Die Cuttin' Divas Fall Is Here Challenge

Tuesday has rolled around again and it is time for a new challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas! This week our challenge is"Fall Is Here"

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is Digital Delights! You have a chance to win a $5.00 gift certificate.

I decided to go for some fall decor as I needed something to put next to my little Hello Autumn frame.

I used a cut file from Silhouette Studio and papers by Bo Bunny.

Supplies used: card stock - light brown;  pattern paper by Bo Bunny; Silhouette Studio cut files; twine - my stash.

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Snapdragon Snippets September Contest

Happy Labor Day everyone!

As a member of the Snapdragon Snippets creative team, I'd like to invite you to participate in our September contest - create anything for "Fall"

This month it is a joint contest with  SnapDragon Snippets and SVG Attic, so that means you have even more files to choose from to create with to enter!  We hope you will join with us and participate in this month's "Fall" contest.

For my project I created a basket filled with 3D acorns.

I used Snapdragon Snippets file #37451, 3D Bowl Basket to make my cute, handled basket, The darling patterned papers are by Imaginisce.

For the 3 dimensional acorns I used Snapdragon Snippets file #34487, 3D Acorn.

The rest of the creative team has some fabulous inspiration so I hope you will pop by the Snapdragon Snippets blog to check them out and then please stop by their blogs and let them know how much you love their projects!

Contest Rules

• Become a follower of  SnapDragon Snippets' and SVG Attic's blogs.

• Create any type of project using at least one recognizable element from a SnapDragon Snippets or SVG Attic file.

• You have until Midnight CST on September 30, 2014. Designs submitted after the deadline will not be included in the judging.

• Submit your entry by clicking on the inLinkz button below.  If you do not have a blog, you can also enter by posting a picture of your project on our SnapDragon Snippets or SVG Attic Facebook pages and state it is for the contest.

• Please only provide the link to your blog post itself and not your blog in general.

• You may enter as many times as you want for this contest.

• You may enter your project into as many different challenges as you want.

• Please include a link back to this contest post in your project's blog post.

• Not a requirement, but we would love for you to "Like"  SnapDragon Snippetsand SVG Attic on Facebook if you haven't already done so!

Prizes

First Place:  $25 Gift Certificate to SVG Attic

Second Place:  $15 Gift Certificate to SVG Attic

Third Place:  $10 Gift Certificate to SVG Attic

• Judging will be done by the Creative team members and Designers.

• Top 5 will be announced on October 3, 2014.  From that point the fans choose the top 3!  The pictures will be placed on Facebook and the three with the most "likes" will win.

Good luck and happy crafting!

    

An InLinkz Link-up

Snapdragon Snippets and SVG Attic Anything Goes Challnge

Happy Tuesday everyone!

As a member of the Snapdragon Snippets creative team, I'd like to 

welcome you to to a new contest!  

This month it is a joint contest with  SnapDragon Snippets and SVG Attic, so that means you have even more files to choose from to create with to enter!  We hope you will join with us and participate in this month's "Anything Goes" contest.

For my project I created a wall art using the All I Need Coffee Vinyl, file #62201.

I started with an 11" X 14" frame I purchased at Joann's. Inside the frame I covered the back with American Crafts black burlap paper. The phrase is cut out of white vinyl and attached  to the front of the glass.

The rest of the creative team has some fabulous inspiration so I hope you will pop by the Snapdragon Snippets blog to check them out and then please stop by their blogs and let them know how much you love their projects!

Contest Rules

• Become a follower of  SnapDragon Snippets' and SVG Attic's blogs.

• Create any type of project using at least one recognizable element from a SnapDragon Snippets or SVG Attic file.

• You have until Midnight CST on July 31, 2014. Designs submitted after the deadline will not be included in the judging.

• Submit your entry by clicking on the inLinkz button below.  If you do not have a blog, you can also enter by posting a picture of your project on our SnapDragon Snippets or SVG Attic Facebook pages and state it is for the contest.

• Please only provide the link to your blog post itself and not your blog in general.

• You may enter as many times as you want for this contest.

• You may enter your project into as many different challenges as you want.

• Please include a link back to this contest post in your project's blog post.

• Not a requirement, but we would love for you to "Like"  SnapDragon Snippetsand SVG Attic on Facebook if you haven't already done so!

