Showing posts with label front porch kits. Show all posts
Showing posts with label front porch kits. Show all posts

Warning: Shiny Objects Ahead

It's time for the big reveal of the new "Your Time to Shine" kit from The Little Blue House. If you've been to The Little Blue House blog, you've already seen some of the fabulous projects created with this kit. And today, I'm sharing what I made:


Jumping on the paper-pieced-chevron bandwagon with this one, but all the fabric-inspired patterns in the papers just made me want to quilt them together. 


Here's another layout I created using black cardstock with Color Shine mist in Gold Lame' to add a little sparkle.


Lots of layers on this banner, plus a bow I tied out of fabric scraps on each end.



I think this one's my favorite. There are two pieces of 6x6 black chipboard in the kit and I used mine to create a hanging frame. I cut strips from the different metallic papers and lined them up to cover the front of the frame, then I brushed Tattered Angels Stained Glass over the top to give it that pretty pink color.


Finished off with a few embellishments and a stamped sentiment from the stamp set in the kit. 


Speaking of the stamps, here's a card I created using another one of the stamps:


Loved this yarn because it reminded me of the yarn ribbons girls used to wear in their hair when I was little.  Easy to tie into a pretty bow.


And finally, there was a 6x12 canvas in the kit. I'll admit it. Canvas kind of intimidates me. I don't pretend to be a painter. I know my limitations. So here's what I did:


I mod-podged scrapbook paper to the canvas. Then I used chipboard letters to spell out the phrase. Then I painted over the whole thing with pink. Once dry, I peeled off the letters and outlined them in black. I used Stickles to fill in the word "sparkle."

It's not exactly a work of art, but my 7-year-old is begging to display it in her room -- which I think is a perfect spot for it!

For more project ideas using this kit, be sure to visit The Little Blue House Blog and check out all the designers creations.

You can order your own "Your Time To Shine" kit by visiting The Little Blue House or online at


One more peek!

Happy Valentine's Day! Hope your day is full of love!

It's time for one last peek of my projects with the newest kit from The Little Blue House


Do you like shiny, embellishments?



The big reveal is tomorrow -- Saturday, February 15 -- so be sure to stop by The Little Blue House blog for more peeks and your chance to win a free kit!


A New Front Porch Kit...Coming Soon!

Well, I knew I hadn't blogged in a while. But I just realized exactly how long it's been. Yikes! I need to get back here more often!

But enough of that. Let's get to the fun stuff! How about a brand new Front Porch Kit from The Little Blue House?



This one was right down my alley, and I've had so much fun creating with it. As always, Tracy has packed in so many inspiring goodies to spark your creativity, and this one is full of shiny, sparkly stuff. What's not to love about that?

Here's a little peek at one of my projects:




 
And since I didn't post a peek yesterday, here's another bonus peek for you today:




Getting excited?

The full reveal is on Saturday, February 15, but you can preorder today at The Little Blue House website. You can also enter to win a free kit on The Little Blue House Blog

And be sure to check out the rest of the sneaks from the design team:

Stay tuned for more sneak peeks tomorrow and the full reveal on Saturday!

Reveal Day!

Today's the big day...the full reveal of the new Front Porch Kit from The Little Blue House!


As usual, there are tons of creative papers, embellishments and other materials to inspire you. Check out the Little Blue House blog to see all the fabulous goodies that are packed into this kit and leave a comment to win a FREE kit!

Ready to see what I made?

First off, a double layout with lots of photos. I don't do that many double layouts, so they're kind of a challenge for me. But the colors in the kit papers all just really worked together...


I loved the Scrabble tiles and wanted to find a way to incorporate them, so I added our initials inside the slide frames.


There are also some chalkboard embellishments in this kit, including chalk tape, which I used to handwrite part of my title.



The surface in this kit is a fun little clipboard from Pebbles (we're calling him Chip!), and I turned it into a wall hanging to show off one of my favorite photos.



I added a poker chip and some ribbon to the metal part, and I tore a strip of the fabric in the kit to tie around the bottom.



