Love Is Tweet!

Hello everyone!  Hope you all enjoyed Valentine's Day.  Here's the project I created for Basic Grey's, Cupid Countdown last week. All the info and BG supplies used are listed on their blog here. 

Additional supplies used: 

Maya Road - Chipboard bird and hearts album pages.

Say It With Letters - Scalloped Heart Frame

One More V-Day Idea!

Hi all! Just wanted to share one last Valentine's Day project before the big day. Unfortunately I can't post it on my blog until Thursday of next week! So I thought I'd share the link to the Basic Grey blog, where you can see the project and how I created it. Make sure to check out all the other "Cupid Countdown" projects by the rest of the design team, as well. You'll be inspired! :)

Monster Love!

Hi all! :) Today I'm back with another Valentine's Day project. This time a card! The monster design for this was cut out on my Silhouette machine. Then I "went to town" with my Kissing Booth patterned papers and embellishments. The 3 chipboard flowers used on the eyes are by Basic Grey as well, but from the much older Sugered collection. I just covered them with patterned paper to match the rest of the card.

The scalloped strips used on the body were also cut on the Silhouette. To add some texture to them I gently scrunched them up a little bit before gluing them to the card.

I used a canvas heart from the Die-cut Paper and Canvas Flowers set and some felt to make a heart shaped pillow for the monster to hold. The pillow has a little safety pin on the back so it can be worn as a pin by the recipient.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen  :)

SUPPLIES: [KISSING BOOTH] KIS-3565 We Belong, KIS-3555 Hugs, KIS-3552 Cupid, KIS-3551 Butterfly Kisses, KIS-3567 You and Me, KIS-3570 Element Stickers, KIS-3573 Wooden Buttons, KIS-3576 Die-cut Paper and Canvas Flowers. [SUGERED] SUG-1069 Chip Sticker Shapes. [LITTLE BLACK DRESS] MET-3498 Brads and Buttons.

Hugs & Kisses!

Happy Friday, guys! Have you all been checking out Basic Grey's sneaks this week? - I know I'm in LOVE! Can't wait to see the full reveal of all the collections on Sunday!!!  But until then I have some "hugs and kisses" to share! :)

I picked up some 3" chipboard X's and O's from Hobby Lobby and doubled them up to get the thickness I wanted. Then I covered them with some of Basic Grey's Kissing Booth patterned papers before gluing them to a wood art board, which I also covered with paper.

I finished off the the piece by adding some stickers, die-cuts, brads and other fun embellishments all from the Kissing Booth collection.

Here are a few more pictures.

SUPPLIES: [KISSING BOOTH] KIS-3552 Cupid, KIS-3555 Hugs, KIS-3557 Kiss, KIS-3559 Lip Gloss, KIS-3560 Lip Lock, KIS-3562 Pucker Up, KIS-3565 We Belong, KIS-3570 Element Stickers, KIS-3574 Mixed Brads, KIS-3575 Die Cuts and Transparencies, KIS-3576 Die-cut Paper and Canvas Flowers.

Next, I have a set of baby onesies to share. These were done for the BG blog last week, so all the details can be found  HERE.

 

SUPPLIES : [BABY] BAB-9025 Sassy, [FABRIC] FAB-8094 Berry Essential Buttons, FAB-8042 Blush In Bloom, FAB-8037 Blanc In Bloom.

Have a great weekend!

Jen

Lock and Key

The Indie Bloom collection by Basic Grey is very vibrant, playful and full of bold prints. But for this project I decided to just use the rosy floral pattern (Pico De Gallo) and some solid colored papers to get a Valentine feel.

The Heart Lock and Key (by Jamie Koay) were once again drawn out on my Silhouette Digital Cutter and used as templates, then the lock was cut out of half inch wood and the key out of quarter inch wood. Ater all the papers were mod podged ono the wood some glitter was added. I used a spray sealer to finish and then added the element sticker, buttons and twine.

SUPPLIES: [INDIE BLOOM] INB-3411 Pico De Gallo, INB-3409 El Camino, INB-3400 Panache, MET-3422 Brads and Buttons, INB-3419 Element Stickers. [SWEET THREADS] SWT-3280 Her Way.

Nordic Holiday!

Hello everyone! Are you ready for the holidays yet!  I just started my Christmas shopping on Monday and I still have a little bit more to do before the big day. So with Christmas in mind, I thought I'd share a couple Nordic Holiday projects for Basic Grey with you today.

Here's a before shot of a Santa I picked up at Hobby Lobby last year. He originally had legs, but his body was too heavy and he kept toppling over. So I decided to give him a facelift.

Here he is, after his Nordic Holiday make-over!

I used some dowels for his legs and  made some shoes out of felt. Half a foam ball was used as a base to hold Santa upright. As you can see below, I used torn pieces of paper to cover the foam ball, then added paper and chipboard strips around the base.

Beads, chipboard pieces and wire were used to create a garland. Then hot glue was used to secure the wire to the back of Santa's hands.

Here's a few pictures of the finished piece.

SUPPLIES: [Nordic Holiday] NOR-3438 Chalet, NOR-3439 Sweater Weather, NOR-3440 Après Ski, NOR-3444 Carving, NOR-3445 Catching Air, NOR-3449 Lift Ticket, NOR-3453 Yard Sale, MET-3460 Glazed Brads, MET-3461 Stitched Brads, NOR-3465 Glitter Chipboard, NOR-3469 Journaling Sets. [Little Black Dress] LBD-3486 Drama Mod. [Periphery] CHP-979 Chip Sticker Shapes.

Next, I have a mini banner to share.  Shhh! This one's a gift for my little girl's teacher, Ms. Bray.

I had originally thought of doing an ornament, using just the top section....

....but I really wanted to used a little bird sticker (from the Nordic Sticker Element sheet), so I just kept adding more chipboard...

until I found the perfect spot for it here.

SUPPLIES: [Nordic Holiday] NOR-3445 Catching Air, NOR-3446 Slalom, NOR-3453 Yard Sale, MET-3461 Stitched Brads, NOR-3465 Glitter Chipboard, NOR-3456 Element Stickers. [Figgy Pudding] CHP-358 Chip Sticker Shapes. [Periphery] CHP-979 Chip Sticker Shapes.

Last but not least, I have a gift box idea that was posted on the BG blog last week. For this project I got to play with Core'dinations cardstock! All the details on how to make this can be found HERE.

Thanks so much for visiting my blog. Enjoy your weekend!!! :)

Maya Road and Simple Stories Swap

Hi everyone! Today I'm here to share my last project as a Maya Road design team member. I have been with the MR family for the last 2 years and have enjoyed every minute of it.  Even though It's officially my last project for them, I have enough MR supplies to last me a couple more years!!! So I'm sure you'll still see plenty more Maya Road goodness in my upcoming projects!!!  :) 

The project I'm sharing today is for the Maya Road and Simple Stories Blog Swap. The banner was made out of various MR coasters, albums and other embellishments (see supply list).

 The clock, has one hand which is movable and can be used as a 12 day countdown to Christmas.

The little gingerbread men were covered with Core'dinations cardstock, sanded and then twine was glued around the edges before they were embellished. To see more projects by the design team stop by the blog.  Don't forget to leave a comment for your chance to win $30 pack of Maya Road goodies!

It's Tea Time!

Hi everyone! It's my turn to post on the Maya Road blog today, so I decide to share a project using one of my favorite chipboard albums, the Tea Pot Chipboard Album. 

All patterned papers and stickers are from the Basic Grey Curio collection. Then pretty much everything else is by Maya Road. For more details click HERE! :)

See you soon! 

Jen