Photo Holder with the Robin's Nest

Good morning and welcome to another fun filled craft 

project with the Robin's Nest.

The one thing I love the best of being a designer at the Robin's Nest is I get to try products I don't know I'd buy or maybe know of.  This month Robin's Nest has teamed up with Epiphany.  I had never heard of this company until I teamed up with Robin's Nest.   Yes, I know, where have I been?  In my box of goodies I received this punch and some framed metal charms.  Can we say "awesome".  Now I do allot of jewelry pieces and that's what came to mind at first but then I went into a total different direction after playing a bit.

Here is the punch and the metal frames.  So cool!

 

Then I gathered my papers and the mini dew drops for the project.  I love this crackled paper.  It has so much dimension and I just love dimension.

Using my cricut I cut out my letters from chipboard and the papers.

I actually cut the letters 2 times from the chipboard and Mod Podged them together to give them more stability and a thicker bond.

Then I covered the chipboard with the papers.

Next I printed out a picture of my two granddaughters and used the punch and the bubble caps to create the frames.

place the bubble cap over the picture that you have inserted into the punch

Close it up and punch.  Works like a "charm", hahaha.

Then I glued the bubble caps with the girls' picture into the metal frame using my E6000 and now they are forever embedded into those lovely frames 

While those were drying I went back to my chipboard letters and inked the edges

Now I needed some kind of a base to put this all together.  Remember, I am a firm believer in recycling.  I have purchased many stamps from Stampin' Up, but never use the wooden blocks they come with.  I like using my acrylic boards, so I have lots of these wooden blocks in my stash.  Perfect base...

I painted the wooden block and the backside of my chipboard letters black with some acrylic paint and glued the pieces together.  I also attached the tops of the letters together with some star brads and added a mini dew drop on the stars and around some of the letters.

Then I hot glued some clothes pins to the back of the "frame" to create my "photo holder" 

and here is my "OMA" photo holder.    

I absolutely loved making this.   

Thank you so much for coming over today and 

checking out another "useful" project.

I hope you go over to the Robin's Nest online store and check out all the awesome papers and embellishments she has and also 

head on over to Epiphany and get yourself some of 

these punches and frames and create something.

Clothespin Photo Holder

Good morning and Happy Labor Day,


Here is another submission for a project I did for Filekutz DT.  Have I told you that I am a new DT member and thrilled to death about it?  LisaJane's files are simply fabulous and very easy to put together.  This week I chose the Tanny Harley Girl Tear Bear and if you click on the link it will take you directly to the store where you can purchase her for $1.99.  She comes in all the formats for every kind of cutting machine, but she also comes in a pdf file for you to hand cut if you do not own a cutting machine.  Now, I have to say she was one of the EASIEST cuts to put together.  I am so thrilled how well it worked out, so here we go:

I started out with some over sized clothes pins that I 

got at Michael's in the dollar bin and painted them black.

I added the Harley Girl Bear to the front of 

the clothespin with some red tacky tape.

Here is a side view.  Make sure you attach your

cut to the clothespin upside down if that makes 

sense to you, because you want to use it as 

photo holder or in my case...

A gift card holder.  

I added the Harley Boy Bear to the front of 

the clothespin with some red tacky tape.

I even had some scraps of jean paper in my stash.

Isn't he just adorable also?

Don't they make an awesome pair?  

I am giving these as gifts to one of my very good friends,

both her and her husband own Harleys and I think 

these will be cherished forever...

I hope you will continue to come back and 

see more projects using Filekutz shop.