Lamp shade decoration tutorial

 

 

Hi Everyone, 

Happy New Year 2013! May this be a great day of celebration, friendship and family!

Today we are celebrating the gift of Light. Without light it is hard to create ART!
I’m Maggie with you today as I share a simple tutorial using the Cricut Expression,  Provo Craft Gypsy, and Cuttlebug from Provo Craft

Supplies: Sassafras papers, terrifically tacky tape, glitter from Ek Success (MS), Zip Dry glue, Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, Colorbok fluid chalk, Brads, Prima Say it in Studs.
How to:
1.Select the shadow on the Accent Essential Cartridge and size to 4 inches, multiply by 2, then down size to 3.5 inches, downsize again to 3 inches, downsize again to 2.5 inches for a total of 8 flowers.

 

 

2. Ink the edges, spritz the flowers with Tattered Angels Glimmer Mist, crumple and let dry for 2 minutes. The smaller flowers add glitter using the EK Success and MS fine gold glitter.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3.Unfurl the flowers a little bit, insert a brad into the center.

 

 

4. Use tacky tape and adhere the flowers to the lampshade, add Organza Ribbon for a finishing touch.

 

 

 

 

5. Adhere Prima Say it in Studs to the sides of the flowers, add the punch butterflies.

 

 

 

Voila, you are done!
Here is the finish Lampshade…wasn’t that easy, eh?

 

 

Thank you so much for stopping by and taking the time to leave a comment letting us know what you think?

Have an inspiring day!

Maggie

Mirror Mirror on the Wall...who is the fairest CB folder of them all??

 

 

Embossed Mirror

Designed By: Miss Tracy :)

 

Well friends...I can't tell you who the fairest CB Folder is because I love ALL of them!
Miss Tracy here today to share a home decor project with you. This was an unfinished mirror that I purchased at Michael's. I altered it with paint, art metal, and alcohol inks to create this beautiful mirror. Now you can see from the picture above that it is in fact a mirror...and yes...that's me photographing it...ha! However, I would like to share another idea with you on how to use your mirror...take a look...

 

I chose to use my mirror as a wonderful photo display. I love how the mirror border looks around the picture. I simply matted a photo of my daughter Rachel and my precious grandboy Kaden with cardstock and then adhered it directly to the center of my mirror.

Here is a closer look...

 

Doesn't the alcohol ink combined with the embossed metal look gorgeous?!? I just love it...

 

Miss Tracy's How To:

1. First, remove mirror and paint your frame. Set aside to dry.

2. Cut art metal (Rock Star Black/Ten Seconds Studios) into desired sizes and emboss with your favorite Cuttlebug Embossing Folders or your Ten Seconds Studio design molds.

3. Lightly sand over the embossed pieces to expose the silver finish.

4. Using an alcohol ink applicator, apply a variety of alcohol inks to color your metal.

5. Adhere your metal to the frame using tacky tape or humongo tape sheets (Ten Seconds Studio).
6. Replace the mirror and your done!!

Thanks for taking the time to read my post...I hope it inspires you to create your own one-of-a-kind home decor piece!

Stay true to your passion--Keep Creating!

Miss Tracy :)

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Celebrate good times!

 

 

 

Hi everyone, I’m Maggie sharing with you a simple way to
create a very quick layout in less than 15 mtes by using your stash, most of the elements used are at least 2 years old. I hope everyone had an awesome Christmas!

Supplies:

1. My Mind’s eye lost and found pattern paper
2. K & Company flowers, Elle studio journaling tags
3. Sei Buttons, Coredination couture glitter cardstock

Let’s begin!

1. Mat the picture using Coredination couture cardstock, adhere to the center of the pattern paper right under the pennant design, adhere small flowers on each side of the string of the pennant design
2. Cut 2 pennant shapes from left over cardstock, insert under the mat photo, adhere small buttons
3. Add flowers to the left of the picture scatter remaining small flowers in between
4. Adhere 3 buttons in between the flowers on the left side, add the  sticker to the left side of the picture next to the title design of the pattern paper
5. add 1 medium and 2 small buttons to the right of the picture

 

6.  Adhere the journaling circle tag  on the center left of the picture
Voila done in less than 15 mtes.

Here’s another look!

Have a great weekend!
Maggie

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Elegant composition gift book tutorial

Hi Everyone,

I'm Maggie with you today to share a fun tutorial that will not break the bank.

Composition books are no longer for students, they are so versatile and can be used for anything, from birthday present, art journals, diary etc..

Let's begin!

