JUMPIN' ON THE WAGON

The Valentine's wagon that is...

I was inspired by this subway art at eighteen25.

I have so admired all of the cute Valentine's decorations being shared around blogland.  With so MANY, MANY talented and creative people out there that I just couldn't help but get involved myself.
(The canvas I used for this project is an 18"x18" that I actually used for a plaque for the bazaar back in November.  I had some subway art on it but it didn't sell.  Guess what, you can just peel off the vinyl, repaint the canvas and apply another design and you have a brand new sign or plaque.  This project didn't cost me anything, I just used everything I already had on hand.)







Happy Valentine's Day!

SO HAPPY TOGETHER

I realize that Valentine's day is a little less than five weeks away but I decided to make a project that you might be interested in making yourself. 

I even did a tutorial on this very simple plaque.

I bought this 6.75"x6.75" wood plaque (minus the black paint) at my local dollar store while back.  It had small white rope through the holes that I didn't need so I just cut it off.

I then painted only the edges black so the sides would have a nice finished look.

I then went through my scrapbook paper stash and found some suitable paper.  I chose a light pink design with a black and white polka dot accent paper.

I then glued the papers to the plaque. (I used a simple clear glue and used a sponge brush to smooth it over the board before laying the paper down).   Be sure to smooth the paper after applying to make sure it doesn't wrinkle or pucker.  I have this handy dandy plastic tool that works great.  You could use the side of a credit card to achieve the same results.

I didn't get a picture of it but I did ink the edges of the pink paper with a black ink stamp pad.  I just like the way it makes the project look.

Next I cut out the words and heart with my Silhouette cutting machine.  Here I am pulling the excess vinyl away to reveal the wording.

This shows me applying the heart over the pink paper.

I then apply the lettering over the heart.

I then strung black and red ribbon through the holes in the board, tied knots to keep them from pulling through and then add a few pieces of bling, bling on the two small hearts and across the bottom piece of paper.  I then tied a red ribbon to cover the seams where the two papers meet.

So there you have a simple Valentine decoration to hang for your loved ones to enjoy and remind them  to 'be happy together'.

If you would like to make one similar to this but don't have access to a vinyl cutter then I would be happy to make some up for you for a minimal cost of $2.50.  Just email me at connie_hall57@yahoo.com.  with your address and I will get that out to you.



A Very Cute Valentine Idea

Look at what Amy made over at Keepin' The Sunnyside. These are so STINKIN' CUTE. She
even gives a tutorial on how she made them. Ya gotta go check them out! Stay awhile and check out her blog. She posts every day and does a fabulous job taking photos of her projects.

Block Project/Plate Project

I was inspire to make this cute little 'sassy girl' block from some blocks I had seen at It's A Sign blog. I love the pictures she decoupaged on hers but I decided not to with mine to make it more generic. I actually made one of these blocks for my granddaughters birthday next week that was more personalized (I can't post a picture of it because she might see it on her mommy's blog). I was happy with how they both turned out. Another side of it.
And yet another side.
And finally...you got it, another side, well the top and side anyway.
The Valentine plate {shown on a plate rack with another Valentine plate in my header} was super easy to make. I found this plate at Ross, it is important to find a plate with cutouts around the edge so you can weave ribbon in and out. I cut a red vinyl heart with 'be my Valentine' on it with my vinyl cutter.
A close up of the edge of the plate.
The finished plate.

Feelin' The Love

How about you, is love in the air? Here are a couple of items I made for Valentine's day.

Ingredients: wood blocks {sanded smoothe), paint, scrapbook paper, vinyl lettering, Mod Podge, and some embellishments.
LOVE, all pretty in pink.

Love, Hugs & Kisses For Sale

I am participating in the 'Strut Your Stuff Thursday" party over at Somewhat Simple.

Valentine's Day is fast approaching and I thought I would get busy with some fitting crafts. Below are two frame and a plaque I made today. Oh it feels good to be back to crafting. What really helps is starting out with some organized crafting supplies. I posted here about my organizing guru's help getting it all together.After have many inquiries asking if I sell any of my craft projects I decided to offer these three items for sale. The frame below is $10 with FREE shipping if you order by noon (Pacific time) on Thursday, January 21 in honor of my dad's birthday (he passed away almost five years age and he would have been 78). It measures 8"x8".

This frame is also $10 with FREE shipping if you order by noon, January 21st. It is hard to tell but it is a light pink scrabooking paper with light pink tulle bow and silver lettering.

A larger close up of the finished frame.

The 'LOVE' plaque is also $10 with the same offer of free shipping as the two frames. It measures 6.5"x6.5"

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Valentine's Day Pretty

I am hooking up with the linky party over at A Soft Place to Land and also over at Kara's blog Creations by Kara for her 'look what I made' party.

I have admired the pretty Valentine topiaries being made all over blog land. The first one I saw was over at The Idea Room. Go on over and check out hers, it is done in pink and is in a very cute bucket container. Stay awhile and browse through her blog, she is a very talented crafter with wonderful ideas and great tutorials.

Below is our (my daughter Maria and I) version.

We added some pretty berry/beads and some ribbon and more beads underneath it. I also added some glitter spray, which is hard to see in the picture but it really add some glitz to it. All you need is some felt, styrofoam balls (we used 3-5 inch balls for ours), some straight pins and some berries clipped from these cute garlands. Also you will need some floral foam, a container (some sort of bucket or urn) and some Spanish moss.

We then cut a buzillion three inch circles from the felt.Doesn't Maria look like she is having a blast?
You then fold the circles in half and then in half again. Insert a straight pin through the bottom of folded circle and push into styrofoam ball. Continue until the whole ball is complete.
Not sure if you can see the sparklies on it or not. I had some spray glitter that we lightly sprayed over the finished product to give it some pizazz
Here is a completed red one. Check out Maria's blog, Rainy Day Farm in the next day or so and see all of the ones she made, she REALLY loved how they turned out and made five for herself and has the stuff to make even more. She has some made with two different colors of pink and one made of light pink with pink berries that turned out adorable.

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