Fall Themed Sunflower Canisters

Hello, Crafty Friends!!

I'm here with the Lori Whitlock Creative Team to bring you September's Monthly Blog Hop!

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Today, for my project, I decided to make some fall decor that is both pretty and functional with these Fall Themed Sunflower Canisters.

Gorgeous Kitchen decor made with this simple sunflower. 

Super easy to piece together with a huge WOW FACTOR! Just add some raffia and plaid ribbon and you have Classic Country Chic!

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from the Silhouette Store.

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~MITSYANA

Christmas Sleigh Favor Boxes

Hello Crafty Friends!! 

Can you believe Christmas is here already?!! How crazy is that? Where did the time go? I could have sworn it was just Halloween!

Anyway, today I'm back with DCWV to share these adorable Christmas Sleigh favor boxes with you all. If you regularly follow me, you may remember me mentioning that each year the women on my husband's side of the family gift each other handmade gifts on Christmas day. I originally was going to make everyone these amazing tea cups I made in a previous post HERE.

But, I saw this darling sleigh and needed to have it!! What a great occasion to break it in. These favors definitely give a "WOW" factor!

For such an awesome project I needed to some of my favorite stacks...

Christmas Plaid

Christmas Cranberry

and also...

Embossed Foil Stack (DCWV)

Other Supplies

Big Shot (Sizzix)

Brenda Walton's Sleigh Favor Box (Sizzix)

 Creative Station Lite (Xyron)

Chipboard

Red & White Bakers Twine

Glossy Accents (Ranger)

Glitter Enamel Dots

Holly Leaves (Prima Marketing)

Cellophane Bags

 I started by first trimming down my material down to a die-cuttable size. This is a sizzix L die so I like to cut my material down to 5.5" x 8.25". This way I can get two sets of cuts with one 8.5"x11" piece of paper. 

I love how lots of the DCWV stacks complement and coordinate with each other... for my sleigh I used a combination of gorgeous papers from both the Christmas Plaid and the Cranberry Christmas stacks and for a little added shine, also used the Embossed Foil stack as well.

I layered the paper (print side down) then chipboard onto my die and run it through my die-cut machine all together.

I needed 2 sets of cuts... but I needed my second set to mirror my first. To get the mirrored cut I simply flip my paper over to the other side.

For quick and easy adhesive I ran my die cut pieces through my Xyron Creative Station.

Then applied them to their coordinating chipboard pieces. Remember to flip over one of the chipboard sleighs to get the "mirrored" cut.

To assemble the carriage of the sleigh, I used a clear liquid adhesive. Hot glue also will work for this step. Just make sure the glue is super hot, otherwise it may cool too fast to adhere properly. 

I also die cut this panel out of more patterned paper to cover the inside and back and front panel of the carriage. I cut the piece into separate segments, using the crease marks as guides.

Then ran those pieces through my adhesive machine and adhered to the carriage.

This die also came with a flower die cut as well... I opted for a two layered flower with contrasting pattern to make them pop. Then added an enamel dot for the center and 2 holly leaves.

I filled each sleigh with delicious Ghirardelli peppermint bark. I can fit 4 squares it to this box easily. I placed each in a cellophane bag and tied them close with bakers twine.

These were so worth a little extra time to create. I know the family will absolutely love them!

Mixing and matching several patterns made all the sleighs unique and one of a kind. There are no identical sleighs!

 I hope everyone enjoyed this project and has 

a very Merry Christmas!!

~ Mitsy

Ebrushed Hay Display

Hello Crafty Friends! This will be my first official post as an eBrush Design Team Member. As a busy mommy of four I need  my craft projects to be super quick & easy yet still fabulous. And, today I chose to do a stenciling technique. Stenciling allows for you to practically personalize any and everything. 

Supplies Needed:

Mini Hay Bale

Plastic Sheets/ Stencil Film

Electric Die Cutter

eBrush 

Black Sharpie Marker (or color of your choice)

Using your electric die cutter, cut a stencil using your plastic sheet. For this stencil I used a free font called Big Top.

Remove plastic packaging from your bale. Position stencil as desired. You may need double sided adhesive or spray adhesive to help keep stencil in place. If you don't have adhesive available hold stencil down firmly with one hand, 

With your eBrush and Sharpie, spray stenciled lettering onto bale. I chose a black  Sharpie because I wanted it to be bold and just pop off the bales.

When done with all the letters remove stencil and...TA-DAH... instant signage!!

This makes me "HAPPY"! Pun totally intended! 

For my complete message I chose the phrase HAPPY FALL Y'ALL... It works great for both Halloween and Thanksgiving themes and complements the rest of my holiday decor. 

Remember,you don't have to eBrush "words"... This project would look great as a monogram too!

Hope this project inspires you to embrace your stencils and your eBrush and take your machine outdoors for awesome projects! 

Happy eBrushing!!

~Mitsy