Supplies:

• Cricut Expression, Cricut gypsy, Mother's Day Bouquet Cricut Cartridge, cut a total of 30 petals to form the flowers at the following descending order 2.75", 2.5", 2.25", 2", 1.75", 1.5",1.25", 1". Ink the edges with Letraset pro Marker. Form the flower following this previous tutorial,add Ranger Stickles Diamond, let dry.
• Cut 2 butterflies from Rock Princess Cricut Cartridge, at 4.5", 3.75", ink the edges with Letraset pro Marker,add Ranger Stickles Diamond, let dry.
• Cover the composition book with the Parisian Anthology paper, use the negative of the butterfly to spray the paper using Glimmer mist turquoise, let dry. Adhere the smaller butterfly on top of the mask butterfly, fold the wings upward to look like it's in flight.

• Adhere prima say it in crystal on the composition book, adhere Parisian Anthology trim, adhere the flowers, add Parisian Anthology tickets, add joy rubon, adhere 3 gems on the bottom right.

Voila an elegant composition book as a present for any occasion.

Here's the final composition book again.

 

 

Have a great week,

Maggie

Kids Christmas Snow Man Shirt Tutorial

 

 

 

Hi everyone!

 

I am Kalyn from And I Thought I Loved You Then. I am a 27 year old mother of one amazing daughter Eliza.

I love to blog and craft with her and that is what you will find on my page. I am so thankful Maggie has asked me to share a project with you.

Today I will show you how to make a very simple t shirt for your little guy or gal. I love to make Eliza shirts for the season, I made her a  No Sew Christmas Tree a few weeks ago but wanted something that can last through the winter, not just the holidays, so I decided to make this Snowman! The best part is this cost me less then $10 to make!

 

Supplies: T-shirt, long sleeve for the winters here
Buttons for the eyes
Fabric for the nose and mouth. 99cent fabric squares from Jo’anns are perfect for this, they tend to have lots of different design options to make the fabric a little more fun.
Heat and Bond
Needle and Thread



Start off by washing all of your fabric, you don't want anything to shrink when you wash it in the future.


Take your buttons and lay them out on the shirt to decide how you want the face to look. I wanted it to look off to the side so I put the eyes closer together on one side.

 

Next, time to cut out your shapes for the nose and mouth. I started by applying my heat and bond to you fabric. Make sure you follow the directions for your particular fusing web.

 

I then free handed the shape of the nose. The best way to do this is draw it on the paper of the fusing web once it is on the fabric, that paper will be discarded so no one will see if you too a few times to get the drawing right. Now cut out your nose.

 

I do not do well free handing circles, I could have traced something but to save myself time I threw my fabric on my Provo Craft Cricut machine and let it cut out a bunch of different size circles. I wasn't sure what I would like when it was all laid out together.

 

Now that all of your shapes are cut out, and your buttons laid out, put your face together!

Try the different sizes of the circles to decide what shape is best for you. With Eliza's shirt being a 12month we didn't have much room so I used all small circles.

 

Once I had it laid out the way I wanted I make little marks with my pencil so I knew where it all went, your fabric will be covering the pencil marks so no big deal.

Sew on your button eyes with your needle and thread. Make sure to sew them on tight if you have curious hands like ours!

Now take your nose and mouth fabric and iron them on.

 

 

Tada! Instant Snowman...now wait 1.5 hours for your little one to wake up so they can put on your Snowman shirt and fight smile for the camera!

 

 

I hope you have enjoyed this quick and easy tutorial. Like I said, all together it was less then $10 to make and about 10 minutes to make! Please stop by And I Thought I Loved You Then for more fun craft ideas!

Thank you again Maggie for letting me share my ideas. Feel free to contact me with any questions!!

*~Kalyn*~

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5 fabulous Christmas card ideas tutorial with one stamp and a linking party!

Hi everyone,

Today we are excited to have Nancy Kirk from Sea Side Creativity show how us in very simple steps how to use one stamp to create amazing Christmas cards and gift wrapping ideas. Please help us welcome Nancy by leaving her comments :)


Nancy Kirk is a long time paper crafter and stamper.  She loves working with all types of designs and techniques and can be found working in her craft room for hours on end.  Her cards have been published in several magazines - The Rubber Stamper, Rubberstamp madness, Take Ten and Vamp Stamp News to name a few.  Her latest favorite tool is copic markers and she is a certified copic instructor.  Nancy resides in Florida with her husband and two dogs. You can visit Nancy’s blog here


Hello crafty friends!  Are you ready for another day of holiday crafting?  Today I will be showing you 5 ways to use one stamp.   I've chosen a poinsettia stamp from Flourishes - here is the first project:



This is a large card with double matting.  To create the double mat take red and green cardstock and cut a circle out of the center of each.  The green cardstock should be slightly smaller than the red and the circle cutout should be smaller as well.  I've used two sizes of circle nestabilities to do this.   Emboss a piece of white cardstock  - a cuttlebug snowflake embossing folder  was used here.  The embossed piece will be the bottom layer.



