Christmas Mantel - at last!

My Christmas mantel was

a bit late in getting together-

by late, I mean not much has been done yet-

This is what I began with-
A beauty from Goodwill
and a coat of spray paint will do wonders!

I chose a holiday phrase and got busy on my cricut machine-
After spacing it out,

I painted over the stencil letters with some gray paint and then added my ascp

 in blue for a richer tone

I cut letters again with scrapbook music note paper-
Glued the letters down and then I edged them with silver glitter glue
to make sure those babies didn't move-

Once it was all dry

I added wire to the back and it was set to be the focal point on my mantel-

After I added my mercury glass pieces and

 some fresh greens and pre-lit candles 

I added these little babies-

Another score at goodwill

A strand of triple candle lights -

They were still in their original wrap and a whopping $1.99!

They attach to the greens with clips-

It's the perfect touch to add more sparkle to the mantel !!

Love the lights especially at night!

So festive, let the holidays begin!

Well, take care, gotta fly-

Boo boo!

Have you ever made something
and immediately you know it's wrong-

all wrong!

That happened to me awhile back-

Loved the idea- alot-

Not the creation, at all!

Don't get me wrong-

love the birds-

love the saying-

but the background paper was not right-

 frame too big-
seams show-
paper too small-
yuck-

But. I still loved the idea

so ....I changed it up and now I love it-

don't you?

Now, the birds, the saying, the scale, the mat

and the frame are in sync-

makes me feel so much better!!

Well, take care, gotta fly- Claire

A box is just a box!

An old box, just an old box. Found it at GW last summer. What to do,what to do with it? So, I painted it black and kept it that way for awile.  After the cricut coming into my life and my great love of monograms, a lightbulb turned on it my head.  So, I played around with sizing and cut out my monogram with some good ole' scrapbook paper.  Mod podged it onto the box and voila-here it is-I love it!!

Cricut crazy!!

I do love my cricut expression but I guess I'm a bit limited since it came with 2 cartridges- and I am not going shopping for more!!  So today I made me a  big ole' monogram to put over my headboard with chalkboard vinyl I had in the house-and it rocks!  I used the Cricut Classic Font cartridge that came with my machine and for the dots I used the colon sign button which cut 2 circles together at a time.  So, I took the old wreath down and stuck a big R up and I'm lovin' it!!  This cricut machine is gonna be fun!  Can't wait to start on V-day crafts!  Well, take care-gotta fly-Claire