Simple State Love Art

I just love when a simple project comes to together that still has a lot of heart.

I have been wanting to make some state love artwork for our living room for a while now.

My husband and I are both born and raised Tennesseans. We're proud of our state!

And we're not afraid to show it.

Since I still have several sheets of American Crafts red, white, and blue glitter paper lying around (did you see my Uncle's Sam's Hat Vase and USA Punched Cans?) I decided some state love art with a patriotic color scheme was in order.

USA Punched Cans (from paper!)

I think July 4th may be my favorite holiday to craft for.

Now, I may say this for every holiday when it rolls around, so take that statement with a grain of salt, but I do love working with red, white, and blue and creating crafts to show off our patriotism.

This faux punched cans project is a perfect example!

Its simple, patriotic, and uses my favorite holiday additive: glitter!

I love the corrugated glitter cardstock from American Crafts and as soon as I saw it I knew what I would make with it!

To make the cans you can cut the cardstock to any size you want. I went with 7"x12".

(The pile on the left.)

Pinterest Feature Friday - PFF #86

Hi All! Bev here with this week's PFF!

This week our special feature is Cassi from My Newfangledness!

Cassi has 69 Boards and 3565 pins! Let's take a look at some of those boards!

I am really in love with Cassi's I Hope Office and Craft Room Ideas board! I need to start one of these boards too - for my "someday" craft room!

Uncle Sam's Hat Vase

I have a super fun and EASY patriotic craft project for you today!

Seriously, the hardest part about this red, white, and blue decor is deciding whether you want Uncle Sam's hat to sit upright or upside down. (I still can't decide which way I like better. I would love your input!)

You don't need many supplies for this craft project, but I am pushing the need for glitter. 

When I think of July 4th I think of sparklers and fireworks which makes me think: GLITTER!!

So for this project I am using some of the glitter papers from American Crafts as well as their glitter tape and the Pebbles glitter stars.

You can use solid sheets of glitter, but I'm choosing to use some more decorative glitter paper.

The red strip glitter paper is perfect for Uncle Sam's hat. The blue polka dot glitter paper helps add a touch of whimsy to the brim of the hat. 

Boys of Summer Mini Album {Scrapbooking Tips & Tricks}

Way back in the day (almost 4 years ago!) this blog started out with a lot of scrapbooking projects and scrapbook-related tips and ideas. Then my crafting evolved, and I stepped outside of the world of paper. But I love going back to it when the opportunity arises!

Today I want to share some scrapbook tips and tricks to help making your crafting more efficient and, possibly, more fun! All while keeping it relevant and meaningful.

Can you believe this little handmade 6x6 mini album has a whopping 17 pages and more than 30 photos in it?

AND I made it all in one weekend? And, no, I wasn't home alone. Life still went on!

There was laundry, meals, playing with children, and all that goes on with normal life occurring with me sneaking in some scrapbook layouts during naptime, coloring time, and bedtime for my boys.

Here are my tips to help you GET.IT.DONE.

and make something you can be proud of while capturing all of the precious memories that have been made.

Scrap Stash Yard Sale - It's Back!

Hey guys! I hope you've all been having a great weekend. We've been doing a lot of playing!
I wanted to share, mostly for you Nashville-area folks, that there is going to be another Scrap Stash Yard Sale next weekend on June 15th. You may recall me talking about the first one we had back in February. It was a lot of fun and there was a LOT of great products for scrapbooking and crafting, both new and gently used, for sale for amazing prices!

There will be fourteen tables of goodies.

If you're in the area, be sure to come out!