DIY Baby Photo Frame

Hello friends! I have another project to share using the Sara Davies Signature Collection - Little Angel from Crafter's Companion. I took a plain boring photo frame and totally transformed it! Look how CUTE it turned out! (BTW...that's my youngest when she was born)

I die-cut a bunch of the Little Angel Baby Accessorie Dies using white cardstock and patterned paper from the Little Angel 12" x 12" Paper Pad. I stacked and adhered the pieces to make them thicker and dimensional, then attached to frame with foam adhesive tape.

I used a piece of the patterned paper to slip into the slot where the picture goes, then adhered the photo to that. Super duper easy! The Little Angel Collection can be used for non-baby projects as well...just don't use the baby specific items.

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Supplies:
Crafter's Companion Sara Davies Little Angel Signature Collection - Baby Accessories Dies
Crafter's Companion Sara Davies Little Angel Signature Collection - 12" x 12" Paper Pad
Crafter's Companion Gemini Machine
Collall Liquid Adhesive
Sticket It Adhesive Sheets
White Cardstock
Dimensional Foam Adhesive
Photo Frame

August 2016 Calendar Page

...and then all the sudden....BAM! It's August!

Here's my calendar page for this month. Totally lovin' how it turned out!

I used the Crafter's Companion Walls and Corners stamp set from the Textures Artist Collection to stamp the sun rays. Quick and easy - just inked up with 3 colors of Distress Inks. Then I tapped on some Moonlight Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen, and stamped on the page. Super sparkly in real life!

For the fun and funky sunglasses, I used Sheena's A Little Bit Scenic - French 50's Cafe stamp set. I treated a piece of white cardstock with anti-static pouch, then stamped 3 different colors of Distress Inks. Then I quickly added clear embossing powder and heat embossed. Once cooled, I colored the lens area with Spectrum Noir Markers IG8, IG6, IG4 and IG2. Lastly, I used a Versamark Ink marker to color over the glasses, added clear embossing powder, then heat embossed.

After trimming out the sunglasses, I inked around the edges to finish them off so the white paper didn't show. They look really cool! I adhered the green and blue glasses flat, then popped up the red pair.



Have a happy day!

Supplies:
Crafter's Companion Textures - Walls and Corners Stamp Set
Crafter's Companion Sheena A Little Bit Scenic - French 50's Cafe
Spectrum Noir Markers: IG8, IG6, IG4, IG2
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - Clear Overlay
Spectrum Noir Sparkle Pen - Shades of Spring Set
Spectrum Noir Ultra Smooth Premium White Cardstock
Ranger Distress Inks - Twisted Citron, Mermaid Lagoon, Abandoned Coral (Sunglasses)
Ranger Distress Inks - Squeezed Lemonade, Mustard Seed, Spiced Marmalade (Sun rays)
Clear Embossing Powder
Versamark Ink Marker
Anti-Static Pouch
Heat Embossing Tool
Dimensional Foam Adhesive
Tape Runner

As seen on HSN

Happy Friday crafty friends! Did you happen to watch the HSN show this past Wednesday? OH MY WORD...was I EVER a happy little designer when I spotted a bunch of my creations on the TV! Sara Davies, founder of Crafter's Companion, was fantastic with all her wonderful products and demonstrations. Here's one of the projects I created that was zoomed in on...

This is a screen shot I took from the live show. You can also see another project I made peeking out behind over at the far left of the picture. You can see that card HERE on my previous blog post.

I was soooooo excited to see my projects on national television! Our design team make loads of fantastic samples for the show. I hope they inspired papercrafters, showing how much the Crafter's Companion Ultimate scoring tool can do. Not to mention the beautiful heavyweight Timeless Paper Pack Collection. LOVE that stuff!

This project is called a 24-Drawer Advent Box. But you can use it for anything you like. Check out the work in  progress...

I used the Crafter's Companion Die'sire Classiques Delicate Butterfly Die and added some sequins and pearls for a touch of elegance. Each drawer has a little pull knob for easy opening.

