THEY ARE ARRIVING TODAY!

Picture courtesy the 7 Gypsies website

I am totally on board with paper products and there incredible colors and patterns turning into home dec. And here is a great way to jump into the big pond of not only decorating but trying your hand at ATC's while you are at it. This 4 x 6 printers tray from 7 Gypsies will be dropped of at the door step of Brambleberry Lane today. The top picture is a example of what you can do with this great little printers tray. I have been working on my squares so as soon as it gets here I can drop them right in and hang them up.

I am starting with a Holiday theme. Lets face it, I can't think about anything else but the holidays upon us. So this will be perfect. Lets talk about it being a great gift. I know that you have a ton of paper out there just sitting in your stash waiting to be used. Well here you go. You will just need to create a few cute little box's and add pictures, (with embellishments of course) and you have a great gift for under $20 bucks. Now that is a great idea.

I will post my first done one once they arrive!

CREATE SOMETHING FABULOUS TODAY!

(I know I will!)

SNOWFLAKE BOX AND CHRISTMAS CARD

Well here I go again with one of my new favorite things to use when creating. I have a tone of clothing patterns. When you look at things for a different use it can really turn out great. Many times with backgrounds it is very hard to find just he right paper. Especially for someone that loves to use tans, ivory, and cream and they don't exist to your liking. Patterns to the rescue. It is totally thin. It wrinkles perfectly and it adds a great addition of dimension to your project. And don't get me started on the way it takes ink.

On this snowflake gift box, I used some fabulous die cut snowflakes to decorate with. And here is how simple it was...

1. Put glue on the areas that I wanted the pattern paper to stick to.
2. Scrunched up the pattern paper then partially smoothe it over the areas with the glue
3. If you did not tear enough off just add a small piece to cover the box(it all melts together and you can not see the patched areas, plus it adds a great color effect.)
4. I took a brown ink pad and and gently went over the paper to only highlight the wrinkles.
5. Glue down the snowflakes making sure to go off the edges with them (this gives a much more pleasing and natural look.)

Make a matching tag and tie it on!

You now have a great simple gift box for the holiday season. I think packaging is key to a wonderful present. Simple backed goods can be brought up to a whole new level with great packaging. Below you can see close up the great effect you get from using the clothing pattern paper.

This next card as well was so simple, but with adding the music paper as garland you get something a little extra special. I cut out all of the card stock and inked the edges. Next I die cut the tree and added some glue where I wanted the garland to stick down. Gave a little "back and forth fold" to the music paper and held it down a minute until the glue dried a bit. So simple and so pretty. Hard to see in the picture but I added some great crackle to the star to stand out more. And there you have it. Another simple and fun card made in minutes. The longest part of this one is the crackle dry time.

The cardstock for both projects can be found at BRAMBLEBERRY LANE!

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THE GIFT

So last night we had some really bad storms pass over our home by the pond. If you have never read anything I have written before, you may not know how much I LOVE my home. Everything about it from the fact that we have more land then just the foot print the house sits on to the color on my walls. Little or big, there is no place on earth I rather live out my years then this house. So, when a storm comes my way last night it tends to be unsettling when you see the tree that holds bird seed bending over. That tends to make me have a unhappy evening. So what did I find myself doing in the dark? Make, Make making new products.

So what does this all mean to the post title "THE GIFT"? I am walking around here this morning realizing that I have this gift. Since this time last year I have been having this feeling in my gut, and thank the Lord it hasn't gone away. I feel like someone turned on a faucet, and things just keep flowing out. My to do list is always being added to and that is not a bad thing. I am so excited all the time. I work all day long while listening to the Diva Craft Lounge http://www.divacraftlounge.com/ . Did you know that this existed out there? I am now listening to all of the back shows. It is so much fun to work and hear people talking about the paper biz. So my Gift is this incredible ability to keep trying and create without stopping. I have always created things since a child. But this is different. It is the flow and the fact that these things are rolling and I am sooooo happy. I have been given this Gift and I am so Thankful for it and I am going to keep working my tale off until the flow slows or the faucet is turned off.

What is your GIFT? What is your passion. I promise, if you take one giant step back, and listen to your gut, your passion will show itself to you. It seems to bring this incredible Peace along with it!

CREATE SOMETHING FABULOUS TODAY!