American Crafts | Flower Stationary Set

It's Flowers week on the American Crafts Blog, and yesterday I shared a tutorial for a fun Stationary set.  You can put together a cute and functional stationary set, using several different techniques.  I created a set of four cards with envelopes, using a Dear Lizzy Stencil, some die cut flowers and fun enamel flowers!

1. Place the Serendipity stencil over one of the Die Cut Tags. Use a piece of scrap paper to mask off the tag about halfway up.

2. Use a sponge brush to dab white acrylic paint over the stencil and then carefully remove it to let the tag dry.

3. Cut strips of patterned paper to adhere across the center of the Die Cut Tag.

4. Place the strips in between the painted flower pattern and the bottom part of the tag. Cut off the excess edges.

5. Machine stitch across the patterned paper strip with black thread.

6. Cut 8 die cut flower shapes from patterned paper using your electronic die cut machine or use a flower punch.

7. Layer two of the flowers cut from different patterned papers on the backside of the Mini Cards and Envelopes.

8. Remove the metal brad piece from the Pink Brad flowers and adhere them to the center of the layered die cut flowers.

 

Voila! And you can complete your Stationary set by wrapping a pencil in Serendipity Ribbon and adding a die cut flower to the end of the pencil.

 

 

Supplies: Serendipity (369228) - 12x12 in Stencil, Serendipity (369187) - One Fine Day, Serendipity (369183) - Lucky Stars, Serendipity (369185) - Hello Beautiful, Serendipity (369198) - Very Vanilla, Serendipity (369186) - Summer Breeze, Serendipity (369226) - Premium Ribbon, Serendipity (369224) - Dies, AC Cardstock (370766) - Mini Cards and Envelopes, AC Cardstock (370767) - Mini Cards and Envelopes, AC Cardstock (370768) - Mini Cards and Envelopes, AC Cardstock (370765) - Mini Cards and Envelopes, Bits (370762) - Die Cut Tags, Elements (373339) - Brads

 

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American Crafts | A Mother's Love Is Never Done

Mother's Day comes once a year, but our job as mother's never ends!  This past week we celebrated mothers on the American Crafts Blog, and I wanted to create a Mother's Day themed layout, but had already used the photos from last Mother's Day.  But a Mother's Day layout doesn't have to just be about a Mother's Day photo...print a photo of you with your family, your kids, or things you do everyday as a mother, and document it on a layout!

How To:  Die Cut a large heart shape on White cardstock.  Back the hearts with various patterned papers from the Serendipity collection.  Machine or hand stitch around the heart design.  Use a mix of the Woodland Thickers and Colorful Confetti Thickers, to add your title around the heart design.  Add your photo to the center of the die cut design.  Layer with Bits, Stickers and a Watercolor Word phrase.  Finish embellishing around the die cut design with Bits, Stickers, Puffy Stickers and Enamel Dots.

Supplies:  Serendipity (369189) - Lucky Love, Serendipity (369184) - XOXO, Serendipity (369203) - I Heart You, Serendipity (369187) - One Fine Day, Serendipity (369217) - Pleather Bows, Serendipity (369213) - Puffy Stickers, Serendipity (369215) - Enamel Dots, Serendipity (369218) - Die Cut Cardstock Shapes, Serendipity (369220) - Watercolor Words, Serendipity (369210) - Phrases & Letter Stickers, Serendipity (369211) - Accent & Phrase Stickers, Fine & Dandy (370086) - Woodland Thickers, Fine & Dandy (370088) - Colorful Confetti Thickers

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American Crafts | Love Is a Verb

This week on the American Crafts Blog, the Design Team has been sharing projects using the DIY Shop 2 collection.  I love that DIY Shop 2 includes great neutrals mixed with Gold and a ton of amazing embellishments.  I thought it would be great to pair the collection with a Black & White photo of our son, and bring in touches of the Gold.

 

How to: Cut white cardstock to 11.5x11.5" then adhere to the Gold Foil on Black paper. Splatter black spray mist on the background. Cut the Dictionary on Vellum paper to 7.5x7.5", place in the center of your page, and machine stitch with white thread. Layer your photo over the Chevron Muslin Bag and adhere the bag to the left side of your page. Place one of the Mercantile Tags inside the Muslin Bag. Use the Black Letter Stickers to create the title on your page and stitch your letters onto the page. Use a die cut machine or punch to create heart shapes and place them in the Shimelle Embossing Folder. Once your heart shapes are embossed add them to your layout and finish embellishing with Gold Sticker Hearts, Enamel Dots, and Letter Stickers.

Thanks for stopping in today, and I hope you have a great weekend!!

Supplies: DIY Shop 2 (369024) - Gold Foil on Black Paper, DIY Shop 2 (369029) - Dictionary on Vellum Paper, DIY Shop 2 (370059) - Muslin Bags, DIY Shop 2 (369047) - Mercantile Tags, DIY Shop 2 ( 369129) - Black Letter Stickers, DIY Shop 2 (369051) - Gold Heart Stickers, DIY Shop 2 (369131) - Self Inking Stamp, Shimelle ( 368178) -  Embossing Folder, Serendipity (369210) - Phrase & Letter Stickers Serendipity (369215) - Enamel Dots

American Crafts | Serendipity Desk Organizer

This week on the American Crafts Blog, the Design Team is sharing projects using the new Serendipity collection from Dear Lizzy!  And I don't know about you, but I love to look at all of my new products.  Sometimes they are just as pretty as the finished project!!  I love to have my new products out on my desk, so they are visible and ready to use.  So I decided to put the Serendipity collection to good use and create a Desk Organizer from a few empty boxes found in the pantry.

This was a fun project to put together, and it's perfect for holding some of your favorite products!  Who doesn't love cute and functional storage??!!  If you would like to recreate the Desk Organizer make sure you stop by the American Crafts Blog, to check out my tutorial for putting this project together!

Supplies:  Serendipity (369186) - Summer Breeze, Serendipity (369196) - Liz Lemon, Serendipity (369191) - Good Vibes, Serendipity (369203) - I Heart You, Serendipity (369189) - Lucky Love, Serendipity (369218) - Die Cut Cardstock Shapes, Serendipity (369226) - Premium Ribbon, Serendipity (369217) - Pleather Bows, Serendipity (369215) - Enamel Dots

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