Southern Scraps

I'm having fun making gift card holders . I used the sketch at Friday Sketchers for this one. The image is from MFT and is colored with copics. The papers are by Cosmo Cricket.  Crazy for Challenges is having a Christmas challenge so I'll be linking up there too. Thanks for looking.

I used the sketch over at Papertake Weekly as inspiration for the design on this gift card holder . Papers are by DCWV and stamps are by MFT. I colored with copics. Directions for making these card holders can be found HERE .   Thanks for looking. I have a couple of gift card holders listed in my shop .

Last time I posted I shared the rattan balls that are part of my fall decor. Now I'm sharing "the rest of the story" LOL. This is the bookshelf behind my couch, which is pretty much what you see first when you enter my home. I framed the "Stay Calm and Gobble On" from Craftily Ever After   printable in the frame that hubby painted for me with the leftover Krylon paint from the potted trees pr oject, picked up a new arrangement (on sale at Big Lots), a pumpkin with words, and some gourds and pumpkins (70 cents each at Big Lots). I put the pumpkins in the candle holders that are part of my every day decor. I couldn't find any orange/yellow colored candles but I like the pumpkins and gourds. I did order some amber colored candles from Crate and Barrel that arrived last night but I think I'll leave what I've got. This is all so simple and quick to do. I haven't changed the decor since we moved into this house four years ago but I've been inspir...

When I took down the Halloween decorations, I wasn't ready to put up my newly made hurricane vases . I wanted to continue to use them. So I decided to use them to display some fall/ Thanksgiving theme decorations. I wanted to add some warm browns and coppers to my decor, so I got some of the rattan balls from the Dollar Tree. I purchased some spray paint from the clearance section of Michael's - Valspar Odds n Ends fast dry enamel in copper and Valspar suede interior mid brown. The copper was a small can and you can tell in my close up photos that I really needed another one to do another coat, but from a distance the balls look good in the vase and I'm pleased. I really like the suede paint too and I'm looking for something else to paint. I painted all of the balls in the packages (2) and had more than I needed for the vase, so I put the extras in a dish on the bottom shelf of my bookshelf/sofa table. Here's my vase and balls ( and you're getting a sneak peak ...

I'm popping in with a card I made for a couple of challenges. I am not playing with the challenges nearly as much as I used to be but I am working on my Christmas cards and I'm incorporating a challenge here and there when I can. Charisma Cardz and Critter Sketch both issued challenges for Christmas cards. I made this  Christmas card  using MFT stamps ( Santa Baby) and Basic Grey papers. It's a fun little card for your special guy- the inside reads "All I Want for Christmas is you." Papers: BasicGrey Eskimo kisses Stamps: MFT Tools: Nestibilities label, Copics Accents: ribbon, flower, button

I was searching through my old project photos and found this cute little decor that I made a few years ago for a swap. The photo is not great because I was not blogging then and didn't have a good camera. I thought I'd share it anyway. I got the wood base, pegs, and letters at Wal-mart. The scarecrow was probably a Dollar Store item. I painted the letters and pegs and base. I should have painted the scarecrow's peg but I see now I didn't. I layed each letter down on scrapbook paper and traced them. I cut out the paper and decoupaged (Mod Podge) the paper to the letters. I decorated with some leaves, berries, ribbon and stickers. This is another fairly quick and easy project. Thanks for looking. I'll be linking up to the parties on the side.

I finally got around to trying this quick little craft today. This is so easy - I don't know why I put this off so long. I wanted to make magnets for another note and tote set I'm working on. I have three sizes of glass pebbles because I couldn't decide what was best when I was shopping for this project. Two of them came from Michaels and one bag from Dollar Tree. I decided to use all three once I got them out and realized how easy this was. I used "scrap" scrapbook paper and circle punches. I decoupaged the circles to the back of the pebbles and then adhered magnets and thumb tacks with E6000. This is by no means a new idea or craft- these are all over blog and internet land. Here's a shot of what I started with: Here are my finished products: Since I have a school teacher and a student in the family, I'm going to be making more for stocking stuffers. This takes just minutes, except for the drying time. Don't have even a few minutes to spar...