Decorative Mini Note Pads using Architextures

Even the simplest things bring me joy. I know we all have note pads in our homes, some in every room. I am sharing with you today some fun little decorated note books I created using my scallop die cut and Architextures finding and junque packs. 

You can find my process in the video below.

There are several Treasures that will work. I found that the long vertical ones worked best with my scallop die. 

I adhered some double sided adhesive to some heavy thickboard and adhered some of the junque pack panels. I then cut them out using my big shot and scallop die.

The packaging works great to decorate the inside of the covers. 

Using walnut stain distress ink, I using my dauber to distress the edges. 

I cut out 15 more panels of cardstock using the scallop die and adhered everything with a metal ring.

These were so fun to make that I created a few form my home.

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SUPPLIES

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Layered Valentine Cards

Hello friends! Can you believe that Valentine's Day is right around the corner? Hopefully you have been busy creating for your special Valentine. If not, I have an easy layered Valentine project for you.

Be sure to check out my process video below.

To start out, I grabbed some Cardstock from Canvas Corp brand to fit the occasion. 

Using an oval die, I cut out the floral cardstock.  I adhered the washi tape and the oval cardstock to the red and white striped cardstock.

I adhered some pop up roses to my floral cardstock using pop ups from European Paper Crafts. 

Finally, I cut out some sentiments from The sentiment sheet also from Canvas Corp Brands. 

This was such an easy project, I decided to make a few cards.  I hope you all have a great Valentine's Day!

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SUPPLIES

Want to find the products I used? I have listed them below. (Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. Thank you!  All products were personally purchased and my post was NOT paid for or sponsored.) Click on the icons below each product picture.

Toil & Trouble - Fall Blog Hop with Canvas Corp Brands

Hi everyone and welcome to my project for the Fall Blog Hop featuring some of our favorite Canvas Corp Brands products. 

Today I am creating a Halloween card, but I am taking it a step further...I decided to take it a step further and share with you how I decorate the inside of my cards as well as create matching envelopes.

The designer paper I am using today is from 7gypsies and it is the Wicket Gypsy Collection.  The 12 x 12 paper is called Costume Ball. It is the perfect weight for an envelope and has designs on both sides. 

Be sure to check out my video below so that you can see how i created this card and matching envelope.

The sentiment I used is from my Literature Quotes Digital set that can be found in my Etsy shop.  I also used some Halloween Clipping Stickers, a word band and an iron Fence Findings piece from Architextures for my background. 

I also finished off the inside of my card using some of the same designer paper from 7gypsies as well as a matching envelope. 

To Create my envelope, I used my Envelope punch. I am also incorporating my Friday Freebie into this post and sharing with you the label I created to use on this card. Feel free to down load for your personal use. I also have a set of labels available with lots of other fun saying for Halloween. You can check out the link below.

  

Now remember this is a blog hop, so be sure to check out the next blog listed below for some more Fall inspiration.

Scrappy Cafe (Betz Golden)

Papierstau (Sanna Lippert)

Marie Nicole Designs (Marie Heiderscheit)

Steph Ackerman

The Crafty Robin

Monica Taylor (You are here)

Karla Yungwirth

Lynne Joncas

Priya Satish

Erin Reed

Natassa Blazaki

Peggy Lee Baker

Nadine Carlier

Jaine Drake

Christine Santo

Viktoriya Porechnay

Hema VelCraft

Linda Israel

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SUPPLIES

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Cheese , Wine & Friends Wall Hanging

Hello everyone! I am here today to share with you a project I created using a recycled cheese board I found at a local thrift shop and product from Canvas Corp Brands.

This project was a lot of fun to create and will make a great wall hanging in my Kitchen. Let me walk you through my process. 

I first gathered some product from 7Gypsies Architextures and Tattered Angels.

Then I painted the cutting board using French Roast Color Wash Paint.

