Hello! Thank you for joining me for a really fun post today! I chose the 12x12 Willow Lane Cottage paper to see how I could use it in two different ways! I adore the little cottages on this paper, and I am a homebody at heart so I knew it would be a good choice!
My first step was to fussy cut almost all the houses from the paper. I love fussy cutting, and the houses are quite easy to go around. I wasn't sure at first what I would make, so I wanted to have plenty of houses on hand!
The first project I made was a piece of home decor. We recently installed a new router, and I usually can't find the passcode when someone needs it, so I thought I would make a sign! I chose the sentiment - "Home is where the wifi connects automatically" for my design. I created a letter size canvas in photoshop and added an 8x10 box so the finished print would fit in the frame I had. I did a bit of measuring of the cottages and the alphas I wanted to use and spaced the words out in photoshop. I fussy cut a flower from the Blossom paper and tucked it behind the ends of the houses. I decorated the houses with sweet little puffy stickers and added a layered butterfly for fun!
Up next is a mini album I made all about home! I used tags for the base of my album and a ring to hold them together. I have little houses tucked all throughout the pages. I found quite a few super cute tags in the Willow Lane ephemera pack that I added as well. They help to break up the big tags and look cute peeking out the sides. I also found that the crepe paper fringe fits perfectly on the bottom of a tag! I used one on each of the three tags for the people in my family.
To decorate the cover, I strung some wooden beads that I painted gold and added a Maggie Holmes tassle. I fussy cut the bunny from the Willow Lane Friendship paper and punched a hole in the top. The Cheerful alpha makes the perfect title under the little yellow cottage.
Crate Paper collections are very versatile! The sky is the limit to what you can make!
Supplies: Willow Lane: 344446 FRIENDSHIP / 344452 COTTAGE / 344451 FROLIC / 344464 BLOSSOM / 344487 THICKERS - WONDERFUL / 344488 THICKERS - CHEERFUL / 344484 CHIPBOARD STICKERS / 344485 6x12 STICKERS / 344482 PUFFY STICKERS / 344486 EPHEMERA P ACK / 344472 CREPE FRINGE
very nice. love both ideas! Fun new products!
Posted by: Christine Kiehl | October 11, 2018 at 09:42 AM