Flower Jar Decor

Plain glass jars with lids have SO much potential for decorating!  Whether you fill them with spices, sweet treats or even baking mixes, you can create that warm home look to your kitchen.  Or, make several and give them as gifts or sell them for fundraisers!

Let Linnie Blooms Canvas shapes add just the right mix of texture, color and flamboyance to even the simplest of jars.  Let the decorating begin....

You will need:

Linnie Blooms: Canvas Shapes: Sunflower (1), Petal Shapes (1 large, 1 small), Leaves (2)
                          Shabby Trim (green)

Darice: Glass Jar with Lid

Kreinik Iron-On Ribbon (1/8" ribbon) 3M Green 6356

Impression Obsession Rubber Stamps: Lord's Prayer D7778

Clearsnap: Colorbox Archival Dye ink pad (Wicked Black)
                  Stephanie Barnard Sprays (Artichoke, Banana, Tangerine, Guava)

Beacon Adhesives: Gem-Tac Permanent Adhesive, Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive

Westcott: Titanium Scissors

Misc: Buttons, spray bottle with water, empty baby wipe container (or other plastic container with lid), paper towels, iron, Teflon coated ironing mat

Instructions:

Place paper towel inside container.  Place all three flowers on towel and spray with Banana. Blot and remove sunflower. Spray Tangerine on remaining flowers. Spray Guava on small flower. Blot and remove. Replace wet towel with clean towel. Place leaves on towel and spray very sparingly with Artichoke; spray with water; blot. Repeat,steps, if desired, on wrong side, replacing towels as needed.


Blot and place all pieces flat on clean paper towel. Place clean paper towel on top. Iron on low dry setting until dry.

Place stamp rubber side up; apply Wicked Black.

Stamp phrase on flowers and leaves; dry.

Cut petals, as shown. Attach canvas layers with Fabri-Tac. Glue button layers with Gem-Tac. Set aside to dry.

Iron the Iron-On ribbon across the center of the Shabby Trim, using the Teflon coated mat and an iron on a low, dry setting, as shown.

Wrap ribbon around the jar; trim and glue in place with Gem-Tac, as shown. Place jar on its side and glue on buttons in center of ribbon trim; dry completely.

Glue flower onto jar lid with Gem-Tac; dry completely

(Note: Pre-spray the canvas shapes with water for a lighter, less intense color. Let dry and then overspray to create a more speckled look. Experiment...try different looks...get messy and have fun!)

Yellow exam card

I´m showing you a yellow and bright card I made for our nice Teacher exam. I love how it turned out with the different shades of yellow paper and the yellow flowers. The Linnie Blooms canvas feather and leave was just spot on perfect for this project.

To highlight the canvas shapes further, I inked them a bit with a beige ink. Enjoy!

♥ 

Marie

Gold and Glitter

You know those days you feel like you are like a grey mouse wandering around in the city? We all have them, and I took a photo of myself one of those days. I mean, scrapbooking is about documenting life, and life ain´t bright and sunny everyday...

To spruce up the "sad" picture I have used a lot of golds and sparkly bits.

I have used a mini file folder as my backdrop for the picture. I used different stamps to achieve some and dept to it.

I built up my page on top of the file folder with different cards, tags, tread and a piece of a brown bag. Then I added a lot of flowers and the gorgeous Linnie Blooms Canvas leaves.

The leaves where covered in varnish and two different Mesospheres from Ayeeda (13@arts). The papers, cards and tags are from 7 Dots Studio. I have also used Heidi Swapp color shine (gold).

Hope you enjoyed my romantic page!

♥

Marie

You look like me

Hi everone! Today is the fist day I post as a new designer for Linnie Blooms. I feel so happy and excited about this new adventure and love working with the canvas products.

I´m showing you a page made by using the 12x12 Canvas Blanks as my background.

Since my project involved a couple of different mediums I choose to prep the canvas with gesso on the area where I planned to add the mediums.

If you look close you can visualize that I also used the Canvas leaves on my project. The grid effect was aschived by stamping with a clear stamp from Cocoa Daisy.

Well I hope I could inspire you today! Please visit my blog for more inspiration.

♥

Marie Johansson

All That Glitters.....is Canvas

Hi everyone!  Laura back with another Guest Designer post!  I'm having
a great time playing with different techniques and ideas using all the
different shapes from Linnie Blooms!

This time I was inspired by the Linnie Leaf Shapes....to make, hmmm...
a tree?  A fall project?  Could it be a flower?

How about none of the above....lol!  I found some holiday spirit and made
a Christmas card using Linnie Blooms shapes:

The leaves reminded me of some of my mom's old fashioned ornaments, and
when painted with Distress Stain in Pewter....they have almost a mercury glass
glow to them just like the real thing.
 
Here's a closer look:

I frayed the edges slightly, I also stamped on one with glue and then glittered
it, the third smaller piece, I glued and glittered the entire edge.  A bit of bling
added a great background for the shapes....I used silver washi tape, some
sequins and gems, and rhinestone swirls to add even more sparkle and shine.

The "blank canvas" of Linnie Blooms shapes, give you so many ways to use
them.....just love 'em!

Thanks for stopping by today!