14 Days of Love - Day 1

My little helper Cupid has been scouring the globe for fantastic lovey dove posts to share with you.

Today Cupid asked me to share a post on "How to make a couple's sign"

Couple's Sign

Today I decided to make a "Couple's Sign". I have been wanting to do this for a while and with valentines coming up very soon, I thought this would be the perfect time to finally make it.  So what you do is you print out the state that your born in, the state your spouse was born in and the state you were married in. (now if these aren't 3 separate states no worries, you will just add the info and heart in 2 or possible 3 places on the state.) To find great state outlines to print. I went to google.com and then in the search area typed in state outline and then checked out the images it popped up with. I printed mine onto a brown card stock.

Once they are printed and the size you want them, cut them out, I left a little bit of an edge around the black outline.

 I then applied glue all over the back of each state and then turned it over and applied it to some black chipboard. I placed a heavy book on top for a minute so that they stayed flat and secure.

 Once it is dry. Cut around the state again.

To attach each state to my top sign I punched holes in each state and the sign and attached each one with wire.

 I know you can't read what I put on each of the states. So here is a breakdown. On each of the states that me and my husband were born I placed a heart over the place the city is located. Next to the heart I wrote..
 Line 1. my name
 Line 2. the word born
 Line 3. City and States name
 Line 4. Birthday 00/00/00

Now the state we were married in i have attached to our 2 birth states and again placed the heart where the city is located. On this one I wrote.

Line 1. his name & my name
Line 2. the word Married
Line 3. City and States name
Line 4. Date Married 00/00/00

This was so much fun to make. 

Happy Crafting

Christmas Series Day 12 - DIY Pottery Barn Inspired Noel Wall Art

On the 12th Day of Christmas

Santa brought to me

Shelly with "Dolan Diaries"

Her gift for us is a post on a

"diy pottery barn inspired noel wall art"

Check out Shelly's Blog Here

http://www.dolendiaries.com/2013/11/diy-pottery-barn-inspired-noel-wall-art.html

My First Mixed Media Art Piece

I have been watching tutorial by Gabrielle Pollacco at Such a Pretty Mess. she has some amazing artwork and has simply started the fire within to do some of my own media art work. you can check her out here: http://gabriellepollacco.blogspot.ca/

Happy Mixing

Carrie

Bathroom Wall Art - Epic WIN

I am doing the happy dance.

uh huh, oh yeah

After my epic fail a couple days ago, I was determined to make this work.

If you want to check out the epic fail click here

So I figured while I was redoing it, I might as well make a few adjustments that will help this artwork last longer. My first attempt I used Card Stock, this time I grabbed 2 slats from a venetian blind and cut them up. Because after I put up the first set I thought to myself " hmmm card stock and moisture, not sure if that's a good idea". So after thinking about it for a while I thought of these slats that i had. and thought "hmm there plastic, plastic & moisture, purrrrfect".

The only reason I have these extra slats is because they broke off the blind and they were replaced by new ones. 

supplies I used for this project:

• 2 off white venetian blind slat's
• scissors
• hot glue gun & glue
• washi tape
• chipboard or recycled cereal boxes
• 3 different colored scrapbook paper 12x12
• glitter modge podge
• tacks

Let me know how you like my win on this project

Happy Dance!!

Carrie

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So You Think You're Crafty

Bathroom Wall Art - Epic Fail

I know, I know I have been really slacking on posts lately. 

So your going to love this one. 

We recently moved to our basement bedroom (because it's cooler down there, oh course) So my bathroom down there is lacking a little me. So I wanted to add some pop to my walls and still match my awesome shower curtain. 

To make the flower petals, Cut 1 1/2" wide strips of cardstock paper.

Outer Petal: 12" long

Middle Petal: 9" long

Inner Petal: 6" long

I used 3 different colors per flower.

Mix it up. 

Start from the Inner Petal, Hot glue the ends together, now add the middle petal, then the outer petal. Once your petal is completely glued together. Arrange the 5 petals and then hot glue the ends together. The next step will show you how to make the circle for the middle of your flower.

Using cardboard from cereal boxes or such, cut out 2 size circles (3 each). one 3" and the other 2" circles. grab your fantastic washi tape in the colors that you are working with. cover the circles with wash tape. then mount the 2" circle onto the 3" circle with mounting tape so that it has some dimension. I also took a black marker and drew a black line around the entire edge of both circles (not shown in above photo.

Using 2"circles again, put washi tape on them, outline with black marker and use for the butterflies. (I also made 3 extra 3" circles to just apply randomly on the wall.  To make the butterfly. You need (2) 11"x1" strips and (1) 5"x1" strip of cardstock. Starting with one of the longer strips, hot glue the ends together, repeat with 2nd strip, then glue both strips together. taking one side at a time. bend the loop to look like a top heavy, put glue in the crease and press. this makes the wing, now repeat on the other side. hot glue the 2" circle ontop of the wings. Bend the last strip in half curl the ends outward and then glue on back side of circle. tadahhh.

This was a fun project and adds that extra special pop.

Happy Creating!!

Carrie

Here is what the wall looked like the next morning.

Off I go to tweet and make it work. stay tuned!!!