Layout for Creative Embellishments

Love this photo of some of the gals on the Flying Unicorn Design team while in Las Vegas attending CHA. summer 2013.

I used Creative Embellishments Infinite Circle Frame  to help place the focus on the photo.  To color the chipboard on this layout, I used Prima's new Antique Brillance was in Red Amber.  This is a fun new medium and has great coverage on chipboard.

 I used a Mini Ornate Frame and a word chippie from the  Celebrate Word Set for my title.

I used Lace Border 2 that I painted black on the center of my page.  It anchors the photo I think.  Then I added some pretty Petaloo blooms and that's it!

Creative Embellishments Supplies:

Infinite Circle Frame

Mini Ornate Frames

Celebrate Word Set

Lace Border 2

Other Supplies:

Graphic 45 Cityscapes collection

Petaloo Botanica blooms teal

Petaloo Briar Roses teal

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G45 Stock the Pantry shower idea

The wedding season is coming up and if you are hosting an event for the bride-to-be, here's a fun idea. Host a Stock the Pantry shower and ask your guests to bring things for the pantry and kitchen.  Include a blank recipe card with the invitations so that your guests can bring their favorite recipe for the new bride.  For my Stock the Pantry shower, I have a party set that includes a banner, a recipe box and invitations.

To make the recipe box, I first covered it with our DIY craft paper.  That's such great paper for these kind of projects.  

Then I added decorative paper layers and borders from my hoarded French Country stash.  (You know that was hard to do 'cause I just don't ever want to see the end of that collection!)

The banner is made with red ATC Alpha tags.  I backed the tags with scraps from French Country and added some small cut-aparts,  as well as a couple of mason jar die-cuts decorated with my favorite French Country border, the rooster and chickens.

For the invitations, I die-cut some mason jars and adhered them, just at the top, to 3.25" x 5" rectangles of design paper. Then I punched two holes and tied a cute little bow around the neck of the jar. The jar lifts up to reveal the details of the party.

Decorating tips: Use painted mason jars in different sizes filled with wildflowers as a centerpiece. Delight your guests with a really great jam as a party favor; even better gift small jars of homemade jam. Pinterest has so many great ideas for mason jars, be sure to peruse all those ideas.

Graphic 45 Supplies

Graphic 45 French Country Collection:

12 x 12 paper pad

8 x 8 paper pad

Tags and Banner

Staples Alpha Banner ATC red

Staples Ornate Metal Label Holder

Staples DIY Craft Paper-Number & Stripe

Other Supplies:

3/8" and 5/8" black gingham ribbon

Petaloo Darjeeling Dahlias - teastained yellow

Petaloo Darjeeling Mini Mix - teastained spice

Petaloo Burlap Small Sunflowers - yellow

Petaloo Burlap Mini Daisies - antique red

Petaloo canvas daisies

Red jute twine

American Crafts banner punch

Art-C® Stamp & Die Cut Set, Mason Jar 

Sizzix Mason Jar die and embossing folder

An Artist's Palette with Creative Embellishments

I created this fun artist's palette for Creative Embellishments (CE).  The palette is CE chipboard just waiting for a transformation.  I painted the background with white gesso first.  Next I added Distress Oxide inks to give it lots of color.  Then some stenciling with white modeling paste.

After I was satisfied with the look of the background, I chose this CE Imagine Quote and heat embossed it with chunky white embossing emamel from Stampendous.

On the upper left I used a Pussy Willow chippy to layer underneath all my pretty Petaloo blooms.    I colored it with f Lindy's Starbust mists.  After the mists dried I added Distress Oxide inks.

At the bottom I've used Vintage Flourish 1, coloring it the same way I colored the pussy willow.

Creative Embellishments products used:

Art Palette

Pussy Willow

Vintage Flourish 1

Imagine Quote

Other Products 

Petaloo Darjeeling Dahlias and Briar Roses

Lindy's Starburst Mists

Distress Oxide Ink

TCW Modeling Paste

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Cheery Lynn Window Shaker Card Kit

Cheery Lynn Designs has 2 new shaker card kits!  This window shaker that you see here (I think this is so fabulous) and a flower shaker that I'll share with you later on.  The shaker card kits come with 2 dies, foam, acetate and shaker pieces.  Everything you need except your design paper!

I do have a word of advice for you and that is to use a glue that is not so sticky and dries hard and quickly.  I used a sticky glue on this and some of my shakers stuck to the sides even though I allowed what I thought was an adequate drying time.

