Altered Valentine Tin

If there's one thing my girls use a lot of besides shampoo, it would definitely be bobby pins. I was excited to use my new Recollections My Favorite Things paper stack and Spellbinders Heart Circles Nestabilities. I thought it would be cute to create a Valentines altered tin using non traditional colors and loved how it turned out. Bev at The Piece by Piece always carry the most unique trims which went perfect with this project. Instead of just placing the bobby pins in the tin, I thought it would be fun to make heart shaped pouch to place the bobby pin in or just clip them on the design paper. My daughter loved it a lot and I really enjoyed making this for her. Hopefully I'll see less bobby pins everywhere. heehee

The Piece By Piece Trims
Glam 6x6 4 Squares
Fancy Black Trim with Gold Details
Purple Fabric Flowers
Venice Black Lace - temporarily out of Stock
Plum Beaded Trim - temporarily out of Stock
Beige Flower Lace - temporarily out of Stock

Shabby Chic Chipboard House Ornament

Happy Holidays Everyone!

Every Christmas year, its a tradition for my sister, brothers and I to give my mom an ornament for her tree. I thought it would be nice for me to create an ornament for her this year. I really loved the shape of these Studio 18 chipboard mini house album that I purchased from my local Michaels. This year we're celebrating Christmas at my mom's and thought it would be fun to create a Shabby Chic ornament with it. The design paper is from Prima's Botanical collection and the beautiful window is from Prima's Shabby Chic Treasures. I received the adorable Paper Trey Ink dress form die from Arlene and loved how it looked beside the window. I then added the gorgeous I Am Roses Pale Yellow mini Rose on the center of the bow. On the other side of the house are the beautiful Pink and Yellow Spray with the White Cherry Blossoms. For the design paper on the chimmney, I will add my mom's address using the Martha Stewart Numbers Punch. What's also great is that you can create many different projects with these house chipboards. These will also make adorable picture stands by just adding an chipboard easel die cut to the back.

I Am Roses Flowers:
White Cherry Blossoms
Yellow and Pink Spray
Mini Pale Yellow Roses

Coffee Cup Custom Die

Hi Everyone!
I'm so happy and excited to share with you my latest custom die with AccuCut Craft Custom Shape Pros. The first thing I do when I wake up in the morning, is have a cup of coffee. In the evening, I have my Mocha Frappe from my favorite coffee place...Starbucks. I also enjoy drinking hot cocoa in the evening, especially during the Christmas season and stir my candy cane while enjoying my hot cocoa. Throughout the year, I love to give Starbucks gift cards to my family and friends as a gift and thought how fun it would be to design a cup with three different lids and a sleeve to wrap around the cup for my gift card. I really enjoyed designing this die and LOVE how it turned out.

Hot Cocoa
Latte

Coffee

Shabby Chic Bird Nest Snow Globe

I love being able to create my own custom snow globe. I purchased these from my local Michaels. They only carry these during the Christmas season, so I make sure I stock up on these. Natalie loved to purchase snow globes from all the places we'd travel and display them all on her shelf. What's great about this snow globe, you can create these with any theme. How fun would it be to collect souvenirs from all the places you've been to and design your very own. I really liked that it was plastic and that I didn't have to worry about anyone dropping it and not being able to have the snow globe anymore. Especially, if were from somewhere far away. The snow flakes look so pretty inside and has a beautiful shimmer to it. As you know, I love birds and thought it would be fun to create a Shabby Chic themed snow globe with a bird and bird nest. I Am Roses flowers and leaves just looked so pretty on the nest and on top of the snow globe. I really enjoyed creating this and look forward to creating many more.

R40-70: White Paper Flowers

L0- 721: Small Soft Green 2 Tone Maple Leaves

S10- 06: Small Pink Flowers 2 Tone

R8-48: Mixed Yellow Paper Roses

R21- 106: Solid Pink

Altered Posh Spinning Organizer

I had gone shopping at Hobby Lobby with my girls and found this adorable spinning organizer at the unfinished wood section. I thought how fun this would be to alter. Natalie asked if she could have it for her desk to place some of her makeup in. Natalie loves the combination of hot pink, black and white and Hobby Lobby had the Teresa Collins Posh paper pack and which had the exact colors she wanted. I first painted the organizer with white acrylic paint, then sprayed Lindy Stamp Gangs Glitz Spritz in Scintillating Silver. I just love all the shimmer. I then embellished the organizer with Karla's gorgeous trims and embellishments. Natalie loved how it turned out and I really enjoyed creating this or her. Listed below are all the beautiful trims and embellishments I used from Karla's Etsy.

Websters Pages Feather Fancy Trim #9
Pink Trim #3
Jade's White 2 1/2 inch Rose Trim #15
Bona's Shabby Chic White Trim
Black Flat Back Pearl
Large Black Flower Trim
Rina's Thin Baaling-Silver
3D Pink Butterflykisses Crystal Flowers
Mini Light Pink Crystal Flowers