Taking Time

I will be taking some time off...

Please visit my main blog Blessed and Distressed for more inspiration.

See you soon.

Sheila

You Hold the Key

Happy Valentine's Day!  Here is a cute and fun project to give to your special loved one today or any day...  You hold the Key to my Heart!

Supplies Needed:

Paper Mache Heart

Cream Paint

Glitter Paint

Distress Ink

Seam Binding

Bits of Vintage Lace, Rick Rack, Buttons, Key

(whatever makes your heart happy)

Vintage Journal Paper

Glue Gun

Paint Brush

Paint heart and let dry.

Add distressing ink to the heart to age it.

Add glitter paint over the top. 

Print out your words on vintage journal paper.

Then add your vintage treasures and words to complete your heart.

This heart I will be giving to my special someone today... and it will be hanging up year round as a small reminder of our love.

Wishing you all a creative day, sweet friends.

Exclusive Kit for February

This month Sarah, brings you a Vintage and New Paper Doilie Kit for all your crafting needs.

Sarah as put together a little kit mixed with vintage and new paper doilies that are perfect for mixed media arts, scrapbooking and more.

You will receive 8 different doilies, 3 heart shaped and five round doilies.

Click here to grab yours now!

Wishing you all a beautiful day.



Patterned Paper Tutorial

Hi there! I am happy to be here again with you as today’s Guest Gardener. My home blog is Kids Napping? I’m Scrapping! and I’d love to have you visit after you’ve soaked up all the sweet ideas and tutorials here on The Creative Patch.

Valentine’s Day, my favorite holiday, is upon us. All of my favorite things celebrated on one day: love; hand-delivered mail; flowers; chocolate; romantic picnics; the colors pink, white, and red, kisses; gift-giving; baking; bling (adhesive gems or diamonds are both winners with me); love notes; and hearts.

I love Valentine’s Day crafting, and today I will be sharing how to make your own patterned paper to use on your projects.

You will need:
light, neutral-toned cardstock (you could even use music sheets)
ink pads or paint
rubber or acrylic stamps

After you’ve gathered your supplies:

Ink the stamp of your choice:Start stamping on your cardstock:Be sure that the images are somewhat offset. It is more pleasing to the eye and looks more natural.To stamp on the edges, you will need a scratch piece of paper:Put the scratch sheet of paper behind your patterned paper:Now, stamp the edge of the paper allowing the other edge of the stamp to come off the edge. This will give the patterned paper a continuous look:Once you have completed stamping your paper:You can take a very, fancy pen for coloring:a nearby crayon will work fine, too, if all of your crafting supplies are still in boxes. ;)
Voila! You are all done:I used my paper to make a heart.
I took a chipboard heart to use as a template:I traced the heart on the back:Cut out my heart with scissors:And now? There is a naughty message for my husband on the fridge:;)

Love Notes

Open publication - Free publishing - More antique

Here is a little love from all of here at the Creative Patch.....

We you enjoy!

Heather, Sarah & Sheila

Digital Download

Sharing some Digi Love with you all....

Enjoy,

Sheila

Heartfelt Banner

Do you love sweet heart doilies and creamy vintage buttons? 

Here is a sweet heartfelt banner that is a fun, easy and beautiful way to tell those special people in your life how much they mean to you.

Supplies Needed:

Assorted Doilies

Ink Pad - I used Van Dyke Brown Ink Pad

Alpha Stamps

(you can also hand write sweet messages instead of stamping)

Twine

Maya Road Heart Stick Pins

Vintage Buttons

Stamp (or write) sayings on each doilie.

After completing each doilie, now is the fun part...

Add vintage buttons to a stick pin and pin each heart on the twine.

Then hang up and enjoy....

If you want something a little more colorful, spritz Tattered Angels Glimmer mist on doilies "coloring" them your favorite color.  Let them dry and then add your stamps and complete with colored stick pins and buttons.

Wishing you all a creative day.

Sheila

Bottlecap Blooms

I love flowers.  What girl doesn't?  But, this being the month of January...there aren't too many flowers blooming these days.  I miss flowers.

What's a girl to do?  How about make your own blooms...an easy-peasy project, I promise.

Supplies needed: pages from an old book, bottlecaps, scissors, glue, magnets, glitter{I used Stickles}, a 1-inch hole punch, a circle cutter.

