Use Your Stash Blog Hop - June Watercolor Fun

Welcome to the June Use Your Stash Blog Hop!  This month we have been challenged to use our Watercolor mediums on a project of our choice. If you have come here from Priscilla's Blog you are on the right track! If you get lost along the way, a full listing of participating hoppers is at the bottom of this post.

Today I'm sharing a bright and colorful 8x10" multimedia canvas I made for this challenge. I absolutely LOVE the way this one turned out with the watercolor shading and the bright pops of colors. It shouts summer time and is totally a "me" thing!

I stamped a bunch of flowers from our Wavy Blooms D1651 stamp set in Memento Tuxedo Black ink and then colored in with our Watercolor Pencils and some Inktense watercolor pencils all blended with our Blending Pen. All the flowers are popped with various levels of foam tape to give a nice dimensional look.

I added a couple of lines of our Gold Polka Dot Washi Tape and then stamped the sentiment directly on the canvas with Memento.  The vase is cut from Art Philosophy but modified to make it wider.  The leaves are cut from Topiary and Pear cardstock.

If you'd like to purchase any of the items mentioned you can click on the links above or visit my shopping site for more CTMH goodies at:

www.Paige.CTMH.com

Now hop on over to Sharesa's Blog and see what she has created to share!

Paige Dolecki - http://www.stampologist.com/2015/06/use-your-stash-blog-hop-june-watercolor.html

Sharesa Larsen - http://sharesassweetyesterday.blogspot.com/2015/06/use-your-stash-blog-hop-coloring.html

Marilee Eatough - http://marileescreativecorner.tumblr.com/post/121515829545/tumblr_npy13dvxov1up3i6c

Marie Flayer - http://njstampingqueen.blogspot.com/2015/06/watercolor-fun-for-use-your-stash-blog.html

Shirley Ross - http://momnmescrap.blogspot.com/2015/06/use-your-stash-blog-hop-is.html

Janet McCormick - http://worksofheart2011.blogspot.com/2015/06/water-water-everywhere.html

Nicole Schuette-  http://scrappernic.blogspot.com/2015/06/use-your-stash-blog-hop-watercolor-fun.html

Wendy Kessler - http://www.myscrapbookingblog.com/2015/06/21/use-your-stash-blog-hop-watercolor-fun

Priscilla Gotham-http://www.priscillaspaperie.com/2015/06/water-color-fun.html

FREE CCR File offer! Artbooking You are my Sunshine Home Decor for Heart2Heart Challenges

As part of my efforts to bring the best customer service and support to all who order through me and support my business, each month I will be offering a FREE CCR file exclusive to those who place an order with me that month!  This cutie-patootie 12x12 frameable home decor file will be sent by e-mail to all those who order through me in the month of August!  Simply place ANY size order through me or directly on my website at www.Paige.CTMH.com and I'll e-mail this file as a thank you for your patronage!

This week's "Song in your Heart" challenge at Heart2Heart Challenges had me stumped for a bit until I started flipping through Artbooking and the sunburst overlay popped out at me. You are my Sunshine has always been a bit of a family song for us so this one came together for me in a burst of sudden creativity (maybe a looming deadline played a part in it as well - LOL!).

Here it is framed and ready to put in my front room.  I love using these 12x12 shadow frames from craft stores for single page home decor layouts.  Its so much fun creating a seasonal picture to display for a month or two.  After you are done, simply put it in a page protector and store it in one of our Work in Progress 3 Ring Binders for the next time that holiday/seaon rolls around!

Here are a few detail shots.  The little wooden hear is from our Wooden Trinkets collection that I purchased a while back.  These pieces are my new go-to resource for adding just a little sweet touch to a project!

I sanded the edges of the Laughing Lola paper to get that nice white edge and help set it off from the light tan Glitter Paper.  A selection of retired (flowers, buttons) combined with newer accessories (chevron ribbon, wooden Trinkets butterflies) finishes up this project nicely!

I hope you'll join us at Heart2Heart Challenges this week and share the song in YOUR heart!  To play along simply use some Close to my Heart products in your project and link your photo thumbnail to the hop (very easy to do)!

Click on the links below to purchase the products used in this project:

Artbooking Cricut Collection

Art Philosophy Cricut Collection (for the glitter circle and heart)

Laughing Lola Paper

Tan Glitter Paper

Wooden Trinkets

Outdoor Denim Chevron Ribbon

Frame (Michael's)

Flowers, buttons, brads, safety pin (retired CTMH)

Thanks for the space in your e-mail or for stopping by today!  I truly love sharing my artwork with you all and hope I've inspired you to get crafty this week!

