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Clear Scraps--Shiplap Shapes--Bee Thankful Home Decor

Hi there everyone!!  Laura here today to share some project inspiration for fall! 

Do you love fall?  The holidays and seasonal changes are so amazing!  The color palette for fall lends itself to some fun home decor projects too!  This project came together so easily thanks to the Clear Scraps House Shiplap Shape Small and Mini Shaker Beehive.

There are a lot of options for bases in the Clear Scraps Store.  One that has a lot of options are the Shiplap Shapes.  They come in different sizes as well.  You can find all the choices in the store HERE.   You can do a lot with these too.  You can cover them with paper, ink, paint, spray, stencil.  I chose to paint the base for this project because I wanted a clean background to show off the adorable Mini Shaker Beehive!

Super simple--just choose a paint color that coordinates to your papers/embellishments, and use a foam brush to paint.  To add a little texture, you can brush with ink or another color of paint (like I did here).  It makes it look like there is a cool distressed wood grain.  After it dried I matted a band of plaid cardstock onto a solid color.  It is a great way to center and "pop" the mini shaker that will be added.

To create the mini shaker, the top frame was painted with gold, red and black acrylic paint.  While it dried, the solid back piece was traced onto the patterned paper, fussy cut out and glued down.  The layers of the frame were glued down on top of the back--then before the acrylic layer was glued on I added some fall color sequins.  Then the acrylic and frame were glued down, and a few letters and stickers added.  The beehive shaker was glued to the house piece and project complete!  This would be so cute at place settings for a fall get-together!

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Supplies Used:

Clear Scraps: House Shiplap Shape Small, Mini Shaker Beehive

Other:  Acrylic paint-black, brown, gold, red, glue, foam tape, sequin mix, Bella Blvd alpha, Photoplay Autumn Vibes collection papers and stickers.

Wood Pumpkin Accordian Shaker Album

Hi Craft Friends!

It's Dana and I'm back on the Clear Scraps blog to share my last project for the month of September! The fall season has arrived! Today's project features Clear Scraps Wood Pumpkin Accordion Album Click here

The papers I'll be using to decorate my album are from Prima Marketing Pink Autumn Collection. 

To begin I covered the front pumpkin wood piece with Finnibair Sparks Butterfly Spells paint. Let dry. The top stem I covered with a piece of scrap paper. Taking my xaco knife I trimmed away any excess paper and then using my Clear Scraps Sanding tool Click here I smoothed any rough edges. 

Next taking the 4th solid wood piece, I covered with another patterned paper and trimmed and distressed as we did previously for the stem. 

Now take your 3rd piece (cutout) and glue on top of your previous piece. I recommend using Beacon glue when gluing wood and chipboard pieces since you want a strong permanent glue that won't come apart! Next taking the shaker filler of your choice and fill all 3 sections. You can see all the Clear Scraps Shaker Filler available Click here

Next take your acrylic piece and peel off the protective film from both sides and glue on top. Set aside to dry throughly before shaking! Here's a photo:

Set this aside for now. Now cover all your remaining wood pumpkin pieces with coordinating papers. Glue, trim and Distress along the edges as we previously did. Be sure to punch all your holes before gluing your paper down. I chose to apply Distress ink  around the edges of each pumpkin wood shape! Here's a photo:

Now we can start decorating our album pages.

Page 1 (back of front cover) I fussy cut a butterfly out of scrap paper. I adhered a sentiment at the top of my page and added the butterfly. I bent the wings slightly upward to create movement. I glued a chipboard sticker along the bottom. 

Page 2: I took 3 Journaling cards cit down to measure 3 & 1/4 x 4 inches, scored 1/2 inch at the top. Then waterfalled them onto my page. I glued a piece of lace trim along the top edge of my waterfall. You could add a photo underneath your waterfall. Here's a photo:

Page 3: I applied a floral rub-on along the bottom of my page. Using foam dots on the back, I adhered a fussy cut sentiment piece at the top. 

Page 4: I cut a Journaling card to measure 3 & 1/2 x 5 inches. Scored 1/2 inch on the left side and adhered to my page. I applied some rub-ons on top of my card. Here's a closeup photo:

Page 5: I cut out a sentiment from one of the Journaling cards and adhered at the top. I applied foam dots to the back of my pumpkin. Added a chipboard sticker at the bottom. 

Page 6: I left as is I didn't want to cover up the pretty paper or sentiment. You can add a photo here.

Page 7: I glued a ephemera sentiment Sweater Weather at the top and acouple chipboard stickers along the bottom. Here's some closeup photos:

For the cover of my album, I wrapped some wire and leaves around the stem. Then glued some Prima flowers on the top. I tucked a small polka dot ephemera heart in between my flower petals. I glued a sentiment piece across the center of my cover. 

