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Craft Lightning Paint Chip Pumpkin Card and Party Bag

I’m so excited to be joining 15 minute Craft Lightning again! The theme for this Craft Lightning by The Country Chic Cottage, 30 Minute Crafts and 100 Directions is Halloween! My 15 minute craft was inspired by my awesome friend Laura Kelly!

If you are like me, you probably have paint chips lying around in your house! These orange, black and brown ones were perfect for these quick and super easy Paint Chip Pumpkins!
All you have to do is create your little pumpkin with the paint chips, goggly eyes, ribbon and glue (I used Aleene’s!) and stick it right on to your blank card! And then write you a spooky little note inside!

The same was done here using a cute little brown paper party bag! Perfect for Halloween Party Goody Bags! Inside this little party bag are a few little Halloween Lollipops from Lollipics!
Hope you liked these cute little Paint Chip Pumpkin Card and Bag decorations! These are quick and easy and perfect for the little ones to do!

Until next time……..

Happy Halloween Pumpkin Cut Out Art

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Halloween will be here before we know it! And I am super excited. I love to pull out the Halloween decorations!

While I was at Target one day, I saw a popup heart piece in the framed art section and I thought it was so cute. I had not seen anything like it with Halloween designs and I don’t think the heart one had any words. I thought I’d make a Halloween one with cute little pumpkins and a font that was a little ghoulish!
Materials needed:
A shadowbox frame
cardstock (I used four pieces….black, white, green, orange)
Aleene’s glue and a adhesive runner,
Electronic Cutting Machine (I used the Sizzix Eclips2)
Halloween .svg file that I created. (comment if you’d like the file)
Once my file was cut and removed from the cutting mat, I lightly folded the cut parts upwards. I also saved the inside pieces of the letters.
Once all of my pieces were folded up, I cut strips of orange and green just big enough to fit across the back of my 12×12 piece. I used green for the stems and orange for the pumpkins. Using an Aleene’s adhesive runner, I attached the strips to the back, being careful not the squash my folded up pieces flat.
Because the insides of the letters were small, I used Aleene’s Tacky Glue to glue those to the green.

After all of my pieces were put together, I placed them into 12×12 shadowbox frames.
This photo is just to show them from each side, so that you can see that the orange and green can be seen from under the folded upward pieces of pumpkin.
I love them both, but truth be told, the black one is my favorite. It looks more Halloween-ish!

I hope you liked my Happy Halloween Pumpkin Cut Art. If you’d like the .svg file, just let me know in a comment and I will be sure to get that to you!

Until next time……

Dresser Makeover with Modern Masters Metallic Paint

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Do you have an old piece of furniture that was either passed down from a family member or belonged to you or your spouse as a child? Does that piece of furniture need a makeover? Modern Masters Paint Company can help!

We have an old dresser that belonged to my husband when he was a child. It now sits in my eight year old’s room. It was originally a dark brown and I thought that it needed to be brightened up!

Landon’s favorite color right now is green. He likes any color green, but his favorite color is a bright green. Modern Masters had just the right color in their Metallics Collection. The color is Green Apple to be exact! And it is AWESOME! I also wanted to paint the handles, but I chose a different color to give it a little something extra. Landon is also a fan of the color blue and Modern Masters Venetian Blue was perfect.

I started this project by removing all of my handles and by priming all of the pieces that I was going to paint. On the jar of Metallic paint, the recommended primer was Zinsser’s Bulls Eye 1-2-3 Water-Base Primer. This was available at Lowes.

Once my primer was dry, I started applying the green apple metallic paint. Once it was dry, I painted another coat. I continued this until I was satisfied with the color covering.

Once my dresser and drawers were completely painted and drying, I painted my handles using the Venetian Blue. Then, I let everything dry over night.

To help seal and protect the Modern Masters Metallic Paint, I used Modern Masters Metallic Paint Collection’s Master Clear Acrylic/Polyurethane UV Protective Clear Topcoat. It made my project nice and smooth and dried completely clear.

