Faux Copper embossed album- (Giveaway)

I can't believe that we are already on week 5 of Everyday Creative on My Craft Channel. These segments have been so much fun to share with you all. I am so grateful to be able to share some of my crafty ideas.

This week I am sharing an inexpensive way to create a beautiful mini album. This technique can be used in a variety of crafting from altered decor to scrapbooking... the choice is yours!

Make sure to watch the video to see how I took a dollar store item and made this fun mini album... YES I said dollar store crafting (made chic!). The base of this album only cost me 50 cents since this came in a set of two for one dollar! :)

Watch the video HERE. (Thanks for letting me know Mary and Lynn!)

Faux Copper Embossed Mini Album

 

Once again we are having a giveaway for this week using companies that were seen in this weeks video. This week we have some great prizes from Spellbinders Paper Arts, Clearsnap and Creative Imaginations.

Here is what this weeks prize package will consist of:

 

(5) Spellbinders™ M-Bossabilities™  Folders plus one raspberry spacer plate

(2) 6x6 paper pads from Creative Imaginations

And a selection of Clearsnap goodies

(not pictured)

Here is our winner from last week, Congrats Lisa F.!

a Rafflecopter giveaway

And for this weeks giveaway here are your options to enter :)

Make sure to use the Rafflecopter Widget below to enter. If it doesn't show up.... refresh the page and it will be there.

  a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks again for your support, I hope this weeks video sparks your creativity to take a stroll down to the dollar store.

~Liz Hicks

It's time for some Holiday Hoppin'

Welcome to the first day of the Spellbinders™ Paper Arts Holiday Hoppin’ Blog Hop! Spellbinders, along with SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L are showcasing their newest products just in time for your Holiday crafting and gift giving. Lots of creative ideas are in store, as well as prizes galore! Each participating company has generously donated towards the prize package listed on the Spellbinders Blog. A total of two identical prize packages, one for each day, November 18 and 19 will be given away! To enter, just leave a comment on a participating blog! Comments in the first 48 hours of the post are eligible. One commenter each day will be randomly selected as the winner. Winners will be announced on November 22, on the Spellbinders Blog!

Be sure to see all of tomorrow’s Holiday Hoppin’ blogs for inspiring projects and another chance to win!

Here is my project to share, Today I am using Spellbinders S4-296 Nested Hearts die template and SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L Crafty Power Tape. I used these beautiful nested heart dies (3 total in the package, I used the medium sized for this project) to create this beautiful ornament.

To create this ornament, simply use the nested hearts die and cut out 10-12 of your desired sized heart (use only one size). From here paint them as you'd like (or leave them the patterned paper that you use, for this I use ClearSnap Smooch Spritz in Sea breeze to colorize my white (smooth) Bazzill cardstock. After they have dried, use the Crafty Power tape to adhere each side together to another folded heart (you will line them up gluing the wrong sides, left to right of the next heart.) When you have your desired fulness, simply close the two sides of the ornament, making sure you insert your twine to hang.

To accent I used some printed sheet music craft sheets by Donna Salazar and punched out stars using a star punch.

Here is a close up of the folds and attachments, now if when you fold the hearts and attach them together doesn't quite match up, no worries... you can accent the edges with a little paint (I used Folk Art by Plaid) to hide the mis patched seams.

Thanks for taking a peak today, make sure to leave a comment to be entered into the Spellbinders giveaway. Also I will continue to share some homemade gift ideas through out December, so I hope you will come back and join me!

Visit all of today’s Holiday Hoppin’ blogs:

Latisha Yoast

Judy Hayes

Kazan Clark

Ashley Cannon Newell

Holly Simoni

Debbie Olson

Heidi Blankenship

Sherry Cheever

Linda Duke

Laurie Schmidlin

Cheryl Marie Walker

Jill Jacobsen

Jennifer Priest

Christina Klauer

Jodi Sanford

Leslie Miller

Mimi Leinbach

Robyn O’Crowley

Sharon Harnist

Liz Hicks

Sarah Hamer

Christie Bryant

Wendy Sue Anderson

Anary Baumgarth

Jenifer Dove

Gina Krupsky

remember... simply leave a comment on my blog or any of todays blog hop participants to be eligible to win the Spellbinders Holiday Hoppin’ Prize Package ! One winner will be chosen from all the comments on all the blogs participating today. Comments made in the first 48 hours of this post will be eligible to win. Winner’s names will be published on the Spellbinders Blog on November 22, and they will have 48 hours to reply to Spellbinders to claim the prizes.

Thanks again!!!

~Liz Hicks ♥

A break for blog hoppin' fun

Hey everyone!

Just wanted to update you on my next journal page for the art journaling that Rebecca and I have been sharing.

I have to go to Chicago this week, (kind of quickly planned) to help SCRAPBOOK ADHESIVES BY 3L get their booth ready for this Winters CHA. because of this, my journal pages are a bit behind and I am sorry! Last week I had posted my Fly canvas and forgot to schedule it, so it was a little late... again truly sorry!

Well this week, I am going to try my hardest to take some time out to create based off of Rebecca's prompt from last week :

Words: How would you describe courage?
Medium: Ribbons, lace, or any kind of trim

I am going to try and create something Sunday night... if not Monday or Tuesday.

Until then, I hope you will join me with Spellbinders as they share their Holiday Hoppin' Blog Hop tomorrow and Friday. Tomorrow, I will be sharing a fun ornament that I created using their Nested hearts Die. Make sure to read the post to see how YOU could be one of the winners in their two giveaways.

Also to continue the fun, I will be sharing some fun and easy homemade gifts the first few weeks of December. I will be bringing back my Peppermint Cookie Crunch Bark, and perhaps do a video or two to help share some stories... and recipes and gift ideas. I do hope you will join me!

Thanks again for your patience... and friendship. I am off to Chicago... wish me luck!


xoxo,

~Liz Hicks ♥