Paige

Mixed Media Canvas for H2H Challenges Bon Voyage Challenge

Today I have the great honor of being the writer for the Bon Voyage challenge at Heart2Heart Challenges so I'll copy what I wrote on proverbial challenge wall!

I've always loved the phrase bon voyage or good journey because it's full of the promise of adventure, fresh starts and exploration. Today we are dedicating this challenge to our newest members of the Close to my Heart sisterhood, the new consultants in Australia and New Zealand. We wish you all buckets of creativity and a joyous start on your new adventure as Close to my Heart consultants and want to give you a warm welcome and invitation to participate in our challenges!

My personal project today is all about my own good journey - being wife to my hubby for the last 22 years.  We've definitely had our fair share of squalls hit us but as a couple we've always grown stronger and closer through the challenges.  I love this guy to pieces for his dedication to our family, keeping me laughing all these years and his support and unconditional love.  I've always said he was the North Star to my wayward journey and this little project captures what he means to me.

Our Tommy paper pack was perfect for this project!  I used the WOTG stamp set for the waves, ship and tag.  The sentiment on top of the Artiste rosette is from the Sail Away stamp set.

The background was colored with Gelatos.  On the water part, I stamped the waves with Outdoor Denim pigment ink and then embossed it with Clear Detail embossing powder.  The boat was embossed with White Daisy powder on the yellow Tommy paper and pieced with some of the blue paper.  I wrapped the frame with some Cranberry CS to give it a finished look.  This baby is going to be displayed downstairs for a while and will probably wind up decorating my craft room eventually.

I hope you'll join us at Heart2Heart Challenges this week with your own interpretation our Bon Voyage challenge!  Be sure to use some CTMH product so your linky stays live!

Click on the links below to shop for the products used:
Tommy Paper Pack
Tommy WOTG Stamp Set
Sail Away Stamp Set
Outdoor Denim Pigment Ink
White Daisy Embossing Powder
Clear Detail Embossing Powder
Artiste Cartridge (rosette)
Art Philosophy Cartridge (tag, banner pieces)
Outdoor Denim Chevron Ribbon
Neutral Baker's Twine Collection

Stay crafty my friends,

Paige

Vintage Photo Frame with Quilled Roses Video Tutorial - Heart2Heart Challenges

We have an awesome vintage photo inspiration at Heart2Heart Challenges this week, roll on down to see the photo inspiration below!  I chose to use the colors and the 3-D nature of the inspiration piece for my Design Team project - an altered picture frame.  

I created a frame of Silver Glitter Tape on the front of the picture frame and then adhered my pieces on top of the Glitter tape.  I've found that sometimes when you adhere glue directly to plastic you can have your pieces come off when they dry - always a bummer after you've put time and effort into something.  I also used a sweet little altered clothes pin that I made a couple of years back and added a new sponged Artiste bird cut to the top of the clip.

Heart2Heart Challenge Photo Inspiration

Showing the 3-D roses (video below).

I created the frame for a picture of my Dad and me - right now I have a printer copy of the photo in it but the skin tones are a bit weird (hence me not posting it here).  I'll get a print done at Costco in the next week to replace it.  My Dad is in the hospital and I'm feeling blue that I'm so far away and  can't be there for him.  I'll probably be heading out for a visit within the next couple of weeks as its been way too long since I've gone home.  Sniff, sniff.

Still shot of the finished roses.

I hope you enjoyed my video!  I'm new at the video tutorial game so let me know what you think!

Now grab some CTMH supplies and create your own project for this week's Heart2Heart Challenge! 

Stay crafty my friends!

Paige

Rain Drops Keep Falling on my Head - Mixed Media Canvas for Heart2Heart Challenges

Last month our corporate art department created a digital image to advertise the For Always paper pack on our websites.  I saw the ad and instantly fell in love with the adorable image of the For Always paper pack being used as clouds raining little hearts.  I took that inspiration and created a canvas for my own home decor for this week's challenge "Rain Drops Keep Falling on my Head" at Heart2Heart Challenges this week.  I think this is a great little inspiration piece for my home - especially as I live in the very rainy Seattle area!

I used some Gelatos on my canvas to create the gray and brown background.  I used my stamp scrubber pad to texture the ground and my finger tips to textured the gray skies to look like sheets of rain.

