Stitched Paper Ornaments...

Today's post is short & sweet... here are some stitched paper ornaments that I made for the Bo Bunny Blog.  They're so easy and perfect for any left over holiday paper you might have.  Check out the tutorial if you want the details...
Handmade Christmas Ornaments

By the way, I'm today's guest designer over at D's Paper Studio.  My good friend, Debby Lewis was sweet enough to ask me to join in and it was a pleasure to share a few of the traditions we have during the holidays.  Stop by and tell her "hey!" for me!  :)

Wrapping up fall...

It's hard to believe we're at the end of November already but I am sooo excited that Christmas is just around the corner.  But before the month is over I wanted to share a few final fall projects I've made...

I made this Tri-Fold Screen with We R Memory Keeper's Autumn Splendor collection for the Glue Arts Blog...

"Autumn Splendor"

The squares are connected by strips of ribbon adhered between the front and back layers.  You can find the details if you follow the link above for the tutorial. 








This quick card is made with Imaginisce's Happy Harvest collection, also for the Glue Arts Blog...
"Give Thanks"

U-Cut-It Adhesive and Raise 'Ns added dimension to the circle and leaves. 


















And finally, this last project is goofy but looked super cute on our Thanksgiving table....Silly Turkey treat holders made with Bo Bunny's Forever Fall collection...














His body is an enclosed paper tube (like a sour cream container) that can be filled with small treats. Then the tail and wings are accordion folded strips that are hot glued to the back and sides.  

Thanks for visiting and hope you're enjoying the long holiday weekend as much as I am!  :)

Thank You Card and a {Hop} Winner!!

I'm bouncing back and forth between fall and Christmas/winter projects this week.  For the past 2 months, I've been stocking up holiday projects for a craft show that I'm selling at early in December.  I haven't done one in years and to tell you the truth I'm just a wee bit stressed about it....lol!  I have a good inventory so far, but still MUCH more to do. This autumn card that I'm sharing today was a nice break from all the Christmas themed items I've been working on.... 

"Thank You"

I trimmed some fall floral sprigs and tucked them under the flower - adhered with Glue Arts Micro Extreme Adhesive Squares.  The Adhesive Squares also help keep the hemp bow from coming undone.  :)

Supplies:
Glue Arts - Pro+ High Tac with Glue Glider; Extreme Adhesive Squares (regular and Micro); U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam
We R Memory Keepers - Autumn Splendor pattern paper, flowers and chipboard


By the way, I want to thank all the wonderful Handmade Holiday Blog Hoppers that stopped by over the weekend!  You made the hop a great success!  And thank you also for all the lovely comments about my snowman! 

Now....for the winner of my own personal blog's hop prize......drumroll, please.............

Congratulations to............

............................Clare G!

Clare G said...

Love your project and it just so happens I have some of those little jars in my craft closet-guess what I'll be doing this evening!

November 5, 2011 4:54 PM

Congrats, Clare!!!  Please email me with your info and I'll have the G45/Glue Arts prize package out to you ASAP!  :)

Thanks for stopping by today!

Handmade Holidays {Blog Hop}!!!

Welcome to the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop!!!

Calling all crafters! We’ve gathered designers from some of our favorite manufacturers to show you ways to create something from the heart this holiday season. This 3 day Hop includes over 60 stops with inspiration brimming from every corner. Explore all thoughtful and frugal handmade gifts you could make for the holidays, all in one place on this Hop!

Today, I'm sharing this Snowman Jar...isn't he cute!?!  Jars always make great packaging for gift giving around the holidays.  You can fill them with treats, small gifts, gift cards or whatever you like.  And this project costs just a few dollars in total to create so it's both practical and economical...gotta love that!  This small jar is one that I found at IKEA but you can certainly create a similar project using any jar with a lid. 
*Snowman Treat Jar*

 

            

Here's the How-To:

1. Paint a wooden craft doll head with white acrylic paint and let dry.  Use a dry round bristle paint brush (or cotton swab) to rub in blush (yep, real powdered blush…lol!) for cheeks.  Add eyes and mouth using the end of a paint brush to dot on black paint.  Set aside to dry – you may need to position the head so that the paint doesn’t drip down.
2. Cover side of jar lid with a strip of pattern paper inked with Clearsnap's Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink.  I used Glue Arts' Ribbon Adhesive to attach the strip and ensure a snug hold.  Create a decorative design for the front of the jar – scalloped circle and snowflake sticker.  Apply glitter glue to the snowflake and a gem to the center.