Prizes

First Place:  $25 Gift Certificate to SVG Attic

Second Place:  $15 Gift Certificate to SVG Attic

Third Place:  $10 Gift Certificate to SVG Attic

• Judging will be done by the Creative team members and Designers.

• Top 5 will be announced on August 3, 2014.  From that point the fans choose the top 3!  The pictures will be placed on Facebook and the three with the most "likes" will win.

Good luck and happy crafting!

    

An InLinkz Link-up

Die Cuttin' Divas I Vow To Thee My Country Challenge

Tuesday has come upon us again, so it's time for a new challenge over at Die Cuttin' Divas!

This week our challenge is I Vow To Thee My Country. Inspired by the Country you live in 

(Colors in Flag, National Sport, etc...)

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is Bugaboo Stamps!

For my project I used a Snapdragon Snippets file from Silhouette Studio

I used card stock, patterned paper, ribbon and beads to create this cute little banner for my mantel.

Supplies used: card stock - Kraft, red, blue, recycled white; patterned papers from Let Freedom Ring by Pebbles;Silhouette Studio cut files; ribbon and beads - my stash; brads - American Crafts.

Now to get the rest of my July 4th decorations out!!!!

Now pop on over to Die Cuttin' Divas and see all the fabulous inspiration the rest of the design team has come up with.

Hope to see you playing along with us!!!!

Summer Lovin Blog Hop

Welcome to the SnapDragon Snippets - SVG Attic Summer Lovin' co-blog hop!

We are super excited to have you join us today!  If you happened across this post out of order, please head to the SVG Atttic blog to start at the beginning of the hop.

We hope you are inspired by the creativity of the design teams of  SnapDragon Snippets and SVG Attic.

Here is the project I created for the hop using two different files by Snapdragon Snippets.

To create the invitation I used June Dozen Squares Quilt Block file #42087.  I changed the sizes so that it would fit on a 5X7 card base. I omitted the cuts that had the holes and replaced them with solid pieces.

I recycled a Starbucks bottle for my drink bottle. I wrapped some coordinating paper around the bottle and I used the watermelon from the same cut file as the invitation, to create the slider for the straw. I simply enlarged it a bit and after I pieced it together I cut a couple of slots for the straw to pass through. 

The darling treat box is created from 3D Watermelon Slice Box file #45154.  It makes a great little box to put some candies or something in and was really quite easy to put together.

I think this makes a fun little set for your next summer BBQ or picnic!!!!

Now how about some blog hop prizes??

We are offering TWO gift cards to the SVG Attic store!

$30 Gift Certificate to SVG Attic

and

$20 Gift Certificate to SVG Attic

What do you need to do to be eligible for these amazing prizes?

1.  Become a follower of each blog in the hop, if you aren't already.

2.  Leave a comment at each stop.

3.  If you do both of the above, check back here or at the SVG Attic blog for the winners on Monday, June 9th!  You have all day today and tomorrow to hop. 

We would also love it if you would stop by the SnapDragon Snippets' and  SVG Attic Facebook pages and give us a "Like"!

Now for the blog hop lineup:

SVG Attic blog 

Allie 

Melissa

Beth

Julie

Courtney

Jodi
Esther (you are here)
Ruthie (go here next)
Diane
Gaby
Snapdragon Snippets Blog! --Last Stop

Glitter Leaves

Happy Thanksgiving to all my friends and family!!!

Today I am sharing a project I did to transform some plain silk leaves into sparkly decor for my home.

I started with a bag of plain silk leaves like these :

I brushed the leaves with a coat of Modge Podge. Starting in the middle and working my way out I sprinkled the leaves with glitter, then shook off the extra. I laid them on wax paper to dry and then repeated the technique on  the back of the leaves. I did both sides of the leaves because I was going to hang them from my dining room light. If you are just going to lay them on a table you can get by with only doing the fronts.

Here are some before and after leaves:

For the red leaves I used Candy Apple in the middle and a combination of Fire Opal and Brownstone on the edges. All by Martha Stewart.

For the orange leaves I used an orange Shimmer Glitter by Making Memories in the middle and a combo of Brownstone and Fire Opal glitter by Martha Stewart for the edges.

Last, but not least, for the yellow leaves I used Buttercup Shimmer Glitter by Making Memories in the middle of the leaves and Tangerine by Making Memories along with Fire Opal by Martha Stewart for the edges.

