♥ Shabby Arched Borders ♥

Happy Halloween Eve! Stopping in with a couple of quick cards using the beautiful Spellbinders  Arched Borders Dies by Amazing Paper Grace from the New Chantilly Paper Lace Collection. All of the dies in this collection are amazing! This is such a versatile set that can be used a number of ways. When I first saw them. I thought of a pumpkin! I guess it's the time of year! :)

This was super easy and quick to make! I added some flowers, ribbon, twine and a mini spool for the stem.

The paper I used is from the Zella Teal Paper Pad by Prima as well as the flowers.

Next, I made a simple baby card also using the Arched Borders dies.

For this card, I just simply die cut two arches and then adhered them together at the top and bottom. I then added the center panel also made by using the 2 Arch cut dies. These papers are also by Prima from the Heaven Sent Paper Pad.

I hope you all have a safe and fun Halloween!!

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♥ Shabby Pumpkin Shaped Card ♥

Hope you all are enjoying your Sunday! Just stopping in with a little shabby pumpkin shaped card made with some sweet papers and tag from the iralamija shop on Etsy. Made this cute little pumpkin card in minutes! I just die cut some ovals using the Large Oval Dies by Spellbinders and the Harvest Collage by iralamija. Such pretty fall papers included in this collage! 4 different images in all!

I then simply hot glued the ovals together to form a pumpkin shape. For the back of the card, I die cut 2 of the ovals using the same orange paper used on the ends in the front but for the middle of the pumpkin, I die cut ovals using white cardstock. This way when you open it the inside of the card is white, so it can be written in. I just hot glued the very top edges together to form a card base.

I then added some mini wood spools and twine to act as the stem of the pumpkin as well as some die cut leaves, twine bow, a pearl and a cute image from the Spooky Tags Collage set.  

 
Hope you stop by the iralamija shop to see all of the beautiful shabby chic and vintage collages that can be used over and over again! :)

                                              

Have a sweet day!

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♥ Paper Pumpkin Place Card Setting ♥

Happy Monday everyone! I hope you all had a wonderful weekend! I had a little time to get up to my Craft Room this weekend. So I made a Paper Pumpkin Place Card Setting using the new Thanksgiving Vintage Download Kit by Crafty Secrets! This new Downloadable Kit is filled with 10 gorgeous Fall themed printable papers, ephemera, Place cards, Menu Cards, Digi Stamps and more! You could decorate your entire home and Thanksgiving Table with this amazing Kit! And since it's Digital, you can reuse it year after year!

Making the paper pumpkin is super easy, quick and fun! Using a 8 1/2" x 11" size of paper from the kit, cut it long ways into 1" strips. Then adhere both ends of one of the strips to form a ring. Make sure the printed side is on the outside. (Pics are from a 2nd Pumpkin I made!)

Then add another "ring" across the first one making a cross. Then continue to add more rings to fill in the gaps.

Adhere finished "pumpkin" to a base such as a round scalloped piece of patterned paper using the side of the pumpkin with the glued ends. Add a small scalloped circle to the top of pumpkin. Add strips of patterned paper to 2 mini wooden spools that has been inked with brown ink or paint. Adhere to top of pumpkin to act as a stem. Decorate as desired.

I added one of the Place Cards from the kit as well as one of the Digi Stamps also included. I finished it off with some hemp cord and a button. This literally took me about 15 minutes to make. They will be on my Thanksgiving Table for sure with everyone's names printed on each one! And if you make them before Thanksgiving, they also make for great Fall decorations on a mantel! Say with the entire family's names on each one!

I hope you give this a try! If you do, I would love to see yours! Just leave me a comment with a link to yours so I can leave you some love too! ♥

I will be making an entire Place Setting using this Thanksgiving Kit! As soon as I'm finished, I'll show you! Oh, and I have some exciting news to share very soon too!! ;)

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Here is what you get with this amazing Kit! Check it out HERE!