Decorative Masks Sampler Inspiration Canvas

Decorative Masks Sampler Inspiration Canvas!
For my November project for Craft Project Central I decided to address the question, "What can you do with decorative masks?"  This tutorial is designed to expose you to a myriad of techniques you can use with your purchased or DIY decorative masks!  Learn how to combine masks with modeling paste, inks, sanding blocks, pens and more!  This canvas incorporates all of these techniques into a beautiful home décor item that is perfect for gift giving or hanging on your own wall.  Let’s explore what you can do with decorative masks!  Interested in the full step-by-step instructions?  If so, head on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe to the month of November or, leave me a comment here on my blog and on my project over at Craft Project Central, and I will select a winner on November 20th for a free one-month subscription to Craft Project Central!

NOEL Square Pillow Box Garland Gift Set by Julie Beltramo

 

NOEL Square Pillow Box Garland Gift Set! –  Julie Beltramo

Hang this festive garland for the holidays! The Square Pillow Box Thinlits Dies makes this cute décor item a cinch to put together! Plus, you’ll learn how to adapt the pillow box to make an Altered Open-Top Pillow Box – perfect for holding some special treats. After you’ve made a set for yourself, you can make the coordinating card and give another set as a gift!  Get the full step-by-step instructions by subscribing to the month of November over at Craft Project Central!

Poinsettia Christmas Tree & Picture Frame by Christy Fulk

Poinsettia Christmas Tree & Picture Frame!  – Christy Fulk

If you love poinsettias at Christmas time, then this Christmas tree and picture frame will be perfect additions to your Christmas décor. The tree is full of poinsettias, and the frame has a beautiful large poinsettia attached to it. The frame would be perfect for a picture of your kids with Santa! This tutorial teaches how to make two different size poinsettias with the Festive Flower Builder Punch. It also features the Reason for the Season Stamp Set and Season of Cheer Designer Series Paper.  Head on over to Craft Project Central and subscribe to the month of November for full step-by-step instructions!

Thankful Scrapbook With Pockets by Yapha Mason

Thankful Scrapbook with Pockets! – Yapha Mason

This fun-to-make book can be used for so many things – a scrapbook, a gratitude journal, a cook book, and more! It features the gorgeous Into the Woods Designer Series Paper for a fabulous fall look. There are lined pages for writing, pockets for adding items, and room for pictures. Preserve your autumn memories or give it as a gift with the matching card. It would also make an excellent class or club project.  Get the full step-by-step instructions by subscribing to the month of November over at Craft Project Central.

Christmas Tags & Ornament In A Box by Christy Fulk

Christmas Tags & Ornament in a Box – October Bonus Project!  – Christy Fulk

It’s time to get ready for Christmas! This project would make a wonderful gift, and anyone would love to receive it. While you’re at it, make one for yourself, too. The tutorial includes a decorated box with a window, and has five compartments to hold 20 tags and a Christmas ornament. It also includes four different tag designs, and five are made of each. It includes a little Christmas ornament, too. The project features the Snow Place and Embellished Ornament Stamp Sets, along with their coordinating dies.  Interested in the full step-by-step instructions for this October Bonus Project at Craft Project Central?  If so, you should know that bonus projects can be obtained by subscribing to two or more months in a row at Craft Project Central, putting the Craft Project Central badge on your blog, or by referring a friend and when they subscribe, letting Craft Project Central know.  Head on over to Craft Project Central to learn more!

A Cutie Pie Christmas by Boni Montano

A Cutie Pie Christmas! by Boni Montano
This festive set includes a trio of lit Christmas dioramas, a box full of assorted gift tags and a set of matching cards. This compilation is the perfect way to start the Holidays. The dioramas make a joyous centerpiece when used together or make lovely individual ornaments. The gifts tags make gift giving a breeze. This set makes the perfect gift for your neighbor, teachers and friends. Of course, be sure to make an extra to keep for yourself!  Get the full step-by-step instructions by heading over to Craft Project Central and subscribing to the month of October!

Fall/Christmas Mantle Décor Ensemble! by Julie Warnick

Fall/Christmas Mantle Décor Ensemble! by Julie Warnick

Fall is finally here and Christmas is just around the corner! What better way to celebrate the changing seasons than with this Fall/Christmas Mantle Décor Ensemble! The accordion style banner sits beautifully on a mantle or shelf to welcome fall into your home. Perfectly coordinated votive candles with tiny, dangling autumn leaves border the banner on either side. And can you guess the best part? Just flip the banner around and switch the dangling leaves on the candles for trees and stars and you are ready for Christmas! The banner folds up and fits nicely between the two candles inside the custom gift box. The gift box is also a great way to store the décor each year when not in use. Two matching greeting cards top off this festive ensemble.  Get the full step-by-step instructions by subscribing to the month of October over at Craft Project Central.