3. For the top of the jar, create a rosette using a 1” x 12” strip of pattern paper.  Score at ¼” marks and accordion fold.  My favorite way to secure rosettes is to use Glue Arts Hot Glue Gun and sandwich the rosette shape between punched circles.  This way they never come undone.

4. Make a tiny paper cone from orange cardstock – I used a segment from 1” circle punch to do this.  Use Extreme Micro Adhesive Squares to secure the cone shape, then add 1 or 2 to the open end of the cone to secure it to the snowman’s face.  Additional liquid glitter glue applied later will help seal this to his face as well.

5. Attach the rosette to the top of the jar lid with hot glue.  Attach the snowman head on top of the rosette with hot glue as well.  Wrap silver tinsel pipe cleaner around the neck twice and secure with a dot of hot glue.  Yes, I love my Glue Gun...it makes quick work of this kind of craft.  : )
6. With a paintbrush, lightly apply glitter glue to the snowman’s head and let dry thoroughly.  The nose may get a bit soft at first, but once it's dry it will harden and be secure.
7. With a 4” circle of pattern paper, cut a wedge of the circle and create a cone hat.  Secure the hat shape using Extreme Adhesive Squares.

8. Use the Glue Gun to attach the hat, tinsel ball and trim to the top of the snowman’s head.  Accent the hat with a snowflake button and tie ribbon to the neck of the jar to complete.  Then fill with your candy or treat of choice and it’s ready share with someone!   : )

Supply List:
Glue Arts: Glue Glider Pro;1/4 High Tac PRO+ Cartridge Refill - Pro;Mini Adhesive Squares;Adhesive Squares;Extreme Micro Adhesive Squares;Spooled Ribbon Adhesive;Glue Gun;Glue Gun Stick Refills

Clearsnap Ink: Chestnut Roan Chalk Ink
Bo Bunny: Blitzen Pattern Paper – Turtle Doves, Snow Globe, Blitzen, Stripe and Reindeer Games

Blitzen Combo Stickers, Jewels and Buttons

Fiskars Americas Tools: Round ‘n Round Squeeze Punches and Scallop Paper Edgers

Scor-Pal Tool
Other supplies: Wooden craft doll head; jar with lid proportionate to head; candies/treats to fill; glitter glue; silver tinsel pipe cleaner; red ribbon; black and white acrylic paint

I hope that I've inspired you a bit and that you've enjoyed the project!
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More about the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop...
To sweeten the Hop, we’re offering a gift for you! For every comment you leave on the blogs (comment on each one!) in the Hop, you’ll be entered to win a prize pack from one of the participating manufacturer sponsors!

The winner of the Glue Arts prize package will receive an Embellishment Kit plus a Glue Glider PRO Handle and the *NEW* PRO+ Perma Tac Cartridge.

Visit the list of blogs below and leave a comment on EACH by Nov 7, 2011 at 11:59 PM PST.  Each day we will be sharing a brand new list of blogs with brand new projects for you to explore, be inspired by, and create from!

Today's link list includes:
Clearsnap
Spellbinders 
Hampton Art
Zutter
Graphic45 
Donna Salazar Designs 
The Twinery 
Authentique Paper
Glue Arts 
Jan Hennings – Glue Arts
Kim Sonksen – Donna Salazar Designs 
Jamie Harper – Hampton Art
Jenny Suchin – The Twinery
Heather Conklin– Authentique Paper 
Gloria Stengel- Graphic 45
Christine Emberson - Spellbinders
Julie Overby – Spellbinders
Mary Dawn Quirindongo – Clearsnap
Lea Sanders – Zutter
Tara Orr – Graphic45
Patti Milazzo – Glue Arts  
Emily Lanham – Authentique Paper
Jessy  Christopher – Donna Salazar Designs

And.............I have a BONUS GIVEAWAY to offer you...from me!