Assemble the red, green and white pieces.  Set this piece aside.



Stamp the poinsettia and two leaves on white cardstock, color with copics (or whichever medium you prefer) and cut out pieces.  Attached pieces on the front of your mat with foam mounting tape or pop dots.




To embellish the front of the card I make a double bow with seam binding (cheaper than ribbon!).  The center of the bow has flattened gold bead cap with a red rhinestone in the middle.  You can easily  flatten bead caps between two acrylic blocks.  Along the edge of the mat are gold stickers from Flower Soft - these add a nice touch and are easy to apply.




Gold Embossed Card
Who says poinsettia's have to be red?  Here is an option that requires no coloring and has an elegant look.




To create the front panel, stamp the image twice with versamark ink and emboss in gold.  For this card I am using Cryogen White cardstock - it has a pretty shimmer to it that does not show up in the photos.  Leave one image on the cardstock, cut out the other image leaving off some of the petals - this will be used as the top layer.



With foam mounting tape attach the cut out poinsettia on top of the image that was left on the cardstock.  Mount this panel on a piece of gold cardstock.  Then mount it on a piece of cryogen white cardstock that has been wrapped with gold cord.    This panel is then mounted on a base card of cryogen white cardstock that has been embossed with a snowflake embossing folder.




Gift Card Holder
Another way to use this stamp is to stamp it on patterned paper.  I chose some non traditional colors and ended up with a wintery look.  All the paper is from SEI's Winter Song paper pack.



First, stamp the image 3 times on patterned paper.  For this project I also embossed the image with blue glittery embossing powder.  Cut out one full image and two images smaller than the original.  Mount the two smaller pieces on the full image using foam mounting tape.  Set aside.



To make the gift card holder, take a piece of patterned paper sized 4.25" x 10".  Score at 4" and 8".



On the end that has the short fold, punch out a half circle in the center.  Add strips of tape to the inside edges and fold up.  This is where you will place your actual gift card.



On the other end of the strip use a scallop border punch.



To embellish the front, add strip of blue cardstock that has been punched with a scallop border punch and attached behind the front panel.  Small self adhesive pearls were added at each point.  Another wide blue strip was added on the front of the panel - a white satin ribbon was attached on top of this strip and wrapped around the gift card.  The layered poinsettia image is attached on the front with double stick tape.





Gift Wrap
Several years ago I switched to white wrapping paper for all my gift giving.  What a time saver!!!  White  wrapping paper goes with everything and can be embellished for any occasion.  I was able to purchase a large roll of it at a merchant paper supply store.   The paper is heavy duty wrapping paper - the kind you would find at a high end store - and has a nice linen look to it.   I used this paper, along with the poinsettia stamp to wrap this gift.




To stamp your wrapping paper cut a piece off the roll a size that will fit your gift.  If this section is a bit large place it on a table, or hard surface floor.  I place a piece of fun foam under the area I am stamping  - it provides a nice even surface that a table top or floor may not.   Ink and stamp as you normally would  - randomly stamping the image over the entire piece of wrapping paper.



My package was finished off with some red sheer ribbon and a tag made with a stamped sentiment.

One Sheet Box
For the final project, here is a great way to package  those smaller gifts!  The base box is made from one sheet of 8.5" x 11" paper.



First, here is how I created the front panel.  It is best to to assemble your decorated front completely and then place it on the front of the box.  Stamp and cut out  the poinsettia image on red cardstock - no coloring needed!    I attached small blue self stick pearls to the center of the image.  Die cut two leaf images from green cardstock.  This die is from the Spellbinders foliage set.    Take of piece of red cardstock and place of piece of patterned fabric on top.  The fabric I used is from Mota and has blues, greens and red throughout it.



Assemble all the pieces to the front of the fabric covered panel.  I also added some bakers twine and a stamped sentiment.



Now on to the actual box.  There are lots of tutorials on how to make this box - here are some basic instructions.  Take a sheet of 8.5" x 11" cardstock and score at the short side at 2.5"  and 6".  On the long side score at 4.5" and 6.5".  Fold all scored lines.



Diagonal fold the sides to create.  Do not tape the sides just yet!  Do all the folding first.



Here is a look at the side of the box



Once you have all your folds, attached your decorated panel to the front.  Then tape the sides of the box.  If desired, you can punch a hole at the top of the box and wrap a ribbon through it to close it up,  or you may chose to leave it open.
Thanks for stopping by today!!!  I hope these project have given you some inspiration for your holiday crafting.
Nancy

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