Exciting News!

Hello everyone! Today I have some pretty cool  news to share. I found out yesterday that I have been selected to join the 2015 Doodlebug Design team. Woot! Woot! :) I'm extremely honored and very excited about this amazing opportunity.

One of the projects I submitted for the call was a layout, If you can believe it!  I haven't done a layout in years, but I wanted to give it a try. It's a simple design and my Doodlebug products made it come together easily. You can see the design team announcement here.

I also have a holiday swag to share. This was made using the Maya Road, Sparkle and Shine Holiday Kit. This kit is beautifully put together and full of fun embellies, trims and more. Details on this project can be found here.

Dolled Up For Halloween

Hi everyone. It's finally Fall! Well that's what my calendar says at least. Living in Florida it's sometimes hard to tell. But as you can see from my project, I have been thinking about Halloween. This doll was so much fun to create and was inspired by the HBO mini series Elizabeth, a "must see" if you haven't seen it yet.

You can find all the details for this project on the Maya Road DT blog HERE. Thanks for stopping by!

Maya Road Supplies: Keyhole Album, Mixed Half Circle Chipboard Banner Album, Vintage Ribbon Spools, Twine Cording (Blackberry), Wood Twigs, Lucky Star Set,  Decorative Scrolls, Teardrop Pearl Center, Afternoon Tea Trim, Cream Pearl Ball Pins, Vintage Pearl Pins, Perfect Shot Arrow, Star Pin, Mini Leaf Charm and Big Leaf Charm.

Other Supplies: Patterned Paper (Doodlebug Designs, Crate Paper and Authentique Papers) Sticker - Authentique Paper, Silhouette files (bats, spider web and Oct 31) Wire - Prima, wool, chain, wood blocks, colored pencils, fabric, craft stick, glitter and a black marker.

Little Monster Album

Hi all! I'm up on the Maya Road blog today with a mini album. Haven't done one of those in a while! Here's a peek of my little monster. To see more details and pics you can go HERE.

All patterned papers, stickers and die cuts are from the Be Different collection by Fancy Pants.

Thanks for stopping by! :)

Homespun

Hello everyone! I'm back to share my latest project for Maya Road. This windmill was created using the Home Sweet Home Album and other chipboard pieces. Of course all of the details can be found on the MR design team blog. But I did also want to mention that most of the patterned papers were from the Simple Stories Homespun Collection.

The bicycle, grass, vines and borders were cut on the Silhouette. Thanks for stopping by. :)

Birthday Surprise!

Hello everyone! Hope you are all enjoying your summer so far. Today, I have a birthday project to share. This year we will be celebrating my daughter and mother-in-law's birthday together. So I wanted to create a centerpiece that would work for both of them. 

All the details, more pics and supplies can be found on the MR design team blog here.

Here's a picture of the box empty. I chose to use pinwheels in my centerpiece but you can use whatever you like, stars, balloons even photos would work. Happy creating! :)

You Are Totally R-awesome.... No Lion!

Hello everyone! Today I have a fun gift card holder to show you. It was done for my Maya Road post, so you can see all the details on how to put this together on their blog HERE.

All the MR supplies can be found on the design team blog with my post, but here are the other supplies used.

Silhouette Cutting File -  Jamie Koay (Cute Lion)
Patterned Paper and Sticker - Basic Grey
Cardstock - Creative Imaginations and Bazzill

See you soon!
Jen

Easy, Peasy Gift Ideas For Teachers.

Hi All! Here are a couple of gifts I made for Teacher Appreciation week, last week. Sorry, I only managed to get a few pictures, I didn't think about taking any until the last minute.

These candy wraps are made out of a sheet of October Afternoon's 6x8 Paper and then embellished with buttons, chipboard, Maya Road twine, a wood ruler, an arrow clip, measuring tape and kraft sticker.

Next, I have some pencil holders, made out of some recycled containers. The solid one is a Pringles container. The other one was, a short Slinky container. I just added some clear acetate to make it taller. Then made a lid from thin chipboard. Each container holds about 65 pencils.

