Adhesive and 72 Count - Pink Pearls - Self Adhesive are highlighted in this rosette.

Bits of trim and silver glitter for the letter "e".

A scrap of Sleek Strips Silver Rhinestones- Self Adhesive does the trick on letter "a".

Sugar shimmer from Clearsnap makes the tails on this rosette sparkle!

And one more strip of Sleek Strips Silver Rhinestones- Self Adhesive to finish the puzzle edge of letter "e"!

A pretty banner as easy as one, two, three!

While I was making this, lots of fun ways to use the puzzle pieces were popping to mind...I can't wait to use them again!  Thanks so much for stopping by today.

Want2Scrap® Products:

Designer Embellies - Puzzle (2-Pack)

Wonderful Wings Bling

72 Count - Silver Rhinestones - Self Adhesive

 72 Count - Pink Pearls - Self Adhesive

Sleek Strips Silver Rhinestones- Self Adhesive

Cross Promotional Products:

Spellbinders Lacey Circles

Paper: Authentique by Donna Salazar

Sugar Shimmer glitter from Clearsnap

Other:

Paper: vintage sheet music, Stampin Up!

Twine: The Twinery

Glitter: Stampin Up!

Craft supply: wooden spool, cork, trims and cork letter stickers

Altered vintage and sewing inspired photo frame!

Hi all!  I'm here with an altered frame from EcoGreen using lots of vintage bits and gorgeous products from Want2Scrap©! 

As a base I started with a plain frame from EcoGreen and then prepped it with the following layers...Eco Green Spackle and gold acrylic paint plus a layer of sewing pattern tissue applied with EcoGreen Artist Medium in gloss.

Once the frame was base prepped, I could go to town with pretties like Maxxi Girl Pearls - White, Decorative Pin Jewels - Set of 6, and flower ribbons in multiple sizes.

I had fun sneaking in some sewing oriented items like handmade zipper flowers (see tutorial here), measuring tape pinwheel, sewing pattern tissue flower, and a mini wooden spool without making this frame sewing "themed".

Lots of texture and glitter for this frame!

Pearl "studs" tack down the corners of the mitered zipper inner frame that declares just where this family hails from.  This was an incredibly fun project to make.  Just LOVE the layers!  Want2Scrap is chock full of pretties from your next piece of altered art!  I hope you'll try your hand at a project like this!

Want2Scrap© supplies:

Maxxi Girl Pearls - White,

Decorative Pin Jewels - Set of 6

Large White Rose 3"

Pink Rose Ribbon 1"

Double Rose Ribbon Mocha 1.5"

72 Count - White Pearls - Self Adhesive

Cross promotional partner supplies:

EcoGreen Crafts acrylic paints, frame, artist spackle and artist medium

Beacon Adhesives 3in1 Advanced craft glue

Other Supplies:

Glitter: stickles

Glitter mist: Tattered Angels

Craft supplies: paper measuring tape, mini wooden spool, sewing pattern, zippers, floral silk leaves and pearl strings, mini silk flowers, bakers twine, tulle scraps, craft beads