Celebrate 7 Years Layout

Hello friends! Today I wanted to share a layout of these two lovebirds. My son and daughter in law recently celebrated their 7th wedding anniversary.  When I was visiting them last month, I snapped this photo and knew I had the perfect paper for a layout.

 I had recently guest designed for My Creative Scrapbook using the September Main Kit and I had some leftover papers. The patterned papers, stickers, flair button and die cuts are from the new My Mind's Eye My Story Collection.  I loved the hearts so I cut them out with scissors and stitched them to my layout.

I added some ephemera and fussy cut the butterflies and spritzed with some Heidi Swapp Colorshine in Gold, Black and Blush on the white card stock background.

I usually trim the threads after I sew, but for this layout I wanted to give it a whimsical look so I kept the threads long.

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Beautiful Daughter Layout

Hello friends! Happy Sunday! Today I wanted to share a layout I created of my daughter.

My Silhouette Cameo is my favorite scrapbooking item and I use it for most of my layouts.  I love the way it cuts out intricate designs.  This summer, I have been taking an online class of Paige Evans and after taking this class, I have so many ideas bubbling up in my head that I just want to scrapbook all the time.

For this layout, I used the Echo Park Jack And Jill Collection of patterned papers, ephemera, chipboard and of course my favorite embellishments which are flair buttons from A Flair For Buttons.

I hope you have a wonderful day and thank you for visiting my blog! 

Easter Tulle Wreath

Hello friends! Easter will be here soon.  I love decorating for Easter so I thought I would take some time and decorate my home with a new Easter Tulle Wreath that I created.

To make the wreath, you will need:

1 pair of scissors
4 spools of tulle (pink, lime green, turquoise, lilac) -  I purchased these at Michael's Arts & Crafts
Ornaments for wreath - I purchased the easter egg ornaments from Michael's and the butterflies and flowers embellishments from the Dollar Tree)
Hot glue gun and glue sticks
1- 12 Inch floral wire wreath form - (I purchased this from Michael's Arts And Crafts)
1 - 3 inch 3M Adhesive Command Hook - (I purchased this from Walmart)

Directions:

To begin making the wreath:

Cut several strips of tulle 9 inches long by 2 inches wide.  Cut 60 strips of four colours pink, green, purple and blue. I used seven of each colour and repeated a pattern of pink, purple, green and blue. This works out to 10 of each colour for each section (There are 6 sections for the outer ring).

For the the inside wire of the wire wreath form,  cut 42 strips and (7 of each colour for each section). Again I followed a repeated pattern of pink, purple, green and blue. Again there are 6 sections for the inner ring).

Fold each tulle strip in half and place it underneath the wire and then pull both ends through to make a loop.  This fastens it nicely to the wire without having to glue it. I continued this method around the wreath until it was complete.  Be sure and listen to some great tunes or watch a movie as this will take some time and patience.

After the strips are all completed and tied to the wreath, turn the wreath right side up and fluff it so all the strips are straight and somewhat even.

Place the selected ornaments on the wreath and space them out.  When you are happy with the placement, take the preheated glue gun and hot glue the backside of the ornaments generously with hot glue and press it down on the tulle.

The wreath is now complete!

If you would like to add a hanging ribbon to your wreath so it can be hung on a wreath holder, go ahead and add it. For mine, I hung it on my wall in my eating area using a 3 inch size 3M Adhesive Command Hook.

Please note:  Do not hang this wreath near a heat source or in direct sunlight because tulle is 100% nylon and it will melt.

With these particular spools, I think I have enough tulle and leftover ornaments to create one more wreath.

I hope you enjoyed this tutorial and have fun making your own tulle wreath.

Thanks for stopping by and have a great day!

Creative Embellishments March 1 Challenge

Hello friends! Happy March to all of you! Today at Creative Embellishments, the team is sharing our projects on the March Moodboard.  The twist is to add a flourish.

March Moodboard - Twist:  Add A Flourish

I was inspired by a few things such as the flowers, butterflies, and the color green so I made a cutesy layout of these two cuties at their Easter photo shoot with an adorable little bunny.

I used the chipboard Ivy Wreath, the Spring Love title, the Grass Border and the wood veneer Butterflies. I painted the frame, title, and border in paints and I inked the butterflies and then added dots of paint with the tip of a paintbrush.

 I used some circle punches and a scalloped circle punch and punched several circles of patterned papers some of which I machine stitched.

 Flair always adds a bit of whimsy and goes with my circle theme.

I hope you are inspired to create something with chipboard and wood veneer embellishments.  All these and hundreds more are available in the Creative Embellishments Store.  As always, if you link up to the monthly challenge, there is a chance of winning a fabulous prize of goodies from the store!

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