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Product Spotlight: Frosted: Sticker Sheet

This week's Product Spotlight is ... our Frosted: Sticker Sheet! These cool tags, titles and borders, in winter-bright colors, are fun and versatile to use. Take a look at how Cindy and Anne Jo used these stickers.

 

Play Time by Cindy Tobey
Cindy uses two of the borders stickers to frame her grouping of photos and the snowflake sticker as great accent for just the right amount of red on her layout. Perfect.

 

Best Friends by Anne Jo Lexander
Anne Jo really played up the winter brights on this non-winter layout. She used one of the bracket stickers to draw more attention to her cute photo.

 

We hope you are inspired by these layouts and excited to create 2010! Happy New Year!

Fancy This: Faux Tile Frame

Today's project is from Kay Rogers. She has recycled an old, unattractive frame into this beautiful faux tile frame. Isn't it lovely? See how she created it below.

Supplies:
Vintage Valentine patterned paper
Chipboard
With Love Posies
All Fall buttons
flower
tan acrylic paint
brown chalk ink pad
Modge Podge

Instructions:
1. Paint an old frame with acrylic paint and let dry.
2. Ink the edges of the frame when paint is dry.
3. Cut 1 inch squares to cover your frame. Ink the edges with dark brown chalk ink.
4. Glue the squares onto the frame, then cover with a few coats of Mod Podge.

5. Assemble the layered flower and paint a chipboard piece. Attach to the frame.

Product Spotlight: Christmas Magic Glitter Cuts

It's Christmas Eve!!! And we're celebrating by giving you some great project ideas using our Christmas Magic: Glitters Cuts. Check out these merry projects by our Design Team.

Julebakst 09 by Anne Jo Lexander
Anne Jo used the Snowflake Border to add some sparkle to her journaling.

 

Christmas Cards by Cindy Tobey

Cindy cut one of the "merrys" out of the Merry Title to use on this thank you card. What a clever way to get double use out of this Glitter Cut.



Here, Cindy puts her scissors to work again. She cut away one of the ornaments from the Hanging Ornaments Glitter Cut and used it to compliment the ornaments on the page she tore from the Christmas Magic: Notebook Journal.



Cindy also used the Snowflake Border. She cut it into sections and attached them to a tag, and then used the tag to decorate this pretty card.

He Still Believes by Brenda Hurd
Brenda Hurd is all about layering. She uses the Merry Title as an overlay (attached with staples) on one of her photos and the Oval Snowflake Frame as a festive background for her photos.

 

Have a wonderful Christmas everyone and a safe and healthy New Year!!!

Fancy This: Photo Ornament

Check out this super sweet gift idea created by Nikki Bellish!

Supplies:
Mixed Media flower book
Christmas Magic: Mince Pie
Frosted: cards
Frosted: sticker sheet
Rough and Tough: ball trim
Rough and Tough: buttons
embroidery floss
punch
one 4X6 photo  

Instructions:

1. Glue one felt sheet and one transparent sheet together.
2. Punch two holes through the felt and transparent sheets and also punch holes around the transparent sheet.
3. Thread the ball trims into the holes and tie to back.
4. Wrap embroidery floss in between balls on ball trim.
5. Cut out a card from the Frosted: Cards and cut the card into two pieces.
6. Glue card pieces and photo to transparent sheet.
7. Stick one of the stickers below the photo.
8. Cut out a flower from the Christmas Magic: Mince Pie patterned paper.
9. Add buttons next to the flower and sticker.

Product Spotlight: Christmas Magic Rubons & Stickers

There's only 8 days left until Christmas, but there's still time for creating! Take a look at how our Design Team members used this week's Product Spotlight: Christmas Magic: Rubons and Christmas Magic: Stickers.

Our Tree by Kay Rogers
Kay used one of the rubon phrases on the sticker tag over her large photo and her journaling is accented with one of the bracket-shaped stickers. She also used a couple rubons on her chipboard letters. Don't you love the way that looks?

Merry Merry by Kay Rogers
Here Kay frames her photos with the brackets and a border sticker and adds journaling with one of the tag stickers.

Gift Box by Anne Jo Lexander
Anne Jo used one of the rubons to embellish this pretty little gift box.

Gift Bag by Anne Jo Lexander
Anne Jo used one of the tag stickers as a simple background for the snowflake accent on this sweet little bag.

Building A House by Ronda Palazzari
Ronda used several of the rubon snowflakes. They add just the right amount of pizazz to this festive layout.

Fancy This: Garland

Keeping with our Christmas theme, Anne Jo Lexander shows us how to make this festive garland. I love how fun and easy this project is! It's perfect for creating with little ones.

Supplies
Christmas Magic: Buttons
Christmas Magic: On The Tree paper
embroidery floss
staples

Instructions
1. Cut ornaments from the patterned paper.
2. Thread buttons onto the embroidery floss, spacing them so that you can add the paper ornaments as shown.
3. Staple the ornaments onto the floss between the buttons.

