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Wednesday, January 22, 2014

An Artful Kitchen

I had a few photo frames I wasn't using and a little space in my kitchen that needed some love.  Thank goodness for Stampin' Up! and their amazing Designer Series Paper!

My yellow walls match perfectly with the Eastern Elegance DSP paper.  To get started, I trimmed a sheet of paper to 2 pieces cut to 5 x 7 inches.  I then cut out two Whisper White accents using my Apothecary Accents framelits on the Big Shot die cut machine.


I just love the baroque patterns in the Eastern Elegance DSP paper, so I thought it would be nice to incorporate some of the design into this project.  So, I cut out two of the baroque details from the Eastern Elegance paper.  What's great about the DSP paper packs?  The paper is double sided and all the paper coordinates with one another, making the mixing and matching of patterns super simple!  


Then came the fun part!  Since this was being added to my kitchen, I decided to use the lyric, "Hey good lookin'! Whatcha got cookin'?"

I free handed a section of this phrase on each of my apothecary accent pieces using the Bermuda Bay and Pool Party markers on the fine tip side.  A few curly cues and swirls added some extra oomph!


I then adhered the cut out baroque piece to the side of my saying.


This was then adhered to the 5 x 7 piece of paper.  For a final detail, I took a few punched out pieces using Pool Party cardstock and the chevron border punch.


For the last step, these were added to the frames and hung on my wall!  Hopefully this will inspire you to create some fun and simple artwork using some great patterned paper.  Enjoy!




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