Tutorial #3: DIY Wall Art Using Yarn & Giveaway!!

Wall art can be so expensive! Why not make your own!!  I recently moved into a new house in August 2015 and with the birth of our 2nd daughter, Callie, we are still working on making our new house our home. Our home decor was primarily dark and bold colours like, black or red, but now I am lightening things up with whites, creams, light greys and light pink (and metallic accessories, of course).

Every time I entered my living room, I didn't get the warm and fuzzies like I imagined when moving to a new house.  It was mainly due to the fact that my walls lacked something, but I couldn't quite put my finger on it. I went searching for something soft, feminine and unique for my living room.  Then it hit me, I was at Michaels the other day and my eyes were drawn to this soft, fluffy yarn!! An image of something similar I saw online last year crossed my mind.  I decided to try it out (what I can recall from memory) - I bought yarn in grey, in white and in ombre of pink and cream.

I used a tree branch as my base, cut multiple pieces of yarn measuring approximately 40 inches.  I didn't measure it exactly as I wanted varying lengths.  Using the "cow hitch knot", I tied as many pieces of yarn to the branch that I wanted in a random colour pattern.  Then, I used a piece of white yarn and tied it to either end of the branch to serve as the hanging piece. Oh it was just perfect!!!

This was so quick, inexpensive, and matched my decor.  Bonus: it was handmade by me!

I hope you liked this idea.  Use it for your bedroom or nursery. If you try it, send me a pic I would love to see it :)

GIVEAWAY ALERT:  I made a second one of these and would love to give it away to one of you special people. Enter for your chance to win this Yarn Wall Art. Winner will be announced on the Facebook page and on my blog on Friday, Feb 5, 2016.

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Hope you are all having a great day!

Don't forget to Stamp. Craft. and Love.

Fay xo

Tutorial #2: Gold Foil Technique on a Prada Inspired Holiday Card

Who doesn't love gold? If you don't already know this about me, I live and breathe gold.  If I am not spray painting things, I am shopping for gold accessories.  And now, I can easily make gold foiled things! Although this is a Holiday Card inspired by Prada...it's never to late to share my love for gold foil!

For those who love the foil look on their projects, get the Minc Machine. Heidi Swapp knows where its at! Gold foiled projects are currently trending in the crafting world – ranging from greeting cards, scrapbooking, party décor and home décor items such as framed prints. 

Want to know how to get that look without a special printer? I just used my regular Lexmark LASER printer.  Any laser printer will work just fine – anything that uses Toner (that is the important part). I don’t know why I didn’t get the Minc Machine sooner,  I didn’t realize how easy this really is. 

The Heidi Swapp Minc Machine is a foil applicator that has six settings, four rollers and motor directions going forward and reverse.  The Minc Machine can be used with a variety of materials (vellum, overlays, coated paper, chipboard and cardstock)! You can also get the foil effect using an office laminator but you are quite limited in what you can make and it will not produce the quality you were hoping for. I know this from experience! Although the laminator heat was on HIGH, it was not high enough.  5 days before Christmas, I was working on our annual Christmas card that we send out to our friends and family but production was abruptly stopped when my foolproof gold foiling technique didn’t work.

That’s when I did it. I picked up the Minc Machine from Michaels which was the best decision ever. This past holiday was busy for me as I received quite a few orders! But I still managed to gold foil and stamp 60 cards in so little time!

This is how:

1)    On a 8.5 X 11 piece of Whisper White 110 lb. cardstock from Stampin’ Up! (140272), I printed the text “Merry & Bright” twice in Black ink on the page to be able to make two 4.25x5.5 side folding cards.

2)    Using Heidi Swapp’s Minc Reactive Foil in Gold, I cut pieces that covered the entire text area and placed it on top of the text, gold side up in the transfer folder provided. See picture.

3)    I ran it through on the 5^th heat setting once.

4)    Lifted off the reactive foil – and Voila!

My 2015 Annual Christmas card was inspired by colours from Prada’s fashion line for Fall/Winter 2015/2016.  

I, then, added polka dots on each of the card fronts using round sponge daubers (133773) in three Stampin’ Up ink colours: (Pool Party 126982, Wild Wasabi 126959, Calypso Coral 126983) and ENCORE ink in Gold.

For added sparkle, I dabbed a few small dots of Studio G glitter glue in light blue.

And for the greeting on the inside of the card, I used the Merry Christmas greeting from the Flurry of Wishes stamp set (139732) in Archival Black Ink (140931).

I was super excited that I was able to get some stamping done and also try out the gold foil technique! Use this technique for other occasion greeting cards or wall art pieces!

What would you try this technique on?  Comment below!

Don’t forget to Stamp. Craft. And Love.

Sale-A-Bration: Our biggest sale of the year!

Sale-A-Bration:  January 5 – March 31, 2016

What is Sale-A-Bration? It is Stampin’ Up’s biggest annual sale of the year.

It’s everyone’s most favourite Stamping  Up sale!  With specials for customers, hostesses, new demonstrators  – there’s something amazing for everyone

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What's all the hype about? 

SHOP

During Sale-A-Bration, every $60 you spend, gets you a FREE exclusive Sale-A-Bration item! These free items are selected from the exclusive Sale-A-Bration catalog.

Get any Sale-A-Bration item for FREE when you spend $60 (before shipping and tax)
Get 2 Sale-A-Bration items for FREE when you spend $120 (before shipping and tax)
Get 3 Sale-A-Bration items for FREE when you spend $180 (before shipping and tax)
Once your order reaches $200 (before shipping and tax),  you get a BONUS $2o in hostess rewards!!

And, there is no limit to the number of  Sale-A-Bration Rewards you can earn.

HOST

Host a Stamp.Craft.Love. Workshop and Earn Free Products!! 

Sale-A-Bration is the most popular time of the year to host a workshop with your friends!  Not only do you and your guests receive free Sale-a-Bration product with orders of $60 or more, but… as the hostess you have the opportunity to receive additional FREE product of your choice!

What do HOSTESSES get?  They get $35 more in Stampin’ Up! product with a $330 party…choose product from the Annual and Occasions catalogs, including exclusive hostess selections! You can even apply your Stampin' Rewards toward a Starter Kit and become a demonstrator yourself!


JOIN

Sale-A-Bration is a great time to join the Stampin’ Up! Family and become one of Fay's Social Stampers! If you love stamping and crafting, this is perfect for you. As a Stamping' Up Demonstrator, you receive 20% off Stamping' Up product all the time! 

What do “NEW” DEMONSTRATORS get? 

$40 worth of extra Stampin’ Up! product when you purchase a Starter Kit for $125. You get to choose what products you want to have in you Starter Kit and what type of business supplies you want. Shipping is Free for New Demonstrators.


For more information about joining Stampin’ Up! and my team, contact me at francesca@stampcraftlove.com