Next up is another layout. Just a silly photo Avery and I took one day in the car when we were waiting for Cecily to arrive.


One of the things I loved about working with this kit is that it really works with any photos you want to use. You don't have to make them all about games! And here you'll see another bit of chalk paper that I doodled some arrows onto. (I'm not much of a doodler, but I can handle arrows!)



There's some really cool foil tape that I punched the flower shapes out of. Fun to play with! And shiny, too!



Finally, here's my bonus project. I wanted to do something fun with the deck of cards in the kit. As I was looking at the box, I thought "Hey, I could make this box into a book cover and use the cards as the pages!" So it became a little bit of a personal challenge to see if I could really do it, but it actually worked pretty well.


Since it was a package of "Bicycle" cards (and also because of the red, white and blue color scheme), I decided to use photos of my kids riding their bikes in the 4th of July Parade. See, I'm tricky like that!


I used scraps of papers from the kit, along with chalk tape to finish it off. It's one of those projects that looks super-complicated, but it's actually pretty easy to whip out.






For more ideas and project photos, be sure to check out the Inspiration Gallery at The Little Blue House website, where you can also order your own Game On kit!

A great escape

A piece of advice: when your kitchen is a dirty, empty shell of a room awaiting renovations, the best possible thing you can do is get out of town! Bonus points if you can work out a way to do your favorite thing while you're away.

Several months ago, I was invited to a craft retreat for this weekend and, not having any idea what stage our renovation would be in, I accepted. Fast forward to August 9. As I was packing my bags to leave my construction-in-progress house, I thought: could we have timed this any better?

I'm kind of amazed at all the pages/projects I've gotten done, all while enjoying home-cooked meals and a snack table that's overflowing with all the treats I never allow myself to eat. Yeah. It's heaven.

My count for the weekend:
  • 9 scrapbook pages (probably more like 11 by the time I leave today)
  • 1 mini book
  • 1 altered clipboard
I won't share my calorie count. Besides, I lost count of that somewhere around 6:30 p.m. on Friday. Oops.

So I'll be sharing photos of the project I created over the next week, but for today, here's another peek of one of my projects with the new Front Porch Kit that will be released on Tuesday.


Be sure to visit the Little Blue House blog where you can see more sneak peeks of the kit as we count down to the full reveal on Tuesday, Aug. 13. You can also enter to win a FREE kit by commenting on the sneak posts there!


Sneak Peek!

It's time for a new Front Porch Kit from The Little Blue House!


Today starts all the fun, with sneak peeks of some projects we've created. Here's my sneak for the day:


So many fun things to play with in this kit. You are going to LOVE IT!
 
Ready to see some more peeks and maybe even win your own kit? 

Visit the LBH blog and post a comment on any of the three Sneak Peek dates, and you'll be entered into a drawing for a FREE Game On Kit!

And please come back tomorrow for a few more peeks before the BIG reveal on Tuesday, Aug. 13!

Oopsie

My brain doesn't work the way it used to. I blame it on having kids. Pregnancy and childbirth have been scientifically linked to the loss of brain cells. Really!

Aaaaanyway...

These are the three layouts I created with the Say Cheese kit from The Little Blue House.


I used the plastic rings in the kits as masks and sprayed over them with Maya Mist to create the background.


See the wooden camera piece? I created that patina effect by first misting it green and then pressing it onto a black stamp pad.


Fun and quick layout using the Sn@p collection from Simple Stories and layering my Instagram photos onto the printed frames. 


These Maya Road banner pieces were fun to layer with papers and fabric.


I struggled with this one a bit because the "Say Cheese" title was originally a deep golden yellow and it just wasn't working for me. So I misted over it with blue to get more of a turquoise color. It was a "Make It Work Moment" in my craft room.



I've been playing with paint droplets lately. The trick is to dilute the black acrylic with a tiny bit of water to get a nice fat drop. I haven't mastered it yet, but I'm getting better.


I had some ribbon scraps left over, so I stapled them around the paper clip.




I seriously thought I'd posted these, but no. Never happened. Sorry about that. Better late than never, I guess.

