ANOTHER EMBELLISHMENT STORAGE IDEA

I was thumbing through the latest BED, BATH AND BEYOND sales flyer and I spotted this rotating shoe storage rack and a lightbulb went off. 

Here what the rack in the ad looks like



When I put it together, I just put the round shoe holders upside down.





When I run out of room, I'll just snip off the acutal holder parts.

You can see my video on my homemade embellishment rack made with a lampshade here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHI2nQzHcH4

I kept all of my letter stickers on my original rack.

Hope this helps someone with their storage.

Have a wonderful day!!

EllenM

I forgot to mention that I paid $10.00 for this rack ~ It was $14.99 and I had a $5.00 off coupon :)

CRISTINA’S BLOGAVERSARY BLOG HOP

Welcome to

CRISTINA’S BLOGAVERSARY

BLOG HOP

Cristina over at http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/ is a wonderful paper crafter with loads of talent. We’ve even had the pleasure of meeting in real life (since we live in the same area) So, along with Erin from http://www.spantastikreations.blogspot.com/ (another Western New Yorker) we met up at a crop night at Michael’s.

That’s Cristina on the left, I’m in the middle and Erin is on the right.
　

　

　
　
Cristina asked that our inspiration for our project be based on one of her past creations.

The first thing that came to mind was her sweet little one. In Cristina’s videos, I love seeing those busy little fingers helping her mommy (and I’m sure one day this little cutie will be doing paper crafting videos of her own) hehehe. Oh how I miss having those busy little hands in my own home.

My baby girl turns 16 on the 24^th ~ Easter Sunday HAPPY BIRTHDAY ABBY ~ I LOVE YOU!!
My oldest daughter is 23 and my son recently turned 20.

So here’s my tribute to the creation I love best…..Cristina’s little girl.  I hope you like it.

　
Little girl and sentiment stamp is Pure Innocence for My Favorite Things.
The tree is from the JUST BECAUSE CARDS cartridge and the hills are from COUNTRY LIFE.
I had to put a little kitty on this card because her little one just got a real life new kitty friend of her own. It’s from KATE’S ABC’S.  The little butterflies - MARTHA STEWART PUNCH.

Afterthought ~ I went to the LSS (Buffalo Stamps and Stuff) AFTER I took these pictures and I bought a Spica marker in Lemon and added some sparkle to the butterfly wings.

Please visit everyone who's participating and thanks for stopping by!

Cristina http://www.craftingwithcristina.com/
Amanda http://www.myscrappinobsession.com/
Christina B http://www.cardcreationsbyc.blogspot.com/
Corri http://buglvr.blogspot.com/
--->  you're here     Ellen http://www.lifeatwalnuthill.blogspot.com/
Elsa http://cricutlvr.blogspot.com/
Erin http://www.spantastikreations.blogspot.com/
Joanna http://www.scrap-making.blogspot.com/
Kristi http://www.littlepapersprinkles.blogspot.com/
Laura http://www.makinprettythings.com/
Lauren http://www.laurenscreative.com/
Lezlye http://www.lezlyes.blogspot.com/
Liz http://www.lizspaperloft.com/
Mel http://www.scrappymel.blogspot.com/
Paula http://www.morethanfavors.blogspot.com/
Sarah http://www.liveloveandscrap.blogspot.com/
Tammy http://www.scrappycritters.blogspot.com/

HOMEMADE CORRUGATED SHAPES & LETTERS

I just love craft paper but add a little paper crimping and you've got a match made in heaven :)

Here I made three (graduated in size) butterflies.  Two are out of plain craft paper and one was cut from the DCWV PLAYTIME stack which I LOVE.

To add some color, I used Tim Holtz distressed ink all over one of the plain paper ones, of course I inked the edges on all three.  Add some glimmer mist before you crimp them if you like.  The ones pictured below are just inked.

I bent the wings up and glued them together in the center with some dimensional silicone to give each layer a little lift.

I've made letters like this also and I really like the look.

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I have no idea why my post is acting funny.  Please click on the MY 39 AND GLAMOROUS BLOG HOP title below.  Thanks!

MY 39 & GLAMOROUS BLOG HOP

Welcome to MY 39 & GLAMOROUS blog hop. You should be arriving here from Yolie's at http://www.justyolie.com/


After you've checked out my card, head on over to visit Margie at http://tatersplace-mjstitch.blogspot.com/ to see her FAB project.

 

END OF HOP CHALLENGE

There are 13 clues randomly placed on 13 blogs, as you find these, write them down, they will help you with the CHALLENGE.  At the end of the hop Lisa will tell you what to do with these clues..

PEACHY KEEN STAMPS ~ SKETCH CHALLENGE 49

I love this PEACHY KEEN STAMPS sketch challenge http://www.peachykeenstampschallenge.blogspot.com/

When I saw the picture of this sketch, the first thing that popped into my head was the game show CONCENTRATION. 

Hope you like it.

I masked the cute little birdie face from PEACHY KEEN STAMPS CRITTER FACES - EXTRA LARGE to get one eye and the little tulip flower is from MY CREATIVE TIME - JUST A LITTLE NOTE TO SAY set.

MY CREATIVE TIME - THROWBACK THURSDAY CHALLENGE

Miss Emma over at http://www.creativetimeforme.com/ is having another CRICUT-LESS challenge with a sketch.

As much as I LOVE my CRICUT, I like challening myself too.

I made the flower with circle punches and used a cute face from the HAPPY LASHES ASSORTMENT from PEACHY KEEN STAMPS.  The sentiment is from the JUST A LITTLE NOTE TO SAY....set from MY CREATIVE TIME.  

I just can't say enough about how wonderful these stamps are.  The quality is top notch!!