Wall Art I

Happy Saturday :) I have been thinking about wall art projects for a long time, so glad to be able to work on it :)

The new Sweet Pea Designer Series Paper in the Occasions Mini Catalog is so sweet. I have been admiring it, when I thought, why not display it :) I love the cute little bird above. All I did was add a button and linen tread on the largest flower. Here is another one below:

The sentiment is from one of the Sale-a-Bration sets, Whimsical Words. And then, I added the bird and branch from the new bird punch.

Here is a full picture.

Recipes: (all by SU!)

Paper and cardstock: Sweet Pea DSP, Sahara Sand, Chocolate Chip, Pupmkin Pie, Rose Red

Stamp set: Whimsical Words

Ink: Whisper White

Tools: Wide Oval, Curly Label, Extra Large 2-step Bird, 1" circle punches

Everything else: Stampin' Dimensionals, brads, linen thread, Kiwi Kiss button (ret.), Button Latte, Ikea frame

A heart for Hannah

Happy Sunday! Bright and sunny here :) Here is a framed piece that I made for my daughter to put on her nightstand, next to her bed.

The heart is die cut with the SU! Hearts and Brackets. And then I went on digging for all kinds of embellishments to fill up the heart, layering some of them, and putting on different textures as well. (Note: this would be a good project to make after a major clean up when you find all kinds of treasures that you had forgotten about :) )

And then I placed the heart with plenty of Stampin' Dimensionals to make it pop up against its pink patterned paper backdrop. Stamped her initial on the corner. I finished with a length of Pink Pirouette ribbon on the frame.

Wouldn't this make a personalized and pretty hand made gift too for a little girl's birthday or a special friend? Just change the initial :) I need to stock up on these frames...

Recipe (all by SU! unless mentioned)

Frame: Ikea

Cardstock and paper: Chocolate Chip, Love You Much retired DSP

Stamp set: Taffy Alphabet

Ink: Chocolate Chip

Everything else: Pink Pirouette ribbon (retired), Hearts and Brackets die, Big Shot machine, Stampin' Dimensionals, various embellishments

{grateful}

Hello! End of the week here :) We returned from our short vacation to Manado, a 3-hour flight from Jakarta. How did your week go?

I made this wall hanging yesterday. Just wanting something fun to go along with my pumpkin decoration :) I stamped the row of leaves on a piece of Very Vanilla cardstock, scalloped one edge of it. Added the thin strip of Chocolate Chip cardstock, stapled it. Mounted the whole panel on a piece of  scalloped 12x12" patterned paper (that I have been hoarding! A gift from Keisha Campbell long ago.) Added a length of Chocolate Chip ribbon. Done. I am hanging it on our front door. 

I hope you might be inspired to create something for your home, too? Thank you for stopping by.

Recipe (all by SU! unless mentioned)

Cardstock and paper: Very Vanilla, Chocolate Chip, Creative Imagination dp.

Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Old Olive, Dusty Durango, Pumpkin Pie

Stamp set: Falling Leaves

Everything else: 1/4" Chocolate Chip grosgrain ribbon, Scallop Edge punch

Falling Leaves

Hello! One quick post before I leave for the trip :) 

This is a card I made as part of our home decor right now. Found some pumpkins at a grocery store/British department store one day so I snatched them. Unlikely place to find them, I thought...

Yesterday our friend Don, whose parents are from Padang, came over for dinner and showed us his photos of Padang. He just returned from Padang the night before to help his relatives there with recovery work post earthquake. His cousins, uncles, family friends lost their homes. (And speaking of earthquake, Jakarta was hit with a 6.3 Richter scale one yesterday. I didn't feel it much but others did). I can imagine how hard it is on him right now to see first hand all the ruin.

Thank you for stopping by and thank you for praying along with our family, have a great weekend to you all!

Recipe: (all by SU! unless mentioned)

Cardstock and paper: Kraft, Very Vanilla, MM dp

Stamp set: Falling Leaves

Ink: Bravo Burgundy, Pumpkin Pie, Old Olive

Everything else: circle punches, Scallop Edge punch, button