Happy Friday, guys!!!  Well today’s focus is suppose to be all about feelings and journaling! I don’t know about you, but gift giving at holiday time, always gives me a warm and fuzzy feeling inside, especially when it’s a gift I’ve handmade!

I decided to alter a picture frame for my mother-in-law,  as a gift from the kids for Christmas this year.  To make this gift more personal I added a little pocket (Kraft Envelope) to the center of the frame, so the kids could add little notes, to Grandma!

This is a really easy project to put together. All you’ll need is a picture frame, a kraft envelope, some raw chipboard, a few embellies, your pictures and of course your Pink Paislee supplies. For this frame I mainly  used papers and embellishments from the Mistletoe & Co. collection.

To give the snowman strength and some thickness, I glued three layers of chipboard together, before cutting out the pieces.

Draw, or use template to trace the snowman design onto the chipboard. Above, you can see the 3 pieces of chipboard after they were cut out.

Once your pieces are cut out, you can begin covering them with patterned paper and embellishments. Cover the brim of the hat and the nose before gluing them into place.  I used Mistletoe & Co. Patches and the star stamps from the Mistletoe & Co. Impressions Stamp Set on the hat, as you can see in the finished piece.

Next, cover the wood frame with patterned paper using Mod Podge adhesive.

Paint the inner edges of the frame with brown paint.

Adhere the snowman to the back of the frame, making sure to leave access to your pictures.

Apply patterned paper, Punchouts, Bella Brads and Press Ons to the kraft envelope, then attach it to the center of the frame.

Use the template to trace and cut out the mittens. You’ll need two mitten cut outs for the left and two for the right. Stitch each set together leaving an opening at the bottom.

Stitch, then apply the die-cut snowflakes to the front of each mitten. Note: The felt snowflakes where originally white. I wanted them to match the worn, antique look of the patterned papers, so I soaked them in a hot tea solution first, to stain them.  Of course, if you have cream snowflakes, that would work too!!!

Adhere the twigs (arms) to the back of the frame using a wood glue or hot glue gun. Then secure the gloves onto the twigs with glue also.

Lastly, use the Mistletoe Postcards to add journaling.

Pink Paislee Supplies Used:

Mistletoe & Co. Patterned papers, Patches, Impressions Stamp Set, Bella Brads, Punchouts and Press Ons.

Other Supplies:

Maya Road – Kraft envelope, chipboard (star) and pins.

Creative Cuts & More – Felt snowflakes

Hobby Lobby – Frame, pom-poms, embroidery floss, paint and Spanish moss

Hello everyone! I hope you all had a great weekend!  Today I’m going to share with you a layout that I created using several different patterned papers from the CHA Summer Release.  I love how versatile each of the collections are and how you can use them for everyday projects.  When I pulled out my papers and was trying to decide where to start with this layout, I accidentally laid out the aqua blue Cupid paper, Bow and Arrow, on top of the orange polka dotted Eclipse paper from the Twilight collection, and I loved the aqua and blue combo, so I added some black and cream from different collections and loved the end result.

For the background, I chose the backside of the Love Potion paper from the Cupid collection.  I then added a wide strip of the black dotted paper (back side of Nightfall from Twilight) that was the same width as my photo.

At the bottom of my photo, I added a strip of the front side of the Nightfall paper and some hand cut scallops from the same paper that ran along the edge. So, while this paper may have a Halloween or spooky feel to it, I was still able to use many parts from it to create an everyday layout.

To finish my layout off, I tucked some punched circles, made from the Eclipse patterned paper, underneath the left side of the black dotted paper and used 12 inch strips of paper from the Cupid, Twilight, and Amber Road collections along the sides of my photo.

I had a few extra punched circles, so I flipped them over to use as circle accents on my layout, and to house some fortunes and a flower embellishment that was made with ribbon, a chipboard button from the Winsome collection and a brad from the Mistletoe and Co. collection.  The title letters are also chipboard letters from the Winsome collection.

Don’t be afraid of using themed papers for your everyday layouts!

Have a good week!

Good morning Pink fans! Today, am bringing to you a lovely sketch from Pencil Lines! They always have such lovely sketches, and this design by Maisa Mendonca is no exception! Here’s the sketch I chose…

I whipped out one of my favorite Pink Paislee lines of all time: Mistletoe & Co., played around, and came up with this interpretation…

And, I even made a fabric flower using one of the patches, and my paper flower tutorial from last month to create this page accent…

This was such a fun sketch to create from, and I loved how it turned out! If you find yourself inspired to take a spin at this sketch yourself, feel free to add your creations to our member project gallery so that we can all enjoy your creative interpretations!