On Tuesday morning, I will choose at random (from the comments left here on my blog) one lucky winner to receive a prize pack that I've put together.  It will include an assortment of Glue Arts Adhesives as well as an assortment of patterned papers from Graphic 45!   

Cheers to creating gifts from the heart this holiday season!  Happy Hopping!

Happy Friday!

It's Friday already!?!  Where did the week go?  I absolutely love this time of year but it flies by and I can barely keep up.  Fall is in full swing and we have another busy weekend ahead with band competitions and places to go but I'm hoping that we'll squeeze in a little time to enjoy this gorgeous weather we've been having this week...now that the snow is gone!  

Today, I have a few recent fall projects that I've made with Bo Bunny's Forever Fall collection......

"Give Thanks" Mini Album

Visit the link above for a full tutorial on how to make this mini that is chock full of pages with pockets and tags and plenty of room to record your memories as well as photos.

"Autumn Leaves" Layout

This was my take on a "Fast Friday" challenge over at the Bo Bunny Blog.  Simple layouts are a big challenge for me since I'm always wanting to add more and more and more...lol!  I managed to stop myself though with this layout and tried to maintain some simplicity and clean lines.  :)


















I even managed to not ink everything!  Check out the link for a list of supplies and a few tips on how to make this a multi-photo layout.

Kids Turkey Treat Craft

Goofy looking, isn't he?  His body is a "sour cream" style container that is perfect for holding small treats!  The "how-to" instructions can be found by clicking the project's title link above.

My kids aren't exactly little anymore, but they still love cute crafts especially around the holidays so we'll be making a few of these for our Thanksgiving table.  :)

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By the way...today starts the Handmade Holidays Blog Hop hosted by Clearsnap!  The hop takes place Friday, Nov. 4th through Sunday, Nov. 6th.
Glue Arts (along with several other manufacturers) will be participating along with some of the Glue Girl designers. Go check out the details by clicking on Clearsnap to begin!  I'll be joining in the hop with a project on Saturday, so please drop by here to see the cute little project that I've made.  There will be a whole new list of designers tomorrow and more chances to win the fabulous prizes available.  Hopefully, it will help inspire you with a fun gift giving idea this season!

It's a Harry Potter Halloween...

Happy Halloween!!! 


















As you can see, I have my very own little Potter look-alike.  This year I made Alex's Harry Potter costume and I'm happy to say that he loves it!  It includes a black fleece hooded robe, a gray "sweater", a tie and scarf with the Gryffindor House colors, a carved wooden wand and last but not least my hand sewn version of the Golden Snitch. 


















The tie is simply a red clip-on tie with strips of Glue Arts Accent It All adhered to the front.  I like that the strips will come off easily without leaving behind any residue and the tie can be used again.  By the way, my husband actually carved the wand from a branch in the backyard.  He's crafty in his own way...clever man!


















Look out Hogwarts School of Witchcraft & Wizardry!  He's not 11 yet, but practicing his spells already! 













I found this gold material at JoAnn's Fabrics for the Golden Snitch.  It has a black backing that made the material very easy to stitch.  The body of the Snitch is made in the same way as a fabric ball with petal shaped leaves.  I stitched the wings and pinned them inside each side of the ball before finishing. 

After all the snow we had this past weekend (SNOW in October!?!) I'm glad that he'll be bundled up for tonight's chilly adventures through the neighborhood.  :) 

Here's a couple of recent Halloween cards too...

"Have A WiCKeD Halloween!"

I decided to give this Halloween card a Gothic spin mixing up Bo Bunny's new Enchanted collection with a stamps from other collections as well as a few Fiskars Squeeze Punches.  Enchanted is actually a wedding collection but I thought the distressed black and white patterns were perfect for the slightly spooky card I had in mind. 






































Supplies:
Bo Bunny: Enchanted Pattern Papers, Jewels, Buttons and Brads; Stamps from Welcome Home and Boo Crew
Fiskars Americas Tools: Oval, Cat & Crow


Finally, a Vintage Halloween Door Hanger...

