Papers used are a mixture of Fancy Pants and October Afternoon. The chipboard star, ruler, wood button, measuring tape and twine are all by Maya Road.

Thanks for stopping by. :)

Peace, Love and Happiness

Hello everyone! It's been a while, but I'm back and ready to share a couple of fun Spring projects with you. I should have posted this on here last month, but luckily this wreath can be adapted to fit any season. I used lots of paper twine on this, one of my "go to" supplies, lately! :)

Full project pics and directions can be found on the Maya Road here. One thing not mentioned on the MR blog are the file Silhouette files used. They were chick holding egg, 3d rolled spiral flowers, 3d layered bow, and scalloped borders.

My next project is a piece I created for a guest spot for SVG Cuts.

Here's a link to how it was made and the files I used.

Robo Pup

Hi everyone! I finally did a tutorial for this little guy! All the details can be found on the Maya Road DT blog HERE.

Love Struck

 

Hello guys! This little love-bug is my latest project for my Maya Road blog post, that's up today. I did a short tutorial for it, so if you're interested you can find it here. I know I'm a little early, but - Happy V-day!!! :)

Maya Road Supplies Used: Paper Twine Cording (Cloud and Carnation), Twine Cording (Cotton Candy), Mini Roses (Cherry), Vintage Paper Roses, Heart Pins (pink and cream), Pale Pink Pearl Ball Pins, Say Cheese Mini Set, Love Words Mini Chipboard, Shot Through the Heart Set, Mini Heart Confetti Set, Kraft Note Envelopes, Scallop Frame Set, Perfect Shot Arrow Stamps, Chipboard Photo Frames (square on base), Mini Memories Camera, Maya Mist (Earl Grey), Fabric tape (Cherry red).

Additional Supplies:
Patterned Paper - Pebbles and Basic Grey
Die cut and stickers - Basic Grey
Other - 3" plastic ball, ping pong ball, wood lid, 5''wood dowel, 2" blocks, clay, glitter, paint, ink, felt, small felt ball and thread.

Easter Busket!???

Hello again!  Sorry about the "busket" pun, but I couldn't resist. :) Today I'm sharing another CHA project, that I created for the Maya Road booth. This is actually a project I did for Halloween (you can see it here), but was asked to do another version of it for the show. Just by changing the papers and stickers, you can see how you get  a completely new look.

I would have filled the bus with chocolate carrots or mini eggs, but back in December when I created this, I couldn't find anything Easter related. Imagine!!! (lol)

 

Loved

Hi all! It's my turn to share a project on the Maya Road blog today. This is a home decor piece that I created with Valentine's Day in mind. But really it could be used all year round.

Here's the link to the post.

Happy New Year!

Happy New Year, everyone! I hope your holiday season was a good one. While I have been absent from blogging, I have been working on projects for the CHA trade show that starts later this week. So I'll be sharing those with you real soon. The MR sneak peeks start today, so make sure to stop by the blog to check them out. You are going to LOVE all the new products being released.

Speaking of "checking things out" check out the new MR catalog, for the show. Angella Peardon designed this AWESOME camera using one the new MR chipboard albums. Don't you just love it!

Before I go, here's a project I did last month and forgot to post.

More details can be found here.

See you soon!

Jen

I Love Santa

Hello again! I'm back today to share a Maya Road project for Christmas. This little guy will be the centerpiece at the kids table for the holidays this year. He's just too cute! The reindeer, Christmas tree and design on top of the box lid, were all cut using my Silhouette. To make the reindeer a little thicker, I cut him out of heavy chipboard and foam core. To do this I used The Silhouette pen tool to draw the image first, then used the drawing, as my stencil. The image was then cut out using a utility knife.

To see more details, pictures and supply list for this project, you can visit the Maya Road dt blog. 

 Thanks for stopping by! :)

Spooky...

