Jana's October Kit Workshop: Give Thanks Doorhanger

Hi there! I LOVED the acrylic page in the kit this month and wanted to figure out something to do with it. I decided to make a sweet little door hanger to hang on our back door during the Thanksgiving holiday.


Now, unfortunately, I usually do my creating in the wee hours of the morning, so I didn’t get good pictures of the steps of this project, but I have included detailed instructions if you’d like to make one yourself. This is what you need to do.

1) Begin by painting the edges of your acrylic page with white acrylic paint. I used a paintbrush to get into the nooks and crannies. Allow to dry completely.

2) Cut a 4.25″ circle of the Graphic 45 – Domestic Goddess “Happy Homemaker” paper. Cut and adhere a 1.25″ strip of Webster’s Pages -Nature’s Storybook “Violette Wings” to the center of the circle. Adhere to the BACK of your acrylic page.

3) Next cut out and adhere the transparency with the dark red, flourish border and the blue birds. Adhere to the FRONT of the acrylic page centering it top-to-bottom and side-to-side.

4) Choose several paper flowers (I shimmered mine up a bit with Gold Glimmer Blingz by Shimmerz) from the kit, layering them together and securing with a brad. Glue the paper flowers to the red felt flower from the kit. Glue to the center of your project. Add two paper leaves to either side of the flower.

5) Use the My Little Shoebox letter stickers to create your sentiment. I adhered the word “Give” straight along the top, and then curved the word “Thanks” underneath.

6) Thread the lace trim through the top of the acrylic page to create the door hanger. Cut a length of the green leaf trim and add it to the lace trim before tying a knot.

7) Attach a smaller red felt flower to the center of the knot with another brad.

Kristin's October Kit Workshop:Framing

What you need for this workshop:
October kit
Dark mist
Decorative scissors
Sewing machine

First cut strips of paper that you like about 1 inch wide and then cut on one of the sides with your decorative scissors


Then I misted the background to make it a little darker:


Next I adhered the rest of my papers down and my picture down making sure I left enough room around the picture and the edges of my LO for the border….then I started sewing the paper down and ripping off pieces as I went…

And this is the finished LO:


I hope you try this fun and easy technique!!!!

Pardon our dust…while we create a new look!

I’m sure you have noticed the blog has a new look… or several new looks (I’m trying to find the perfect and most useful layout) I am working on changing things around a bit here… hopefully it will make all of our information easier to find and more enjoyable to look at. Over the next few weeks you will see some changes and modifications happening to the blog, and other Urban Anthology sites… Please pardon our “virtual dust” as we make these changes. And if something goes TERRIBLY wrong, please don’t hesitate to email me at kari@urban-anthology.com to let me know… or if you don’t see something show up that you like let me know and on the flip side, if something is missing that was once there please let me know as well… and I will see what I can do!

Working hard to make things better! Thank you for your patience.

Challenge 3 Voting NOW OPEN!

Voting is NOW OPEN! Take a look at all the fantastic entries, and choose who you thought best represented their sketch! For a closer look visit our GALLERY with all of these fantastic layouts. Voting is open until Midnight Thursday, October 15 2009. Good Luck!

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Got Talent Challenge 4

I can’t believe we are already on Challenge #4. For those of you who are just joining us, we are on the hunt for our next design team. It’s not too late to join in… simply complete all 5 challenges that will be posted right here on our blog by Midnight, October 22, 2009 in our gallery! It’s that simple. You can check out all the details and a list of all the challenge posted to date, click here. And please join us in the forum, we are having a blast… Now… it’s time to announce our 4th Challenge in the Got Talent Search. Good Luck!

It’s time to challenge your color sense… Using one of the three color options I have posted below, create a MULTI-PHOTO layout. The layout must use one of these 3 color groups, and must use all the colors provided in the group. Other colors may be present on the page, but the 4 colors in the group you chose must be the main colors represented in your layout. When posting your layout in the gallery, please tell us which color group (1, 2, or 3) that you used (though it should be pretty obvious!) Good Luck… And don’t forget the voting starts Saturday for the Challenge 3 Layouts!

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Group 1: Pumpkin, tan, teal, dark tan Group2: Sky Blue, Lime Green, Red, Brown Group 3: Plum, Offwhite, Golden Yellow, Dark Grey

Thrifty Thursday: Paper Shapes

Another way to use those fun different paper shaped papers that are out right now ….us it as a mask …either use the backside of the paper if you do not want the mist on the right side of the paper or as I did I cut mine out of chipboard …..have fun with this one!!!!

Sketch of the Week 10/07/09

How ’bout a little white space LO this week using the UA Sept. kit …….

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It Leaves you Breathless, October 2009 Kit

I know many of you have been lurking around here just WAITING for this final reveal to go up… I think the full moon has taken control of my lift this past week… but I have managed to get this together… there are just a couple left in the store, so grab yours today. Or sign up for the kit club, to ensure you get a kit each and every month.

Take a look at this months kit, you can get a list of all the goods in our store. And remember these kits come with EXCLUSIVELY designed tags, by the one and only Keri B. (Jade). Also, this month we will be featuring some overlays that coordinate with the tags!

Technique Tuesday: String Up an Accent!

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For today’s technique I decided to play around with string.
I traced a nested star shape in graduating sizes on my page and then placed mini brads at each tip of the star.
Next, I used black string to “connect the dots”. I added some pearls and gems to the tops of the brads for some color.
Infact, I went a little crazy with those pearls . . . so much fun! Hehehehehe!


Here’s another sample using string on a card I did a few years back.

Give it a try and see what you can come up with! It’s lots of fun!
Jana

Got Talent Challenge 2 Poll

Come vote for the second challenge, in the Got Talent Search for the next Urban Anthology Design Team. Remember, the challenge was to use up their OLD supplies… Choose 1, and the poll closes at Midnight October 7, 2009.

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