Sites of the week

Anyone else getting chilled by the cool air that is rolling in with Autumn? I can’t decide to love it or hate it. On the one hand it’s nice not to be pregnant and sweating bullets, but on the other hand I just don’t like cold weather. I think I have mentioned before that I could wear flip flops year round…if the TX weather would allow, that is! I think for now I will hate to love it…LOL!

Over the past few months, I have done a couple GLUE box projects. You can see them HERE. This month I have a Thanksgiving box to show…

As you can see, I got out the Slice machine {again!!}, the Think Pink card to be exact…

One more shot…

I’m gonna make this post short and sweet, as I have a lot to get crackin’ on! Including a Twilight Blog Hop {click the link to find out more}…

Happy Monday All! I had a great time this weekend. I taught at Scrapper’s Boutique on Saturday and then on Sunday we went to the Fort Worth Zoo with some friends and their kiddos. Ellie scraped up her knees pretty good when she was running around after lunch, but was cheered up quickly with a chocolate ice cream cone and front row seats to the animal show.

Today I am excited to show you a cute lil’ project featuring another one of the Organizer Boxes from Glue Art & Paper Studio. I turned this one into a sweet candy holder for Halloween. It doubles as decor for my front table…BONUS! Just don’t ask how long the candy will last between now and Halloween!

The lettering is from the Slice Spook Alley design card {love this card!} and is cut from Bazzill Swiss Dots black paper…

A couple more detail shots {I couldn’t resist posting the lollipop one!}…

Since the box comes “bare,” I started by painting it black with a foam brush. I like using a foam brush because I am less likely to get streaky lines that are sometimes left behind from a bristle brush. The pumpkin paper on the front is from Reminisce and is matted with white cardstock for a tiny bit of “pop.” The green paper that is punched with a Martha Steward border punch and stitched on is from My Little Shoe Box {such a cute co. name!}. The black polka dot paper on the sides is from Martha Stewart. On top of that black polka dot paper I die cut a couple of spiderwebs with the Spook Alley design card. Finally, I dumped put some colorful lollipops in to make it complete. Before I forget the itty-bitty details…the bat punch is from Martha Stewart and I covered them in black Stickles and the black rhinestones are Taylor’s Tiny Twinkles.

I was planning on showing this for an ABC project, but since I forgot to do the card that I was going to show today I think that I will go ahead and pop this in a day early. I have had this blank Organizer Box sitting in my studio for what seems like forever. An idea recently struck me when I picked up this cute little $1 frame from Michaels. I thought that I could basically use the frame as a sort of face plate for the box. Inside the frame I used a sentiment from the Verve Stamps set, Just for You. Let me back up a little…

First, I painted the box black. Then I matted my DP from GCD Studios with Old Olive paper and attached it to the box. From there I cut the swirls and paper flower from the Wedding Slice cartridge. I assembled the sentiment in the frame, along with the flower to top it off. I added the rhinestones, and viola…

This is a little better shot showing that I painted the inside of the box, too…

Detail shot of the flower ensemble…

Finally, I just wanted to show a corner shot so you can see the painting and the paper. I also chose not to take the paper all the way to the edge, which I think was a good decision and will make note of it for future projects…

It’s not Friday…as if you needed a reminder of that! However, I do have an ABC project for you. This is a Crafter’s Card File {on sale!} from Glue Art & Paper Studio. I have been on their design team for a long time, but as a whole, we have taken a bit of a hiatus. Now, we are back in biz-ness of creating something each month. I last saw these wonderful ladies at the Great American Scrapbook Show in Arlington and that is when Vicki showed me a set that she had done covered with “leather” paper. I knew that I had to give it a try. I picked up this red “leather” paper at JoAnn. They have several colors, and if I recall correctly, there are a few textures, as well. I picked this one because I had just seen a very expensive desk set done with real red leather and I just thought that it looked so slick. The rest of the color inspiration comes from a summer dress that I saw when I was out shopping not too long ago.

Since the rolodex is pretty much obsolete, having been replaced by technology, these are pure crafty-ness! There are so many ideas for these. I plan to use mine as a inspiration/sketch-o-dex. When I am in need of inspiration or a sketch, I can flip through here {or maybe blindly pull one out} and have an idea at hand. One of the ladies at the LSS said that she wanted to make a quote “book” for her kids out of this. I have also seen bible verses, recipes and various other ideas being used with these card files {they come in different sizes, too!!}.

TGIF! Is everyone ready for the weekend? We have another birthday party to go to and some serious relaxin’ to do! I also have some serious stampin’ and publication submitting to do. I hope that all your plans include fun and sunny days. It’s a bright sunny day that inspired my colors for today’s project, in fact. I have been slightly addicted to this flower shape on the Noteworthy Slice Design Card. I love layering the colors and sizes and I have been playing around with some texture, too.

The dress form is from none other than the queen’s of all things alterable…GLUE ART & PAPER STUDIO. I used green gingham paper that I got at Hobby Lobby {Paper Studio brand} and polka dot Doodlebug Designs paper to cover it. The gorgeous green satin ribbon is from Taylored Expressions. I FINALLY played with some of the pom pom ribbon that I have bundles of! I just never think to use it, even though it is hot, hot, hot right now. I scalloped the edges of some SU! Pixie Pink cardstock and then adhered mini green rhinestones to the edge for a little added bling bling. I repeated that bling bling in the center of the each of the Prima flowers. Here is a detail shot…

Here’s a tip about covering alterables…
If you do not want to sand the edges, be sure to closely trace the shape onto your pattern paper. Then, cut the shape out with sharp scissors, adhere to the alterable and then {here’s the tip part} take your bone folder along the where the paper meets the edges for a smooth finish.

And, the Ellie pics I promised…

ADVENTURES WITH BUBBLES

The last one cracks me up! So much effort for bubbles! LOL! Have a great weekend! You know I’ll have another SKETCH FOR YOU TO TRY {winner announced, too!}.