Die Cut Home Decor with Momenta

Hey friends!

Today, I'm off the scrapbook track a bit with a home decor piece I made for a little friend. I used Momenta alpha stencils & 3d flower dies to create this piece.

I used gesso on this block of wood and distressed the sides with plum ink and sanded them.

 I then used these sticky alpha stencils to spell her name and used acrylic paint.

I layered 3 of these 3d flower cut outs upon one another, inked up the edges and left the top portion's leaves not glued so they would be 3d!

 I added jewels and 3d leaves for a final touch. I think she will love it! 

The possibilities for using these Momenta 3d flowers in your home decor are endless! They're so beautiful and when layered, very durable.

Thanks for looking!

Bunny Banner!

Happy April!

Today I have a new video on my YouTube channel for A Cherry on Top!

I hope you'll pop over and watch, meanwhile here's a sneak photo:

You can see all about how it was made in the video. Have a beautiful, spring day!

xoxo

My Lucky Home

Happy St. Patty's Day, friends!

I have a new layout today, inspired by a fun inspiration board at Lasting Memories.

This month we're using inspiration photos for our pages, and today's inspiration was this collage of all things Irish:

Man, I love Ireland. We went once, and it was much too short, and we will be back some day!  I used the inspiration photo to tell a story about my new house and how I've decorated it for the "holiday."

From the photo I used the clovers, hanging vines, old brick buildings, and overall theme of Ireland.

I used shimmerz to make a green, partial wreath, then I cut some foliage out of glitter cardstock.

My Nana passed a few years ago on this day. Her last words to me were, "take care of those boys." I try to honor that every day, of course. They think St. Patty's Day is so fun. I buy them tattoos and hats and necklaces and they love to dress up. When my youngest was small I had gotten away from holiday decorating, but I'm trying to move back towards it. My Nana loved to celebrate all the holidays and had decor for all of them, so I will follow in her footsteps and hang some green and gold for a  week or so.

Glittery leaves are my jam! 

These sentiments from Pebbles were perfect for my page about our decorated home.

I hope you can be inspired by today's photo. It can even be the inspiration for you to go out today and take some corresponding photographs.

Thanks for looking!

Wildflowers - Spring decor

I'm really feeling the Spring vibes these days, and today I'm bringing you a new home decor project for the season.

I used the Fancy Pants Millie & June and Life is Beautiful collections to create this little sign with 3d flowers.

You belong with the Wildflowers!

I really enjoyed creating the small flowers, they are cut by the Cricut in spirals, then inked & rolled - it's amazing! Haha!

The larger flowers were cut, then the edges inked & rolled for a 3d effect.

I put a little bit of eyelash thread in the large flowers for some added texture. There go those puffy alphas again too! Seriously - cannot get enough!

Hope you're getting your home ready for a beautiful Spring season! Thanks for looking!

A Parisian banner - The Counterfeit Kit Club Blog Hop!

Hope you're enjoying the Counterfeit Kit Club's Member Blog Hop!

You should have arrived here from Julene's blog.

Next you should jump to Jemma's blog, but look around first! :)

Today I'm bringing you a home decor project that I made with my April Counterfeit kit, Les Voyageurs. I have a bit of a Parisian theme going on in my guest, half bath, and I've been meaning to make a banner to cover a beat up old shelf in there for ages. So this month's kit was perfect to inspire me to finally follow through!

I threw in the navy paper, because that is a predominant color in my bathroom. I cut banner pendants, rosettes, accents and letters. I used an Eiffel Tower cut file for the A to add a little extra Parisian flair.

For my banners that need to be durable in the home, I like to use a hot glue gun to secure the rosettes. Since they're not in the scrapbook and need to be acid free, that's a good adhesive to use to ensure they're not falling apart while hanging up!

I used some giant eyelets I had to reinforce the holes to hold the hanging yarn... Not too sure about that gold yarn yet - I may change it eventually.


And here is the banner in all its glory.

I got the navy vase at Goodwill. I got the two lovely old books at a local thrift store, and the brass tower is from Paris! The glitter tower is from the Target dollar aisle, I think, a long time ago.

I have a strangely shaped 1/2 bath, so I have accented these two walls.

Here we are with my canvas of a photo I took in Paris.

Thank you for looking & be sure to hop on over to Jemma's blog next!

Here is a list of all the pages on the hop today in case you get lost. Hope you enjoy it!

