12x12 Layout - Treasured Garden

WOW! Let me just say it has been a very busy 4 months. Some ups and downs but I'm sooooo... ready for the new year! I think the hardest part of walking your path in life is that some times you can't see where that path is taking you and you doubt yourself. I think that is some thing that many of us struggle with. We try to plan how the path will go and we start doubting it once our plans are adjusted or caught off course. Some times that best thing to do is sit and be still. Let yourself have a chance to see where the path wants to take you instead of where you want the path to lead. It's a very hard thing to do. This is the hardest thing I struggle with. I want to see the end result before I walk down the path and I have learn you miss A LOT when you have your blinders on. Some times you get caught up on trying to figure it all out, that you miss a lot of what is going on around you.  When that happens you need to pull into a pit stop. If you can't get your head back into the game your pit stop may be the one thing that keeps you from going after your dream. 

While I was at my recent pit stop I decide to just sit down and create a page. I can't remember the last time I created a 12x12 layout. Maybe the summer?? 

I kept the layout simple until I started creating my garden of flowers.

The angle of the photo is horrible but its been really wet outside and trying to catch some sun was working against me today. Couldn't lay on the wet ground to capture this one..LOL

I love adding all kinds of trinkets into my garden of flowers. It's fun to hide and seek elements, specially when you are working with sprays of flowers. It's almost like a game of "Where's Waldo"!

Lets play for a moment shall we? 

Can you find these things?

(click on the photos)

- 7 Buttons

-Butterfly

-Feather

-5 Metal Leaves

-Decorative Rose Button

I hope to have some more time after the new year to work on some fab projects and showcase them here on my blog. I haven't been using it very often. I just need to get back into the swing of things again :)

I have been working on some thing in between all the hustle and bustle.

We have added a new and improved classroom on my website. 

http://www.morepaperthanshoes.com

We have not opened the doors for visitors just yet BUT I am holding a VIP class in Feb 2013. This will be the opening of the first classroom. We hope by March 2013 to have the creative commons where you can see the different classrooms you might want to join open and ready for registration. That is still a work in progress but the VIP class is going to be an awesome flower class. You can read more about it on my "How-To Classes" page. 

Well, I hope you all have a wonderful TGIF! 

Check back tomorrow and see what I will be giving away! 

Until then...

Hugs, 

Anna

Her name is Shaylee.....

This little shabby home actually has a name. She was blessed with the name Shaylee. Her name means fairy princess of the fields.

The fairies built this little house when they came to the mainland to bring spring. This house is a reminder that when we age we are actually blossoming into something beautiful!

 

Here is what I did to get the weathered look on the house.

I painted the house with a base coat of soft pink. After allowing the paint to dry I applied the weathered wooden medium to the house.

I waited about an hour and applied the soft blue paint over the medium.

It started to crack right away1

I then used a brown paint to coat the roof of the house. After the paint dried I applied the weather wood medium over top of it. After waiting about an hour I coated the roof with a vanilla cream color.

I really like the weathered look of the house. It gives it a shabby chic look.

I then created some flowers, leaves, and added a few rhinestones!

I hope I have motivated you to get your houses out and create with them! I have a very fun project I will post tomorrow. It's the mother's Day project I did for my mom. I will show you some before and after pictures too!

I hope you enjoy the rest of your day!

 

Picture Frames with Handmade Paper Flowers

I love making my handmade roses and there are so many things you can put them on too! I decided to think off of the paper and try putting some on a picture frame. I really think these turned out so pretty! The black frame measures 9" x 7" and will hold a 4" x 6" picture in the middle. The white frame hangs from a ribbon and holds a 3.5" x 3.5" picture in the middle. The frame size is 7" x 7". Stop by my shop today and check these out!

Vintage Butterfly Garden

I made this over the weekend while I was playing with roses for my design team and doing housework..lol. I really love the yellow roses that are in my Etsy shop. I wanted to try them out on a layout. The first thing I found when I was searching for the paper I wanted, was these paper doilies. I used my homemade glimmer mist green and gold. I loved how it turned out. I used that when I was looking for the paper for this layout.  