I do have a word of advice for you and that is to use a glue that is not so sticky and dries hard and quickly.  I used a sticky glue on this and some of my shakers stuck to the sides even though I allowed what I thought was an adequate drying time.

Underneath the window shaker I have layered Royal Scandinavian Boutique Stacker and 3 different sizes of the A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped  frames.

The sentiment is stamped onto the small Pierced Stacker 3  frame.

The flowers are from the Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Set and the leaves are Flourish Leaf Strip 5 Piece Die Set.  I also used the Ivy Corner Flourish Die under the flowers.

Cherry Lynn Designs Dies Used:

Shuttered Window Shaker Card Kit - K110K

Ivy Corner Flourish Die - B315 - B178

Pierced Stacker 3 6 Piece Die Set - XL21

Floral Bouquet Kit 8 Piece Die Set - B777

Royal Scandinavian Boutique Stacker A2 Frame 4 Piece Die Set - DL313

A2 Frames Rectangular Scalloped 7 Piece Die Set - CM6

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Honoring Earth Day with Recycled Graphic 45 tags.

I'm upcycling today in honor of Earth Day!  I've made two great shaker tags from Graphic 45's Washi tape packaging. I'll show you how to do that in my Snapguide. The plastic packaging is great because you can actually fit some Hershey's chocolate in the shaker. Now that's my kind of shaker!!

Check out How to Make a Shaker From Recycled Packaging by Maggi HARDING on Snapguide.

Now, if you don't have the packaging from Graphic 45's Washi Tape, don't despair, you can still make a great shaker tag using any of the tags from our Staples metal packaging.   Here's a link to a previous Snapguide where I illustrated how to make a shaker from nested dies. All you need to do is make a shaker and then glue it to your tag as I have done on the Born to be A Star tag, below.

This is one of the two tags I made from the washi tape packaging.  I love that the "shaker" is large enough to fill with chocolates!  What a fun surprise to give someone!

You could trim off the outer plastic edging but I didn't find it all that distracting and I thought it would look neater left on than what it would look like if I tried to trim it off.

This is the 2nd tag I made from the Washi tape packaging and I opted to used punched stars and beads in the shaker. 

I glued trim to the outer plastic edge on this tag since the edge sticks above the surface of the tag on this one..

 I made the fun stick pin to add some extra glam to my project.

And of course, I added some pretty Petaloo blooms to finish off my tag!

This tag is made from a Staples metal packaging tag.  I made the star shaker using a Cheery Lynn star shaker die set.

I always look to the cut-aparts or ephemera cards for the anchor piece of my tags and cards.  

I fussy cut an image from the design paper and layered it over the star shaker, I like the way that looks!

Graphic 45 Supplies

Vintage Hollywood collection:

8" x 8" Pad

Decorative Chipboard

Journaling Chipboard

Tag and plastic covering from Staples Washi Tape

Any tag from Staples metal product packaging

Other Supplies:

Petaloo Botanica Anenome - Pistachio

Petaloo Botanica Sugared Minis - Pine Green

Petaloo Darjeeling Mini Mix - Teastained Green

Petaloo burlap trim

Houndstooth Ribbon

Blue rayon seam binding

green cardstock

Assorted beads to fill shakers

Cheery Lynn Designs Star Shaker Kit

A treasure Box for Petaloo

I love boxes in all sizes and shapes.  It pains me to throw them away and I have a big closet full of boxes in all sizes and shapes to support my box addiction! Just imagine how happy Mom or any gal would be to receive a special gift encased in this box.

This is a new Graphic 45 Staples Deep Rectangle Matchbook Box that I covered with Graphic 45's Portrait of a Lady collection and embellished with Petaloo's Botanica blooms. These coral blooms are so pretty with these papers.

I used dimensional foam tape to pop up layers on the top of the box.  Notice how in the upper left corner I nestleds my Petaloo blooms over printed flowers in the design paper.  This helps to give the printed flowers the illusion of dept and makes the floral cluster appear larger.

I also added some Cheery Lynn Designs flourishes to my floral clusters, I think they add a special touch to my clusters.

I kept the sides simple letting the top have all the glory! You know, sometimes less is more, right?  I used some fun drawer pulls on either end of the box to make it more functional.

Don't you love how the flowers cascade over the side?  The inside drawer is also covered; however,  I did not cover the drawer on the outside so that it would easily slide in and out of the box.