To finish I took some jute cord and tied my album pages together to form an Accordion style.

I tied my pages together using jute cord and in an Accordion fashion. Here's a photo:

I hope you enjoyed my project idea and will grab one of the Clear Scraps Accordion Albums to create for yourself or as a gift! You can check out the Clear Scraps website Click here

I'll be back next month to share more inspiration and projects! Till then, Have a Crafty Day!

Dana

Other Supplies Used: Prima Marketing Pink Autumn paper collection, Prima flowers, Score board, paper trimmer, xaco knife, Sanding tool, Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, foam dots, Beacon glue, Crocodile punch, Jute cord, Finnibair Sparks Butterfly Spells paint 

Spooky Season and haunted house memory dex dividers

Today I am designing with the clear scraps house chipboard index cards. These are great as plain chipboard, or you can paint or cover with paper. I chose to cover mine with Halloween themed paper to start a spooky season memory dex scrapbook. These will be my "haunted houses" for a future project with the Clear Scraps memory dex wood box.

I started by covering each house divider with decorative paper. I wanted to highlight the roof edges and build layers with ephemera. 
By cutting a chipboard picture frame corner off I was able to attach as a roof line. I use liquid glue, Art liquid glue for my projects. 


Adding on ephemera, puffy stickers and chipboard shapes to make a super cute Halloween house. The memory dex systems from Clear Scraps make creating a special and unique scrapbook so easy and fun to create!

On another house chipboard divider, I used decorative paper and a scalloped edge punch to create a shingles appearance for the roof line. Adding rows of the scalloped paper to give a fun and quirky roof to this "haunted house". 

I am looking forward to putting my chipboard house dividers in an upcoming project using the Clear Scraps memory dex wood box. In the meantime, creepin it real spooky!

Thank you for stopping by,

Amberly Hoffman

Hello Autumn DIY Wood Box and Divider Cards

Hi Craft Friends!

Dana here! I'm back on the blog to share a fun autumn DIY project using Clear Scraps DIY Wood box Click here  Welcome Jar shape Click here and Divider Cards House's chip Click here Angle Chip Click here and Rounded Chip Click here

The papers I'll be using to decorate my Wood box and Divider Cards is Prima Frank Garcia's Amber Moon and Autumn Sunset. These DIY Boxes and Divider Cards are not only fun to create and display, but a great way to use up all those leftover scraps from older paper collections in my stash! If you're like me, you probably accumulate more paper collections than room to store them lol.

To start this project, I like to remove all my DIY wood box pieces and lay them out on my workspace.

I cover all my wood side, front and back pieces with coordinating papers. The 2 longer side pieces measure 6 x 1 &3/4 inches. The short sides measure 4 & 1/2 x 1 & 3/4 inches. I recommend using a strong permanent glue such as Beacon glue. I trimmed the long top edges and remove any excess paper using my x-acto knife.

I Distress any rough edges away using my Clear Scraps sanding tool Click here I also ink all my papers and embellishments using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs. You can skip this this step if you like. I also covered the inside bottom of my wood box with another patterned paper, that measures 4x6 inches. Glue in place. 

Now you are assemble and glue all your wood pieces in place. Slide the two poles through the holes and adhere each piece onto the front and back sides.  Set your box aside for now. Here's a photo:

Take your Welcome Jar shape and I painted the top portion with gold acrylic paint. Let dry.

 

I covered the front of my jar with  a 3x4 inch journal card, trimmed and distressed any rough edges as we did previously with our wood box. Then wrapped some brown twine a few times around the top edge of my jar. I secured my ends on the backside. Then glued a chipboard sticker embellishment on the top of my twine. Here's a closeup look:

I glued the Welcome Jar to the front right side of my box. On both of the longer sides of my box, I adhered a chipboard sticker on each side. Here's acouple photos:

Set aside your wood box. Now we can start creating our Divider Cards. 

I took some Folkart Milkjug paint and applied along the bottom and sides of each Divider card. Let dry.