CKCB http://counterfeitkitchallenge.blogspot.com
Lisa http://lisahausmann.blogspot.de
Princey http://princy1010.blogspot.com
Elaine http://chidkids26.blogspot.co.uk
Julene http://julenebydesign.blogspot.com.au
Natalie http://thebigdills.blogspot.com
Jemma http://just-jimjams.blogspot.co.uk

Adventurous wall decor

Busy busy busy! It's been a while since my last post. The fall always tends to keep our family super busy & getting ready for a new baby is adding to the to-do list.

I recently completed a piece of wall art for my sweet Lachlan's new nursery & I love it soooo much!

Not sure what to call the theme, but it's arrows and bears and deer heads and teepees and along those lines. Hoping our bedding comes this week, and I really will be able to put some finishing touches on the room & post photos.

I really loved making this tray, which I got on clearance, btw, so that always makes it better! I used mostly Project Life/Pocket Pages cards. I glittered a chipboard L initial. I bought the adorable gold deer stick pins at a garage sale from an antique collector & I just adore them. Also, the little bear charm was found in the carpet of the nursery while my husband was painting it - so that's pretty special - it just kinda feels like the room was meant just for this nursery!

Here are a couple of up close detail shots.

Supplies are tagged in my Instagram post with a link in the photo to the left on this blog.

Thanks for looking!

Something SPOOKY!

So I tried to refrain on the Halloween decor, and I made it until September 11, so I feel like that is pretty good. Considering all the cute Halloween crafting supplies have been in my newsfeed for weeks!

I just love cloches. I think they're so elegant, and it's just a fun word, too! I got this lovely cloche from Pier 1 with a gift card a while back & I love to use it for my holiday decor. So, I made some Halloween inserts for the cloche with some of my favorite holiday papers &, of course, GLITTER!

I really happy how it turned out, although I may add some candy corn to the bottom in the future! I really love that I got to use my new floral frog I at the flea market a couple of weeks ago.

Here's one with the glass off to avoid some glare.

I had saved that little glass bottle from a reed diffuser. I cut out the label with my cricut. The black sand is actually from Hawaii where I had brought home a little tub and never done anything with it. I made a rosette with the Ribbons and Rosettes Cricut cartridge & glittered the spider medallion. The "wicked" quote was cut on my cricut with free downloaded fonts & glued onto a Halloween Project Life card. I dipped the ends of a couple of feathers in glitter & tied them to the cloche knob with some sparkly yarn & done!

Here is a close up!

I just love Halloween & holiday decor! I hope you are inspired to get fall started around your house. Remember: glitter makes everything better!

Thanks for looking!

Banner mania

Do you guys love banners as much as I do?!

I feel like a banner can make a room pretty festive, and when you handmake your banner, it just adds to the festiveness! I love to use my Cricut to make banners, but nowadays there are a ton of kits you can buy to get the look for a handmade banner for less difficulty.

I love to scrapbook, but I'd like to showcase a few other ways that you can use papercrafting, so I hope you enjoy some of the banners I'm showcasing here! Be inspired!

(Sorry for the quality of some of the photos, as they're phone photos, and weren't planned for blog use.)

This is a banner I made for a baby shower earlier in the year. The baby's room is woodland theme with mint and orange colors. Another good thing about banners is that sometimes they can double as a gift for the party person, as in this case, the banner matched the baby's room.

For my son's 2nd birthday, we had a Mickey Mouse Clubhouse bash. I went a little banner crazy to decorate my house for that party! I kept the name banner (which I just freehanded the different character designs on from the Disney junior website). But I actually sold the other two party banners and some "picks" to use in cakes or vases on a local "garage" sale site. The buyer was happy to get the items without having to pay for them from a place like etsy, and they were a sunk cost since I was going to make them for my party anyway, so it was nice to get a little bit of the party price back from selling them!

I even love making tiny banners as cake toppers! This is one from my grandparents' 52nd wedding anniversary cake we had at our family Christmas celebration that happened to fall on their special day.

Of course banners for holidays are my favorites. Below is my Halloween banner. There are just so many options, it's hard to choose just one design! With this banner I also added a separate pompom string of sparkle yarn. It sheds, but worth the cute look!

For the last banner of today we celebrate this past weekend of the beginning of college football season (GO VOLS!). I made this banner with the Ribbons and Rosettes cricut cartridge, and it's pretty simple, but I love it. As the holiday season progress, this football banner migrates to under the television to make room for holiday mantel decor.

That is all the banners I have to feature today. Thank you for looking!