Reveal of TREES with Holiday spirit

THE REVEAL!  

A forest of FUN!   Colorful, Happy and Bright!

Our Dixie Belle paints come in such luscious colors and are so easy to work with, YUM!  We have brushes, sanding tools and glazes too.

  

Wood was cut, added papers and paint, then sanding it all...E6000 was used to hold the trees to the bases, that is usually a strong holding adhesive, especially since they get packed away for the next year.

AND HERE THEY ARE!

  

I am debating about adding ornaments and baubles to the wood bases.  I think it would be festive!

We decided to share a treat with you all.  Order a Dixie Belle Paint Starter Kit (3 paint colors to choose from) and receive 25% off by using the coupon code Dixielove.  You get to choose the paint color, clear sealer, brush and a sanding pad  (supply is limited)    

Lisa Kettell Holiday Card Exchange

HO HO HOLIDAYS

You may know Lisa Kettell, an artist,  a joy-bringer, a Bright Spirit and all around super person!  She exudes charm, positivity and such a warmth.

Lisa organizes a Christmas card exchange on Facebook each year for anyone (please follow the rules) to participate.   By the time you read this, the card exchange will be closed but you can make a note to remind yourself for next year.

I thought I would share my card creations with you and in a December blogpost I will share the cards I receive.

Forming ideas.  I grab a stash of supplies and GO.  It helps me to get the creative mojo going!  I knew I wanted the cards to be lush and wonderful.  Maybe soft lavender or lime green!   

Yes, I often have a schizophrenic style.

I began by painting chipboard diecuts with chalk paint.

But when going through boxes I found a template that inspired me...I may change in midstream!

More to come from this fun event with Lisa.

Lisa is taking a short break for now, but you can still follow her Etsy shop. https://www.etsy.com/shop/LisaKettellDesigns

Want to go for a ride?

I love the style of this old-fashioned bicycle.  It's one of the chipboard die cuts available at DIY Design Studio and it is a lot of fun to use.  

My first idea was to try and distress the image with ink.  The StazOn is good for distressing chip board because it's permanent and dries quickly.  It just wasn't the look I wanted today.  So I decided to paint them instead.  Perfect for my project.

I liked the gold bike so well that I decided to paint the other one, too.

I added some rhinestones just to blint them up a little bit.

For the gold bike, I chose the Life Time pad of Prima paper.  You've seen me use this one before.  It's one of my favorites because of the range of shades and splatters.  They are beautiful papers.

I needed a piece of paper 6 x 4 1/4.  I opted to make the darkest section the body of my card and then use the part with the sentiment as a layer.  

I added some light brown ink to the edges of each piece so that they stand out once they were pieced back together.

This paper pad has a sheet of tags and embellishments.  I wanted to use a mini brad on the mini tag.  I could have used the cream color but it matches the paper a little too much.  I painted it the same gold as the bike to pull it into the card more.

Because the bike is chipboard it really stands off the page.  Foam adhesive squares hold the little embellishments up off the page to balance that out.

Card one - great for a note card or special occasion.  But it's almost Christmas and the other bike is red, sooooo...

I painted some chipboard snowflakes white to go with the second bike.

I found this piece of snowy scrapbook paper in my stash and added a washi tape sidewalk, then glued on the chipboard pieces. 

Products Used:

Die Cut Chipboard Bicycles

Die Cut Chipboard Snowflakes

Inks and/or Acrylic Paints

Adhesive Gemstones

Prima Life Time paper pad

Dimensional Foam Squares

Double-Sided Adhesive Tape

Glue

Scans of each card

Thankfully Able

What traditions do you have at your Thanksgiving Day?

We create gratitude notes at our house.

We give a small note to each dinner guest for them write down something they are thankful for this year.  

Turkey, friends, whipped cream, health, anything that comes to mind that may bring them a smile.

We want to share our tradition with you and created these lovely notecards* to use at your dinner or as gift tags, wine bottle hangers or placecards.

We hope they bring a smile to your face.

Gratitude and Peace to Everyone.

* right click your mouse on the image and then save to your desktop.   Enjoy.

Die Cuts and Prima Archangels

Today's project is a quick little upcycle using a pretty metal hanging tin I had in my stash, snowflake die cuts and a Prima Relics & Artifacts Archangel.   I also used Dixie Belle chalk paint in "drop cloth",  a pale pink and metallic rose gold acrylic paint.  
You can find so many kits, craft supplies and inspiration at DIY Design Studio!  Go check it out. 

Here is the before...

And, the after...

I painted the angel a very pale pink using the drop cloth, baby pink and rose gold acrylic.  The snowflakes were painted with the Dixie Belle "drop cloth" and dry brushed with a bit of the rose gold metallic.  Low melt hot glue was used to adhere all the pieces to the metal tin.  

 

I think this turned out cute as a whimsical and romantic winter piece.  How pretty will this be with snow flocked everygreen branches, pink berries and maybe a few cotton stems. 

Thanks for joining me for this quick little Friday project. 

Stephanie

Hanging Around the Kitchen Kit

Introducing our Thanksgiving Kit

Create the perfect hostess gift and 

make one for yourself too! 

The kit contains a wooden hanger, wood clothespin, recipe cards, collage and die-cut stickers for decoupaging.  We even provide a couple recipes!

We give you a choice of a kit with or without chalk paint.  It's a ready to go kit or add your own colors. We show you how to create two different paint techniques.  And when not using it for recipes, add a photo and hang it where it can be admired.

Die cuts are so versatile and help create Fantastic  projects of all sorts.  

Thanks for visiting, now order one of these sweet kits!

Camelot

I went to see my first play during my Freshman year of high school.  What better introduction to theater than to see Camelot?!  I love the romance and the action and, oh the music!  

I wanted to capture that Medieval feel with today's card.  Castles always have tapestries and banners so I used two different size banner dies with three of the images from the Mists of Avalon collage sheet and two pages from the Life Time Prima paper pad.  

What is royalty without a little pomp and circumstance, right?  So I added shine to these tapestry banners with some gold glam stickers and gems.

I just happened to have a crown and sword die cut in my stash and it really gives this card the Camelot feeling!  Both shapes were cut out of gold paper.

Please stop by again tomorrow for more inspirations from the DIY Design Studio Team!