More Decorating

This is a wall by our front door that we painted this past summer. The front room was our first start at re-doing the house. It had all white walls to start with. We did sponge painting with a beige/brown combo on the top half of the walls, followed by a country border. I just had to have this Decor Elements tree and saying from Stampin' Up! to place on the wall too! I think it goes perfectly. And I was able to put it up all by myself! I can't wait to get more of these to try, they are so fun and easy!

Thanks for stopping by!

Jen

A Cool Scrapbooking Project!

I have been in this huge cleaning frenzy this past week. I think I have cleaned out almost every cupboard in our kitchen, lol! And I'm not finished yet! As you can see I went a little scrapbook crazy as I was organizing the photos on the fridge this morning. I can't wait to see what my hubby says when he gets home. I know my kids will love having all of their favorite people on the fridge for them to see every day. It is a great way for them to remember Grandparents and family down in Florida that we don't get to see very often.

This second photo is a closeup of the 'family' decoration that I cut out using my Cricut. I am still getting used to using it and figuring out all of the buttons and different features. Can't wait to make more decorations using it!

Happy Scrapbooking!

Jen

Let It Snow!

We are getting more snow here in New York. So I thought this was perfect timing to make this decoration. I made this for a Christmas gift for next year actually! I am so going to be ready for Christmas next year, lol!

This is made out of 4x4 square chipboard coasters. So it fits in perfectly with the Whimsy Challenge for using chipboard! You can see the details of the challenge on their blog here: Whimsy Stamps Challenge Blog.

I used the cute snowman from Whimsy Stamps on both of the ends. The designer paper is retired Stampin' Up! (Holiday Treasures). After I glued on the paper to the coasters, I then sanded all the edges. The snowmen are colored in with my SU markers and also have glitter all over them.

The SNOW letters are also from SU and they are from the Decor Elements line, so they are vinyl. They have been sitting on my desk for a while and begging for me to use them! This fit in perfectly for the Stamp Something Challenge Blog of using something new!

I then used my cropadile to punch holes in the chipboard and used various SU ribbon (some retired) to hold it all together.

I just might have to make one for myself to use also!

Happy Stampin!

Jen

Flower Paper Rosette

I recently learned how to make these paper rosettes from Angie Tieman's blog. You can see her directions here: http://schwooo.blogspot.com/2008/10/paper-rosette-tutorial.html She has a very nice tutorial on how to make these.

For my rosette I used the paper that comes in the hostess only paper pack, and the organic grace stamp set. I cut the flower out and placed it onto a scallop circle punch. These were very fun and easy to do. I can see making a bunch of them and placing them onto skewers in a vase for a nice springy type gift!

I would love to see if you make any of these! Please send me photos of your great projects and I'll place them here on my blog for others to see! You can send me a link or you can email me directly with the photos: jenorbaker@yahoo.com

Happy Stampin!

Jen