Mod Podge A Palooza!

I’m so excited to have been selected to participate in a Mod Podge campaign sponsored by Plaid and The Blue Print Social. I’ll be posting my project later this month, but I’m bursting at the seams with excitement being able to share the goodies I get to play with. I was worse than a kid at Christmas or their Birthday waiting for the Fed Ex man to arrive.

I was even singing a “Come on Mr. Fed Ex Man” song that convinced my dog that I’d lost it more than she  usually thinks I have. And NO I will not be performing that for anyone but the dog.  Saturday was THE day!
There are so many fun things in this stash including some new products that should be popping up at Michaels if not there already.

Can you say metallic (Glitter Silver and Gold)  Dimensional Magic? Ohhhhhhh my. And a new Antique Matte finish for vintage-ing stuff up? Yes thank you!  Podgeable papers? Swoon! 

I’m going to be a Podge-maniac! OK I'm going to be more Podge-maniacal than I already am. 

I actually screamed and squealed when I opened the box and my husband and son thought I’d fallen down or something. The dog however, just looked at me like “Not again”.  Hmmm wonder if I can Mod Podge her? Just kidding PETA people! She’s quite used to my outbursts and I love her as much as chocolate and Mod Podge. 

Stay tuned!!

BFF Open House #56 Wrap Up, Features, and Giveaway Winner!

Monday again already?! Hope everyone had a wonderful weekend. I’m excited to announce the winner of Amy Anderson’s awesome book, Mod Podge Rocks!

And the winner is…….

#24, Tara Rose!

Congrats Tara (I've emailed you) . You will LOVE it.

Another week of wonderful linkups. Here are just a few that caught my eye!

Janet, from Janet of All Trades shared these gorgeous floral pendants. Would you ever guess they started out as the little plastic stakes that come with your plants?

Clarissa Emily from A Little Brown House shared this patriotic “Liberty” banner that is just perfect for Fourth of July. It is so gorgeously vintage.

Malia from Yesterday On Tuesday shared this brilliant take on a way to incorporate specimen art into décor. Love it!

And of course I have a chocolate share! Valerie and Laura from Occasionally Crafty shared these to die for brownies!

Thanks everyone for continuing to share your creativity at the BFF Open House. Make it a creative week!

Vinyl Butterfly Plate With Removable Rolled Flowers

 I  did this project recently for the Expressions Vinyl Blog.  I felt guilty calling it a project because it's so stinkin' easy.

I love putting vinyl on anything and everything. I also change my mind a lot and sometimes want the flexibility to change a theme. Vinyl is perfect for that! I found this plain square glass plate at Cost Plus and knew it was a perfect canvas. I Mod Podged a piece of scrapbook paper on the underside of the plate, but you could also leave your plate completely blank. 

I have been wanting to do something with a butterfly motif and the hardest part was deciding which image to download from the Silhouette online store. I decided on this swirly one. I re-sized it to fit and cut it out using a leafy green Expressions vinyl.

I am definitely not a dainty clean crafter. Just keeping it real here. Sometimes stuff gets stuck to the mat but it mostly comes off pretty cleanly.

I’m also a “I can’t throw that away because there must be something I can do with it “ crafter ( aka as Mr. Chocolate would say a HOARDER). I’ve seen this idea sold in craft stores to decorate your walls…using vinyl as the adhesive to attach paper flowers or lightweight wooden embellishments.

I adapted it to my butterfly plate. Punched circles out of scrap vinyl, and made rolled flowers from some paper scraps:

I hot glued the flowers to the vinyl, peeled off the back and stuck to my plate.  Done and done. And if I decide I want to take the flowers off and/or change my butterfly for something else, peel away!

It doesn't get much easier. If you don't have an electronic cutter or die cut machine, try punches on your vinyl.

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BFF Open House Link Party #56, BFF "Back For Seconds" and a GIVEAWAY!

This week has flown by which always happens when there’s a Monday holiday. Hope everyone has had a great week. I am on my last day of antibiotics and hopefully done with crud for a while! I'm making up for being a slug last week ( didn't even visit many links ) by having lots going on this week!

