Glittered Vintage Thanksgiving Sign with Art Glitter and Tombow

Today I'll be making a hanging Thanksgiving sign out of a vintage postcard that I found at an antique shop.
I scanned that postcard in, blew it up and printed it. I used a piece of chip board, for the base of the sign. I used pinking shears to cut out the enlarged vintage postcard copy and the "give thanks" page (see below) and outlined the image using Art Glitter Vintage Glass Golden Glow #612 Glitter and Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear glue to put that glitter on. I then got an 8 1/2" x 11" piece of white card stock and used one of my Tombow Dual Brush Pens #098 in Avocado green to write "Give Thanks" over and over and over again to use as a background for my sign... Here's the sign as I added more colors of glitter. Art Glitter Vintage Glass Red Damask #608 Glitter, Ultrafine Opaque Cat Eyes yellow glitter #361, Ultrafine Transparent Clear Glitter #89 Martini, and Ultrafine Opaque Calvado Green #109. While the glitter dried, I started to put together my antique crepe paper border. I decided to use my new Tombow Stamp Tape Runner to put this together... I have to say... I was very pleasantly surprised! Normally when I put on a crepe paper edge ruffle like this on anything, I use hot glue or wet glue and I make a MESS. This tape was easy to put down in straight line... And as I folded the crepe paper, I could turn the Stamp runner vertically and push down the handle to give me just a small square of the tape. It was awesome! The great part about the tape is that it's not permanent until you press it down hard and leave it for a while. If I put down the crepe paper, but didn't like it, I had time to move it and it didn't tear the crepe paper. So I was able to finish the frame in no time... it's the fastest crepe paper border I've ever done! I then quickly added my orange crepe paper. Which is just white crepe paper painted with orange watercolor to give it a muddled-faded look. I then put down my "Give Thanks" page, again using the Stamp Runner. And then the Thanksgiving postcard... I then put down some Tombow Mono Multi Liquid glue, which is acid free and has two sides with two different applicators. One with a flat nose, for putting it onto paper, and one with a fine tip for smaller projects. This glue is super sticky and stretches, too. I put my ribbon into a daub of glue on one side, then the other. (*Something to mention... this glue smells fantastic! It has an orange, Juicy Fruit gum smell to it that is light and citrus-y. A lot of different glues smell harsh... but this one was quite pleasant!) Added some glittered flowers that I got at Michael's... And a bow on top... and it's finished! Cute!
Carrie...

Greatful Mini Album wih Laura

I have been seeing so many people on Facebook lately posting what they are grateful for every day.  I think that is a fabulous idea.  I have created a simple to assemble project that is both Thanksgiving decor and a mini album about gratitude.

To see the place cards, go to my blog at www.rememberinglifesmoments.blogspot.com
 Here are the instructions for the album.
MATERIALS:
Art Glitter Designer Dries Clear Glue With Metal Tip
Art Glitter Vintage Glass Glitter 906 Carnelian
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 347 Golden Orange
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 117 Goldilocks
Art Glitter Ultrafine Opaque 55 Hot Lava
Art Glitter Microfine Opaque 514 Bavarian Forest
Art Glitter Large Glass Beads 809 Fox Trot
Chipboard mini book pages (I bought two small albums at the Dollar Store, but you can cut your own).
Chipboard mini book covers with acetate inserts (these were part of the Dollar Store albums, but if you cut your own, you can easily insert the acetate)
Mat Stack (I used DCWV Autumn Melody)
Cardstock Mat Stack (DCWV Autumn Melody)
White Cardstock
Globecraft Memories Glastique
Die Cut Machine (I used my Silhouette)
Trimmer
Big Bite
5" Xyron
Adhesive
Brayer
Scissors
Archival Ink in Coffee
Three Metal Rings
Assorted Ribbons

The idea behind this book is that the place cards set on the table for Thanksgiving are written in and placed into the mini album as journaling.

DIRECTIONS:
1)  Take pages out of Mat Stack and arrange with chipboard until album looks the way you want it.
2)  Edge chipboard with Archival Ink
3)  Use a little bit of Designer Dries Clear directly on the chipboard to make a box around the edge and an X through the center.
4)  Place mat onto the page.  Do this with every other page.
5)  Use Big Bite to clear out the holes.
6)  Repeat steps 3 through 5 on the remaining pages.
7)  Cut leaf image with die cutter through 4 pieces of ivory cardstock.
8)  Put all four leaf images through Xyron.
9)  Stack 3 leaf images on top of each other.
10)  Cut words and trim pieces from white cardstock.
11)  Place words and trim upside down in Xyron machine. 
12)  Rub images and remove words and images one at a time from Xyron paper.
13)  Flood sticky side of words, images and remaining leaf image with Golden Orange Glitter.
14)  Place objects from 13 back into Xyron, right side up to make stickers.
15)  Adhere glittering leaf cardstock in place over acetate on the back of the front page.
16)  Adhere paper over the front and back of the covers, making sure that leaf image shows.
17)  Flood top leaf image with Glastique and pour in the Vintage Glass Glitter. Let dry.
18)  Cover top of Vintage Glass Glitter with another layer of Glastique and let dry.

 

19)  Use Designer Dries Clear to make a bead of glue all the way around the window.  Cover in glass beads and then a layer of Goldilocks Ultrafine Opaque.

20)  Add Give Thanks to the cover. 

21)  Use rings to assemble book.
22)   Embellish with fancy cuts from the paper or the die cut machine. Add glitter colors to them.   Keep it simple.
23)  Take pictures and print on Thanksgiving if possible.   Add to album.  Use the place cards as journalling blocks (see my blog).  Be sure to glue down the back of the place card and the little embellishment.
24)  Tie ribbons around the rings.

Well, that is all for now.  I hope you can find a little inspiration in something that is simply done at the end of the day.  Good luck to you and Stay Glittery!
Laura