You Made Me Ink!: Serendipity Stamps

Wednesday, November 19, 2014

NASCAR & Glass Jars...Let us All Give Thanks....

Hey ya'll! Welcome back to my blog..

Here's a little Autumn centerpiece I'd like to share with you today.

It's been a fun month guest designing with Serendipity Stamps and I am so happy to share with you my last project where we were asked to recycle or repurpose something for the holidays.

Boy howdy was I ever excited to get started.

I began by choosing the most fabulous Floral Dragonfly Die and Stamps Set, Pumpkin Die, and Wheat Sheaf Cling Set as my inspiration.

Steps;

1.) Cut several die cut pieces out

2.) Spray backside of die cuts with repositionable adhesive spray

3.) Adhere die cuts to glass jars and secure firmly

4.) Spray jars in well ventilated area with Rust-Oleum Frosted Glass

5.) Find an old serving tray or Nascar TV tray, like I have here, and cover it with

Rust-Oleum Rusty Metal Primer

6.) Let the paints dry and peel off the die cuts from glass jars and decorate.

7.) Plop a cute little tea light candle inside, light, and enjoy.

8.) Don't throw away the original die cuts either. Find a twig from your yard or tree and stick the die cuts to them and add them in a and about your centerpiece.

I've also made a name placard to match the centerpiece motif.

So there you have it. You can take the girl out of the country but you can't take the redneck out of the girl! ;)

Which is why I'll always be thankful for NASCAR, glass jars, spray paint and Serendipity Stamps!!

Hope this idea inspires you for creating your own recycled decorations. If so, I'm sure they'd love to have you join them over at the challenge blog for their Thankful theme.

This week’s sale is Free Shipping on any US order of $15 or more.
Offer good through Nov 26.

Ya'll are awesome and I'm so happy you stopped by. I am feeling MUCH better today so thank you for all your sweet comments, texts and calls making sure I was okay.

Big HUGE hugs and happy crafting!

Lisa xx

Please visit these lovely ladies for more recycling and re-purposing ideas.

Jenny Gropp

Wednesday, November 5, 2014

I'm thankful for 'Love In Every Stitch'

Hello and welcome back wonderful people!

I was asked to share in the fun at Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog this month, by my good blog buddy Jeanne (who by the way has been published in so many magazines it's crazy cool and yet remains so incredibly humble. She's truly a kind and talented lady!), for their November challenge of Thankful! I was thrilled and honored and humbly accepted and I can't wait to share with you what I used from their delightful store!

Serendipity Stamps Challenge Blog

Narrowing down my options was so much harder than I thought it would be. The store is filled with stamps and die cuts and morsels of creative inspiration. Choosing a focal point was challenging, but so much fun!

Here I've used Quilted Pumpkin and Be Thankful

We have a very special tradition in my husband's family that I just adore. It's so sad when a relative passes away but they not only remember their wonderful memories together, but some of the women create a keepsake from favorite articles of clothing. One year we got a quilt made from Grandpa Sullivan's flannel shirts and another year we received a stuffed teddy bear made from Grandma Sullivan's robe. It's like being hugged by them all over again and just knowing that there's love in every stitch makes me so thankful for my family and this precious tradition.

That is why when I saw this gorgeous Autumn pumpkin with the various patterns, I thought it would be fun to paper piece it together, as if it were grandpa's flannels and then add faux stitching as well as the ever wonderful sentiment to live by.

The Thankful challenge runs for a month and there will be more inspiration coming in a few weeks, but if you'd like to participate, please refer to the rules here and then have a blast perusing the virtual aisles in Serendipity Stamps, a FABULOUS store run by Mary, who I thank whole heatedly for sending me such impeccable stamps and die cuts....thank you!!

EVEN MORE GREAT NEWS!!!

This week’s sale will be 20% off both the Thanksgiving and the Autumn Categories!! .

This special is good through 12 November 2014.