Beautiful Life

Hi all!!! Oh and Happy New Year... yes it's been that long since my last post!  I rarely make new year's resolutions, but I really do need to stick to this one. Basically I'm going to try and use more of my old scrapbooking stash, stuff I love, but have been holding on to. I recently sorted through my supplies and discovered a bunch of really cool stuff I forgot I had.

So for my first project of the year, I'm using Pink Paislee's Vintage Vogue collection and Maya Road's purse album - Both "oldies but goodies"!

 As you can see, I covered the outside of the purse with patterned paper. Then applied tin, chipboard and epoxy stickers along with a few stick pins to the flap area of the purse.

 Some crochet trim was applied along the bottom edge of the front, back and inside of the purse. Then some faux stitching detail was added to the front.

 For the closure of the purse I opted to use some small magnets hidden under the flap.

 

Inside the album I used some older pictures of the kids and quotes about siblings for the journaling.

 

Thanks for stopping by.

Jen

Christmas Countdown

Hello everyone! I have another holiday project to share with you today. It's a 12 day countdown to Christmas. I know I've completely skipped over Halloween and Thanksgiving, but I do have some of those projects in the works too.... I promise! :)

The body of the snowman is made out of a Maya Road Birdcage album page, then I sketched the head and top section of the hat onto two layers of raw chipboard. Cut them out and adhered them to the the body. The brim of the hat was then cut out of another piece of raw chipboard, once everything was covered with patterned paper the brim was applied to the project.

I used patterned paper to create the scarf, and it also helped to conceal the join between the head and body. More pics and details are on the Maya Road blog here.

Have a great week guys!

Maya Road Supplies:

Clear Acrylic SM Calender Stand w/ chipboard pages

Birdcage Chipboard Book

Large Organza Roses Ribbon

Satin Pleat Ribbon

Bubble Dot- Crochet Trim

Philadephia Chipboard Numbers

Snowflake Mini Chipboard Set

Crystal Trinket Pins

Vintage Pearl Pins

Mixed Scallop Mini Triangle Banner Album (nose)

Snowflake Coaster (arms)

Kraft Mini Tags

Maya Glitter (Cherry Red and Iridescent)

Wood Bingo Numbers

Other Supplies:
Collage Press - Patterned Paper (Joyride collection)
Martha Stewart -Twine
Pink Paislee - "Christmas" Rub-on
Making Memories - Tiny Letter Stickers
October Afternoon -"I believe" Sticker
Bazzill Basics - Tulle Ribbon
Raw Chipboard - (recycled from back of old notebook)

Christmas in July!

Hi all! I'm back again with some more Maya Road CHA projects. I made about 4 Christmas projects for this show.  But, I'm just going to share two of them with you today.   I was given the Christmas Tree Layer Book and the Mini Christmas Tree Book to work with.  Although these do make adorable tree albums, they have been out a while, so I thought why not make something different out of them. Here's what I came up with....

This first project is an ornament. You can't see it but it has some twine in the back for hanging it to a tree. It's pretty simple to make, so it would be great for an ornament swap or gift.  As you can see I used one of the new doily transparencies for the wings. The satin trim on the skirt and small cream and brown organza flowers, for the sleeves and dress are also new.

The next angel is does take a lot more time than the first, but I love how she turned out. The new goodies on here are the trims, mini pennant banner pieces and the velvet jewel flowers.

I had taken photos of how I put this project together but my Mac died on me...... must have been the presure of CHA!!! :) Anyway, if there is an interest I may do another one for the DT blog.

Here are a few close ups.

All patterned paper is by Collage Press (Joyride collection)

Back soon with more CHA projects.

There's Still Time!!!

Did you know Collage Press is having a sketch contest this month?  You still have time to enter, just follow this link for more details. 

The CP design team have been playing along too.  Here's my take on the sketch using the Knave of Hearts collection.

 

Have a great weekend!