Here's another pic from the show where you can see the entire display. The Ultimate being sold at HSN is an exclusive Glitter Ultimate and comes with 2 brand new project DVDs. If you want one...HURRY! A limited amount are for purchase from HSN only. Get it HERE.

TEN of the projects on the left side are MINE! eeeek!!!

OK friends, I'm off to go craft for the day. I've got a bunch of design team projects to work on. More NEW stuff coming soon!

Have a wonderful Friday,

Iris Picture Project

Hello friends,

Check it out....it's NOT a card. I made an 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" picture. I actually shipped this to the  Crafter's Companion USA headquarters to be used for show samples.

The stamp set is called Sheena's A Little Bit Floral - Iris Set. This flower is beautiful!  I colored it with Spectrum Noir Markers. 

• Flower - HB1, HB2, HB3, LV3, IG6, CT3, GB4, GB7, Blender
• Leaves - CG1, DG2, DG3, DG4, IG6, Blender

 I did multiple layers of the flower and leaves for dimension. 

The iris flower border is stamped with green ink. I used The Ultimate Crafter's Companion to score boarder lines on a piece of 8" x 8" Black Pearl Shimmering Cardstock, then adhered that to a 8 1/2" x 8 1/2" panel of purple cardstock.

Fun stuff!

May 2014 Calendar Page

Goodbye April...HELLO May!

April showers bring May flowers...right? Here's my 2014 May Paper Smooches calendar page :)

 

I used Paper Smooches Perky Plants set and Green Thumb set. Colored with Copic markers. Makes me smile!

 

May you have a month full of creativity!

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge

What Ya Gonna Do With All That Junk...All That Junk...

OK....so it's not Monday...it's Tuesday. Oh well! I'm still here to post my projects for the HM & Friends Monday Challenge Blog. It's just a little piece of junk! ha ha ha ha ha

House Mouse & Friends Challenge #13 - Junk
Our challenge this week is to Use Your Junk!! You know...that stuff in a drawer or maybe a basket that just sits in there...waiting to get used someday. Your challenge is to use something from your pile of junk on your creation. Just go over to that junk drawer...open it...grab something...and create! It's entirely your choice what you make, as long as it features at one Mouse or Friends image.

Here's my creation using junk from one of many junk drawer piles in my house. Yes...that's right...I have several junk drawers!



The "junk" I used is Floral Wire. When I went to my kitchen and opened the junk drawer...I saw this piece of green floral wire...and right away thought of making a wall hanging. I used the wire to hang the 2 pieces of chipboard together...and for the hanger.



These mice are so cute!! The white icing on the gingerbread house has glitter on it. The gum drops and jelly beans have Copic Clear Spica Glitter Pen on them. For the candy canes and striped round mints I used Sakura Clear Glaze Pen for some shine.

So what ya gonna do with all your junk?!

Recipe:
Stamps - House-Mouse Designs Christmas Clear Set
Paper - Bazzill Green and Red Textured CS
Ink - Tsukineko Versafine Black; SU Riding Hood Red & Wild Wasabi Classic
Misc. - Prismacolor Pencils; Gamsol OMS; Copic Spica Glitter Pen Clear; Sakura Clear Glaze Pen; Zutter Round-It-All 1/2" Corner Rounder; Unique Pages Chipboard Scalloped Coaster; Misc. piece of Chipboard, Floral Wire; Misc Brads; Dimensionals; Sakura Quickie Glue Pen; Mark Enterprises Ultra fine White Crystal Snow; Sanding Block

House Mouse & Friends Monday Challenge Blog HERE.
House-Mouse Designs Official Website HERE.
Tips on how you can easily color the House-Mouse Stamp Images HERE

No Card Today

Halloween Decorations

Yesterday my daughter Sabrina came over and we made these cute chipboard decorations. They are so fun! I should have taken pics of hers...but I forgot. I'll see if she can take a pic and e-mail it to me then I'll show you all.

I left this pic a little bigger so you can zoom in on it closer if you want :)



Plain 3 x 3 alpha chipboard pieces are covered with paper. I LOVE this paper from Rusty Pickle. It's the Addams Family series. Cut out around all the edges then sanded to smooth it out. Inked up the chipboard edges with black ink and sponge dauber. The backs of tiles are covered with textured cardstock so you see that through the letters. Holes punched with Crop-a-dile and then tied together with ribbon. I added a glittered ghost popped up on dimensional. I also stamped part of a spider web in the lower corner on the last tile and added some black glitter.