I hung them from my light with some green ribbon. The picture doesn't really do them justice, They are much prettier in person and I love the way they catch the light!!!!

4 Frames Repurposed for Halloween

I had picked up about 10 small frames in the dollar bin at Michaels to use for a dessert buffet table I did for my sisters birthday. Originally I used the frames to announce each dessert on the buffet table.

I thought it would be fun to repurpose them for Halloween decor. I dusted off my trusty Cricut machine, pulled out my Happy Hauntings cartridge, grabbed some scraps of Halloween paper from my stash and went to work.

Here Is what I came up with:

A Scary Witch

An eerie Dracula

A spooky Owl

And Frankenstein doing the Monster Mash

Supplies used: card stock - white, black, several shades of green red, purple, brown, orange; patterned papers from my scrap stash; black, purple and green tulle; rhinestones; Pop Dots; Happy Hauntings Cricut cartridge.

Thanks for stopping by!!

Bride of Frankenstein Shadowbox

OK... I pretty much cased this project I found in one of my Cricut magazines. I thought it was so fun and wanted to put it in my guest bathroom. Of course I added many of my own touches, cuts, paper, etc.

I created it using an 8X10 shadowbox purchased at Michaels. I used both my Cricut and my Cameo cutting machines.

I used a ton of Pop Dots on the project for several layers of dimension, sometimes using three Pop Dots on top of each other to really raise it up.

The window frame is a Memory Box die, the curtains were cut freehand, the chandelier, candelabra  and spiderweb were cut with the Chic and Scary Cricut cartridge, the Bride of Frankensteins head and the bath tubs claws were cut with Happy Hauntings, the towel was cut with Paper Doll Dress Up, The potion bottles were cut with Frightful Affair and the bath tub, the bubbles and her legs were cut using a Silhouette Studio cut file.

For her curlers I cut small strips of black and pink paper, rolled them up and glued them to her hair.

Supplies used: card stock - white, vanilla, tan, 2 shades of green, purple, yellow,orange, pink, red, gray, black; patterned papers - Echo Park and Little Yellow Bicycle; Window Memory Box Die; Chic and Scary, Happy Hauntings, Frightful Affair, Paper Doll Dress Up Cricut cartridges; Silhouette Studio cut files; Orange Stickles, brads - Making Memories; clear Skittles; ribbon - my stash; Pop Dots; 8 X 10 shadowbox - Michaels

Have a fabulous day!!

Wine Time Drink Coasters

Today for the Itty Bitty A Day challenge that is going on at the Unity Show & Tell page on Facebook I wanted to share some drink coasters I made for my father.

He is an avid wine connoisseur and also the chef at home, so I made these coasters for him along with an apron that was also "wine" themed :)

I began my project with four tiles that I picked up at Home Depot. I picked out four different "wine themed" Itty Bitty stamps by Unity.

I used StazOn ink in Timber Brown to stamp the images on my tiles.

When the ink was dry I colored the images in with Dove Grey, Olive Green, and Blazing Red StazOn ink using "fantastix" coloring tools with both the bullet and brush points.

After all the ink had dried, I sealed them with two coats of Modge Podge letting them dry after each coat. Then, to protect any table they might be set on, I glued cork to the bottoms of the coasters using a little E6000.

Supplies used: coasters - Home Depot; stamps - It's Wine O'Clock, Shall We UnWined?, Coffee and Wine, and Wine & Friends Itty Bitty's by Unity; ink - Timber Brown, Dove Grey, Olive Green and Blazing Red StazOn ink; Fantstix color blending sticks; Modge Podge; cork; E6000 glue.

Whimsical Designs "Mix It Up" Challenge

Last week, at Whimsical Designs we asked you to "Alter It" and we received some fabulous entries!!! This week we are asking you to "Mix It Up", create any project and use some type of mixed media.

Our sponsor for this weeks challenge is Tabitha's Designs and you can have a chance to win 2 digi paper packs of your choice!!

For my project I started with a small canvas. I purchased a digital image at A Day For Daisies of a girl flying a kite. I printed her on a peachy colored card stock and on a page I had torn from a thrift store book. I used green floss to hand stitch some grass. I attached her and her hair to the canvas using Modge Podge. I cut her dress from a scrap piece of material I had and glued small sections of it to the canvas so that it would look like the wind was blowing it. Her kite was printed on patterned paper, fussy cut, glued to the canvas along with some twine for the kite string. I also covered the kite with glossy accents. I stamped the sentiment using Stephanie's Whimsical Fun Vol.1. I punched 2 tiny butterflies out and glued down their bodies only. As a finishing touch I sprayed the whole thing with Perfect Pearls mist.