Card 1: House's Chip front: I painted both sides of the chimney  with brown acrylic paint. Let dry. I covered the roof with paper. For the bottom of my house, I covered with wood plank paper. Trim, Distress and ink as before. I applied a leaf sticker on the chimney, pumpkin vellum sentiment and fussy cut pumpkins on my house, using foam dots on the back of the white pumpkin. Here's a photo:

Card 1 back: I covered with the same base papers, applied some Blessed washi tape along the bottom edge. I adhered a puffy sticker sentiment and butterfly pieces and butterfly sticker on the roof! Here's a closeup:

Card 2 Rounded Chip front: cover with patterned paper and take another patterned paper cut to 4 x 1 &1/2 inches to create a pocket. I tucked a few tiny journal cards inside my pocket and added a sentiment sticker on the bottom edge along with some glitter washi tape.  Then added acouple crystal gems! Here's a photo:

Card 2 backside: I fussy cut out a fall image from one of the 4x6 Journaling cards. I adhered to my card using foam dots. Then glued acouple vellum pieces. Here's a closeup photo:

Card 3 Angle Chip front: I created another pocket same size as we did previously. I tucked a few tiny journal cards into my pocket. Adhered acouple cute puffy stickers and sentiment sticker at the top. Here's a photo:

Card 3 back: I took a 4x6 Journaling card and cut 1 inch off the left side. Then scored at 4 inches to fit across my Divider card. Trim and glue. I applied foam dots to the back of my Tim Holtz tiny paperdolls and adhered one paper doll on each side. Here's a closeup:

Now add your cards to your Wood box and display! You can create and add more cards and photos to your box. I may do another tutorial in the future to give you ideas. Here a photo of my finished box!

I hope you are inspired by my project and you will start creating your own DIY Wood box and Divider Cards! Please share your crafty makes with us on our Facebook Creative page! Be sure to visit the Clear Scraps website Click here and grab your supplies and get Crafing!

Thanks for visiting our blog! I'll be back soon to share another project! Until then. Happy Crafting!

Dana

Other Supplies Used: Beacon glue. Score board  paper trimmer, Prima Frank Garcia's Amber Moon and Autumn Sunset paper collections, Prima crystals, foam dots, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs  Tim Holtz paper dolls, brown twine. 

 

 

 

Adorable Fall Gnome Girl

 Hi everyone, 

I am so excited to share with you my latest project from Clear Scraps. I have embellished this super cute little gnome girl with papers, paint and a cute flower shaker from the Clear Scraps Store. 

Isn't she adorable... I just love how she turned out. Down below I have a tutorial for you as well as some written details. 

 

 

So to get started you will need the wooden gnome girl from the Clear Scraps store, just press on the link Gnome Girl to head to the store. 

First I traced around the body of the gnome girl on pattern paper and cut out the form. This will be her dress. 

 

 

Next I pressed the paper on top of the gnome to get a placement of where the hand were to indent the paper and cut the little circles. I did the same for the hair so I knew where to cut so the paper would fit around the hair. For the neckline I just cut the dress as a scoop neck. 

 

Next I traced the hat only on pattern paper and cut out the form. 

 

I painted around her body white so it would match the white of her dress, hair orange, her hands & face are fawn color and her shoes are brown. You can also see her hat is formed around her head. To get it to fit right I took my stylus and scored where the lines are in the wood so I could have the paper hat fit the same angle.

 

I adhered down the hat and dress. 

 

 

 

I found some lace in my stash and thought it would look so cute on the neckline of her dress. I used hot glue to adhere it down. 

 

 

 

I created some embellishments for her from the paper collection. I fussy cut the flower pot and sign. For the sign I used the chipboard piece from the Flower Shaker we are going to place on top of her hat. I also had to sunflowers from my stash. 

 

 

Here is what she looks like so far after adding her embellishments. I also added a bow in her hair. 

 

 

 

To create the flower shaker I took the full piece and traced it on the pattern paper and cut out. 

 

 

Next I removed the clear plastic from both sides of the acetate window, adhere the two middle chipboard flower pieces, added in my shaker bits. Adhere the pattern paper to the full piece of the chipboard. Take the back piece with the pattern paper adhere on top of the open chipboard flower with shaker pieces. 

 

 

I did gesso the top piece of the flower, waited for it to dry and painted yellow. After drying adhere to the top of the acetate. 

 

 

Adhere the flower shaker to the left of the hat and she is all done. 

She is just so cute and she's ready for Fall. 

 

I hope you enjoyed today's fall project using this cute little wooden gnome girl from Clear Scraps. 

I have all the links down below for the supplies I used in this project.

Thank you for joining me. Wishing a great day & Happy Crafting. 

 

Debbie

 

Supplies: 

Wooden Gnome Girl - https://www.clearscraps.com/searchresults.asp?Search=gnome+girl

Flower Shaker - https://www.clearscraps.com/product_p/cscshflower.htm

Pumpkin Spice Shiplap Home Decor

Hello Craft Friends!

Dana here! Happy September! I love the fall season and pumpkin spice drinks and lattes! What's your favorite thing about fall?

