Happy National Scrapbook Day!!!! THANKS TO YOU!!!!!

Big THANK YOU to everyone who celebrated NSD Week
with us at The Little Blue House!We hope you had a blast creating with us! We truly have the BEST Customers Ever!!!

Please let our sponsors know how much you loved their prizes and give-aways!! Here is a list of all the vendors with links to their facebook pages and blogs!!

-NSD Vendor Sponsors-

-Fancy Pants Designs-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Fancy-Pants-Designs/41872462838?fref=ts

Blog: http://blog.fancypantsdesigns.com/

-Reverse Confetti-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ReverseConfetti?fref=ts

Blog: https://reverseconfetti.com/blog/

-Simple Stories-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Simple-Stories/165440590159324?fref=ts

Blog: http://www.simplestories.com/blog

-American Crafts-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/americancrafts

Blog: http://americancrafts.typepad.com/studio/

-Echo Park-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/EchoParkPaper?fref=ts

Blog: http://www.echoparkpaperblog.com/

-Bella Blvd-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Bella-Blvd/206387646283?fref=ts

Blog: http://www.bellablvd.typepad.com/

-Jillibean Soup-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JillibeanSoup?fref=ts

Blog: http://www.jillibeansoup.typepad.com/

-Maya Road-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/mayaroad?fref=pb&hc_location=profile_browser

Blog: http://mayaroad.typepad.com/mayaroad/

-Authentique-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/AuthentiquePaper?fref=ts

Blog: http://blog.authentiquepaper.com/

-Queen & Co.-

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/queenandcompany?fref=ts

Website: http://www.queenandcompany.com/

Food &  Refreshments Sponsors

We hope you enjoyed all the yummy goodies we served at the NSD Create-a-thon. 

Mi Pueblo Mexican Restaurant
Website:  http://chavezfoods.com/

Poppin Shop
Website: http://thepoppinshop.com/

Cupcake Loco
Website: http://cupcakeloco.com/

Thank you for spending National Scrapbook Day with
The Little Blue House! :)

Keep Creating,

Miss Tracy & the LBH Gals

www.thelittlebluehouseonline.com

Fancy Pants is Coming to the LBH!

Only a few more Days till Fancy Pants arrives at The Little Blue House!! We are so Excited to Celebrate National Scrapbook Day with Jodi & Jarred from Fancy Pants!

 

We have 3 Workshop held by Jodi while she is here in town and she is also bringing lots of extra class kits from layouts, cards, mini-books and more!!

 

 

Jarred has been working hard putting together Fancy Product Bundles for this Weekend! They are bringing lots of great product bundles to sell for a great Deal!! You will want to stock up on all the best Fancy Pants products while your in the HouSe this weekend!!!

 

 

and the Fancy fun continues....
 We will have the new Flutter Collection and Office Suite Collection in the HouSe this Weekend! These 2 new collections from Fancy Pants are absolutely fabulous!! You will create with these in some of Jodi's workshop or kits you may purchase too!!!  

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Did you know one of our own LBH Team Members is also on the Design Team for Fancy Pants?? Vicki Chrisman, and LBH Media Team Designer has been designing for Fancy Pants for awhile now! We just love her style and the way she repurposed this vintage clock using the new "Flutter" Collection from Fancy Pants!

 

We hope you join us the NSD Week and Get Fancy! For all the details on these workshops visit the tab at the top of the blog
"Let's Get Fancy Workshops"

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NSD DEAL OF THE DAY

Enjoy 25% off all Stamps and Die-cuts today at the LBH! We are open from 10am-9pm today, Tuesday April 28th

 

Happy NSD Week,

LBH Gals

The Little Blue House 12 Days of Christmas Ornaments: Day #6

Hi there! Valerie Bishop here with ornament #6 of the LBH 12 Days of Ornaments! I am one of the Front Porch Kit Designers and I'm excited to be joining in on this feature! For me, this year is all about clean and simple and my ornament reflects that! We got rid of our huge tree that we've had for several years and we decided to go with a small (white!) tree this year and I can't wait to hang my new ornaments on it - they will look awesome!! I collect and display bottlebrush Christmas trees so I wanted to make an ornament that has a tiny bottlebrush tree inside of it. I got my inspiration from Pinterest and love the way these came together!!

Here is a list of products and tools you will need

Small bottlebrush trees (I used Fancy Pants brand - just make sure the base will fit into the ornament)
Old Fashioned Lightbulb fillable Ornament
Chunky Glass Glitter
Tinsel Twine (I used Tim Holtz)
Silver Tinsel
Red and White Twine
Hot Glue Gun
Long Tweezers

Take the top off the ornament and test to make sure the base will fit inside of it - don't worry if the tree is larger - the brush will bend up easily.

Get your tree ready on your tweezers (It stays on the tweezers easily)

Then add just a little dab of hot glue to the bottom of the base of the tree - make sure to get it right on the bottom so it's not oozing over as it will scrape against the inside of the ornament and you will get the glue all over the inside (I know this from experience! But it's easy to pull off with the tweezers if you do get some on the sides!).

Slowly put your tree inside your ornament using your tweezers until it sits on the bottom. Wait until the glue dries then you can arrange your tree if it's a bit crooked using your tweezers. If you can see in the bottom photo I did get a glob of glue on the side (this was the first ornament I made so I didn't go slow enough!!). I was able to pull it off the side easily with my tweezers once the glue had dried!

