Vintage Poppies and Polka Dots...

As Valentines Day approaches, I'm hoping you will find yourself surrounded by the ones you love. I love this month and it shows in the projects we make for our friends and families, (and in some cases just ourselves). So...in keeping that in mind I'm showing you a couple more projects using some of the sweet all-in-one embellishment kits, and the first is a little gift box, the perfect way to package that sweet little gift for that someone special. The box uses the Polka Dot Valentines kit. It has everything you need to embellish the perfect gift box. To make the gift box, I simply painted a round paper-mache box with white acrylic paint, then distressed it. Then it's just a matter of adhering the ribbon, and all the other little goodies, the puffed polka dot heart, the rhinestones, and the lips and heart brads. I hope you enjoy!

And the second little project here is a "Love" wall hanging. I used the Vintage Poppies Kit, for this one and who doesn't love the sound of the word "Vintage Poppies"? I adore these sweet velvety flowers and their rich colors, and the floral gems are fast becoming one of my favorite embellishes. To make the wall hanging, I simply took 4 wooden miniature wooden plaques, added patterned paper, then added all the fun embellishments from the kit, used glittered letters, added a little misc pom-pom trim on the bottom, then wired them all together forming a wire hanger at the top. I hope you enjoy!

Have a wonderful week everyone, and thanks so much for stopping by! :)

~hilary :)

Home is where you hang your heart...

Thankyou all so very much for stopping by today. For a quick little project, I made a "Home is where you hang your heart", wall plaque. To make this, I first used a pre-made wooden home then decopaged some papers to the top, cut out a scalloped roof line, added a rub-on then glittered the whole thing. Then to finish the home, I added a pom pom roof line, and a white wooden fence. After that grab your favorite Creative Charms embellishments like the red ribbon, to adhere around the entire plaque, some gradient jewels to add to the pom pom trim and the chimney, a little red puffy heart, and some of those sweet red Braided Daisies for the perfect touch. I hope you enjoy and thanks so much for stopping by. :)

Sweet Thing! and Followed My Heart!

I am a new member of the Creative Charms Design Team and am so excited to be designing for them.  This is such an awesome company and you can now find all of their embellishments on Addicted to Scrapbooking.com  You will absolutely love all they have to offer.  My first contribution is a Valentine's card (never to early to start getting ready for the day of Love!) and features embellishments from the Sweet Tooth collection.  You can never go wrong with chocolates!  Inside is the sentiment "sweet thing" is accented with epoxy candy stickers.

On  this second valentine card we used Gradient Jewels to accent above the "lace" in the red and white and the adorable Sparkly Butterfly Gems from the Gem Garden collection.   The flower bouquet was created by stamping a stem and adding the puffy hearts for the flowers and the inside again finished with the sentiment " i love you" and accented with pink heart brads.

Valentine Layouts

I created these Valentine's layouts using two different Creative Charms Kits.

The first layout features a kit that contains: 2 Vintage Velvet Poppies, Velvet Ribbon, Pure Blossoms, Gradient Pearl Stickers and 3 Heart Brads.

I used Core'dinations Whitewash, Stemma Something Sweet and Red Cardstock for this layout. I added the Pearl Stickers to the Pure Blossoms and sanded the Core'dinations paper. I loved the Pearl Stickers on this layout - I used them throughout and they really added a special touch to the layout.
This second layout is more fun and whimsical. The kit contains: Ribbon, 5 Fabric Hearts, Large Circle Brad, Lips & Hearts Brads and Gradient Gem Stickers.

I used Bo Bunny Dots with Red and White Card Stock for the titles. I added some stitching and inking. The brads on this layout were great.


These kits were so fun, thanks for taking a look!

You Light Up My Life..

Valentines day is only a few short weeks away.  Here is a card using the Red Poppies from the Vintage Poppies Collection and Sparkled Butterflies from the Dream Garden Collection.  The border is accented with the Pink Gradient Gems.  The sentiment is stamped on CS  and accented with Stickles to give it some bling.  The background CS is embossed at the bottom and then sanded using Core'dinations cardstock.  Another version uses the larger Red Poppy and Red Gradiant Gems.  In the center of this poppy I used one of the White Vintage Brads and colored it red with alcohol ink.  The card is finished with white ribbon.  Visit the Creative Charms website to order these beautiful embellishments for your Valentine creations.

Happy Holidays!

Here are three Christmas cards made using some of my favorite embellies from Creative Charms.  I just love the blue Multi-layered Organza Flower from the  Dream Garden Collection and it immediately brought to mind a delicate snowflake for a Christmas card and I used it on all three cards.  On the "Sidestep" card I also used elements from the Seasonal Medley Collection Winter pack and the Gradient Gems.  On the "Triple Charm" card I again used the Gradient Jewels and Winter Medley pack.  On the "Joy Fold" card I used the Fab Brads in blue and the Winter Medley pack.  These cards were fun to make and are all 5 1/2" x 41/4" so they will fit in a standard size envelope.  Hope you enjoy them!

Thanksgiving Placecard

I am hosting Thanksgiving dinner this year and decided to create a placecard. It is going to look great at my place setting. I used Creative Charms Vintage Brads and a ribbon to accent the placecard. Thanks for taking a look.

Christmas Ornaments

Hello everyone. My name is Amy and I am new to Creative Charms. I just love their products and enjoyed creating these Ornaments.

This first one features two Vintage Velvet Poppies, 3 Vintage Brads and Gradient Jewels that outline the edges. There is an area to insert a photo. The metallic stock is Gemstones Blue Topaz. I also used an ivory ribbon & card stock.

This fun tag-type ornament features the Seasonal Medley Snowflakes, Fab Brads and Gradient Jewels. I also included 2 Braided Daisys, one of which is looped through the ring. The patterned paper is Bo Bunny. I stamped the Dear Santa and wish list using red inks. I finished it off with some ribbon on the ring.  
I hope you like them. Thanks for stopping by!

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We're Back from CHA

Wow, what a trip. We'd like to thank all of the store owners who placed their orders on Sunday at the show. It was great seeing so many friends.

I also have a quick layout to share. I used Pink Paislee paper along with the Creative Charms Blooming Garden (SB-2010) pink felt butterfly sticker. As you can see, they are generous in size. I love felt, and these are just gorgeous.



Here's a close up of the butterfly detail:


Stop back soon for more creative ideas!