Today I'll be creating a Home Decor project featuring Clear Scraps Square Shiplap Shape Medium Click here and this cute Coffee Mug Chipboard Embellishment! Click here

The papers I'll be using are from Simple Stories Cozy Days collection. 

To start this project, I took some Folkart Vintage White acrylic paint and applied about 1 inch border around the edge. Set aside to dry. 

Cut apart the two pieces from your coffee mug Chipboard Embellishment. Trim off any nibs from the edge. I applied some Folkart Conch Shell acrylic paint to the top portion of my coffee mug. Here's a photo!

For the bottom portion of my coffee mug, I traced, cut out and using Beacon glue, I glued my patterned paper onto the bottom of my coffee mug Chipboard Embellishment. I trimmed away any excess paper using my x-acto knife.

Then taking my Clear Scraps sanding tool Click here I smoothed any rough edges. Take your other  chipboard piece with the heart, and I glued another coordinating paper onto my chipboard piece and repeated our previous steps. For inside the heart,  I glued a small ephemera sentiment in the center. See photo:

I chose a patterned paper and cut to measure 5 & 1/2 x 5 & 1/2 inches. I applied foam tape on the back before adhering to my Shiplap shape. Here's a photo!

Now take your coffee mug Chipboard Embellishment and wrap some jute cord around the top edge of your coffee mug. Glue ends to secure on the backside. I fussy cut out acouple leaves from scrap paper and glued on the side of my coffee mug. I added a sticker flower next to the leaves.

Taking some more foam tape I applied to the back of my coffee mug Chipboard Embellishment and adhered on the left side on my Shiplap shape, at a slight angle. This adds dimension and interest. 

I added a Happy Fall sticker at the top right corner. I cut out a smaller Journaling card "Spice it Up" and glued towards the bottom right edge. I also applied foam dots to the back of my ephemera latte mug and adhered below my sentiment on the bottom edge. I applied some Stickles Stardust glitter to the top of the whipped cream on my latte. Here's a closeup look!

 

To finish my project, I glued several sequins in scattered areas! Here's my finished project:

Another closeup for you!

I hope you liked my project today. Thank you for taking the time to visit our blog! Visit the Clear Scraps website Click here for all your crafting supplies and see all the newest products available!

Hope you have a crafty day! 

Dana

Other Supplies Used: Beacon glue,  score board, paper trimmer, jute cord, Simple Stories Cozy Days collection, Bronze sequins, Stickles Stardust glitter  foam dots and tape, Distress tool or sanding stick, xaco knife.

Fall Memories

Hello, today I am using the cutting board shape shiplap to show off fall memories. Fall is a great time for family gatherings and reunions. A creative handmade gift to show off a favorite memory or a special moment. The cutting board brings memories of my childhood and how my grandma loved to bake!

 

The front side has the shiplap lines in it, so I used the smooth backside to cover with paper. I used one 12x12 sheet of paper and turned the shape at an angle to cover the entire board. To give an aged look I inked the edges with a brown ink. I use liquid glue on most of my projects, but you can use any type of adhesive when working with the fun shapes from Clear Scraps.



I created a pocket using a coordinating piece of decorative paper. This pocket can hold a favorite recipe card, picture or special memory. The easiest way to cut the paper with the curved edges is to use a craft knife and cut the excess paper for a clean edge. Again, I inked the edges of the pocket as well. Adding ephemera and a decorative bow to finish off this special piece for your favorite fall memories. 
Invited to a fall bridal shower? This will make a great gift and slide in a couple of your favorite recipes to pass on to the newlyweds. Fall family reunion this is a great idea to give to the host. 

Thank you for visiting.

Amberley Hoffman

Tropical Paradise Divider Cards

Hello Crafters!

Dana here! I have one more project to close out the summer season. I hate to see summer come to an end. I know we all have photos we want to scrapbook but don't always have the time. For Today's project, I'm creating some Clear Scraps Divider Cards! These are perfect to add all your vacation photos, birthday's and everyday life moments. They are a great way to use up leftover scraps from older paper collections. There are dozens of styles to chose from.  Click here

For my project, I'll be using the Rounded Chip Click here, Angle Chip Click here and Scallop Chip Click here

The papers I'll be using are from an older Prima Marketing Havana collection! They have a Tropical feel. It's fun looking through my crafty stash and finding paper collections I forgot I had lol!

To begin I chose several coordinating papers and cut them to fit the base of my Divider cards. Some of my cards I left the border strips in place to give a nice look at the bottom. Using my xaco knife, i trimmed away any excess paper and cut out both bottom notches. Then using my Distress tool I smoothed any rough edges away. I like to apply Distress Ink on the edges of my papers. Then glue all my base papers onto each card using Beacon glue. Here's a photo:

Now they are ready to decorate! I like using different embellishments such as, flowers, ephemera and fussy cut images. Gather whatever photos you would like to use. 