I stamped the hearts using our pigment inkpads in Honey and Crystal Blue directly to the canvas.  After they dried I added some Liquid Glass for shine and Stardust Glitz Gel between for a shimmery effect.

The girl is actually a witch from the "Frightful Affair" cartridge.  I cut off her witch's hat and cauldron - I loved those boots - perfect in honey with some Liquid Glass to look like rain boots for a fashionable lady.  The umbrella is from a retired set called Springtime stamped in Sweet Leaf and Crystal Blue pigment ink with Green Glitz Gel added to the dots.

I hope you'll join us at Heart2Heart Challenges this week and create your own "Rain Drops Keep Falling on my Head" project!  What a fun way to celebrate the April showers we all get - can't wait for those May flowers!

What went into this project?

Paper:  For Always Paper Pack, Honey CS, Vanilla Cream CS (retired)

Ink:  Pigment ink in Honey, Crystal Blue, Sweet Leaf, Black.  Dye ink in Crystal Blue

Stamps:  A Rainbow, Springtime, Whoo's Your Valentine (mini heart) - all retired unfortunately

Other:  Stardust and Green Glitz Glitter Gel, Liquid Glass, Artiste Cartridge (clouds), Frightful Affair Cartridge (witch with cauldron modified), Heart Dimensional Elements

Flower Cupcake Wrapper / Candy Holder with CTMH Artiste

A couple of weeks ago I was at Michael's and saw some adorable flower shaped cupcake liners - loved them but the price was high and if you are like me, whenever I see something cute I always think "hey, I can make that!"  When I started putting together my Easter project week I knew I wanted something like that but  hand made and inexpensive.  Boy was I happy when I found this little cutie on p.73 of the Artiste manual!

Here is the flower in profile.  I bent the petals out a bit by rolling them on a round barrel pen and added a set of leaves (p.32 Artiste Manual).

Each sheet of cardstock will cut 3 of the flower cupcake liners and the leaf sheet holds 9 sets of leaves.  I've put an empty cupcake liner inside and filled it with candy - you can pick it up and the liner won't fall out the bottom hole.  

Here's the link to the CCR cut file:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-s0bPFar76fNmhydDBMSVBZNGs/edit?usp=sharing

If you need to purchase the CTMH Artiste Cartridge, please visit my site at www.Paige.CTMH.com!

I'm on a tight budget this year so creating something fun/cute/functional out of materials that we already have at the house is an area that I get really excited about.  I love that I was able to use up a bunch of retired papers for my Easter goodies this year, have a bunch of cute things to surprise my kids with and had fun spending time in my craft room!  Are you having fun crafting for Easter?  What kinds of projects are you making?

Hoppy Easter crafting my friends,

Paige

Easter Egg Banner+ with free CCR Art Philosophy File

This fun banner was made using 6 sheets of cardstock plus 6 sheets of patterned paper.  I designed it so the letters alternate in rainbow colors so you can stack it like I've shown here or make one long banner.  The height of the eggs is about 8" tall by 6" wide.

You'll see on the cut file that along with the base egg tag shape I also cut letters and rolled flowers on the same sheet getting the most out of each sheet of paper.  The banner takes 11 eggs but a total of 12 are cut so here is what I made with the extra pieces.

Here's some close ups of the Easter banner so you can see the color combinations I used.  I matched the letter colors to pieces of retired B&T papers - lots of paper packs used here!

I used Hooligans, Cherry-O, Wings, Paper Garden and Heavenly Blue B&T - some of these are OLD!  It felt so good to use up stash while making something cute!

I kept the banner flat (no rolled flowers on it) for easy storage after the holiday.

Detail of the bow treatment at the ends of the banner using a bit of pink Baker's Twine I bought last year.

And here is the promised Cricut Craft Room (CCR) file that I have out on Google Docs:

https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B-s0bPFar76fcU5jN1Mwcm9vZUU/edit?usp=sharing

  You'll need the Art Philosophy Cartridge in order to make this little gem of a project.  If you are in the market to purchase this cartridge you can stop by my Close to my Heart website at www.Paige.CTMH.com and have it shipped right to your house!  

This project will take the longest of all the projects I have for this week but outside of the cutting it should only take about 30 minutes to glue all the overlays and letters on and then thread the banner.  Rolling the roses for the separate bonus project will take a little time - I love using our new Quilling Tool to make these super fast and easy.

If you download my file and use it to cut I'd LOVE to see your results!  This week is our "So Egg-Cited for Easter" celebration at Heart2Heart Challenges so post it there and then let me know you used my cut file.  I'd love feedback / comments on what you think as I'm kicking around a couple more holiday ideas for this type of project fest!