First, let me introduce you to this week’s BFF “Back For Seconds”, a food blog where the tag line is : “creating recipes that will keep you coming back for more”. Trust me….you will want to go back for seconds, thirds, and fourths! BFS is a blog devoted to all kinds of goodies like:

Cookie dough, cupcake, chocolate frosting, and blue! Nom Nom.

Or how about these double stuffed brownies?

Chocolate not your thing? (I cannot believe I just wrote that!) . OK I know there are people who don’t like chocolate ( I can’t believe I just wrote that either!) No problem. I have these Buffalo Chicken Cups pinned to try:

Breakfast, lunch, dinner, snack, dessert ideas, Back For Seconds will having you coming back for more ideas for sure!

GIVEAWAY TIME!!

If you missed my review of Amy Anderson’s new book “Mod Podge Rocks” , click on the title to check it out. And guess what?! You can win your own copy because I have one to give away.  I love Mod Podge like I love chocolate. Some people are intimidated by it. Don't be!

Here are the details:

a Rafflecopter giveaway




The giveaway will be open through Sunday night and the winner selected and notified next week. 

So now…what’s everyone been up to this week? Party On!

Mod Podge Rocks: The Book Is Here !

If you’re a creative person and maybe even moreso if you don’t think you’re a creative person, you should be familiar with Mod Podge. It's an all in one glue, sealer and finish product that is easy to use and clean up. I love it because it doesn't have fumes which is great for someone like me with asthma.

Novice or expert, you should be familiar with the blog Mod Podge Rocks, run by the amazing Amy Anderson.  Since she wasn’t busy enough with MPR, her other blogs, and her myriad of creative endeavors, Amy decided to write a book.

What better subject for Amy’s book than what she blogs the most about…Mod Podge, and it’s a must read.

From all of the formulas of Mod Podge and their different uses, to project ideas ( let’s just say, if it can stand still, it can be Mod Podged) to tips and tools, Amy’s got it covered.

My only critique is I would have said 40+  Really Super Cool Projects because each one is spectacular.

There are  home décor, jewelry, clothing, storage, projects galore.  You’ll also see some familiar bloggers who have projects featured  in the book.

Each project features a full size picture, tells you what you need, and has the detailed steps to complete.

Whether you’re a newbie or an experienced podger, there’s something in it for you.

There’s also  an introduction by “The Queen” herself. I was lucky enough to receive a copy of this book to review ( opinions are my own) and sat down and read it cover to cover the day it came.

The book is available online and in stores for $14.95 US / $17.95 Can.

Or, you could come link up at this week’s BFF Open House when it goes up tomorrow night for a chance to win a copy !

Sympathy In Brown and Gold

I’d love it if I didn’t need to make a sympathy card for a long while, but unfortunately, that need arose again .


For this one, I used a Stardreams brown metallic pre-made card , and Basic Grey’s “Hello Luscious”  paper along with American Crafts Brads and cappuccino baker’s twine from The Twinery.

The paper is reversible so I used both sides along with some coordinating paper scraps. Stamped the focal on white cardstock and embossed with gold glitter embossing powder.  Matted it on a brown scrap. The stamp is by Magenta:

I used the glittered gold brads from the package to coordinate with the glittery gold embossing powder, wrapped the twine around one of the panels and slipped the stamped focal between the twine.

The card is for my brother in law who just lost a good friend. I thought the “Friends” stamp was a good fit for this.

Memorial Day Birthday Card

One of our nephews celebrates his birthday this Memorial Day weekend, so I decided I’d make him a Memorial Day themed card. It was also the perfect reason to use some washi tape I recently ordered from Pick Your Plum!

I grabbed some striped red white and blue paper from my stash along with some matching blue cardstock, and stamped  cupcake on white cardstock w/ yellow ink. I stamped the cupcake again on a scrap piece of paper and cut out the bottom to make a mask. I sprayed the top of the cupcake w/ Elmer’s spray adhesive and “frosted” it with Recollections tinsel glitter.

What’s a cupcake without frosting? I trimmed the cupcake image and mounted it on blue cardstock wrapped with red and white baker’s twine and added some rhinestone swirls.

I used the red and white polka dot washi tape from my recent purchase to add to the card and then stamped “Happy Birthday” in the yellow ink on a white scrap, trimmed with deckle edge scissors and framed with a blue scrap.

Finished off with the rest of the rhinestones and baker’s twine.