A Few Fall Craft Ideas

It all started with finding a new group of friends that sew.  Since moving to El Paso, I have been blessed to find a wonderful, welcoming group of ladies that have a sewing and crafting group.  For our October meeting  we are going to be making a Halloween table runner.  I couldn't wait.  Yes, I did buy some beautiful fabric to bring to the meeting and make my table runner  during the meeting, but while shopping I found some gorgeous and grungy Tim Holtz fabric. 

I had looked on Pinterest to get ideas for fall table runners and came across one that was done with pumpkin appliques, in solid fabrics.  Now anyone who knows me, knows I love mixing prints and textures, so when I saw Tim's new fabric line from a company called Free Spirit, I was truly inspired.  Using different prints from his Abandoned line I had so much fun creating this new little table runner.  

  

Of course in full fall swing, I pulled out the fall decor I had and got busy decorating around the house.  Can you tell I love mixing turquoise with fall colors.    I used Metallic Gilding Polish and Glitter Kiss Polish from Creative Expressions to color some of the leaves a gorgeous turquoise. It's hard to see in the pictures, but I also added a hint of gold glitter polish to several of the leaves, just to have an extra bit of sparkle.  

Next up - Scrapbook pages.  And what other papers  did you think I would use but ones from a kit by Anna Griffin.   The paper embellishments on this layout were from Anna's kit.  The flowers are from Prima and the jeweled pieces are old old old Tiffany's Treasures I had in my stash from Petaloo.

On this more spooky one I used a few of my mica sprays from Lindy's Stamp gang in Hag's Wart Orange and another orange to give the two spider ephemera a bit of a blood splattered look.  Then I inked the edge with Golden Glow Opal Polish from Creative Expression. It gives it just a rich gilded look.  Along with the paper embellishments from Anna's kit I used a very old set of shaker stickers of old apothecary jars.  I knew I had held onto those stickers for a good reason.   Just waiting to use on these very spooky pages.

Continuing to play with fall ideas, I have created some themed card kits.  The top two Hello cards are using some vintage Stampin' Up! papers and dies I have.  And again, I lightly swiped some gold gilding polish on the basket weave embossed kraft layer on one of the cards. 

 I had so much fun designing the pumpkin shaped card on my Cricut.  The finished size of that card is 5" by 7", making it a perfect fit for a standard A7 envelope.

The Gnome and pumpkin artwork for the second card are some commercial designs I bought from Design Bundles.  So easy to use with the Cricut Print and Cut feature.  It's a great site for designer graphics and fonts. 

I hope you enjoyed seeing some of the things I have been working on for fall.  I know how much I love seeing all the creative projects shared on Pinterest and the web from so many others.  Hope I get to see some of your fall projects.  Please feel free to share a picture in the comments.

Happy Fall everyone,

Molly D

Easy Foiling HOW TO's with the WRMK Foil Quill and Cricut

I am over the moon excited to be playing with my new We R Memory Keepers Foil Quill.  It is so easy to use and the results are just amazing! 

 I just created and couldn't wait  to share MY Foil Quill Video showing you how I made some card sentiments. 

I bought mine on the 24 hour crafting day on HSN.  They had a great price of just under $60 for the whole set.  The MSRP is $99.  With the kit, you receive the 3 different size foiling heat stylus', the adapters for your cutting machine and even some foil and low tack tape to get you started.   You can buy the different size heat pens separately, additional foil colors   and even some USB sets of artwork from WRMK.  But remember, the foiling stylus goes in place of your writing pen on your machine, so you can literally foil anything you can draw with your machine!  

The video tells you most all you need to know to get started.  I will be trying the pen out on some other heat transfer foils I have and can't wait to see what happens.  but I couldn't wait to share this with you asap.  

 I can't wait to experiment more and make layout embellisments and foil some other print and cuts.  The possibilites seem endless. 

Hope you enjoy and let me know what you think of WRMK's latest tool!

hugs, 

MOLLY D

Anna Griffin Scrapbook Layouts

With it getting closer to Valentine's Day, I thought I'd keep playing with my Anna Griffin stash.  Just had a wonderful time trying my best to use up some of those gorgeous Anna Griffin papers and embellishments I have been hoarding.  

Of course Anna if known for her beautiful flowers, so it was easy to create these bursting with beauty Spring layouts.  If you are an Anna fan at all, you might recognize that I used old and new pieces from her lines to create these.  And one of my favorite things about her line is that the colors from one to another match so perfectly. 

I created this title by teaming up my Silhouette and Cricut Design Space programs, using Anna Griffin cartridge artwork.  The "love you" was cut on the Cricut out to heavy chipboard.  While the florals and offset backgrounds were cut with the Silhouette.  ( I made a video on how I did this and have it uploaded at the bottom of this post.) 

I applied a little glue to the edges of my butterflies and title, then just pressed on some gold foil to give it just a little extra sparkle.  

Even the older embellishments, like the chipboard letters I bought over 5 years ago, still blend in so well to complete these pages.And the tags and quotes from different packages I have bought over the last several years, yes, they too helped create these finished projects.

 This 2 page spread is made using the Juliet kit I bought recently from HSN.  Just love love love the sweet look of this happy pair of pages.

 I did use some paper flowers I had bought from Michaels, Prima and Hobby Lobby on this layout. They blended in so perfectly with Anna's more casual style of these papers. Plus, I was able to layer in some of the vellum quotes I have stashed away!  All of Anna's kits come with so many pieces, but I still find myself so hesitant to ever use any of them.  I know, I know....it's a true mental condition I have here...I think I read recently it was called the SABLE syndrome...Stash Amassed Beyond Life Expectancy.  Lolololol, yep, definitely my problem...and I embrace it happily! 

Thank you so much for sharing this gorgeous obsession with me.  
And have fun crafting!

Here's the video on how I made the title on the first layout.

Anna Griffin Craftroom Fun Decor

Well New Year's Day has come and gone, and I am trying to keep a promise to myself.  Use my stash!  

HSN had a 24 hour crafting day recently, featuring Anna Griffin.  Boy oh boy, did that test my will power.  So to try to keep me from overbuying, again, I decided to play with my Anna stash all day. 

And to get me in the mood even more, I decided to quickly update my craft room look, using Anna Griffin papers and embellishments. 

Here's a quick video of how I used Anna papers to create a few fun pieces to give a fresh, new look to enjoy while I craft!  

I love the quick and easy paper quilt piece I made for my wall.  

Good news, I only bought two things on HSN that day.  Bad news, they are having another full day of crafting in March, and Anna is having an online warehouse sale January 30th.  I mean really,  can I really be expected to resist.  I am only so strong.  

Have fun crafting and using some of your own glorious stash!