Hello Fall!

Hello everyone today I'm up on the Doodlebug blog sharing this fun Fall project. This project features the new Fall Friends collections which is just too cute for words. Hope  you come have a look. :)

Additional Supplies: 

Maya Road - wood buttons, wood scalloped circles, chipboard branches, half circle album page and leaf pins.

Silhouette cutting files - owl and leaves

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Hello everyone! Today I have a fun wall hanging to share. This Doodlebug design team challenge was all about  cardstock!!! For all the details check out my post HERE. :)

Supplies 

Doodlebug: cardstock, stickers, sprinkles, woodgrain embossing folder and leaf die-cuts.

Silhouette: fence, shrubs, scalloped border, feather, cutting files

Lettering Delights: Long Legged Love Birds Set 

Maya Road: chipboard house album, wood branches, pom pom trim, scalloped hearts and acorn charm.

Happy B-Day to You!!!!

Hello everyone! This fun little banner was created for the Doodlebug Alphabet Challenge, an assignment the team and myself were given. Here's the link to my post and don't forget to check out the rest of the team's projects too.

Love You

Hello Everyone! Today I'm sharing my first project for Doodlebug Designs. This little banner was so much fun to create. And don't you just love the new Lovebugs collection? Those bugs are too cute!! :)

For details on this project and more Doodlebug inspiration check out the blog here.

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!

Ho Ho Snow!

Hello there! Is it just me, or is this month flying by? We got the kids their Halloween costumes this weekend and they're really starting to get excited. I've been working on a few Fall projects that I'll share with you soon. But today I have a fun Christmas banner to show you. This was made out of various chipboard albums and coaster pieces by Maya Road. For all the details you can check out my post here.

 

 See you soon! :)

Thinking of Christmas Yet?

Hi guys! I'm back with...... you guessed it, another Maya Road CHA project. Are you thinking about Christmas yet? Probably not! - And when I was trying to figure out what to make, with this album, I wasn't either. But then I remembered my stash of Basic Grey's Eskimo Kisses and was totally inspired to go Christmas!!! :)

The banner was made with Maya Road's new Pennant Chipboard Album. And can I just say "I love, love, love this album!" Each album comes with 4 scalloped pages and 4 plain ones. The size of the plain pages are about 4 3/4" by 7" and the scalloped ones are a little bigger, so they're a really nice size to play with.

The little bird in the center of the banner, was made out of half a paper mache egg. The egg was covered with punched border strips and then I added chipboard wings, legs and a beak.
For the hat, I made a small cone out of some patterned paper. Then scrunched it around a little, until I was happy with the shape. To finish it off I added some Maya Road trim, fur and a pom pom.

Here you can see how I used the Green and Turquoise Trinket Leaf Pins to embellish the banner. Some under the small Chipboard Snowflakes (shown above) and again on the larger snowflakes seen below.

Maya Road Supplies used:
Pennant Album
Snowflake Coaster
Mini Snowflakes
Bubble Dots Crochet Trim
Zig Zag Crochet Trim
Decorative Scrolls (in beak)
Wings Chipboard Sheet
Birds of a Feather Mini Chipboard Set (used branches for legs)
Mixed Scalloped Triangle Banner (beak)
Trinket Pins
Trinket Beads
Metal rings

Other Supplies:
Basic Grey - Patterned papers and buttons
Fiskars - Border punch
October Afternoon - Mini letter stickers

Hobby Lobby - Paper mache egg, embroidery floss, fur trim, pom pom, eyes, bells, ribbon and glitter.

Have a great weekend everyone!

New Projects!

Hello guys!! With CHA in full swing I guess it's okay for me to share some projects with you today. First I'll show you a few Pink Paislee projects. These were some plain boxes that were given to me to alter. The set 3 of boxes was altered with the 365 Degrees collection and the flat, tall box was done with the Queen Bee collection.

Lastly, these are a set candle holders that I altered with the new Bayberry Cottage collection.

Before I go, just want to let you know I posted more info and pictures of my "Sweet" banner to the Maya Road blog. It features the new Strawberry Coaster album and new Mini Butterflies, if you'd like to check it out you can click here.


Thanks for stopping by today.
See you soon,