....well, just a little spooky! Hello everyone. I'm back today to share a project I made for the Maya Road and Xyron  blog swap. The swap will be going on all this week with lots of inspiration and of course a giveaway! :)

This "spooky" sign was created using some of my favorite things, tulle, chipboard and wooden spools. For all the details on this project you can go to the MR design team blog.

Happy Halloween!

Ghoul Bus Treats

Hi guys! As you can see I have Halloween on the brain these days! Here's another Halloween project.  This one is for my son's 2nd grade class. You can see all the details on how I put this together on the Maya Road blog.

Maya Road Supplies:

School Bus Chipboard Album

Yellow Star Trinket Pins

Mixed Blossom Chipboard  (circles)

Wood Bird Cages

Twine Cording (Harvest Corn)

Natural Buttons

Love Chipboard Banners

Other Supplies:

Bella Blvd - patterned paper

Doodlebug - stickers

Thanks for stopping by :)

Jen

Happy Haunting!

Hello everyone! I'm in the midst of a move. But I wanted to do this quick post, before I get buried in boxes!
This haunted house was created using lots of Maya Road goodness. The body of the house was made using the back side of a House Shadow Box, pages from a Home Sweet Home Mixed Media Album, a gift box and some wood dowels.

Below, in the collage you can see how the house came together. 

 Here are some close ups of the finished piece.

MAYA ROAD SUPPLIES:
House Shadow Box
Home Sweet Home Mixed Media Album
Doorways Set
Windows
Wood Bird Cages
Yellow Star Trinket Pins
Clear Jewel Trinket Pins
Vintage Pearl Trinket Pins
Twine Cording (Harvest Corn)
Home Sweet Home (Twigs)
Kraft Layerable Flowers
Time Flies Kraft Clocks

Other Supplies

Authentique - patterned paper and stickers.

glitter, gift box, wood dowels and wire.

Hello Again!

Hello everyone, It feels so good to be back creating and blogging again after such a long hiatus. One of the main reasons I'm back is because I have rejoined the Maya Road design team. Yayyyyy! It seems I'm more creative with someone breathing down my neck. Ha! But seriously, I'm thrilled to be back with the MR family and sharing my projects with you. So let's start with this one first.

I love to create owls every so often. So when I saw the  Antique Mini Quill Feathers in my DT box, I couldn't resist. Here's how it was put together.

For this project two pages from the Pumpkin Squash Coaster were used, a die cut page and a solid one.The stem of the pumpkin was cut off from both pages, then they were covered with patterned paper. Two decorative scrolls were also covered with patterned paper, then the pieces were glued together. Some twine was attached around the edges of tummy area, as you can see in the finished piece above.

For each eye four Kraft Flowers were layered together. Since the flowers only come in two sizes, I trimmed two of the flowers, so I would have four different sizes. Large and small wood buttons were painted then glued together to create the eye. 

After gluing the kraft flowers and eyes in place, a leaf shape was stamped onto some orange patterned paper, for the beak. A little 3D Crystal Lacquer was applied to make the beak shiney. The Antique Quills were attached behind the kraft flowers and a tuft of twine was attached, as well.

The Kraft clock was mounted to some chipboard, then embellished with a chipboard star and a smaller wood one, some twine, a few stamped leaves and a sticker. The owl and the clock pieces were then attached together using some chain and jump rings. One more antique quill was then attached to the bottom of the clock. Lastly, I glued some painted Wood Twigs behind the owl to rest on.

Maya Road Supplies:

Pumpkin Squash Coaster
Antique Mini Quill Feathers
Twine Cording (Harvest Corn)
Kraft Layerable Flowers
Time Flies Kraft Clocks
Wood Twigs
Natural Buttons
Shaped Buttons
Lucky Stars Set
Decorative Scrolls
Leaves Stamp Set

Other Supplies:

Authentique - Enchanted collection kit

Tim Holtz - chain and clasp for hanging.

Other - paint, jump rings

See you soon,
Jen