A Get Well Kit by Cindy Schuster

A Get Well Kit! by Cindy Schuster

With Fall and Winter coming, you know that the cold season will be in full swing! How about making a little Get Well Kit to make a friend’s illness a tiny bit better to get thru? This kit comes with a tissue holder, a chapstick holder, tea bag holder, a can of soup and a notecard with matching envelope all in a container that you can carry! Guaranteed to cure and put a smile on their faces!  Get the full step-by-step instructions by subscribing to the month of October over at Craft Project Central!

Fry Box Mini Book Set

Have you ever wondered if there was more you could do with the Fry Box Bigz L Die and the Big Shot than just make little boxes?  Yes you can!  In this Fry Box Mini Book Set Tutorial, my October project for Craft Project Central, you will learn how to use your Fry Box Bigz L die to make a mini book that you can use for recording everything you are grateful for this Thanksgiving.  We will make the mini book and a holder for the book.  You will also learn how to make a wonderful 3-D flower using your Scallop Circle punches.  Let’s have some fun!  Get the full step-by-step instructions by heading over to Craft Project Central and subscribing to the month of October!!!!

Maculine Greeting Card Set With Backpack Box by Monika Davis

Masculine Greeting Card Set with Backpack Box!  – Monika Davis

Make this cool greeting card set for your hubby or a male friend, with a stylish backpack box. You will make four different card designs with nautical and classy styles. Make a ‘t-shirt’ and a ‘dress shirt’ card that are easy to reproduce and will please any male recipient. If you have trouble making masculine cards, this set is perfect for you.  Get the full step-by-step instructions by subscribing to the month of October over at Craft Project Central!

Just Bee Art Journal Page

Today I am sharing another art journal page that I created for Paper Crafter's Library.  Art journal pages allow me to explore new techniques, risk making things ugly and just loosen up and have fun!  I decided to do something monochromatic and incorporated black india ink and string painting.  If you are interested in the full step-by-step video for how to create this page, use the badge in the upper right-hand corner of my blog and consider subscribing to Paper Crafter's Library!  A world of inspiration is just a click away! :)

Patchwork Pumpkin

Today I wanted to share a fun craft for the Halloween/Thanksgiving season!  This is an idea that I got from Alisa Burke.  She decorates real pumpkins in different ways every year and I fell in love with this patchwork pumpkin!  I began with a plastic pumpkin that I purchased at the craft store.  I wanted to have a pumpkin that I could use every year.  Then I cut small rectangles of different cotton fabrics.  Next I mixed Matte Mod Podge with some water and applied the fabrics to the pumpkin with a foam brush and the Mod Podge mixture.  I found it helpful to work on a piece of freezer paper.  I covered the entire pumpkin and let it dry and then I used a Sharpie White Paint Pen to add the stitch marks.  I love how it turned out!  Thanks for the inspiration Alisa!!!

Cottage Box Of Cards by Regina Andari

Cottage Box of Cards! – Regina Andari
You will be amazed at how quick and simple it is to make this cottage-style box with its stone-like exterior—a technique that you are sure to use again and again.   The assortment of greeting cards feature the Hearth & Home Thinlits dies, and two of the cards are styled for Christmas but could
easily be made for winter events and occasions.  You will definitely appreciate the many design and embellishment ideas featured from beginning to end in this tutorial, and don’t be surprised if you find a use/need for cottage boxes in several rooms of your house.  This ensemble would be great for a stamp camp or class project.  Get the full step-by-step instructions by subscribing to the month of October over at Craft Project Central!

Mandala Art Journal Page

It's been a long time since I've shared my daily personal posts.  Life became busy.  Time seemed to shrink.  Energy was focused elsewhere.  Through it all though, I haven't stopped creating.  As the season starts to change, hopefully my focus will change with it.  I want to return to these posts.  Share what I am creating with you.  To inspire you.  To give witness to my creative life.  So today I take a first step and share this Mandala Art Journal page that I created for Paper Crafter's Library.  Making mandalas can be incredibly meditative.  You can lose yourself in the symmetry, the detail, the repetition.  This mandala was created on watercolor paper and then cut out to be adhered to the art journal page.  If you are interested in the full step-by-step video for how I created the page, feel free to head on over to Paper Crafter's Library by clicking on the badge in the upper right-hand corner of my blog.  This is one of many art journal pages I have created for Paper Crafter's Library and you can access all the pages and videos for them if you become a Paper Crafter's Library subscriber.  I will continue to share photos of the finished pages with you here on my blog as well :)  Thanks for stopping by!