Recipe:
Stamps - A Muse Art Stamps Simple Celebrations Clear Set, Spiderweb
Paper - Rusty Pickle DS Paper Adams Family Collection, Bazzill Textured Cardstock
Ink - Tsukineko StazOn Black, Ranger Adirondack Pitch Black
Misc - Uhu Glue Stick, Dimensional, Black Glitter, Dazzling Diamonds Glitter, Quickie Glue Pen, Misc Ribbon, Sanding Blocks and sand paper, Sponge Dauber, Crop-A-Dile

Did you see these from last year?

Fathers Day Gift Idea

I posted a couple Fathers Day projects last year and thought I would link to them in case someone is looking for ideas. These Dad Chipboard Photo Frames turned out really cute and can be made for all sorts of occassions!

Click on the link below - or you can click on the Fathers Day link under the "Labels" section down the left side of the blog page.

Fathers Day Gifts

More Christmas Goodies

Here are more pics of gifts. All the ornaments had special matching boxes, but I didn't take pics of them all. I think everyone liked what they received.

See older posts for the other items HERE and HERE

Some of my goodies

Chipboard Fun

Here is 1 of several Christmas Wall Hangings I made for gifts. This one was for my sister-in-law. I will post pics of the others in the days ahead. Naturally....these are way cuter in person! Click on the pics to get a closer look :)

Recipe:
Scalloped Coaster Chipboard pieces from Unique Pages http://www.uniquepages.net/ were covered with paper from Basic Grey Figgy Pudding collection. I was able to die cut the paper at a local scrapbook store that has an Accucut die that works for these coasters. The paper is pasted down to the chipboard with YES! paste. I then sanded the edges and inked with a brown chalk ink. 4" square of brown cardstock under a 3 1/2" white cardstock. Doodle lines are hand drawn with a Micron Marker. The letters were traced from chipboard letters from http://www.uniquepages.net/ and cut out. I also used chalk ink on the edges of the letters and some Alabaster Colorbox Chalk was dabbed on with a sponge for a little snow effect. Letters are attached with dimensionals. The trees and snowman were cut from the patterned paper and glued down. Snowflake Brads are attached with Red Sticky Strip - but I first cut off the underside part of the brads that fold under. Blue Robins Nest Dew Drops are attached with glue dots. I used a Crop-a-dile to punch holes and put the pieced together with wire. Added a couple ribbon accents to finish off.

Turned out totally cute!! I wanted to keep it for myself :)

Did Someone Say Tree?

I got my tree finished!

Funny story. A couple weeks back when it was raining "Baby Showers" (LOL - ok...that was totally corny!) my daughter and I saw a couple CUTE paper topiary trees at our local scrapbook store.

We thought we would make a couple for baby shower decorations -- but that didn't happen. You know....we just ran out of time :) Anyhow...I started one for myself a couple weeks ago and of course had NO CLUE that this idea was going to be coming up on SplitcoastStampers as a tutorial!! So what's so funny about that?? Hummm....well....it was funny to me that it seems just when you think you are the only one with a idea of doing something all the sudden you see lots of other people doing it too. You know what I mean.....like how you don't notice all the pregnant people are around you until YOU are pregnant! And I thought I was going to have this totally cute project to share with everyone and maybe a few for Christmas gifts. Now everyone is making them! Oh well.....

Here's the link to the SCS Tutorial Paper Trees.

Here's my Paper Topiary Tree creation.

The ready-to-finish topiary came from JoAnn's. I went shopping in my backyard shed and found the pot. The paper strips are 1/2" x 2" in 2 different shades of green Bazzill CS. I folded the strips over a pencil so they were more rounded instead of folded with a crease. Strait pins used to attach to ball. I painted the pot and saucer with acrylic paint and sprayed with a matte sealer. The bottom saucer is hot glued to the pot.

I'm thinking about doing a Christmas version too.