Hoppy Easter Crafting my Friends!

Paige

H2H Challenges - Go Green Lucky 4 Leaf Clover Framed Art plus a Giveaway!

If you've been a reader for a while you know that I love to create seasonal framed art using my scrapping supplies so this week's Go Green challenge at Heart2Heart Challenges seemed the perfect time for me to create a home decor piece in honor of upcoming St. Patrick's Day!

I have a deep set 12x12" frame that I picked up at Michael's on sale a while back that lets me create artwork with up to 2" in depth and still get it behind the glass (I removed the glass before taking the above shot to avoid glare).  I use the same frame over and over and simply store the seasonal layouts in my craft room throughout the year in our 3 ring "Work in Progress" binders.  Click here to check them out. 

I created the clover by cutting out the Cricut Art Philosophy at 5" found on p.50 in the book.

I cut apart the petals, folding them in half and then bending the outer edges up.  I used the 5th petal to cut out the stem.  I adhered them to a circle of scrap and put a button in the center to cover up the edges.

I like using the font on Art Philosophy that has the dots for glitter or gem placement - it makes it so easy to be uniform!  I used Almond Glitz Glitter Gel which looks gold when it dries.  The rainbow background was created by cutting 1" strips of cardstock, inking the edges and sending it through my handy paper crimper.  Love that thing - it gives so much texture and you aren't limited by length of your piece.

The ruffled ribbon tanked my first attempt at this project (the first one wound up in the trash).  I was using wired ribbon that I bought on a huge spool at Costco but I couldn't get it to stay on the edges of the first attempt.  I used Tacky Tape and glue but no dice.  I started over and this time I outlined where I wanted the ruffles on the bottom black cardstock and STAPLED the ruffled ribbon directly to my black base.  It worked perfectly!  I stacked some scrap paper under to build up depth and laid the rainbow piece right on top.

Without my first disastrous attempt, this project was actually fairly fast to put together and I won't be shy about using the stapler to affix ruffled ribbon in future home decor pieces!

I hope you'll hop on over to Heart2Heart Challenges this week and join in the fun by creating your own Go Green project.  We are open to interpretation on this one - you can do St. Patrick's Day, something green or even green as in recycled or reused for your project!  We only ask that you use mostly Close to my Heart products!  If you need to replenish your supplies or just want to check out the latest items in the Idea Book, feel free to shop my website at www.Paige.CTMH.com.  If you join my March 15th party, I am doing a Mystery Hostess party and giving away the Hostess Rewards if we hit $150!  Even if we don't hit $150 I'm still giving away a free D size stamp set from my stash pulled from the order names (I have a big stash so there are lots of sets to choose from)!  Winner will be pulled on March 16th just in time for St. Patrick's Day!

March Madness Giveaway Prize!

If you've come here from the Heart2Heart Challenges blog then you know about the March Madness prizes we are doing through the main Heart2Heart blog but the Design Team gets to play along too if they want - and I want!  So, in honor of St. Patrick's Day I have a little green bundle of goodies I'm giving away!  Comment on this post before Monday, 18th March and you'll be entered to win this bundle of green goodies which includes 5 yards of emerald green Baker's Twine, a Sweet Leaf accessory pack (1 yard ribbon, 4 corduroy brads, 2 metal tags) and a homemade card telling you just how wonderful you are for commenting because I'm so lucky to have YOU visit me!  Limited to US posting (sorry!)

What went into my project?

Paper:  Black, Ruby, Sunset, Buttercup, Topiary, Crystal Blue, Pacifica, Gypsy Cardstock, Chantilly Level 2

Ink:  Ruby, Sunset, Buttercup, Pear, Topiary, Crystal Blue, Pacifica, Gypsy

Other: Cricut Art Philosophy Cartridge, Almond and Silver Glitz Glitter Gel, Topiary button (from retired set), Wired Ribbon (Costco at Christmas), Deep set frame from Michael's

Stay crafty my friends!

Paige

Home Decor with Close to my Heart

Close to my Heart corporate office just shared this awesome article with me and I had to share with YOU because how fabulous are these projects?  I've done a display tray and today I'm getting started on my advent calendar for Christmas!  Love our new decor items!

Paige - www.Stampologist.com

More out of Home Décor

Categories: ART ATTACK

There are so many creative ways to use hand-crafted 3-D items. Use our great products to create home décor that will bring a fun and unique accent in your home. It’s easy to use Close To My Heart products you already know and love—with a different twist!