Fry Box Card File & Treat Box by Buffy Cooper

Fry Box Card File & Treat Box!  – Buffy Cooper

The holidays are fast approaching! Have you ever found yourself needing one more card, last minute gift, small treat, or party favor?  In this tutorial, you’ll learn alternative ways to use the Stampin’ Up! Fry Box Bigz L Die to make a mini treat box that’s perfect for overnight guests’ “pillow gifts,”
table favors, or hostess gifts for workshops, and a larger file box that holds note cards. This box is a perfect way to organize your fall and winter cards, and it also makes a thoughtful gift. Instructions for the cards are included in the tutorial. This would make a great class project as well!  Get the full step-by-step instructions by subscribing to the month of October over at Craft Project Central!

Thankful for Thirty Days by Julie Beltramo

Thankful for Thirty Days! –  Julie Beltramo
Get ready to give Thanks every day during the month of November by creating this project in October!! You will make thirty cards that you can send out, one for each day of the entire month. They are cute and flat for easy mailing! Plus you’ll make an Open-Top Box so that the cards are easy to store and access when you need one. And you’ll learn how to alter a pre-made journal to
coordinate with the cards. Use the journal to document, and keep track of those that you are thankful for! Make this for yourself, and make a set to give – what a wonderful gift of thanks to give and also to pay forward to another!!  Get the full step-by-step instructions by subscribing to the month of October at Craft Project Central!

Happy Howl-O-Ween To You! by Wendy Klein

Happy Howl-O-Ween To You!  – Wendy Klein

It’s time to decorate for Halloween – a most fun holiday!  This can be a fun time of year for the fun little treats you can leave on your co-workers’ desks or give to your child’s classmates and teachers.  And what better time for a little fun than Halloween!!  :)   This collection encompasses a fabulous Twisted Easel card decoration and Halloween treat gifts perfect for anyone in your life.  This project uses the wonderful new Howl-o-ween Treat Stamp Set, coordinating Boo to You Framelits set, the new Sweet Hauntings Stamp Set, and our fabulous Envelope Punch Board to create some fun goodies.  Get the full step-by-step instructions by subscribing to Craft Project Central for the month of October!

Halloween Squash Book With Punch Art by Yapha Mason

Halloween Squash Book with Punch Art! – Yapha Mason
Preserve your Halloween memories in this fun and festive faBOOlous squash book! Featuring the Happy Haunting Designer Series Paper and some too-cute-to spook Halloween punch art, this
squash book is the perfect showcase for your photos. It would also make an excellent product based class, club project, or a fun gift to give with the matching card. Note: Includes instructions for both full sized and smaller sized squash books.  And remember, if you don’t celebrate Halloween, this
project can easily be adapted to any theme or occasion!  Get the full step-by-step instructions by subscribing to the month of October at Craft Project Central!

Magic Of The Season Accordion Scrapbook Box by Michelle Suite

“Magic of the Season” Accordion Scrapbook Box – September Bonus Project!  – Michelle Suit

Introducing a fun and festive accordion scrapbook for the holiday season. It’s quick and easy to assemble, takes just a few supplies, and it makes the perfect gift for moms, grandmas, teachers, friends, coworkers and more. Follow the tutorial and you’ll be adding photos in no time! And remember, this great accordion scrapbook can be adapted to any season or occasion!
Want the full step-by-step instructions for making this great scrapbook box???  Bonus projects can be obtained by subscribing to two or more months in a row at Craft Project Central, putting the Craft Project Central badge on your blog, or by referring a friend and when they subscribe, letting Craft Project Central know.

Halloween Mixed Media Gift Set by Amanda Corbet

Halloween Mixed Media Gift Set! – Amanda Corbet

Deck your haunted halls with this canvas that mixes Stampin’ Up! Products with other media to make this lovely ghoulish canvas. Give this has a spooky gift with the matching card. This would make a hauntingly fabulous class project or hostess gift! And remember, if you don’t celebrate Halloween, this project can be adapted to an any occasion gift set!  Get the full instructions for this haunting set by subscribing to the month of September over at Craft Project Central!