Summer Sunshine....I WISH!!

Cold, wet and rainy here in the midwest.....but hey, it could be snow!  I decided to warm things up a bit by creating a home decor project with beach pics from this year!  Who couldn't use a little beach in November?

I got the chance to play with a gorgeous watercolor collection from a company called Ella & Viv---one of their new fall/winter 2015 collections!  These papers are so pretty....perfect for the beach or any summertime event--and I also love that these papers are THICK.....really a great weight to work with, even more so for a home decor project like this easel frame:

The wooden frame was simply painted aqua, then I added a dash of orange around the edges to compliment the colors in the paper.  The coordinating stickers are fun, great to layer with, and I also used a little fussy cutting from the gorgeous star fish paper!

A few bling and enamel dots accent the stickers and starfish:

Just love that "This is my happy place" sticker....really sums it up....yep, life is better at the beach!

Thanks for stoppin' by today!  And if you'd like to know more about the Ella & Viv paper line Watercolor Beach, you can find out all about it HERE.

Products:
Paper:  Ella & Viv Watercolor Beach; AC white cardstock
Embellishments:  Ella & Viv Watercolor Beach stickers; Recollections-rhinestones, enamel
dots, Adirondack paint daubers-aqua; terra cotta
Tools:  MS seashell punch
Other:  Wooden easel frame

Baby It's COLD!!

We had a warm Thanksgiving, but now it's COLD!!!  Not ready for winter....but at least I'll be able to scrap some great pics with Paper House goodies!  It's Die Cut Sticker week--so make sure to check out all the wonderful inspiration that has been on the blog all week!  These stickers have amazing details and come in a ton of subjects!  Love 'em!! I used the Winter Wonderland pack, and also some of the gorgeous new winter papers and the Rouge Colorways Collection:

I'd love for you to stop by the Paper House blog and say hi!!! 

Thanks for stoppin' by....hope you had a great Thanksgiving, and with winter comin' time for some scrappin'!

Paper House Holiday Hop!

Welcome to the Paper House Holiday Hop!  You should have come here from Erin's Blog and next stop is Francesca's Blog.  Want to start from the beginning....start at Giorgia's Blog.  You'll want to see all the amazing holiday inspiration.....so make sure to make all the stops--and if you stop and leave a comment on every blog and enter the drawing, you have a chance to win this:

Check out the Rafflecopter link at the end of this post for your chance to win!

And now, I'm sharing a little home decor project with you today:

This project starts with dollar store frames, and the GORGEOUS Paper House Colorways Rouge and Gatsby collections.  I added the silk look paper from the Rouge collection to the frames:

Next, I added a piece of the Gatsby Fireworks paper with a strip of black cardstock down the center.  I used chipboard letters I had, painted them, and stamped them with a script stamp using Black Tuxedo Memento Ink:

The letters were glued to the center strip, I added some rhinestones, and then tied the frames together with ribbon, and added some bells for a finishing touch.

Here's a closer look:

I'm so excited to hang this piece in my home this holiday season!

Remember to enter to win:

a Rafflecopter giveaway

Thanks for hoppin' by today.....and remember to continue on your hop journey.....next up is the talented Francesca's Blog and just in case, here's the entire list:

Holiday Blog Hop Designers

Giorgia Rossini

Bev Code

Christine Meyer

Karyn Schultz

Karen Sessions

Erin Reed

Laura Cox

Francesca Biancon

Irit Shalom

Paper House Productions

Products Used:
Paper: Paper House Colorways Rouge and Gatsby; AC black cardstock
Embellishments: Rhinestones (dollar store), bells (dollar store), frames (dollar store), AC ribbon, chipboard (stash).
Ink:  Black Tuxedo Memento Ink, Adirondack dauber-Watermelon.

Halloween Printer's Tray....or IS it??

Paper House has come out with some amazing 2 sided papers, amazing quality and gorgeous prints!  One of my new faves is their Halloween Collection....I created a LO with this "printer's tray" paper.....

All of the Halloween embellishments they have....cardstock stickers, puffy stickers, work perfectly with the paper to make a fun LO with so much going on! 

You can find more detail pics and all about these products over on the Paper House blog HERE.

Thanks for stoppin' by!