This festive thankful countdown uses the My Creations^® cubby to celebrate Thanksgiving. Fill the Cricut^®-cut boxes with reminders of things you are thankful for, and share the grateful fun with your family. Use it to countdown to your favorite holiday, like Thanksgiving, or use different embellishments and countdown to a loved one’s birthday to show them how much you love them.

This adorable star was made from Collection Two of the Hostess Collections, available through Hostess Rewards in the Autumn Winter 2012 Idea Book. Show your hostesses this spunky star so they have an idea of what they can create from this particular Hostess Collection. While the Dakota paper packet, Casual Expressions stamp set, and Dakota Complements Foil Images have a country feel, you and your customers can use all of these same materials to make a welcoming star for your front door.

Everyday household items can also be combined with Close To My Heart products to create dazzling home décor. Use the Flirty paper packet and your Cricut^® machine, along with everyday household items such as a flower pot and Styrofoam ball, to create a papercrafted tree. Or add a few Dimensional Elements to the autumn colors of the Flirty papers to create a desk calendar using two My Creations blocks. You can even use cute Cricut^®-cut flowers and leaves to make a festive banner!

For displaying precious memories, the display tray is a perfect fit! Display photos, stamped sentiments, Dimensional Elements, and other embellishments for a prized layout that you can proudly hang anywhere in your home. The display tray is easy to personalize, too; cover up several windows with cardstock for larger photos!

Springtime Home Decor for Heart2Heart Inspiration Challenge

This week's challenge at Heart2Heart is a photo inspiration challenge!  Its always fun to see what people pull from an inspiration photo - whether its the color, the composition, the overall feel of the piece, etc.

I loved the fabric bunting at the top of the inspiration photo, the coral pink color and the outdoors theme.  I started this piece on a blustery cold and rainy day here in Seattle where the only thing I could think about was how nice it will be when winter fades away to spring!

Here is the inspiration photo from Heart2Heart Challenges:

 I put extra layers of foam tape under just the middle of the banner so it looks like it is rippling in the air.  The layered bunting was created by misting cardstock and shaping pleats into it to make it look more like fabric.

Close up of the tree and flowers.  To get a larger tree canopy I stamped three of the tree tops from Splendid Day and pop dotted them in layers.

I used lots of little paper flowers and leaves, bitty sparkles, bitty pearls and buttons to make my scene.  I love these kinds of project because you can pull things from your stash to use up!  

Our inspiration photo is just so full of details!  I hope you'll join the fun and post something you create to the Heart2Heart Challenges site!  Can't wait to see what you pull from the photo!

If you'd like to make this project, get these supplies:

Paper:  Smoothie CS, Sky CS, White Daisy CS, Sunny Yellow CS

Stamps:  Spendid Day (tree, plane), American Celebration (the stripes on the blue circles), Bohemian Alphabet

Ink:  Sky, Topiary, Smoothie, Dutch Blue

Other:  Liquid Glass, Bitty Pearls, Bitty Sparkles (some were colored pink with a Sharpie), Red Assortment Buttons, Paper Flowers (retired), Ultra Fine Tipped Black Sharpie, Watercolor Pencils (coloring leaves on the tree)

Springtime Color Challenge for Heart2Heart Challenges!

The Heart 2 Heart Challenge for this week is a color challenge!   We are challenged to use Sweet Leaf, Sky Blue and Sunkiss Yellow for our projects.  When I was playing around with the colors all I could think is what a pretty springtime picture they would make - so that's what I made!  I think this will look great by my front door or in the half bath to welcome spring.

Here is a close up of the layered flowers.

I used a picture frame I bought at the Target dollar spot a couple of years ago and added a sweet hanging bow with our Chocoloate Striped Grosgrain Ribbon.  Everything was cut using the Art Philosophy Cartridge and I did a little bit of stamping on the leaves with the polka dot stamp from "Diverse Backgrounds".  I used a white gel pen and Bronze Glitz to accent the flowers.

To make this project, get these supplies:

Paper:  Sky CS, Sunkiss Yellow CS, Sweet Leaf CS, Kraft CS

Ink:  Sunny Yellow (for edging flowers), Sweet Leaf

Other:  Chocolate Grosgrain Ribbon, Bronze Glitz Glitter Gel, Art Philosophy Cartridge

Heart 2 Heart Challenges Design Team Project - Write-on/Wipe-off Birthday Countdown

I created this project for the Heart 2 Heart Challenge Design Team assignment to use a stamp set that hasn't seen ink.   Fortunately for me, I had the PERFECT set sitting on my desk - our new "Rock the Block" promotion!  At the bottom of this post I'll have all the information on how you can get this E size set PLUS a set of our new Collage Cubes for just $15! 

