Angela Holt Designs Creative Design Team Hop: Glass Door Cabinet and Mini

Hello friends!  I'm so excited to be part of the Angela Holt Creative Design Team.  I get to share a post using my all time favorite company, Graphic 45!  YIPEE!  The Graphic 45 Collections we'll be working with through December are "A Proper Gentleman" and "A Ladies' Diary".
Se sure to hop on over and visit Angela Holt Designs and just click on the names below to see what the Creative Design Team has for you :)

 Be sure to visit each blog in the blog hop to get your secret word. You will then email the complete phrase to Angela Holt by sending it to thealteredpage@yahoo.com and put blog hop contest in the subject line!!  My word is "Graphic".

Angela Holt Designs

Virginia Dare Burnett
Jan Holland Hennings (you are here)
Jennifer Stahr
Shanna Shands
Scrappin Madge

I wanted to make an extra special project for all of you today so I designed my own Glass Door Cabinet.

I used "A Proper Gentleman" line, medium weight chipboard, Clear Polyester Super Sheets, Shadowbox die, Gold Spines by 7 Gypsies (Discontinued), Victorian Shrine pieces, Metal Brads and Hinges.  Label die and punch, Corked Vials, Antique door plate and knob, wooden beads, Black acrylic paint.
A closer look.

Album

Album opened

Top of album

Bottom of album

Close ups of the cabinet

Inside

One Life Shelf

Drawers

Right side of cabinet with an album

Knob

I've used a couple adhesives to hold it all together.  Helmar 450 Quick Dry works well for the chipboard and paper.  Beacon holds all the metal and polyester sheets in place.

I hope you're enjoying the hop and be sure to stop next week to see my "Ladies' Diary" Wardrobe!

A Proper Gentleman's Old Fashioned Main Street

Hello friends!  Wishing you all a Happy New Year and hoping all your dreams and goals come true in 2013!  I'm not sure if we'll be celebrating or staying home this year.  Most years we have stayed home tocelebrate the birthday of our youngest, Zach. who will be 16.  We adopted Zach and his three siblings, Marnie, Ernie and Kim when Zach was two.  Marnie and Ernie are off to college, Kim and Zach are the only kiddo's living at home.  I'm looking forward to being empty nesters in a few years :)
The Angela Holt Designs Creative Design Team has been working with on some awesome projects that are sure to inspire you.  Guess who the sponsor is for our first projects?  Graphic 45!  My favorite company and we'll be using their products through January!  Woot!
I have several projects completed that I'll start sharing on the 1st of January.  The official Blog Hop starts on January 7th! I made an extra so I could get you all in the mood for some Graphic 45 goodness!  Stop in tomorrow for a look at my house with working lights and " A Ladies' Diary" paper line.

I've used "A Proper Gentleman" by Graphic 45" and have used wooden houses to build an old fashioned main street.  The windows are Retro Cafe Art and I've embellished with some Tim Holtz.

Some close ups.

Sure hoping that you'll join us for the Blog Hop!

HAPPY 2013!

Quick Quotes Grid Challenge

Hello friends!  Are you up for a fun challenge?  The Challenge for Quick Quotes is to use a grid.  Grid challenge is to use a grid pattern formed by pattern paper blocks or strips on any project, card, layout or altered.
I decided to make a Gate Fold Mini Album and have used a grid on the top corners.  I’ve used the “OH SO” Color Vellum Quotes and cut it into pieces to add the the album.  Cardstock is Summer Samba and One Fine Day.





Powder Puff Chalking Ink:  Blue Hawaiian, Mango Mai Tai, Lemonade and Baja Blue.  The chipboard butterfly is Bag 0’ Chips.    Rosette die is Tim Holtz and the ribbons are Really Reasonable Ribbon.  Trinket Pin is Maya Road.  450 Quick Dry Adhesive is Helmar.