Supplies used: canvas; card stock - peach; page of a book; scraps of patterned paper; scrap of material; green floss; twine - Liz's Paper Loft Boutique; butterfly punch - Fiskars; stamp from Whimsical Fun Vol 1 by Whimsical Designs; ink Jet Black by Archival; Modge Podge; Perfect Pearls Mist.

Now, please, head on over to Whimsical Designs and take a look at what the Design Team has come up with for inspiration!!!

Whimsical Designs "Alter It" Challenge

Happy Wednesday all!!

Midweek and time for a new challenge over at Whimsical Designs! For this week we are asking you to "Alter it". Create an altered project. We have some fabulous inspiration for you over at the blog so I hope you'll pop on by and browse through the Design Teams projects.

The sponsor for this weeks chalenge is V's Sweet Ideas and you will have a chance to win a $10 gift certificate to the store!!

I pondered for quite some time on what to do as a project for this challenge. I finally settled on altering an Altoids tin. 

I started by removing the lid. I then covered the inside and outside with some scraps of patterned paper I had in my stash. I fussy cut out a mermaid from a page of ephemera I had and attached her with pop dots. I  die cut some seaweed, with my Cameo, in 2 different shades of green. I attached a couple of them flat on the back of the tin and a couple with pop dots. Then I went about gluing shells, pearls, jewels, coral and sand to the bottom using Glossy Accents. I pulled out my Crop-A-Dile and punched a hole through the top of my tin, so I could put a stick pin through it. I decorated the stick pin with pearls, crystals, a silver shell and attached a silver seahorse charm. I glammed everything up a bit with some Stickles. I tied some tulle and fringe around the outside. For the stand I glued some little wooden knobs to a small wooden spool and painted it with aqua acrylic paint, then over the top of that I applied Antique Silver Glitter paint. When dry, I hot glued it to the bottom of my tin. I cut a tiny banner out with my Cameo and stamped it with one of Stephanie's sentiments from her Whimsical Fun Vol. 1

Supplies used: Altoid tin, card stock - recycled white, vanilla, 2 shades of green; patterned paper - scraps from my stash; mermaid ephemera; Silhouette Studio cut files; stamp - Whimsical Fun Vol. 1 by Whimsical Designs; Turquoise and Clear Stickles; shells, coral and sand from my beach trips; pearls, jewels, crystals, charms from my jewelry stash; tulle, trim, wooden spool and wooden knobs - JoAnn's; Aqua acrylic paint by Folk Art and Antique Silver Glitter acrylic paint by Martha Stewart; Glossy Accents; Pop Dots; Hot Glue and Hot Glue Gun.

Now head on over to Whimsical Designs!!!

Nativity Cube

Merry Christmas!!!!!

I wanted to share a Nativity Cube I made. I saw it about a week ago on Jen Del Muro's blog  I ♥ 2 Stamp and fell absolutely in love with it!!!!

I started out with a piece of 4X4 that my husband cut for me. I sanded it and painted it with off white acrylic paint. After the paint dried I sanded the edges to give it a worn look. I took five 1" doll head/knobs and painted them with black acrylic paint. I glued 4 on the bottom for the feet and one on the top. I then gave the whole thing a coat of Mod Podge and let it dry.

While the Mod Podge was drying I picked out my cuts from the Silhouette Studio store. I sized each cut file so that it would fit on to my cube and then cut them out of black vinyl and attached them to each side of the cube. I then went over the whole thing with another coat of Mod Podge. When that coat dried I added some rhinestones to the stars and the knob on the top. I tied a sheer bow around the knob, cut the pine branches out with a Silhouette cut file and glued those on top. Threaded a jingle bell with twine and glued that on for the final touch.

Supplies used: wood 4X4 block - Home Depot; 1" wood doll head/knobs, off white and black acrylic paint, Mod Podge, jingle bell, ribbon - Michaels; black vinyl - Hobby Lobby; rhinestones - Hero Arts; twine - my stash; green card stock; Silhouette Studio cut files.

Thank you Jen for such a fun and beautiful project!!!!!!!