Anne Jo decided to keep her garland nice and simple, but you could also try some of these fun ideas:

• dress up the ornaments w/glossy accents
• cover ornaments with clear crackle paint
• accent ornaments with gems or glitter glue
• tie scraps of ribbon to the floss

Thanks for stopping by and thanks Anne Jo for sharing this fun project with us!

Product Spotlight: Frosted Cards & Strips Papers

Have you seen our Cards and Strips papers from Frosted, one of our newest collections? These cards and border strips are so fun and versatile! Take a look below at the amazing projects our designers created with them!

 

Calendar Wrap by Anne Jo Lexander

Anne Jo used the cards and strips beautifully to wrap around this calendar that she made.

 

Let it Snow by Brenda Hurd

Brenda created this lovely card using both the cards and strips papers.

 

Winter's Chill by Brenda Hurd

Another beautiful card from Brenda showing us how easy it is to create greeting cards using our cards and strips papers.

 

Enjoy the Snow by Michelle Filo

Michelle combined a matching card and strip on her snowy layout for a lovely effect. Notice that she chose a card and strip that perfectly match her son's coat in the photo. Beautiful!

 

Gift Wrap by Anne Jo Lexander

Anne Jo shows us another creative way to use the cards and strips for gift wrapping. Don't the paper strips and cards finish these gifts off perfectly?

A Family Who Sleighs Together by Staci Taylor

I love that Staci cut out the snowman and blue design from one of the strips, and did you notice the ribbon scarf around the snowman's neck? So fun!

Thanks for stopping by and thanks to the design team for your gorgeous projects!

Fancy This: Christmas Gift Idea

Where are you on your Christmas shopping? Do you have all of your gifts purchased or made, wrapped and ready to give? If not, or even if you do, Anne Jo Lexander has a fun little gift idea that you are sure to want to try! She's created a card that is kind of like a mini box and sized it to hold two bags of flavored instant coffee. This would even make a great topper for a larger wrapped gift! See below for the details.

 

Supplies
Christmas Magic: Merriest Tale paper
Christmas Magic: Strips paper
Christmas Magic: Rub-Ons
Happy Holidays: Ric Rack
Red gem
mini letter stickers
cream & red cardstock
circle punch
hole punch
bone folder
2 small bags of hot cocoa or instant flavored coffee

Instructions
1. Measure your cocoa/coffee bags to determine the size to make your card. Use Anne Jo's diagram as is or resize to fit your own cocoa/coffee bags. 

2. Use the diagram to cut your card from the cream cardstock.
3. Score and fold.(See diagram)
4. From the strips paper, cut out a 6x6" and 5x5" square. Mount the smaller square on red cardstock with the strips-side face up. Sew along the strips w/a zigzag stitch to make it look like you actually pieced different strips of paper together. 

5. Apply the rubon over this square as shown to unify the different strips together. Add a gemstone to the middle of the flower rub-on.
6. Add the 6x6" piece from the strips paper, dots side up, to the cover of the card. Machine stitch as shown along the edge. You may prefer to add the stitching to the 6x6 square before adhering it to the card.
7. Add the 5x5 piece to the front of the card, using foam adhesive.
8. Measure and cut a piece of Merriest Tale patterned paper for the inner flap. Ink the edges, adhere and use your circle punch to make two half circles.

9. Punch two holes on each side and thread the ribbon through, securing the bags & tie the ribbon.

Thanks for stopping by everyone and thanks Anne Jo for the fun gift idea!

Product Spotlight: Christmas Magic Cards & Strips

Now that we are into the month of December, Christmas is everywhere, including our blog! This week's product spotlight is on our Christmas Magic Cards and Strips papers. I love that these papers are not only perfect for your holiday scrapbooks, but also for making holiday cards and wrapping gifts! 

Joy to the World by Anne Jo Lexander

Here Anne Jo used both the cards and strips paper to create this gorgeous layout! I love how she included some of the card above the "Joy to the world" card when she cut it out for placement on her layout. That deep red strip at the top of the card adds a lot of impact on her page and balances the deep red scalloped sticker along the bottom. Beautiful!

Thanks Anne Jo for sharing this lovely Christmas project with us today!

Fancy This: Christmas Tree Pillow

Now that Thanksgiving is over, it's time to deck the halls with all those gorgeous Christmas decorations. And speaking of gorgeous decorations, check out this Christmas Tree Pillow created by Ronda Palazzari! This would make a great gift for someone, or a wonderful addition to your own holiday decor. Ronda shares with us how she made it, and it's actually pretty easy!

Supplies:

Fancy Pants Buttons
Red Ball Trim
Fabric
Pillow Form or Stuffing
Liquid glue
Embroidery floss

 

1. Lay out buttons in tree pattern on one side of the fabric. 

 

2. Glue down buttons to hold in place.

3. Stitch buttons with floss for an added touch.
4. Next pin red ball trim around edge of the fabric with it facing inward.
5. Stitch ball trim down with basting stitch.
6. Place fabric right sides together & stitch around edges leaving an opening.
7. Flip pillow form right side out and stuff.
8. Stitch opening closed.

What a fun project Ronda! Thanks for sharing it with us!