A Little Retro: Peace Man

Hello friends!  I couldn't help but to give my post the name "Peace Man!"  LOL!  Every time I look at my new retro lamp, it brings back childhood memories of mom sewing us girls Peace sign smocks.  Anyone remember these?  Anyway, I bought the lamp at an antique shoppe and it was originally a 7-Up soda can.  I decided to add some Graphic 45, "Olde Curiousity Shoppe, Optical Oddities" paper, a metal frame and number (Tim Holtz) and some chipboard wings by Basically Bare.  I've embossed the wings with black and silver WOW! embossing powder.

Cool, huh?

Really Reasonable Design Team Announcement

Hello friends!  I Have some super exciting news to share.  Really Reasonable Ribbon has announced the new Design Team.  Check out the list and I’m sure you’ll see some familiar names of some awesome designers!  Am I the luckiest girl ever???  I’ve was notified awhile ago but had to keep it hush, hush!  That’s always the hardest part, huh?  LOL!  It just wouldn’t be right to post this without including a project I made using RRR so here’s a keepsake box.  I used Seam Binding Log Brown and White Wrinkled Ribbon.  The door plate, knob and little bird nest have been hand molded and cast with resin.  I painted the box and knob with Glimmer Glam and misted the doorplate  with Glimmer Mist.





Really Reasonable Ribbon Design Team 11-2011 to 4-2012
 Main design team
Cheryl (returning) -http://sweeetdesignsbycheryl.blogspot.com/
Misty (returning) - http://mommyof5kidz.blogspot.com/
Judy - http://www.jarfullofjoy.blogspot.com/
Dawn - http://www.dawnscraft.com/
Joanna - http://scrap-making.blogspot.com/
Jan - http://papercraftpleasures.blogspot.com/
Emily - http://createserendipity.blogspot.com/
Corri - http://www.buglvr.blogspot.com/
 Special Event design team
Trudy (returning) - http://truesgiftsfromtheheart.blogspot.com/
Jeanne (returning) - http://inkypaws.blogs.splitcoaststampers.com/
Heidi - http://embellished-dreams.blogspot.com/
Gloria - http://www.gloriascraps.blogspot.com/
Here’s the products I used:
Really Reasonable Ribbon White Wrinkled Ribbon, Seam Binding Log Brown
Basically Bare Fanciful Frames
Angels Tattered Stiletto Black and Hayride Glimmer Glam, Hula Hoop, Black Magic and Olive Vine Glimmer Mist
Graphic 45 Le Romantique Collection
Prima Flowers
Tim Holtz (Hardware Legs)
Amazing Mold Putty (mold putty and resin)

Halloween Glove Found Digging Around In The Graveyard!

Hello friends!  We always go all out when decorating for Halloween.  There is a cemetery in the front yard with some caution tape wrapped around the fence that surrounds it.  This is a glove I made using making memories ribbon, Really Reasonable Ribbon, Baker’s Twine, a doily,a rosette and a skeleton.

Splitcoast Stampers: Crafty Secrets Challenge

Hello friends!  Joanne has a fun challenge going over at Splitcoast Stampers, Crafty Secrets Group.  Celebrate the New is the theme and so I decided to use the NEW Creating with Vintage Patterns CD and some Farm Fresh Creative Scraps.  I had this round tin and added a Tim Holtz Curio Knob to the lid.  Added some pearls, a little burlap a fun tag and waa-laa!

A Small Key Opens A Big Door

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Good morning to all my buddies.  Wishing you all a beautiful Friday!  We’re making some progress on the painting..15 gallons of paint so far.  The house is done and we’ve moved on to the corn crib.  I’m lucky my sister has been able to help but she’ll go back to work tomorrow and there is rain in the forecast. So, the paint will be flying today..LOL!
I made this 14” x 18” frame for Angela Pruitt, the owner of Basically Bare.  I’m so blessed to work with these great products!  I mixed in someGraphic 45, Prima and Tim Holtz.  Butterfly die is cut on canvas, applied therm-o-web to the back and then stuck it to fabric.  (Speaking of Thermo-o-Web..they have a design team call out if anyone is interested. I won’t be trying for this one as I already design for Glue Arts, which is an adhesive manufacturer.)  I've used Glue Arts, Hot melt Sticks and Accent-It All Vinyl in black and white.  The letters are cut with Cricut.