Magnolia Ski Edwin with Snowflakes Picture Frame

Good morning and happy Monday.  Today is another sharing of a project I did.  It's not a card, but a picture in a frame.  I haven't used my sewing machine for a while, but I helped my daughter with her sewing project  at school the other day, so I decided to use it for my paper project. The stamp I picked for this project is Ski Edwin with Snowflakes from the Christmas Story 2012 Collection from Magnolia-licious. The vellum sentiment was from Bo Bunny which I bought many years ago.  As you can see I've also used the PS Curly Wreath and the Flowering Christmas Die from Memory Box.  Also the newest Nativity Collection is avaiable in the store too, so be sure to check these images out to see how cute they are!!

Here is my finished picture frame.

I am using this project for the following challenges:

Crazy 4 Challenge C4C161 - Anything but a card

Challenges 4 Everyboday Challenge #6 - Anything Goes

Dream Valley Challenge #44 - Glitter and Bling

Glitter n Sparkle Challenge #5 - Anything but a square or Glitternsparkle

Pile It On #45 - Make It Sparkle

Quirky Craft Challenge #23 - Layer it Up & Let it Snow

Sweet Stampin Challenge - Glitters

Marvelous Magnolia Challenge #1 - Anything Goes

Tilda's Town Challenge #25 - Winter Weather

Crafty Catz Challenge #157 - Add Texture

Inspire Me Fridays #83 - Anything Goes

Crafts and Me Challenge #108 - Bling it up

Simon Says Stamp Challenge - No Square Card



Closer view of this image 

Closer view on the dies and the sentiment 

Closer view showing you the punched snowflakes

Side view of this frame

 This frame is now hanging on my family room's wall

Thanks for stopping by and hope to share with you another project soon :o) 

Handmade DIY Wedding Banner + Bird Cage Tea Light

Good morning everyone. I know I have not been blogging as much lately, because I've been busy making some wedding decorations. Yes, some of you might know that my nephew's wedding is coming up in September. I have made some decorations for him and his bride to be. Besides the wedding cake centerpiece I made earlier which you can see in THIS POST, I also made them a banner and some bird cage tealight. Since this is going to be a 'bird theme' wedding, I added a couple cute little birdies that I cut out from my Cricut Expression. I also added some netting as veil for the lady bird and a little hand cut bow for the groom bird.

***Mini Birdcage Tealight***

First, let's see the little mini bird cage tealight. I made these tealight from the inspiration of this link. However, I wanted to make it glow, so I use a tealight as my base.

Here are a couple pictures to show you when the tealight is on.

***Wedding Banner***

Here is my finished banner. This banner is quite big. Each letter measured at least 4".



Here is a closer view of the first letter. First I used the bigger Martha Stewart punch to punch out the lace borders, then I used crimper to crimp the background white & DP. I also cut out the letter using Cricut as well. I embossed each of the cut out letters.

Closer view of the little birdies. I also embossed their wings too.

Picture below shows you the thickness of this banner when it folded up.


Sometimes ago, my husband found this paper box for me and the banner happened to fit in the box.

I added the left over DP to put on the cover, then added some netting to tie the box when it's closed.

Thank you for stopping by and hope you like these ideas. Hope to see you soon :o)