Card 1 Rounded Chip front: i stapled two tickets together and glued on the bottom left edge. I fussy cut out a camera, and sentiments from the 4x6 Journaling card in this collection. Then adhered to my card using foam dots. I added a Prima crystal also. Here's how my card turned out:

On the backside of Card 1: I fussy cut out a sentiment phase and applied foam dots on the back and adhered in the center of my card. I fussy cut two birds from the Journaling card and glued in place. Here's a photo!

Card 2 Scallop Chip front: I made a pocket from one of my paper Scraps and cut to measure 4 x 17/8 inches and glued to my Divider card base. I fussy cut a sentiment and tucked inside my pocket. I added a photo (see below) and acouple sticker sentiments and a pink bow sticker at the top! 

For my photo, I tore a few edges and crumbled up my photo. I applied some Clear Crackle over top of my photo, then set to dry overnight. This will give a nice worn distressed look. 

Card 2 back: I glued a butterfly at the top, added a mini paper doll and fearless sticker sentiment. 

Card 3 Angle Chip front: using foam dots i adhered a bird ephemera piece over top of the bird image on my card. Then added a few Prima crystals!

Card 3 back: I made a flip page measuring 4x2 inches and scored 1/2 inch on the left before adhering to my card base. I applied acouple enamel dots and a sentiment on the front flip. Underneath I added a photo and a cute ephemera bow at the top! Here's some closeup photo!

Here's another look at my finished cards!

I hope you found my project fun and inspiring! Thanks for visiting the Clear Scraps blog today! Be sure to visit the Clear Scraps website Click here to see all the newest products available! Be sure to share your crafty makes with us on our Clear Scraps Facebook Creative page!

Until next month, Happy Crafting!

Dana

Other Supplies Used: Prima Marketing Havana collection, Prima crystals and flowers, Beacon glue, foam dots, score board, xaco knife, Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, Distress tool, Clear Crackle 

 

 

Clear Scraps--Scallop Chip Dividers:

Hi there everyone!  Laura here with you today to share a few ideas for the cute Memory-Dex cards!

Who doesn't love everything bright and colorful?!!  These cards a definitely all that!  These are the Clear Scraps Scallop Chip Dividers.  They come in a 3pk and are part of the Memory-Dex collection!   Something about the scallop works so well with these particular pretty fun patterned papers.  You can do a lot of fun things with the Memory-Dex cards, which is one of the great things about a blank chipboard to start your project.  You get to make it all yours!  There are so many different shapes and even acrylic options, so make sure to check out the store to find them all!  You can go HERE to see all the possibilities!

These cards are so fun to make!  You can use up your scraps and spare stickers from creating other projects!  They are a great little "canvas" to unleash your creativity!

This card is all about the paper!  Just trace, fussy cut out, and glue down, easy peasy!  The edges were brushed with a little black ink to finish each card off.  The stickers are layered in using some flat and some with a little pop of foam tape (the can with pencils and gold star on this card) for a little bit of dimension.

This card also had some foam tape layers and a splash of fun words to give it that creative spirit!  These cards will be a part of a Memory-Dex box filled with crafty ideas!  Different techniques, color combos, LO, card or journaling ideas.  A great colorful box to keep at hand in my craft room!

What fun ideas can you come up with to create your own Memory-Dex box?

Thanks for stopping by today!  Stop back soon for more inspiration!

 

Supplies Used:

Clear Scraps: Scallop Chip Dividers 3pk

Other:  Black Soot Distress ink, glue, foam tape, Vicki Boutin Color Study papers and stickers

Summer Wood Boat Shaker Album

Hey there, it’s Jennifer Kirks. I fell in love with this Stamperia Blue Dream paper and had to make an album using the Boat wood accordion shaker album. The paper gave me European vibes. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

Products used - Stamperia Blue dream paper and accents. Misc flowers and greenery, sparkles, fake moss, shells, sand and sea glass,  white paint and crackle paint. 

Clear Scraps--Chipboard and Stencils--Enjoy the Journey

Hi there everyone!  Laura here with you today to share some home decor inspiration! 

This is a sweet, simple little project that is quick and easy to make, but is so cool and would also make a great gift!  You can personalize the saying to anything you'd like.  It starts with one of the Clear Scraps Square Shiplap Shapes Small as the base.  It was brushed with a light brown paint, but a stain would work well too.  This was nice, but I wanted to step it up a bit to add some texture, so I chose the 5x9" Geo Burst Stencil.  This is one of the Clear Scraps Mixer Stencils and you can find them all in the store HERE. 