Once everything was completely dry, I put my handles back together and screwed them back onto the drawers. I replaced the drawers into the dresser and voila! It was done and I fell in love with it!

I absolutely love Modern Masters Paints. They cover well and look fantastic. Landon had the biggest smile on his face when he saw the makeover that his dresser got. And it gives his room a great pop of color! There is just the right amount of shimmer in the paint for a kids room.

To find a Modern Masters Retailer near you, click here or you can purchase paints at their online shop.

Until next time…….

Modern Masters Front Door Paint

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The front door (and shutters) are some of the most noticeable parts of the exterior of your house! Needless to say, our door and shutters had been severely neglected and were in need of a much needed fresh coat of paint. Our shutters have been bleached from multiple power washings. While I was at SNAP! a few months ago, I met the awesome team from Modern Masters. Checking out their booth, I ran across this display about Never-fade Front Door Paint and a wide selection of 24 colors that you could choose from that suited you, a way that you could “Express Yourself”. I knew immediately which color I wanted, but of course, after running it by my husband, he helped me pick a different one! I totally wanted “Fortunate”, which is a bright green! As a couple, we settled on the color “Natural”, which is one of our favorite colors.
Once I returned from SNAP!, I contacted Modern Masters and they sent a jar of paint in the exact color that I wanted. Once it arrived, I went online and watched the online tutorials for painting your front door. You can see that youtube video Here. I didn’t realize that there was a certain way that you should paint a door. I used the same method to paint my shutters (which they told me was totally okay to do).

I can not say enough good things about Modern Masters Front Door Paint. I love that a little bit goes a long way. One jar was enough to cover my front door and four sets of shutters with two coats, with some left over. The drying time was very short, only needing one hour to dry between coats. The paint was thick and had very little to no splatters. There is also a handy dandy little app that you can download on your smart phone or tablet that can help you decide what color you like and works with your house.

Here are just a few of the pictures from the process! The front of my house gets the morning and early afternoon sun directly, so it takes a beating.

Here are the supplies that I used, plus painter’s tape to protect the areas I didn’t want painted.
This is the process that the video provided by Modern Masters recommends.
As you can see, my shutters were totally faded and were looking pretty bad. With two coats of Modern Masters Natural Front Door Paint, they look as good as new!
Modern Masters Front Door Paint has made my front porch look so much better, as well as the rest of the exterior of my house! And here is a picture of the front of my house!

Modern Masters Front Door Paint is available at selected Lowe’s and Ace Hardware. You can also buy it online via Amazon.com, HomeDepot.com or the Modern Masters Online Shop.

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Expressionery Wraps With World Market!

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Expressionery.com, Laura Kelly and World Market put together this awesome blog hop to show twenty ways to wrap World Market gifts with World Market wrapping and Expressionery.com personalized self inking stamps with Laura Kelly designs! Read on to see how I used my self-inking Expressionery.com stamp and World Market goodies provided by Laura Kelly, as well as some that I purchased myself! Below is a picture of the goodie box that was delivered by my awesome friend Laura Kelly!
After looking at my box of goodies, I made my way over to World Market to see what I could find to help with wrapping my gifts! There was a pouch of bath fizzers and a cute little jar in the box. I put the fizzers in the jar. While I was at World Market, I found an inflatable bath pillow. I thought this combination might make a great teachers gifts. After a long day, she could go home and take a nice relaxing bath. The orange tissue was included in my box, so I bought an adorable World Market gift bag to go with it. Laura also included some pink crinkle paper that i stuck in the bottom of the bag. Also, there were some awesome, sturdy gift tags. Using my Expressionery.com self inking stamp, I made that my personalized gift tag.
Placing the pink crinkle paper in the bottom of my bag, I added my jar of bath fizzers and the inflatable bath pillow, inserted my tissue paper, added my personalized gift tag and it was ready to go! I totally love the adorable World Market gift bags!
Also included in my box was some World Market coffee, tea and chocolate! During my trip to World Market, I purchased this cute COFFEE mug and some smaller gift bags (these came in a pack of 6).