This fabulous and fun stamp set was perfect for creating a reusable write-on/wipe-off birthday countdown 12x12" for my daughter's upcoming birthday!  Here is the project under the glass of my 12x12" frame showing the area to write the daily countdown.

and here is a shot of the project without the glass to eliminate any photo glare....

I used lots of techniques on this baby - spraying the background with a mix of Pearl Paint and re-inker, heat embossing, hand-tinting with a blender pen, tone-on-tone stamping, layering off-set letters, making scalloped pinwheels, ruffling ribbon and more! 

Rock the Block Promotion:  Available through January 31, 2012!

- Visit my website and purchase $25 in products from our Fall/Winter 2011 Idea Book and get this E size set PLUS a set of 9 Collage Cubes in chipboard frame for just $15 - a savings of $30!

Here is a larger shot of the E size stamp set you'll get!

If you'd like to make the Birthday Countdown project, get these supplies:

Paper:  Gypsy CS, Sunset CS, White Daisy CS, Black CS

Stamps:  Rock the Block (available till January 31, 2012)

Ink:  Sunset, Gypsy, Sky, Pear, Versmark, Sky re-inker

Other:  Art Philosophy Cartridge, Sweet Leaf Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Silver Glitz Glitter Gel, Blending Pen, Signo Uni-ball White Gel Pen

Fall Wreath with Art Philosophy Flowers - done just in time!

Ever have one of those projects that you work on for 5 minutes here and there and wind up taking you a month to complete?  This is a very simple wreath project that I started over a month ago - kept picking it up and putting it down so instead of a hour or two to complete it took me a month - eek!  The good news is I FINALLY finished it in time for Thanksgiving and I'm happy with how it turned out!

Close up of the flowers.  The larger mums were cut at full page size (about 10.5") and the smaller roses were cut at 5.5" each (4 per page).  The flower centers are all three colors and both sizes of our Shimmer Brads - they are such a great value at $4.95 for 27!  Love the Bronze Glitz on the kraft colored leaves! 

If you'd like to make this wreath, get these supplies:



Paper:  Light Yellow and Orange Shade Pack (has Buttercup, Creme Brulee and Sunset papers), Kraft Cardstock, Colonial White Cardstock (I backed the kraft leaves with this as it was too floppy on its own)
Inks:  Creme Brulee and Sunset
Other:  Art Philosophy Cartridge, Shimmer Brads, Bronze Glitz, Ribbon (about 5-6 yards of 2.5" - I found this gorgeous one at Costco), small styrofoam wreath base (Michaels)

Christmas Scene 12x12 Home Decor with CTMH Wonderland and Holiday Magic

Welcome to the CTMH October Stamp of the Month blog hop featuring the set Holiday Magic!  If you have come here from Tamytha's blog, you are on the right path!  We have over 50 Close To My Heart Consultants sharing their creations using this month's SOTM and other great CTMH products on their blogs. To hop through the whole list simply click on the link at the end of each post on the hop. 

This stamp set is the perfect vintage holiday set for cards, layouts and home decor items.  I couldn't wait to start playing with this one to create another scenic holiday home decor piece for my front room.  I wanted to get a lot of depth on this piece so there is a whole lot of layering going on - its the most foam tape I've ever used on one project!  I'm going to have to get a shadow box 12x12 fame for this one!

Trying to show the depth of the layers and those cute Red Assortment Buttons!

I gathered Sweet Leaf ribbon and layered with some Cranberry Velvet...

If you'd like to make this project, get these supplies:
Paper:  Wonderland, Colonial White CS, Twilight CS
Stamp:  Holiday Magic
Ink:  Olive, New England Ivy, Tulip, Versamark
Other:  Art Philosophy Cartridge Collection, Clear Embossing Powder, White Daisy Embossing Powder, Cocoa Embossing Powder, Red Assortment Buttons, Colonial White Waxy Flax, Sweet Leaf Stitched Grosgrain Ribbon, Cranberry Designer Ribbon Rounds, Twinkle Brads

Now "Hop" on over to Dawn's Blog to see her work!

Be sure to visit all the Consultants at their Blogs to get some great crafting ideas and other fun ideas! Remember, the October SOTM is only available until the 31st!  To order your set and start getting ready for the holidays, click here!