This stencil mimics the curves and notches on the compass really nicely.  I centered the stencil on the Shiplap Shape after the paint was dry, and I used a soft brush with dark brown ink to stencil the pattern on.  You can see how nicely it frames the compass and yet doesn't take away from it as the centerpiece. 

The Clear Scraps Compass Chipboard Embellishments make the perfect addition to this project.  It's painted with gray, black and red acrylic paints and then the edges were brushed with a little black ink.  This creates a little shading/shadow to make it look a little softer/worn around the edges.  It's matted on a set of cardstock squares, with the red being the "grounding color" to match the red dial and carry it all the way through the project.  The twine and the center gem give even more texture and depth.  A couple of small 1/4" strips of red cardstock, and the blue letters with the saying finish this project off.  It's a cute little item I can display as a reminder in my home or give as a gift, to someone who needs a little encouragement.

 

Thanks for stopping by today!

 

Supplies Used:

Clear Scraps:  Square Shiplap Shapes Small, 5x9" Geo Burst Stencil, Compass Chipboard Embellishments.

Other:  Acrylic paint--gray, black, red, brown, jute twine, gem, cardstock--red, blue, white, mini letters, Walnut Stain Distress Ink.

Rainbow Birthday Countdown Calendar

We've got lots of birthdays coming up in my family!  Some of them are big celebrations of milestone years too.  Hi, I'm Maureen, and I'm here today to share a project with the newest Advent calendar kit - the Birthday Countdown!  This is one I've been excited to create with, and it's pretty easy to assemble.  Let me show you how!

I'm starting by painting a couple coats of acrylic paint on the trim of the frame.  Let this dry, and make sure you paint the back legs if you don't want the natural wood in the back. 

Next, paint the tags white and the numbers and letters black.  I think a good tip is to keep the numbers mostly assembled while you paint them, then cut them apart.  Note you'll need to do both front and back, as the front sides may not always face the same way.  This makes for faster painting!

Line the bottom wood easel panel with paper.  I've chosen a rainbow stripe for my project.  You can use plain glue or decoupage - both work great.  Another tip - I traced a pencil circle where the holes go, so that I can hammer them through later.  Then, take a soft mallet and hammer the pegs in gently through the paper.  Reinforce with glue.

I've chosen the Script Birthday and Balloons chipboard embellishment, and painted the balloons white, and stems black.  Behind this on the base piece, I've cut out a polka dot paper and glued it down.  This is added to the corner, when dry.

Now, the back of the easel needs some assembly.  First, make sure you put the little side pieces on first, and then insert the easel back tabs in.  This allows you to make sure you have the right angle.  You want the angle to face away from the back, so it has room to move.  Glue this on with a wood glue and let dry overnight.

Your final assembly is to put the painted frame on top.  This can be attached with a wood or hot glue.  Let dry and you are ready to celebrate!!

As you can see, this is a fun and fast project for any birthday.  It will give you a special item to celebrate that family member or friend each and every birthday. Enjoy and happy crafting!

Maureen

 

 

By the Sea Summer Home Decor

Hello Craft Friends!

I'm Dana and today I'll be creating a Summer Home Decor project! Summer is my favorite season of the year! I love to spend time on the beach and listen to the ocean waves! 

For this project, I'll be using Clear Scraps Square Shiplap Shape Large Click here and also Clear Scraps Fan Shells Chipboard Embellishments Click here

The papers I chose are from Graphic45 "By the Sea" collection. One of my favorite paper collections. I'll be inking all my papers and fussycut elements using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs. 

To begin our project, I took some Finnibair Texture paste White sand and using a palette knife I applied the paste along the bottom palette on my Shiplap shape. Let dry.  Using a sponge I applied some tan acrylic paint over the top of the paste. Let dry.

Next from the 12x12 paper "By the Sea" I cut 2 paper strips to measure: 1/2 " x 9 & 3/8. Then I also cut 2 more paper strip measuring 1/2" x 11 &1/2 inches. Be mindful when cutting your strips from this paper since we will be using the center piece for our project. I glued my strips along the top, bottom and sides. Here's a photo!

Be sure to miter your corners as I did here. See photo:

Cutting more strips from this same 12x12 paper I cut 4 more strips (same measurements as before) from the paper "Anchors" miter all corners. See photos: 

Set aside your wood piece for now. Take your Fan Shells Chipboard Embellishments and cut apart both shell embellishments. I applied Martha Stewart Fire Opal glitter to the fan shell piece. Set aside to dry throughly. For the other shell I applied some Prima Chalk Ink Dry Sand over top. Let dry. Here's some photos!

