Jul 4, 2012

Oodles of Doodles News: USA Letter Collage, Pop-Up Card, Color Palette's, Dress Form, Pinwheels, Patriotic Bouquet,

Hello Fellow Doodlers!

Happy Fourth of July!  


Jenni of Vintage Umbrella shares the steps to making her colorful collaged USA letters to use as part of your 4th of July decor, or for any occasion decor!


Whether it's for a birthday, graduation, or some other card-giving-occasion when it comes to giving a money card to the recipient the more humerous the card, the more it's remembered - and reason why I just had to share this one with you! My oldest grandchild's birthday is this month and this beats all the pop-up cards he's received over the years from me ... I think! I'm ecstatic to of found it too! Instructable shares the how-to instructions and printable PDF's to Futurama Meme Gift Card!

 

A dress form project for mom's sewing room, by Patter Cross, is the perfect decor piece for any seamstress! Patter shares how she covered it with pattern papers, adding pearls and ribbon, and a few sewing notions! How Do You Glue offers 3 wooden dress forms, 7-1/2" - 9-1/2" - 11-1/2" to display jewelry or to keep watch over your creative space.


Here are some Digital Scrapbooking Patriotic Papers from Free Digital Scrapbooking to print or share with friends!

         

FREE Printable: 4th of July Pinwheel. Pinwheels scream summertime! So, to help you celebrate Independence Day, Vanessa generously shares her patriotic PDF pinwheel printable and photo illustrated instructions with us! Free Patriotic Pinwheel. A Free Old Fashion Pin Wheel. Six free printable Pinwheel Templates. Patriotic Pinwheels small-medium-large free printables! Uncle Sam Hat Party Favors free download! And just click on Pinwheel Stencil to enlarge, right click on enlarged image and in your drop down menu "SAVE AS..." to your digi folder!




FUN! Since we're on the subject of pinwheels (and you know me and my "felting" projects), it never occurred to me to make felt pinwheels, for obvious reasons, like they won't turn. However, making them from felt and using them as a decorative piece is a great idea! They look so pretty and whimsical as wall art, don't you think?! Craftionary has the tutorial to Making Felt Pinwheels Wall Art. P.S. Use any of the patterns available above!






Make an Iris Folded Christmas Stocking using Circle of Crafters FREE Pattern and instructions - take a moment to view the Christmas Stocking Project Ideas submitted by visitors too! Plus there's "more free patterns" available.




Looking for a full-out summer mode color pallette? The Sweetest Occasion's palette of lagoon and lemon is the ultimate combination! And in the YOU MAY ALSO LOVE there's scads more color palete compbinations to consider for your next party, special event, or wedding theme - cardmaking and scrapbooking too! Funny thing is, I came across this site while looking for a color palette combination to consider painting my two bedroom apartment, and was it ever inspirational ... now, the problem is, what color palette to choose from?! There's also DIY Projects and Free Printables.




Lowri McNabb of PaperVine shares a collection of inspiring card ideas and designs, decorative boxes, party project ideas, gift wrapping designs and a bunch more inspiration for you to re-create!






Arthur Tess - A definition of surrealism was once "a sewing machine on an operating table" meaning - taking things out of their original context with a displacement of location. Every photograph is kind of like that actually ... removing things and people from their natural life flow and putting them in a kind of frozen freeze frame.