I created the 3D pumpkin using circle punches for this door hanger.  You just fold them in half and glue them together.  It takes quite a few to fill him out, but I love the dimensional effect.  Isn't he cute?  I like his little hat, too! 

















Supplies:
Authentique Paper: Glowing pattern paper and accents
Glue Arts: Extreme Adhesive Squares, Extreme Micro Adhesive Squares and Pro+ High Tac Adhesive
Fiskars Americas: Circle and Triangle Squeeze Punches

Glad you stopped by for my Halloween post!
Have a great day and once again....Happy Halloween!

Halloween Decor & a Glue Arts PRO+ Winner!

Hey there!  I am sooo enjoying the cooler weather and that it finally feels like fall.  And we're definitely in the Halloween spirit here at our house as the big day approaches.  If you can't already tell, it's one of my favorite holidays and fall is by far my favorite season.  There's so much to do....tonight we have a Halloween parade in town, I have some special baked treats planned, the costumes for the kids are all set (I'll share on the blog this weekend the one that I made for my son), we have a busy weekend of fall activities ahead and there's still more decorations to be put up and then we'll be set.  Hectic but fun!

Speaking of decorations, today I wanted to share another Halloween project that I made recently for the Glue Arts Blog using DCWV Midnight Spell.   It's a gorgeous paper collection and it was perfect for this not so creepy project.  :)

Halloween Sign

You can find the how-to tutorial at the link above.  I love the look of rosettes and wanted to include a mix of layered rosette accents on this wooden craft sign that I painted black and distressed.  I used the Scor-Pal Tool to score papers strips of varied widths and I have to say...I just love this tool because it's made it a cinch to make rosettes.  

















Supplies:
DCWV - Midnight Spell paper pack
Glue Arts - Glue Glider Pro Handle and PRO+ High Tac Cartridge
Fiskars Americas Tools - Ghost, Oval, Scalloped Circle Squeeze Punches



And without further ado....the WINNER of a Glue Glider Pro Handle and the NEW PRO+ Perma Tac Cartridge..............

buglvr2010 said...

Your card is fabulous! I would love to win a glue glider...I have heard wonderful things about it!

October 18, 2011 5:10 PM

Congrats buglvr2010!!! 

I've let Glue Arts know that you're the lucky winner and they'll be expecting an email from you.  Just contact Julia at this email --> Gluegirl@gluearts.com and she'll arrange for you to receive you fabulous Glider and PRO+ set!

Thanks for visiting!  :)

A Halloween Card and a GLUE ARTS PRO+ Giveaway!!!

I have a Halloween card to share with you today.  I was going through my Halloween stamps yesterday and found a cute phrase for a paper pieced pumpkin idea that I had in mind.

Jeepers Creepers....Where'd Ya Get Them Peepers!?!

Crazy looking, right?  I don't know though...I think I want our jack-o-lantern to look like this.  He looks like he's had waaayy too much candy...lol!

As you can see I used my Glue Glider with the NEW PRO+ High Tac Cartridge.  I love that you can flip this cartridge around to PUSH or PULL to apply the adhesive and it really does glide even more smoothly than ever. I was able to easily apply the adhesive even on the tiniest pieces for his face.
    
















Supplies:
Authentique - Glowing Collection of Pattern Papers
Glue Arts - Glue Glider Pro with PRO+ High Tac Adhesive; U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam and Mini Adhesive Squares (hemp bow)
Fiskars - Squeeze Punches (oval, circle, triangle, Oak Leaf)
Stamps - Heidi Grace & Li'l Davis

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Now....onto the details of the GIVEAWAY.........

If you already LOVE Glue Arts then I know that you're sure to be over the moon with the new PRO+ Cartridge.  If you're new to being a Glue Arts fan, then their NEW MultiDirectional PRO+ Cartridge will certainly win you over to just how wonderful Glue Arts adhesives are.

