Court's Crafts: We R Memory Keepers

Friday, July 4, 2014

Patriotic Parade 4th of July Banner

HAPPY 4th of July!!!!

I made this 4th of July banner for the girls' bedroom door. Emmaline "helped" cut most of the pieces out on my die cutting machine and she loves this banner! She is very proud of it being on her door.

These star brads are SOOOO cute!! I love love love them. What a perfect accent to the middle of the pinwheel! I am going to try layered pinwheels soon! The doodle-pop pinwheels were the start of my inspiration for this project.

Ahhh - doodle-pops... how I love thee. Emmaline loves airplanes right now and points them out every chance she gets. She insisted that this airplane went on the banner. I was thinking about it and wavering and I am so glad she was insistent as it's so darling! I added that gorgeous star jewel for a little bling. :)

Do you ever start to design, hesitate, and question yourself whether or not something is "too much"? I spent WAY too much time staring at this. These are two stickers layered on top of each other. I am SO glad I did it! I think it's kind of fabulous. When in doubt - remember that they are only stickers and they might as well be used! :) I added a little Fancy Frill to the top as well. :)

Oh look! Another DARLING doodle-pop!

All of the letters on my banner came from the icons for Patriotic Parade. They were probably "designed" for a title of a scrapbook page, but I love them on a banner! The oversized letters are perfect for just that. :)

A little extra bling was needed... enter fabby sequins!

Did anyone spy the doilies from the valentine's day collection: sweetheart?!? Why yes, they do match. :)

SHARE THIS POST - {FACEBOOK} {TWITTER} {PINTEREST}

Friday, February 21, 2014

May Arts and Stampendous Blog Hop! :)

Hello and welcome to the Stampendous and May Arts blog hop!

We are on the last day, but make sure to check out the first 4 days as every Ribbonista that you hop to enters you one more time to win one spool of ribbon AND a cling set from Stampendous and a handle! ... but there will be THREE winners who will each win that prize pack! Awesome!

Here is what Stampendous sent me: cute, right!?! As soon as I saw those three bunnies I was enchanted. Emmaline LOVES to read and loves to be read to (she is 18 months old) and with her little sister Charlotte due yesterday (I may have even had her by the time you are reading this! hopefully!) then I just saw myself and my two daughters reading together on the rocking chair. love. It's what inspired me to make a book mark for Emmaline.

I simply applied some Xyron Teresa Collins Adhesive Kit Glue to all areas that I glittered and dropped it on. Now, please do NOT forget that I stamped this image on to kraft paper. I used a clear liquid adhesive and the glitter popped this much color on kraft paper! I was so impressed! That pink is just the glitter - I did not color it first. I was actually going to color the book in and had to glitter that too. excellent stuff.