Carta Bella

Hi guys! Today I'm sharing a couple sneaks of some projects I made with the Beautiful Moments collection. This is a brand new collection by Carta Bella the sister company to Echo Park. Be sure to visit their blog to see the see the full projects and inspiration from other designers. I hear they have some giveaways planned too! :)

Teapot Fun

Hi everyone, so here's the Mother's Day gift I was talking about in my last post. This idea could work for different occasions too, maybe a birthday gift or centerpiece for a party.  All the details on how I did this are on the BG blog HERE.

Shadow Box Tutorial

Hi all! Hope you're all having a great week so far. I just finished up my Mother's Day project for the Basic Grey blog, so it should be posted in the next day or so. If your thinking of getting your mom some flowers this year, this project will help you  dress them up in a fun way.

For now, I have a the link to the tutorial of the shadow boxes I made a while ago and an example of another set I made for my grand daughter Nyla.

See you soon,

Plumeria Projects!

Hi all!  Today I'm back with a couple projects I should have posted a while ago. Both of these projects use Basic Grey's Plumeria collection which is versatile enough for a lot of different occasions. I used the collection for an Easter word sign and Spring gift box. Since Easter is long gone I'd better share that project first!

I got this "Easter" sign from Hobby Lobby last year, in their after season sale. I basically just covered the whole thing in patterned papers, used some crochet trim around the edges of larger letters and then used some fun  chipboard  and accordion sticker embellishments to finish it off.

Here's a close up. Don't you love that navy blue patterned paper! :)

My next project is a gift box just in time Spring! This is a pattern I've used before by Tonya Renee. It's just too cute to use once.

For the yellow ruffles around the rabbit's neck I separated the Buttercup in Bloom petals before hot gluing them around her neck. The pink flowers on the headband from are from a Blush in Bloom blossom,  I just added mini pom poms to the center of each one.

Thanks for stopping by,

I'm Back!

Hi all! I know it's been a while. March has been a very busy month for me and my family, as we relocated from Ocala to Orlando, Florida. Now that I have the basics unpacked, and my computer set up, I thought I'd do a quick post to catch up on some of my projects.

This is a project I made using Basic Grey's Monogram Chipboards. I used some foam core to turned the monograms into these little shadow boxes. I'm working on the tutorial now and it will be posted to the BG blog very soon. You can also check out this post to get some more inspiration on how else to use these fun monograms.

Next I have a centerpiece I made for my son's 6th birthday, which is tomorrow. It's made out of a couple of paper mache boxes, a wood robot cut out and of course lots of Basic Grey goodness!  For more details on how I made this, you can go HERE.

I recently received my Basic Grey DT box filled to the brim with their newest collections. So I'll be back with some new projects soon! ;)

Love Is Tweet!

Hello everyone!  Hope you all enjoyed Valentine's Day.  Here's the project I created for Basic Grey's, Cupid Countdown last week. All the info and BG supplies used are listed on their blog here. 

Additional supplies used: 

Maya Road - Chipboard bird and hearts album pages.

Say It With Letters - Scalloped Heart Frame

One More V-Day Idea!

Hi all! Just wanted to share one last Valentine's Day project before the big day. Unfortunately I can't post it on my blog until Thursday of next week! So I thought I'd share the link to the Basic Grey blog, where you can see the project and how I created it. Make sure to check out all the other "Cupid Countdown" projects by the rest of the design team, as well. You'll be inspired! :)

Monster Love!

Hi all! :) Today I'm back with another Valentine's Day project. This time a card! The monster design for this was cut out on my Silhouette machine. Then I "went to town" with my Kissing Booth patterned papers and embellishments. The 3 chipboard flowers used on the eyes are by Basic Grey as well, but from the much older Sugered collection. I just covered them with patterned paper to match the rest of the card.

The scalloped strips used on the body were also cut on the Silhouette. To add some texture to them I gently scrunched them up a little bit before gluing them to the card.

I used a canvas heart from the Die-cut Paper and Canvas Flowers set and some felt to make a heart shaped pillow for the monster to hold. The pillow has a little safety pin on the back so it can be worn as a pin by the recipient.

Thanks for stopping by,

Jen  :)

SUPPLIES: [KISSING BOOTH] KIS-3565 We Belong, KIS-3555 Hugs, KIS-3552 Cupid, KIS-3551 Butterfly Kisses, KIS-3567 You and Me, KIS-3570 Element Stickers, KIS-3573 Wooden Buttons, KIS-3576 Die-cut Paper and Canvas Flowers. [SUGERED] SUG-1069 Chip Sticker Shapes. [LITTLE BLACK DRESS] MET-3498 Brads and Buttons.