Birthday Banner

Hello!

Today I have a fun project using several awesome elements from Whisker Graphics. My handsome, hilarious, smart and creative husband's birthday is coming up and I wanted to make a decoration that also doubled as a gift for him.  I decided to make a birthday banner using Little Bitty Bags because they are the perfect size to tuck in gift cards to his favorite places. Inside each Bitty Bag, there are tags that my daughter and I wrote what we love about him and a few of our favorite memories together. My little girl also drew some cute pictures of Daddy on the tags as well. :-)

I then embellished the tags using Petite Stickys and tied a few different colors of  Divine Twine through each tag.

This is a pretty quick and simple project and I love that it serves as a decoration, present and card all rolled into one. 

Thank you for stopping by and have a creative day!

Valentine Goodie Bags

Hello!

I'm thrilled to share that I am now a part of the amazing Whisker Graphics Design Team! So excited to be among such talented ladies and designing for such an amazing company. Woohoo! 

With Valentine's just a few short days away, I thought I'd share with you a couple goodie bags I made using these ADORABLE bags and bakers twine from Whisker Graphics. 

These little treat bags are darling just on their own or you can dress them up a bit like I did. 

Supplies used:

Polka Dot Middy Bitty Bag

Diagonal Stripe Little Bitty Bag

Cotton Candy Divine Twine

Supplies used:

Cherry Divine Twine

Aqua Divine Twine

White Chevron Middy Bitty Bag

Thanks for stopping by and have a wonderful Valentine's day!

CHA Winter - Collection #2: Glamour & Grunge

From the Melissa Frances Blog-   " The collection Glamour & Grunge is about a bouquet of yellow roses, freshly ironed linen, ivory brocades and laces on burlap table runners, cappuccino with cinnamon and warm whipped milk, with golden stains of coffee on some parchment papers, it's about faded rose blossoms and textured papers, ink  bottles and pearls turned yellow, treasury boxes with kitschy gems and  cut-outs from old newspapers with news long forgotten. Objects with souls whisper and are witnesses of times gone by. When crafting with Glamour & Grunge, these designs share your passion and have moments of joy -- so love, and tell it with your most wonderful crafts!"

This collection comes with matching tags, treat bags, washi stickers and mini album.

Here is a beautiful layout that my friend and creative director for Melissa Frances,  Carolyn Peeler, designed using photos I took of my sweet daughter, Averi. 

Here is more of the line in action. Isn't it just stunning?!

If you will be at CHA, come by to see this gorgeous collection in person at booth #1220. 
Have a wonderful day!

CHA Winter- Collection #1: "The Sweet Life"

CHA (The Craft and Hobby Association) has been well underway for the past couple days in Anaheim, California.  This is when companies share their latest collections with buyers from all around the world.  If you haven't heard the awesome news, Melissa Frances has teamed up with Jenny and Aaron from Everyday is a Holiday to design this beautiful new collection "The Sweet Life".  If you will be at CHA, come by to say hi and see this gorgeous collection in person at booth #1220.  It's absolutely scrumptious!

                                 Here are the 3"x4" Journaling cards:

And here are the adorable chipboard accents:

Here is the new collection in action! 

There are more coordinating accents for this collection that are equally adorable. Please be sure to come by the Melissa Frances booth at CHA (#1220) to check out the line in person.

Have a sweet day!

Gift Wrapping Ideas

 Christmas is less than a week away and I'd like to show you a couple ideas to wrap up those holiday gifts. 

I started with basic kraft paper from the dollar store and wrapped up my gifts. I brushed a few light strokes of cream paint across the paper and let dry.  Using spray adhesive, I sprayed the wrapped gift and sprinkled white mica across it.  I then wrapped bakers twine around the gift several times and secured a knot in the back of the gift. I stamped 25 on a little doily and tucked it underneath the bakers twine.  

Using a small piece of bakers twine, I wrapped it around the base of the bottle brush tree and secured it to the gift.  Finally, I simply tucked a vintage Christmas photo underneath the bakers twine. 

                 
  For this next gift, I used the toothbrush paint technique and splattered a bit of cream paint over the entire package.  I wrapped  ribbon around the package and tucked  floppy blossom ribbon underneath the cream ribbon. I then placed a photo from the adopted ancestors paper to a resin frame and tied both frames to the center of the package.  This wrapping won first place in the Stampington Creative Christmas Packaging Instagram Challenge!  Woohoo!

 Embellish the gift by tying a pink bottle brush tree to the center, tucking a resin angel wing behind the ribbon and gluing a few silver sequins to the package.

Merry Christmas Table Top Decoration

 Up until Christmas, the Melissa Frances blog is showcasing some beautiful projects from the design team members. 

My project  is up on the blog today and I thought I'd  share it with you here as well.

 As much as I love the traditional reds and greens of Christmas, it's always fun to mix it up a bit. I love that this project kind of has that "Sugar Plum Fairy" feel to it. Melissa Frances embellishments make it so easy to create something lovely for the holidays. 

Supply List: 
Pink Bottle Brush Trees
Pink Mica Flakes
Pink Floppy Blossom Ribbon 
Pleated Satin Cream Ribbon
Fancy Filigree Brooch,
Cream Organza Ribbon 

Non-Melissa Frances supplies- mini plastic deer, silver glitter, candle stick, mini round paper mache box

Instructions-

1. Spray top of mini round paper mache box with adhesive and sprinkle pink mica to the lid of the box. 

2. Spray plastic deer with spray adhesive and sprinkle silver glitter on it until covered completely.

3.Attach three pink bottle brush trees and silver deer to top of box using glue.

4. Attach cream organza ribbon around top of the box using glue. Add pleated satin cream ribbon on top of the organza ribbon.

5. Print out the sentiment "Merry Christmas", cut out and attach to top of box. 

6. Using glue, attach the finished box to the candle stick and let dry.

7. Tie floppy blossom ribbon around the middle of the candle stick. Attach brooch to ribbon.

Black Friday Has Come Early!

It's that time of year - time for Black Friday sales from Melissa Frances! Melissa is launching early, so get them before they're sold out!

Melissa Frances has the following three product groupings available for sale in her ETSY SHOP (click here to view/purchase):