While those pieces are drying, I fussycut out some images from various scrap papers. I applied alittle Stickles Stardust glitter on my Conch Shell chipboard embellishment. Here's a photo:

Now take the middle image from your 12x12 By the Sea paper and cut around the iimage of the vintage gal and sentiment By the Sea. Apply foam tape on the back and adhere onto the center of your Shiplap wood square. This will add dimension to your project. 

I then arranged my Chipboard Fan Shells Embellishments, and fussycut elements along the bottom of my Shiplap shape. Then glue in place using Beacon glue. I added a sentiment sticker on the upper right corner. Here's some closeups!

To finish my project, I attached a metal hanger on the backside. Now its ready to display!

I hope you enjoyed my project and will create one of your own to display year after year. Be sure to visit the Clear Scraps website Click here to see all the new products available! Thanks for stopping by our blog today. 

Until next time we meet, Have a Crafty Day!

Dana

Other Supplies Used: Beacon glue, paper trimmer, Martha Stewart Fire Opal glitter, Prima Chalk Ink Dry Sand, Finnibair Texture paste White sand, foam dots and tape

Avec Amour Acrylic Gift Box

Hi Craft Friends!

I'm Dana and I have a project to share using Clear Scraps Clear Acrylic Box! Click here

If you haven't tried crafting with Clear Scraps Acrylic I encourage you to try it. I'll walk you through the process and hope i inspire you to give it a try.  The papers I chose are from Prima Marketing new Avec Amour (in French that means "With Love ")collection! These papers have a French Vintage look to them that I love! I'll be inking all my papers using Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs. 

To begin our project, remove all your acrylic pieces from your package. Following the diagram on the back of your project sheet, lay out all your pieces on your workspace in the order of assembly. Each piece has a letter sticker so you know exactly where they go. (See photo)

I recommend using a strong permanent glue such as Beacon glue. Included in your package are Clear circle stickers to help hold your pieces together after gluing. I do recommend adding Beacon glue to all the slot edges this helps the acrylic to bond and stay in place. After your box is assembled and throughly dry, remove all circle stickers from the corners of your acrylic box. Here's how it should look:

Now taking 2 different coordinating papers, I cut one 12"  border strip to measure 6 & 1/2 inches x 1 inch and the top border strip measures 6 & 1/2 x 2 & 1/8 inches. I adhered them along all four outside edges, leaving about 1/4 to 1/2 " of the acrylic visible. Make sure that your hearts on the inside are all going in the same direction and right side up, before adhering. I use a clear tape runner or Clear glue when working with acrylic. Be careful where you place your tape or glue and dont use too much. Here's some closeup photos!

On the top of my box I adhered one 6x6 floral paper. Remember whatever paper you chose it matches the inside. I glued another coordinating 6x6 paper on the inside bottom of my box. Here's acouple photos!

Top of box (outside)

Inside bottom:

Now we can begin to decorate the top of our acrylic box! I cut out one of the Journaling cards from this paper collection. I glued some vintage trim along the outside of my journal card. Here's a photo:

Then I adhered my journal card to the top of my box using foam tape. I like to add a variety of different embellishments, such as flowers, ephemera and crystal gems. I fussy cut out a small butterfly from one of the extra element sheets. I tucked the butterfly in between my flower petals. I glued a teacup chipboard sticker above and a chipboard sentiment on the bottom of my journal card. I adhered a pink bow on the upper right corner and a few crystal gems. I also applied some Stickles Diamond glitter on my butterfly wings and Little Birdie!

A photo of finished box!

Here's some closeup photos!

On the top inside cover, I applied one chipboard fountain sticker!

Now if you like, I used some of the leftover scraps and created some acrylic tags to include in my gift box. I used a 12x12 acrylic sheet from a previous Clear Scraps printer tray project. I cut a total of 6 tags from my acrylic sheet to measure 2 & 1/2 x 4. I punched a hole at the top using my Crocodile punch.

I took 6 smaller tags from my Prima Tags and Tickets package and adhered to the center of each acrylic tag. I cut one small journal card,  some chipboard stickers and puffy stickers and glued on the front of each tag as an embellishment. To finish, I tied some pink ribbon and various colors of tulle through each hole and tied in a bow!  Here's a photo:

I hope you will be inspired to make a gift box and surprise a special friend or this box would make a nice place to store all your trinkets or treasures. 

Thanks for visiting the Clear Scraps blog! I'd love to see how you decorate your acrylic box! So please share on our Facebook Creative page! Visit the Clear Scraps website for all your crafting supplies and see all the newest products available! Click here

Until next time, Happy Crafting!