The paper I used was from the "Mariposa" collection by DCWV. I love this collection and when my mom got me the stack for Christmas I couldn't wait to play around with it!

My grandmother made these for me. She made them on her embroidery machine. I love these!! They took to the glimmer mist very well. I also added some gleams paint by Decoart on some of it, along with the Dazzling Metallic paint by Decoart.

Then comes all my handmade paper flowers that I did on this layout. I tend to make my own flowers since I'm on a budget..LOL. I'm a SAHM and we have 5 kids, so I can't always get the nice designer products. So I had to figure out a way to make my own and I think I do a pretty good job on them!

I hand made all the flowers and embossed all the leaves and petals you see here on this spray. The only thing I did not make are the little dark pink berries that peek out on the side of some of the flowers.

I hope do some more layouts and this one will be available on my Etsy shop soon!

Altered Hat - Ustream Class Supply List 2/26/2011 @9pm EST

Since we had so much fun altering the fence last week, we are going to try our hands at altering a straw hat! I can't wait to see how all of our hats come out! I will be adding a link system here so you can link your project to the post after the class. It's sort of a "show and tell"! Make sure you print out your supply list and you join ustream so you can chat away with us! I hope to see you there!

Here are the pictures of my Ustream project I did last week CLICK HERE!

Supply List:
5" round straw hat (any local craft store)
Cardstock of your choice to create your flowers
  12 - 2" Daisy punch or daisy cut outs on your cricut or other machine
  12 - 1.5" Daisy punch or daisy cut outs on your cricut or other machine

  12-  3/4" Daisy punch or daisy cut outs on your cricut or other machine
  Center of flower - Your choice - Stamens, rhinestones, or buttons
Several leaves - at least 6 punched out or cut out of your choice. You can bring some green cardstock and I will show you how to cut them out by hand :)

Assortment of ornamental stems, stamens, leaves, berries, sprays, decorative buttons or anything else you can think of, to decorate around your flowers!
Lace (at least 12" long and 1/2" wide)
Ribbon (at least 12" long)
Spray bottle of water
Stylist
Heat gun or blow dryer
Mouse pad or other soft surface
Ink  - a shade darker than the cardstock you are using.
Your sense of humor! We love to laugh!

Here is a hat I did a very long time ago...I will be creating a spring version of this hat for this class!

Class starts on Saturday 2/26/2011 @ 9pm EST (Eastern Standard Time)

A little birdie told me....

A birdie told me to create and they will come! LOL...Can you see how desperate I am for spring to get here. So I listened and I created this cute little bird house. This is a wooden bird house I had purchase many years ago at Michales. They still carry all different types of these little bird houses, so you are able to get them. I love creating my flowers and thought it would be very interesting to try and put them on this little piece. I loved creating this! I am really addicted to them now and I'm creating some larger ones too. If you notice there is a lot of details to this house. I have hand embossed all the petals and most of the leaves that you see on this house. I did however add some ornamental leaves to stick in between some of the flowers. I think they added that nice soft touch to this project! I look forward to sharing some more of my bird houses with you soon. I encourage you to get out your bird houses and start creating!

Hanging on the fence...

I did a Ustream class on this last weekend. I used a wooden fence found in the wood section of Michaels and thought what a cute piece to create some flowers on. This piece I made can be hung or placed on a scrapbook layout. To hang it all you would need to do is attach a hanger on the back or tie some jute string to it.

All the petals and leaves on this spray have been hand embossed and shaded for a realistic effect. The petals on the flowers have been shaded inside with chalk and ink. Each petal and leaf has been hand sculpted to create this beautiful spray. The spray is created as one piece. The stick pin in this creation is made by another fellow Etsy artist "angelicafranssen". 

This piece measures: 6.25" x 4.25"

Next week class we will be altering a straw hat! I will post the supply list on my blog very soon so keep checking back!