After the glue has dried (it just takes a few minutes) add about a teaspoon or two of the glitter glass into the ornament. I don't have a small funnel, so I made my own by just rolling up a piece of scrap paper

I added just a about 4 pieces of tinsel inside the ornament (if you add too many you can't see the tree!). I wound into a small ball, then pushed it inside the ornament. It expands beautifully inside and gives just a little bit more texture and glam!!

 I then put the top back onto the ornament and I hot glued a piece of the Tim Holtz Tinsel twine around the top to ensure that the top will not pop off

Tie a bow with the bakers twine to the top of the ornament and your done!! For my white trees, I used a different color of twine and in one of them I added tiny blue micro beads.

Thank you so much for stopping by and I hope you've enjoyed my tutorial!

You will also have a chance to WIN an ornament each day! Simply leave a comment on each daily post and one lucky commenter will be chosen each day to take home that specific ornament! Share with me today one of your favorite holiday traditions.

Join us and let's make it the best Hand-made Holiday ever! All the featured ornaments will be on display on our Christmas Tree at the Little Blue House!

Be sure to become a follower TODAY on the LBH Blog to ensure you don't miss out on this Holly Jolly free tutorials!!!
I hope you have a Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays!!

Valerie

CONGRATULATIONS to the DAY #5 WINNER:
SCRAPAHOLIC KK

Please contact the LBH to claim your ornament

The Little Blue House 12 Days of Ornaments: Day #5

Hey Ornament Makers....Nat (the 2nd 1/2 of The Blue Crew) here with a fun and simple paper frame ornament. I'm not going to lie....I instantly felt the pressure when I was asked to design an ornament for this 12 day feature. Have you seen the LBH Ornaments in the past? A lot of talent to live up to. So, THANK YOU Miss Tracy and the LBH girls for including me in this fun feature.
 Let's get to it, shall we?

Paper Frame Ornament

My ornament features fun, paper frames that are available with lots of paper collections. I'm designing with frames by Fancy Pants Designs - the Oh Deer Collection.

Gather N Get:

1 FPD paper frame from the "Oh Deer" collection
 (I used the "It's the most Wonderful Time of the year" frame)

Reverse Confetti Dies: Circle Garland, Tagged Tote (I used the tiny bow), Oh My Stars

Die Cut tree (I used a tree from Silhouette Design #50884)

Coordinating papers - 1 for frame background, 1 for back of ornament/frame,
1 for bow/Christmas Tree

Scrap of yellow paper for star

White Cardstock for Circle Garland die

Wink of Stella in Silver

Queen & Co Pearls in "Berry Red" and "Shamrock Green"

Yellow Stickles

Glitter gel pens

Liquid adhesive, ATG gun, pop dots, paper trimmer

1/16" hole punch

Red paper twine

Let's Make It:

The measurements in this tutorial are specific to the frame I used. If you use a different frame, you will need to cut your papers specific to that size.

Die cut 3 Circle Garland and "paint" with Silver Wink of Stella. Use a heat gun to dry and "paint" with another coat. This will give a stronger metallic look. Heat set again with your heat gun and set aside.

Die cut the middle size star from the "Oh My Stars" RC die from your scrap of yellow paper. Embellish your tree with varying sizes of red pearls and the die cut star. Apply yellow stickles to the star and set aside to dry.

Place your frame face side down and place your garland (silver side down) in a "zig zag" pattern. You will have trim off excess garland that overlaps the frame. Apply glue to the ends of the garland and secure to frame.

Cut a 2 1/2" x 3 1/2" of coordinating paper. I used the grey tonal polka dot pattern from a 6x6 FPD "Oh Deer" paper pad. With your ATG gun, apply adhesive on the very edge of the FRONT side of the paper. Make sure the tape is as close to the edge as possible as you don't want the tape to show through on the frame. Adhere the paper to the frame.

Now, to cover up your work on the backside of the frame, cut a coordinating piece of paper (I used the solid red from the same paper collection) just shy of 3" x 4 1/2". Adhere paper to back of the frame

From the same paper that you cut your tree (or any other coordinating paper), die cut the tiny bow from the RC "Tagged Tote" die. Apply glue to the center of the bow and adhere to the top center of your frame. Adhere a large green pearl to the center.

Use pop dots to secure your tree in the center of the frame and on top of the sparkly garland.

Using your hole punch, punch two holes at the top of your ornament for your hanger. Run red paper twine through the holes and tie a knot to secure at the holes. I love the look of the knots on the front side of the frame...gives it a little bit of rustic character.

Add a little doodling/shimmer to the sentiment and bottom of the frame with the glitter gel pens to finish the ornament. 

Thanks so much for joining me today and letting me share my Paper Frame Ornament. Don't forget to comment below for your chance to WIN this ornament to add to your tree this year! I'd love to hear how you decorate your tree at the holidays......is your tree a variety of ornaments collected through the years? Are you a solid bulb ornament tree decorator? Personally, we have a variety of ornaments....I love decorating the tree each year and remembering the stories that surround each ornament.

Merry Crafting!!!

Nat

CONGRATULATIONS to the DAY #4 WINNER:
Debbie Kahler

Please contact the LBH to claim your ornament