Dana 

Other Supplies Used: Beacon glue, foam tape and dots, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, Score board, paper trimmer, Crocodile punch, Prima flowers, Prima Avec Amour Collection, Ribbon, Tulle

 

 

Squeeze the Day Home Decor

Hello Craft Friends!

Happy July! Hope you are all enjoying the Summer season so far.  I have a Home Decor project to share featuring the new Mini Shaker "Lemon Slice" from Clear Scraps! Click here

Lemons and Summer go together! Who doesn't like to cool off with a nice tall glass of Lemonade! For the base of my project, I'm using Clear Scraps Rectangle Wood shape. This item is discontinued however you can use any of our Shiplap shapes as your base. Click here

My wood base measures 10 x 7 7/8 inches. 

The papers I chose are from Prima Marketing "Fruit Paradise" Let's get started. 

I took one of my patterned papers and cut 2 strips measuring 3/4 x 8 & 1/4 inches. And I cut another 2 strips to measure 3/4 x 10 inches. I inked along the edges of my paper strips using Distress Ink Gathered Twigs. I glued my strips along the outside edges of my wood base, and mitered the corners to make a nice clean look. Here's a photo!

Then I chose another coordinating paper  measuring 7 & 1/4 x 9 & 1/2 inches, and adhered to my Wood base using foam tape on the backside. This adds dimension.  Here's a photo:

Set your wood piece aside for now. Next we will work on our mini shaker.  Remove your shaker pieces from your package. I applied some Folkart "Day Break" acrylic paint to the top piece of my shaker as well as along all sides. Let dry. 

Taking your bottom shaker piece I traced onto another patterned paper. Trimmed away any excess paper using my x-acto knife. Distress any rough edges using your Distress tool. Here's a photo!

After your top shaker piece is dry, I applied some Martha Stewart "Lemon Drop" glitter. Shake off any excess glitter, and set aside to dry throughly. Now glue your 2 bottom shaker pieces in place. Now fill your shaker with the filler of your choice. I added some clear beads (to resemble seeds) to each section of my lemon slice, Remember to peel off the protective film from both sides of your acrylic shaker piece before gluing in place. Add your top shaker piece and set aside to dry. Don't shake until your shaker has throughly dried, or your beads will stick to the edges.  Here's a photo!

While your shaker is drying, I fussy cut out acouple elements from my papers, including a sentiment and butterfly. 

Now we can start decorating and adding all our embellishments. I used foam dots on my fruit fussy cut piece as well as on the back of my shaker. I glued my sentiment above my Lemon slice shaker. Added some Prima flowers, a puffy sticker sentiment and lemon stamp sticker I tucked behind my flowers at the bottom. I tucked some pearls and a gold chipboard heart sticker in between my flower petals. And glued a gold chipboard sticker heart on the top of my lemon slice! The butterfly I layered two of the same image on top of each other and bent the wings upward slightly to create movement. 

To finish this project,  you can add a piece of jute cord on the back. Now your home decor piece is ready to hang! Here's some closeup photos!

I hope you'll try creating your own home decor project using any of Clear Scraps Shakers and other products available for your crafty makes! Click here

Thanks for stopping by the Clear Scraps blog! We'd love to see what you create. So please share on our Facebook Creative page!

Until next time,  Happy Crafting! 

Dana 

Other Supplies Used: Prima Marketing Fruit Paradise Collection, paper trimmer, x-acto knife, foam dots and tape, Martha Stewart Lemon Drop glitter, Folkart Day Break acrylic paint, Tim Holtz Distress Ink Gathered Twigs, Distress tool. 

Guest Designer Juli Ondrush-Birdhouse Shiplap Shape Porch Sitter

Hi everyone!  It’s me Juli showing up to inspire you with something cute I made with the amazing Clear-Scraps products. 

 

And I’m calling it a porch sitter! 

 

I started with 2 Clear Scraps-

I used the Birdhouse Shiplap Wood Shape and the Ornate Lock Chipboard Embellishment.

Here’s what they looked like before I started-

 

I added some paint and then lots of liquid pearls-what do you think about this? All those dots took me a hot minute by hand, but I love the effect!

 

Then I glued on fabric and a few other embellishments…

 

and ended up with a cute porch sitter! 

 

It’s just a perfect little accent to my porch set-up! What do you think? 

 

 

Happy Summering! 

Love-Juli

 

Other products used: fabric, PomPom trim, waverly paints, plastic hearts, gold liquid pearls, aqua Nuvo drops, foil bird sticker, cardstock.