Friday, February 10, 2012

Five for Friday

1. I'm not a card girl-don't usually make them- but I'm trying to fix that! Cards are a great way to use up scraps and try something new on a smaller canvas.

This one's a Valentine's card that was sent to a friend.

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And here's a few more- a birthday card and a Valentine's card.

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A little stamping and embossing for the 'Happy Birthday' card and some misting and masking for the Valentine's card.

2. I've become a spray painting maven! So early last week I watched The Nate Berkus show. One of the bits was on thrifting and giving total makeovers to free or cheapie pieces. That got me interested so I perused the internets and found this lovely lady who spray paints and paints nearly everything! So, I made a pit stop at a local thrift store this week and bought my supplies & got to work. Frankly, the power of some spray paint is utterly amazing. So take a look at this...

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When it was all said and done i wished that I'd taken a before so you could see how ugly that cookie jar was-straight out the the 80's my friends, and not in a good way. Those frames were just plain black but didn't suit my new scrapbooking room.

And that project got me thinking about painting some furniture. And I was smart enough to take a before picture and a few pics of the progress! Here's a sneak of a my latest project...

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Yeah, I worked in the driveway in the cold amidst the piles of snow.

3. My thrifty discoveries led to to a little neighborhood adventure yesterday and I discovered Power's Salvage Shop. Seriously?! It was awesome. There were collections of what some would consider junk but I thought it was fantastic.

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4. I've discovered 'The Chew'. It's awesome. This week I learned to make Chicken Kiev. Well let me rephrase that-I watched them make Chicken Kiev. I wasn't getting enough Clinton Kelly in my 'What Not to Wear' quota anyway. ;)

5. My local scrapbooking shop, The Paperie, is having a little Valentine's celebration, 'Gourmet Cupcakes & Sweet Cards', tomorrow morning. I can't wait to try some cupcakes from 'Sweet Love Bake Shop' & make a cute V-day card.

Have a great weekend! Tomorrow I'll be posting some more pics of M's bedside table & a few other spray painted treasures!

xoxo
K

11 comments:

  1. great cards! and you gotta love spray paint!!! my hubby just shakes his head!

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  2. great misting on your valentine card!

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  3. You should start making more cards because you are good at it. Those are fantastic!

    I spray paint everything! I even have done hinges and door knobs. I have a project for this weekend if the weather permits.

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  4. Awesome!!! :) I also recently discovered the joys of spray painting! I found a really nice wooden tray on clearance at Hobby Lobby for a tad over $3. I had my hubby spray a coat of flat black on it, then used Mod Podge to stick down a piece of black & white houndstooth wrapping paper. It looks fantastic! :) Can't wait to see how the table turns out!

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  5. Love those cards! I am not much of a card maker either, but you are right that they are a great way to use up scraps and try something new.... I should go for it!

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  6. Your cards are fabulous. I need to make more cards too.

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  7. I am really no good at spray painting but love what you have done.

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  8. I have been collecting things to makeover with paint for a while now, but a little intimidated by the process. What spray paints did you use? Your pieces look great!

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  9. love the post and the cards are awesome thanks for sharing...

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  10. Love the Friday Five! Great pictures and great cards. I can't wait for warmer weather--I have so many things I want to spray paint.

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  11. cute cards... and I have been pinning all sorts of DIY and thrift to fab projects on Pinterest :P

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