Be sure to join my crowd on Ustream and stay up to date on all the classes I will be doing!

I want to thank all the wonderful ladies who showed up and made it a very fun class! I can't wait to see you all back for the next class!

New Flower Spray Small and Meduim - Southern Pink

I had cut of a lot of pink paper and thought...what in the world am I going to do with these petals??? Well, I started to put these petals together and I had enough to make a meduim size one and a smaller one. The color reminded me for some odd reason of a southern bell..so I decided to name is southern pink. I have a few more I will be posting through out the week as I finish them. Keep checking back in my Etsy shop to see more.

New Handmade Paper Flower Spray

This is probably my favorite by far that I have made. I love the color and really enjoyed creating this spray. This spray took me about 3hrs to create. There is a lot of hand embossing that goes into my sprays. Every petal and leaf is hand embossed and then shaded to make it come to life. This type of spray I will do custom orders for but however all my sprays are OOAK and will not be reproduced to look exactly like one I have created. I will add different things to all my sprays to have them be "Just Your" spray! This type of spray is going for $14.99. I can make any color you would like. Please contact me at morepaperthanshoes@gmail.com for your order. I also have an etsy shop that I create other handmade flowers in and I have a Valentine's Day sale right now for 20% off your order. This sale will run today only! Thanks for stopping by my blog and I hope you have a wonderful day.

Handmade Paper Roses - Embossed

Well I have been at it again! Playing around with some paper and punches! I thought I would try something different and add some embossing to each petal and attach the leaves and feathers. They came out so cute! I love the colors I picked for these too. I posted these in my Etsy shop today and I am open to take special orders right now. I hope every one had a wonderful News Years too.

Don't forget to check out my shop for more colors!

http://www.etsy.com/shop/morepaperthanshoes

Ellie's tag for her tag album

Ellie asked me to include a couple of tags in her order that she can use in her tag album. She has been very patient with this large order. I just sent her first package out last week and she loved it. I can't wait for her to get this package. I haven't finished the back yet but will try to have it done by tonight. It makes me want to start working on some mini albums for Christmas to give to family :)

Shabby Pink Flower Sets

I have made a new line of flowers called "Shabby Pink". I have created three sets and all sets come with a different style of flower. I will be listing some combo sets of these flowers too. Watch for my next post on some Christmas flowers that I have been working on. I hope to have them on my blog by this weekend :)





I hope everyone has a wonderful weekend!

Handmade Paper Flower Wreath

I have to say I have been pretty busy lately. I have had so much on my plate that projects that I had made weeks ago never got their chance to shine..LOL. I made this wreath using my handmade flowers and leaves. I have made the paper flower sprays but want to test them out on some wreaths too. This wreath measures 6 inches. Every flower and leaf on this wreath has been handmade by me. Every petal and leaf has been hand embossed and inked. I love creating this flowers and I can't wait to see where I take them next. I'm working on some hair combs for weddings. I'm not sure when I will have them finished but when I do , I will post them here for everyone to see! This wreath will being going into my etsy shop soon. I hope to have it listed by the weekend.

My flowers I made for CK Convention

So this was suppose to be a hair piece...well that's how I sketched out this project! I had every intention to put it in my hair but when I woke up the morning of the convention I was very tired and did not crawl out of bed until 8:30am. It didn't leave me much time to find the heavy duty hair clip I needed for this. So I just used the stick pin I made for it to stick it to my shirt. I'm glad that it worked out that way because I got so many compliments! I handed a lot of business cards out..YAY! This was my first time burning the fabric. I do have to say I did catch one of the fabric pieces on fire..LMBO! When everything was being put together for this piece I really liked how the fabric turned out. I'm so excited to make more. I might market them to the brides out there for weddings.....hmm.....ideas, ideas, ideas!! Here is my video of it before I went to convention.

New roses!!!

I love making these roses! I will be adding them to my store today. i will also be taking special orders for these roses. you can choose any three color combo for you set. You can also get them with or without glitter on them too.

Click here to see them in my store!