I love decorating my home with photos of my family and I'm always looking for creative ways to do it. That's why I'm excited to share Michelle Filo's Fancy This projects with you. She has created some way cool photo art, featuring paper, transparency and die-cuts from the All Fall line. These projects have totally inspired me and I just know they will inspire you.
Happy 2009! I hope you had a wonderful time ringing in the new year! I thought I would start the year with a little bling by focusing on our Glitter Cuts! They are perfect for adding that extra special something to your paper crafts. Below is our Label Flourish, just one of the many beautiful Glitter Cuts we offer.
Denine Zielinski used the Label Flourish on her "Happy" layout shown below. Notice how she cleverly used the Glitter Cut. She placed it behind her photos, actually hiding the label portion, allowing the flourishes to show, which beautifully frame the photos! Did you notice how the color of the Glitter Cut so perfectly compliments the dark orange on the hat and scarf that Denine's son is wearing? Don't you just love little details like that?!
Thanks for stopping by, and be sure to check back on Monday to see the latest "Fancy This" project! Have a great weekend everyone!
I'm the type of scrapbooker that prints my own photos, and only as I scrapbook them; which means, many of my favorite photos just stay on my computer's hard drive, unseen. Our talented designer, Denine Zielinski has the perfect solution with this gorgeous Photo Box that she created. Denine says, "I often lose track of those pictures that are my favorites, so I decided to create this ahead of time. I will add copies of my favorite photos to the box as I take them!" I love Denine's idea and I can't wait to make my own! I know my children will love looking through a box filled with our favorite photos throughout the year!
Supplies:
Daily Grind Notebook Doodles
Daily Grind Office Space
Daily Grind Vacation
Daily Grind Printed Ribbon
Daily Grind Embellishment Kit (brads)
All Fall Embellishment Kit (brads)
All Fall Rub Ons
Rub Ons Double Alpha
Every Element 12 x 12 Chipboard
Lotsa Letters 12 x 12 Chipboard
Charcoal Acrylic Paint
Glossy Sealant
Mod Podge
Adhesive
Paper Mache Box
Instructions:
1. Begin by using Mod Podge to cover the sides of the box with Daily Grind Vacation paper.
2. Use Mod Podge to cover the chipboard scallops with Daily Grind Office Space paper. Cut around edges with a craft knife. I also poked the holes out with a punch.
3. Sand the edges of the box bottom and the scalloped pieces.
4. With the lid on the box, adhere the scallops to the box right where the lid ends.
5. Use Mod Podge to cover the box top with Daily Grind Notebook Doodles paper.
6. Sand the edges.
7. Add Rub Ons from the All Fall collection to the top of the box.
8. Add words to box lid with Double Alpha Rub Ons.
9. Paint chipboard letters with acrylic paint. Let Dry. Spray with a glossy sealant for a shiny effect.
10. Adhere chipboard letters to box lid.
11. Cut the prong off of brads and use mini pop dots to adhere to box lid.
12. Using a brad, attach a length of ribbon inside the bottom of the box so it can hang outside the box when the lid is on. This is designed to help lift your photos out of the box by pulling the ribbon up.
13. Add pictures when ready!
I hope all of you had a wonderful time with family and friends yesterday. I know I did! This time of year is such a nice break from the daily grind ... and speaking of Daily Grind!!!
This week's product spotlight is the Embellishment Kit from the Daily Grind collection. This kit is packed with coordinating bookplates, binder clips, mini file folders and epoxy brads—all stored in a great storage canister. Check out what some of our designers did with the fun elements found in this kit.
Every Day by Liana Suwandi
Finneas by Ronda Palazzari
Concert Layout by Ania Lexander
My daughter could not wait to put the tree up after Thanksgiving this year. I was pretty anxious, too. So, the morning after Thanksgiving, off we went to select our tree. We spent the rest of the day decorating the house, listening to Christmas music, and putting the ornaments on the tree. Once the ornaments covered our tree (or at least covered the bottom half - you can tell little hands helped), we put on the star. It's always the last thing we put on. My husband always lifts my daughter up so she can reach to put it on top. The finishing touch.
Check out this beautiful tree topper Nikki Bellish created. She never could find one she really liked, so she made her own! And you can too!
Tree Topper
Products used:
Happy Holidays: Candy Cane
Happy Holidays: Tree Lot
All Fall: Penmanship
ink pad (brown)
die cutting machine
thick, but bendable metal rod
hemp
Instructions:
1. Glue two 4 inch stars together to make it thicker, and then shape them by bending edges to make them more dimensional.
2. Ink the stars edges and bended parts.
3. Use a craft knife to cut out a tree from the Happy Holidays: Tree Lot paper.
4. Use a die cutting machine to cut out letters from Happy Holidays: Candy Cane paper.
5. Cut two, 3 inch strips of Happy Holidays: Candy Cane paper, then fold paper back and forth.
6. Connect the two folded strips together creating a circle.
7. Glue the star to the two folded strips.
8. Cut a very thin strip of paper and folded over once.
9. Wrap the thin strip around a pen to curl.
10. Place where you want it.
11. Tie a bow with hemp.
12. Bend metal rod into any shape that forms a cone... (I made mine in a square shape)
13. Attach metal rod that you bent to make the base.
Christmas is just one week away! Can you believe it? I just love this time of year...for so many reasons. One of those reasons is the fabulous Christmas decor that can be seen everywhere! Ronda Pallazzari used patterned papers from our Happy Holidays collection to create some wonderful Christmas trees! These trees are so cute and easy to create. They would make a great gift for someone and would be a fun project to do with your children.
Ronda says, "I love decorating for the holidays, and I love
making crafts. Good thing these two go hand in hand. I used the Happy
Holidays line to create these little trees. They are three
different sizes of styrofoam cones covered with patterned paper. To top
off the trees I used a chipboard star, a felt star, and an acrylic star."
Okay, I admit it, I'm a letter junkie. I love fonts and can't get enough of them. So, when these printed chipboard letters from the Daily Grind collection, debuted at CHA this summer, I was all over them. They are funky and whimsical ... and self-adhesive! Take a look at these fun layouts using these super-cool alphas.
Meh by Ania Lexander
Water = Happiness by Jolene Pienaar
20 Months by Staci Taylor
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