I cut out a piece of background paper from the Architextures Pad #2 collection and adhered it to the cheese board with some Mod Podge.  Then I cut down some adhesive embellishments from one of the Junque Packs to frame the paper.  I added some stars and faux screws to the base. 

Once I was happy with the background, I added a Wine Bottle and cork Screw from the architextures collection and finished it off with a metal tag on the top.

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SUPPLIES

Want to find the products I used? I have listed them below. (Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. Thank you!  All products were personally purchased and my post was NOT paid for or sponsored.) Click on the icons below each product picture to go to a favorite store.

Travelers Postcard Notebook

Whenever I go on trips, I like to collect pieces of ephemera to remind me of my adventure. These could be ticket stubs to museums, receipts and even hotel stationary.

I also like to make little notes to document our memories. I created this Patriotic Post Card Journal to capture such moments for travels through the U.S.A. 

Using the Sizzix die cut, Cut out the Front, Back and binding of the Book from the Hot Fudge Thickstock. Cut out the Red and white paper and Blue and white Floral paper using the same die set and adhere to the Brown Thickstock

Cut out 12 pages using the die cut from various Americana theme'd paper Packs.

Book has three signatures. Each Signature has 4 pages. Bind these signatures together using the twine.

Create pockets using scraps of the Paper to tuck journal cards and ephemera

Cut out mini post cards from the American Vintage Paper Pack and add to various tucks and pockets. Decorate outside of Book With Patriotic ephemera, stamps and Paper doll.

This is a fun little keepsake book that is great for travels; it has room for notes and tucks to save receipts, tickets and ephemera collected along the way. It’s everything you need to keep track on your travels.

I have also linked this project up over at SSS Monday Challenge where the theme is red, white and blue. 

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SUPPLIES

Want to find the products I used? I have listed them below. (Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. Thank you!  All products were personally purchased and my post was NOT paid for or sponsored.) Click on the icons below each product picture to go to a favorite store.

Altered Cheese Cutter Board

Hi everyone and Happy Mother's Day!  Today I am sharing an altered Cheese Board I create using a board I found at a local thrift shop.  One of my favorite things to do on the weekends is to browse local thrift shops for items to alter. To me it is like a treasure hunt and I never know what treasures i will find!

What caught my eye on this cheese board was that the ceramic insert was missing. This made the perfect insert for a scene. 

To see a closer view of this altered item, you can check out the video below. 

To begin, I painted the entire board with Old Bronze Color Wash paint.

Then I covered the background with some cardstock using ModPodge.

I wanted to have several layers, so I build them up using various metal objects, Idea-ology items, Trinkets from Architextures and items from the Junque Packs.

I didn’t want the cheese slicer to move so I found a mini ruler that I glued over the slit to keep the slicer in place. I then added a metal object. I also added the Vintage sign shop to the top of the cheese slicer.

SUPPLIES

Want to find the products I used? I have listed them below. (Compensated affiliate links used at no cost to you. Thank you!  All products were personally purchased and my post was NOT paid for or sponsored.) Click on the icons below each product picture to go to a favorite store.

Caffe Latte anyone?

Good morning! I am here today to share with you a wall hanging I created using the 7gypsies Ordre Du Jour 8×8 paper pad. 

This was a very easy wall hanging created using resist paper and some idea-ology products from the Tim Holtz collection.

I started out by covering my resist paper with Yellow Oxide Liquitex. It The pattern shows up quite nicely due to the resist paper.

Then I stamped some coffee rings using my coffee cup and ground expresso distress ink. I also inked up the edges using the same ink pad. 

I fussy cut the books from the 7gypsies Ordre Du Jour 8×8 paper pad and adhered it to my card stock using distress collage medium

I also added some fun sentiments from some Kraft Card stock.  The Caffe Latte was stamped using foam stamps and the sentiments on the books are from one of the chit chat idea-ology sets.

finally I stamped the background with a coffee bean stamp.

This was a fun project to create and will make a great wall hanging. 

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