Like with the bath gift, I did the same with the coffee gift, minus crinkle paper! Laura also provided the bright yellow tissue paper! I finished this gift off with a personalized gift tag too!

Be sure to check out these other great ways to wrap your gifts with World Market and Expressionery.com

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Back To School Picture Frame

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It’s time for Back To School at our house! Everyone takes the “First Day of School” photos of their kids, so I thought I’d jazz up our first day of school photos. I made this super easy “My first day of….” Photo Frame. My children go to a year round school, so they are back at school this week. My oldest is off to 3rd grade and my youngest is starting Kindergarten.
Materials:
Stakes (I purchased these from ACMoore in the wood department)
Krylon ColorMaster Paint+Primer (Benjamin picked the color Iris)
Adtech Hot Glue Gun and Glue Sticks
Letters & Aleene’s Tacky Line Runner

Using the color Iris from Krylon’s 2015 color palette, I spray painted my stakes. I did two coats.

Once my stakes were dry, I used my hot glue gun to glue my stakes together.
For the letters……you can use any store bought letters, cut your own by hand, or do what I did and use an electronic cutting machine. I absolutely love my Sizzix Eclips2 and am constantly cutting letters! I then used Aleene’s Tacky Line Runner to attach my letters to my frame.
Once my letters were attached, it was time for the Kindergartener, Benjamin, to get behind the frame!

Once the school year is over, I remove the “first” and replace it with “last”. And then, the next year, I change out the grade and replace “last” with “first” again.

Here is the one I made for my oldest son, Landon!

This project was made in 15 minutes or less for the Craft Lightning Back to School Blog Hop. Click the Craft Lightning Button to check out some other 15 minutes or less Back to School Crafts!

Hope you liked my “My first day” Frame!

Until next time……

Expressionery Bakes!

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Sweets, Sweets, Sweets! I love to bake them and with the help of Expressionery.com, Laura Kelly and The Bakers Party Shop sponsoring this awesome post, I was able to bake and decorate with awesome baking supplies and an adorable personalized self-inking stamp!

Getting inspiration from Pinterest, I made a Sunkist flavored cake, using a Betty Crocker box mix and a 12oz Sunkist. My boys love helping me bake, especially when I am using my Kitchenaid Mixer!
Ingredients:
1 Box of cake mix (do not add egg, oil, water)
12 oz of Sunkist

Follow instructions on the box for baking.
The Bakers Party Shop sent me adorable cupcake liners and mini pie pans. We decided to use them both, creating cupcakes and cupcake pies!
I love homemade cream cheese frosting, so I decided to make that and add the Orange Cream Flavoring and Electric Orange gel food coloring to make my frosting taste like and look oranges! Of course, they boys were excited to be able to eat any frosting that wasn’t being used!
Recipe:
8oz cream cheese, softened
1 stick of butter, softened
4 cups of powdered sugar
Orange Cream Flavoring, to taste
Electric Orange gel food coloring, to coloring liking

Mix the cream cheese and butter until smooth. Slowly add the powdered sugar. Once all combined, add in the flavoring and the food coloring.
The Bakers Party Shop also sent these beach themed candy molds and these adorable sprinkles! Using vanilla candies, I made candied shells and sea creatures to go on my cupcakes.
Expressionery.com supplied me with this adorable “Baked with a lot of Love – Katie & The Berry Boys” personalized self-inking stamp with art by my best friend, Laura Kelly! Included in my box of goodies from The Bakers Party Shop was some bakers twine, tags and adorable packaging.
I love all of the goodies from The Bakers Party Shop and the stamp from Expressionery.com.
You can get your very own personalized self-inking stamp from Expressionery.com.
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You can get your very own baking supplies from The Bakers Party Shop. The Bakers Party Shop is offering a 25% off promo with SUNSHINE25.

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And be sure to check out these other amazing ideas using supplies from The Bakers Party Shop and Personalized Stamps from Expressionery.com!

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