One great thing about this new cartridge is that there's no need to purchase a new handle if you already have one.  It works with the existing Glue Glider Pro Handle.  Just the cartridge is new and improved.  :)
















Want to know how you can WIN your very own Glue Glider Pro Handle and a PRO+ Perma Tac MultiDirectional Flip Cartridge?


It's simple....just leave a comment below on my blog by 11:59 PM Wednesday evening.  That's it!  One lucky winner will be chosen on Thursday at random from the list of comments to win their very own Glue Glider Pro Handle AND the NEW PRO+ Perma Tac Cartridge!  :)

Thanks for stopping by and happy crafting!

World Card Making Day 2011

Happy World Card Making Day!

It's an all day card-a-palooza!  If you're not familiar with this event you can find it in the link above and on the World Card Making Day Facebook page, too.

Today I'm sharing a "Thank You" card...















It's over the top but I just couldn't help myself...lol!  I just love making these paper cone flowers!  I made another card awhile back in an earlier post with the same technique - using Fiskars Squeeze Punch Clouds to make each cone - with Crate Paper's Portrait collection.  I loved it so much that I just had to do it again, this time with Pebbles, Inc.














For info on how to make the flowers, you can find a brief tutorial on the Glue Arts Blog ---> HERE.  

Throughout the day between relaxing with my family and my son's baseball game this afternoon, I'm hoping to get a few cards done for Operation Write Home and some Christmas cards that I'd like to offer at an upcoming local craft show to fund raise for my daughter's Marching Band - Go Bulldogs!!!.  I'll try to take photos and update my post with those later. 

Happy Card Making to everyone joining in today!!!
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By the way, I've been asked to share some big news today...Glue Arts is introducing its' new Glue Glider Pro+ Cartridges!

Not sure what these are??? Well, I can tell you that they make using your Glue Glider Pro even easier than before.  With these new cartridges, you can glide your Glider forward OR back...your choice!
Want to try these new cartridges out?  Starting today Glue Arts is giving away a new Pro + Cartridge and a handle to 10 winners for the next 10 days. Fans can enter to win through this link ---> Glue Arts Pro+ Cartridge

You only need to enter once to be eligible for the entire 10 days!

Just a reminder...you DO NOT need a new handle if you already own the Glue Glider Pro because the Pro + Cartridges fit right into the existing handles...so no worries for those who already have a handle.

Go check it out & Good Luck!  :)

Adding dimension...

I love the things I make to be dimensional, where the paper and embellishments "pop" off my card or project or layout.  There's so many ways to add even just a little bit of dimension but here are a few projects that I made for the Glue Arts Blog this past month that have lots of dimension...

At the end of August, I created a monogram sign using a rolled paper technique using Echo Park's Splash collection.  I was inspired by the many framed crayon monogram projects I've seen on the web and I thought why not do the same with rolled paper.

Summer Monogram Sign

Adhesive Squares secured the paper perfectly and I layered on stickers with Cut-It-Out Adhesive Foam.





































I have a few other projects in progress like this for fall and the holidays using this same technique.  

Earlier this month, Julia (our fearless and super creative team leader over at Glue Arts) had a another fabulous challenge idea for our team - to use something from Pinterest as an inspiration piece for a project.  You should know that I had been avoiding that place like the plague.  Why is that? Because (if you haven't already visited the sight) it's HIGHLY addictive!  You can spend forever seeing one creative idea after another and pinning things obsessively, which is what I now do.  Thank you very much, Julia!  :) 

Here's my {p}inspiration photo and here's my card using Crate Papers' Restoration and Portrait collections.....

Thankful for You

 I made the small paper frames using corner and border punches.  I used a mix of U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam and the Raise 'Ns for this card.

And last, but not least....we worked with Pebbles Inc. earlier in September.  I love their Happy Go Lucky collection that I used for this card...

Smile

Super simple to put together with their adorable embellishments. I added extra U-Cut-It Adhesive Foam as well as Mini Adhesive Squares and Ribbon Adhesive to secure the button and pom-pom trim.

That's it for today.  I can't believe September has come to an end!  It seems the month just blew by in a flash!  Enjoy your weekend and happy crafting!  Go add some dimension to whatever you're making.  :)