Now I don't own a circle-cutter, so I had to make my circles the old-fashioned way.  Placing several book pages in a stack, I traced around the top of a mason jar to make a circle and then I cut around it. Holding my circle pages together, I cut from the edge towards the center, all around, creating "petals".

Then, I scrunched my paper flowers a bit {I also sprayed one with TatteredAngels Glimmer Mist and inked another...optional steps} and glued a bottlecap to the center.

I used a variety of embellishments to place in the bottlecaps.  One bottlecap, I chose to print out "seek joy" and use my hole punch to make a center.  I also used a stamp and a pre-made die-cut image.  I glued the centers to the inside of the bottlecaps and then placed an epoxy dot{optional} on top of them. 

You could use just about anything...a vintage button, a bingo calling number, a flower, or even an old clip-on earring.  Whatever you want.  I made magnets out of my blooms, but you could use them without as an embellishment for a card or scrapbook layout.

I found it worked best to glue each "flower" page to the next...creating layers.  On the back, I glued another bottlecap with a magnet glued to it. 

And for just a bit of shimmer, I added some Stickles{cinnamon} to the edges of my petals.  And there you have it..."fresh" flowers for wintertime!

Keep on blooming!

Simple Seashell Heart Ornaments

I've always had a fondness for the gorgeous Sailor's Valentines of yesteryear.

Hundreds of tiny shells, placed ever so carefully in a beautiful pattern...

I can only imagine how long they must have taken to complete.

Just breathtaking!

These heart ornaments are fun, simple, and much less time-consuming!

Supplies:

Cardboard scraps

Assorted small seashells

Clear-drying liquid glue (such as Elmer's or Tacky Glue)

Strong scissors or an exacto knife

Twine or string

First, cut a heart shape from the cardboard.

Then, decide on a pattern and glue the shells in place.

Let dry completely and add a string loop to the back for a hanger.

Make a bunch to decorate a Valentine's Day tree, or to tie onto gifts!

January Exclusive Kits

We are pleased to offer our January Exclusive Kits to get your New Year off to a creative start. 

Heather has created this creamy goodness...

Vintage Petite Inspiration Kit - Snowy Whites

A lovely little tin full of fabulous vintage jewelry bits to add to your

creations. 

Items are made of glass and plastic and include beads,

cabochons, and rhinestones ~ in gorgeous shades of white and cream.

Limited Quantities.  Click here to order your Vintage Petite Inspiration Kit - Snowy Whites.

I am excited to offer....

Nesting Inspiration Bracelet Kit

This kit kincludes all the pieces to creating your own Nesting Inspiration Bracelet.

(see one example of a completed bracelet below)

Complete instructions will be included to create your nest charm and beautiful bracelet.  You can purchase your Nesting Inspiration Bracelet Kit Here.

This year, Sarah, Heather and myself are working on some wonderful new things, in addtional to our creative tutorials, that we can't wait to share with all of you!

Wishing you all a creative day!

Sheila

Little Girl Cape and Leg Warmers Tutorial

Okay I have to confess, I LOVE redesigning sweaters.  After taking a class taught by Charlotte Lyons at Silver Bella over two years ago, I have been hooked.  Charlotte taught us to make hats and I went home and made five!  Then, I started making scarves and have had sooooooo much fun.  This year I saw 100 scarves leave my hands to keep others warm.  All made from sweaters.  

When I began making the scarves, my daughter, Kitt, wanted one for herself.  I knew that a 3 year old would never keep a scarf on longer than a minute so instead of a scarf, I made this... 

She enjoys wearing it but I thought it was time for an update....

Here's what you do...

Find a round neck wool sweater, wash and dry on hot, and you are ready....

Cut half way across and then fold the sweater so both sides are even....

Set your sewing machine on the zig zag and sew the edge....

The edge will naturally ruffle.

Add some little lovelies and you're finished!

With the extra part from the sleeves, zig zag the tops and you have a pair of leg warmers!

Add some lace, trim, anything!

I was so happy to hear that she wants to wear them to dance on Tuesday!  

(NOTE:   I cut the collar out for this one and then did a zig zag stitch because the neck hole was too small after it was washed.)

Happy Upcycling!