Dot & Whimsy

I had a bit of spare time the other day, so I made up

some new colors of 

handmade crepe paper fringe for Dot & Whimsy at Etsy!

Combination of aqua, light pink and cream

Combination of lavender, grape and white

Combination of turquoise, hot pink and cream

Combination of light blue, light pink and white

Use ON THE FRINGE to decorate party hats, baskets,
cards, altered art, collage...just about anything your heart desires. 
I also take custom orders!

Happy Thursday to you!

♥ Welcome to the Papered Cottage ♥

Today is the big day. Glad to be in on this wonderful Blog Hop presented by the talented ladies of Paper Issues Creative Team.

**GIVE-A-WAY GIVE-A-WAY**

My prize donation will be THREE skeins of my very popular --On The Fringe-- Handmade Crepe Paper Fringe from Dot & Whimsy I have a huge assortment of colors schemes to choose from...as the winner, you will get to pick your favorite three

I love scrapbooking and card-making, but my true passion is altering stuff :)  So, I will be bringing you a cute, fast and fun little project, Owl Straw Topper just in time for Halloween, Fall or Thanksgiving...this guy is very versatile.

•Scrapbook paper; 2 patterns

•Label punch (2.25"H x 1.5"wide)

•1" round punch

•Two 1/2" round corduroy brads (or any design)

•Two 1/8" round black pom-pom balls

•One piece of candy corn; trimmed to 1/2" long

•Mini tag 

•Jute or twine

Other: scissors, permanent pen, plastic or paper straws, hole punch, fabric glue and permanent adhesive

This is easy, easy, easy :)  

1- Punch paper with label punch

2- Using the hole punch, create two holes 1/8" from the top and bottom of the label punched paper

3- Using the 1" round punch, punch one circle from coordinating paper; cut in half and glue one piece to each side of the label (as shown).

4- Insert the two brads approximately 3/4" from the top; center the brads side-by-side.  Using fabric glue, add the pom poms to the brads (as shown).

5- Cut candy corn to 1/2" in length (or as desired).  Glue just below eyes.

6- Carefully insert straw through holes.  

7- If desired, add a small name tag and attach to the top with jute, ribbon or baker's twine

That's it!  Think of using these for party favors, place-cards or as a package tie-on!

I hope that you enjoy this simple and sweet project; please email me if you have any questions :)

Thanks for stopping by and be sure to leave a comment to be in the drawing for a prize!

It's cloudy and a glorious 64 degrees...ahhhhhh!  But, that's not necessarily the entire reason for the title of my post :)

I try to keep up with all of the 'trends' and 'hot colors' of the season.  Seems like yellow and gray are amongst the hottest color trends this year; if you follow the newest releases in scrapbooking, then you're probably familiar with Authentique's Blissful

I found that the color combination soon began to grow on me so why not make some crepe fringe to match? You can now find --Rain or Shine-- Handmade Crepe Paper Fringe at my Dot & Whimsy Etsy shop!  Colors of marigold, gray and white have been machine-stitched, doubled, machine-stitched again and then carefully handcut to create a fun and festive fringe.

On a BETTER note, tomorrow we are hosting a fantastically fun BLOG HOP at Paper Issues.  

  My prize give-a-way? One winner will receive THREE skeins of --On The Fringe-- Handmade Crepe Paper Fringe!  I have tons of color schemes; you get to pick your very own three :)  What do you do with fringe?  The fringe that I make isn't necessarily the kind that you hang from the rafters;  rather, I created this fringe to outline the tops of baskets and bags, to add a little pizazz to cards and scrapbook pages, or to embellish party hats, clay figurines and prim dolls...there are literally tons of possibilities.  Everyone seems to ♥ ♥ ♥ tha FRINGE!

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I have some more FUN news!  It seems like so many of my Paper Issues, My Scrapbook Nook and Your Scrapbook Stash gals are getting in on  a lot of Design Team action...Doodle Bug, American Crafts, Pebbles...whew!  I'm very excited for ALL of my friends; well-deserved :)

So, for me?  I've been asked to be a Guest Designer at Kraft Outlet.  Oh. My. Goody.  Have you visited? 

This girl LOVES some kraft goodness ♥  It's a staple in my stash.  

My design month will be March 2012...I'm all ready looking forward to it...I will get a head-start by doing a little shopping beforehead LOL

Okay, all!  I will be back tomorrow bright and early to get things going for the Blog Hop!  I hope you stop by...lots of prizes and cool tutorials broken down into Scrapbook/Art Journal, Altered Project (me) and Cards...so whatever your heart desires, we've got you covered :)

Whoot!  I received an email this past week from the editor of Simply Handmade Magazine;  my sweet little crepe paper fringe (Pink Confection) will be featured in the Jan/Feb 2012 edition...I'm just a tad excited wwweee!  I have TONS of color schemes available at my Etsy shop, Dot and Whimsy. It's become quite the popular item with my Etsy customers...I take custom orders too!

With my newest stamps from I Heart {Ippity}, I created this clean and simple card.  I love the possibilities with the selection of flowers in this stamp collection, {Flowers + Friends= Priceless}

 I stamped the stems onto a strip of cardstock, then spritz with Smooch spray and inked around the edges.  The flower images were stamped onto distressed scrapbook paper...gives the look of watercolor without the fuss.  I then hand-cut the flowers closely to the stamped edge and arranged them over the stems. A little machine stitching and sticker letters completed the look.  Yes, this is clean-and-simple to me LOL

On other design fronts, I completed another layout for Your Scrapbook Stash using Echo Park's NEW Splash papers...I've loved using these papers.

Back to the craft room today...Dot and Whimsy is becoming quite bare!  Oh and don't forget to visit Paper Issues;  the latest link party theme is "Let's Ride".  I'm always so impressed by the unique projects that everyone shares over there...many, many talented designers and I'm delighted to be amongst them :)

Stay cool and I'll see you all soon!