Going Vintage!

Good morning, guys! I hope you all had a great weekend.
Today I'm "going vintage" thanks to my Collage Press assignment this month.

I know this plastic cup doesn't look very vintage, but remove the straws, lid and base. Add some Collage Press patterned papers and fun embellishments.....

... and you end up with this.

For more details on this project visit the Collage Press DT blog here. While you're there, if you haven't already, check out the design teams amazing layouts using vintage Collage Press.

I'll be back later this week with my last Kreatorville Krafts project. See you soon!

Collage Press - Design Day

Good morning, guys! Today it's my turn to post my assignment on the Collage Press blog. I know it may be a little early for some of you guys to be thinking about Easter, but honestly I've been in such a "creative slump" lately, that when I came up with this idea, I ran with it!!!! :)

For more details you can visit the Collage Press DT blog here.

See you soon,

Happy Birthday, Cupcake!

Happy Friday, everyone!!! Just wanted to share this altered picture frame that I did for one of my Collage Press assignments. Really easy project to do, as the yummy Sweet Shoppe patterned papers do all of the work for you! More details and pictures on the Collage Press blog.

There's No Place Like Home.....

....for the holidays. Hi guys! This is my newest project for Collage Press. You can see the entire project here along with some more work from the rest of the team. Also if you leave a comment on any of the dt posts this week you will have a chance at winning TWO Collage Press paper packs!!! :)

One more project to share before Christmas.
See you soon!

Collage Press - The Santa Hotline

Hello guys! Are you all ready for the holidays yet? I'm not, as usual. Thank goodness it's just my parents coming over for Thanksgiving. So it should be a pretty stress free day!

Speaking of holidays, I wanted to share my latest Christmas project with you. This is my first Collage Press assignment and features the new Joyride collection - which by the way was so much fun to work with!!! :)
If you've been visiting my blog for a while you might remember this clock I altered about a year ago, for my sister-in-law for Christmas. Well, I really really wanted to keep it! Luckily, I managed to find another one for myself. Here it is altered with Joyride's patterned papers, chipboard and stickers.

***Clarification on the telephone clock purchased from Hobby Lobby.***

I got both clocks, mine and the one for my SIL about a year ago. It just took me a while to alter mine. Sorry for any confusion.

Over the next two weeks the Collage Press design team will have new projects showcasing the Joyride collection. I've had a peek at some of the work and it's AWESOME! So make sure to stop by the CP blog to check them out and maybe win some Joyride goodies for yourself!!!



My project "The Santa Hotline" is up today.


If I don't post before Thursday...
Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!!!

Pretty in Pink!

Hello, again! Thanks for stopping by today. Just wanted to share my Pink Project for the Shimmerz blog with you. It's actually one of the projects I did for Creative Cuts & More. (I'm guesting with them next month.) As I began working on the project I knew this little hippo had to be my Cancer Awareness project for this month. Hopefully, Terry won't mind that I shared this a little early.

I used one of the CC&M chipboard frames to create the little tutu.
I simply cut the frame in half, then covered both halves with patterned paper.


I then glued some tulle ribbon, to the back of one of the pieces.

As you can see in the last picture on the left, all the pieces were then glued together.

Because the hippo is free sanding, I wanted to give it some strength. To do this, I cut the hippo silhouette out of three layers of raw chipboard. After covering the hippo with patterned paper and embellishing, the finished piece was attached to a small wood base using a dowel and glue.

Supply List:

Patterned Paper: Fancy Pants and Collage Press
Die-cuts: Collage Press
Paints: Shimmerz (Plum Pudding Spritz and Flashee Fushia)
Chipboard Frame: Creative Cuts & More
Bling flowers: Maya Road
Pearls: Kaiser Kraft
Letter Stickers: Making Memories

Don't forget Shimmerz wants to see your pink projects too!!! It's for a good cause and you might even win some goodies! Click here for more details.