Have a great weekend!

Front Porch Friday

Happy Friday! It's Front Porch Friday at The Little Blue House, which means I get to share one of the projects I created with the Say Cheese kit for this month.

In this kit were two pocket folders, and I quickly got out my scissors and started cutting into them. I cut them long ways in half and unglued the pockets to create this mini book.


I covered the outer folder with the yellow chevron fabric, just like a fancy journal.

Then I used the wide ribbon to cover the seam and wound black cord around the various folders, inside and out, to secure the pages to the inside of the book.



I embellished the cover by painting the chipboard camera black and creating a pleated fabric flower to put behind it. I finished it off with a button and the "Oh Snap" speech bubble that I cut from the patterned paper.
 

The inside is fairly plain, just waiting for me to add some of my favorite Instagram photos. I used the Simple Stories papers to stay with the photo theme and still stay true to the pocket folder style.
 

Have you purchased your Say Cheese kit yet? Better hurry...last I heard they were flying out the door at The Little Blue House. You can order online, too!

Have a great weekend!




A few more sneaks...

I hate Mondays. Seriously. Hate them.

But there is one glimmer of happiness on this particular Monday.

ONLY ONE MORE DAY TO THE BIG REVEAL OF:

 
It's such a fun kit, and every time I look at the projects I made with it, I just feel happy. Even on a Monday.

How about a little sneak?


And for those who hate Mondays as much as me, how about I throw in an extra bit of sunshine in the form of an extra sneak!


Tomorrow's the BIG day! Full kit reveals will be on the Little Blue House blog where you can enter for your chance to win a kit for free. You can purchase your Say Cheese kit here and visit the Gallery for photos of all the design team projects.

I'll be posting more projects -- full details -- throughout the week, so be sure to visit me again soon!

Sneaks continued...

Ready for another sneak peek of the new "Say Cheese" kit from Front Porch Kits?


There's lots more to see, so be sure to visit the other design team members' blogs for more sneak peeks from this fun kit that's packed FULL of goodies!
Susan Tidwell: http://susan-artfulmusings.blogspot.com/
Kristy Fey: http://theno-noroom.blogspot.com/
Rhonda Merry: http://noidlehandshere.blogspot.com/
Valerie Bishop: http://myhere-rightnow.blogspot.com/
Lynette Chiles: http://netteart.blogspot.com/
Leslie Ashe: http://leslieashe.blogspot.com/
Robyn Schaub: http://dreaminginscraps.blogspot.com/
Elaine Howell: http://glittermehappy.blogspot.com/
Tracy Pounds: http://luv2cre8joy.blogspot.com/
Only two more days until the BIG reveal! One more sneak tomorrow and I'll be posting full projects  on Tuesday, so stay tuned!


It's that time again

I'm so excited to share that there is a brand new Front Porch Kit being released on Tuesday, March 5th!



Tracy has done an amazing job (as always) putting together a kit that inspires me to go a little outside of my comfort zone and play with supplies I might not normally tackle. Each time I open one of her boxes, I'm filled with a mix of anticipation and -- okay, I admit it -- fear(!) because I know that she always throws in a little bit of a curve ball. But I always end up loving what I create.

I can't share all the projects just yet, but here's my first sneak peek:






I can't wait to share more. In the meantime, please visit the other design team members' blogs for additional peeks:

Susan Tidwell: http://susan-artfulmusings.blogspot.com/
Kristy Fey: http://theno-noroom.blogspot.com/
Rhonda Merry: http://noidlehandshere.blogspot.com/
Valerie Bishop: http://myhere-rightnow.blogspot.com/
Lynette Chiles: http://netteart.blogspot.com/
Leslie Ashe: http://leslieashe.blogspot.com/
Robyn Schaub: http://dreaminginscraps.blogspot.com/
Elaine Howell: http://glittermehappy.blogspot.com/
Tracy Pounds: http://luv2cre8joy.blogspot.com/
I'll be posting more sneaks here on Sunday and Monday, leading up to the full reveal on Tuesday when the kit goes live.

See you soon!