Petaloo Supplies :

Botanica Blooms x 4 Coral -1102-105

Botanica Petite’s x 11 White 1101-100

Botanica Petite’s x 11 Coral 1101-105

Other Supplies:

Graphic 45 Portrait of a Lady

Graphic 45 Staples Deep Rectangle Matchbook Box

Graphic 45 Shabby Chic Door Pull

Cheery Lynn Designs Flourish 7

Cheery Lynn Horizon Fishtail Banners 3 Piece Die Set 

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Cheery Lynn new flower shaker card kit!

Cheery Lynn Designs has great shaker card kits and today I'm sharing a new one with you. I love the flower shape of this shaker. It's big enough that you can frame an image inside your shaker as I have done.

This card is a meeting of summer and winter.  I have masked some snowflakes on the background but because I am seriously longing for warm weather and spring, I decided to go with flowers!

I made the large flower using the Sweet Williams Die  and the two smaller flowers were made with the  Indie Bouquet - 6 Die Set from the Bohemian Collection.

Underneath the rhinestone swirls I used Flourish #4 Die - CAFLRS4.  I think the swirls on top give this card a nice flair.

Cheery Lynn Designs products used:

Flourishing Flower Shaker Card Kit - K111K

 Sweet Williams Die - D137

Bohemian Collection - Indie Bouquet - 6 Die Set - B874

Flourish #4 Die - CAFLRS4

Maja Design Summertime paper collection

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Creative Embellishments cross promo with Petaloo!

Woo hoo Creative Embellishments is hopping with one of my favorite companies this week and that's Petaloo flowers and we're celebrating one of the most special persons around, Moms!

This is my Mom, it's an old photo from 1993, you can tell bythose big glasses she's wearing!  I used a Circle Vine Frame place the emphasis on my photo.  Then I surrounded Mom with beautiful Petaloo Darjeeling blooms.  The large ones are anemones.  These are some of my favorites!  I've also use some blue rosettes and dahlias. 

To make my flowers really stand out and give them an air of realism I've tucked in pieces of fern from our Fern Foliage 2 set.  I just dabbled a bit of Lindy's Gator Gumbo olive on them for color.

Across the bottom I used Lace Border 1 and topped that with more Petaloo blooms. I heat embossed this and all the other chippy pieces with Stampendous Aged Ivory embossing enamel.  I love its vintage look with the flecks of gold in it.

Creative Embellishments has a great Mother Word Set and I used the word Mom from that set.  She is my super Mom that's for sure.  My Dad was in the Army and Mom was often left at home with 3 children while Dad was out of the country, sometimes for a year at the time.

Creative Embellishments Products Used:

Fern Foliage 2

Lace Border 1

Circle Vine Frame

Mother Word Set

Petaloo Products Used:

Darjeeling Anenome x 4 teals SKU: 1490-106

Dahlias x 10 Teastained Teals SKU: 1467-106

Darj.Mini Grdn Rosette x 6teal SKU: 1492-106

Petites x 24Teastained Teals SKU: 1465-106

Papers used are Graphic 45 Vintage Hollywood

Now's a good time to get your Mother's Day projects done.  Creative Embellishments and Petaloo have so many great products that can add appeal to your Mom gift or project.  

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A Graphic 45 box, no wait it's a hat!

It's a hat!

No wait, it's a box! Really, it's both. I've take a 4" cylindrical box and made it look like a lady's fine hat! It's no secret that I love to make hats; you've probably seen a few of my hats on the Graphic 45 blog in the last two years. But I thought that my hats need to have a purpose so I designed this hat to serve as a gift box. It would make a great gift - how about some pretty jewelry inside for Mom on Mother's Day? Or some chocolates, I know that my Mom would love that!

Check out How to Make a Hat Gift Box by Maggi HARDING on Snapguide.

 The fun part about making hats is that you can let your imagination just go wild with the embellishments.  You can make it elegant, feminine, silly with "stuff" all over it, it's a great platform for doing whatever you want.

I chose some gorgeous Petaloo Botanicas and Textured flowers to adorn my hat.  I wanted something ultra feminine so I added LOTS of flowers.

Graphic 45 Supplies:

Graphic 45 Portrait of a Lady 12 x 12 collection:

Victoria - 1 sheet

Portrait of a Lady - 2 sheets

Decorative Chipboard

Other Supplies:

4" round paper mache box

1 Yard white or cream tulle

12" bead string

13" dimensional foam tape

13" ribbon 5/8" wide, peach, white, or cream

Petaloo Botanica Blooms ivory or white

Petaloo Botanica Petites white and/or coral

Petaloo Spring Berry Clusters Peach/Green