Products:
Maya Road Philadelphia Uppercase Alphabet
Maya Road Midnight Black Velvet Ric Rac
Maya Road Star Coaster Album
Maya Road Motifs Chipboard Set
Black Boa
Wide Orange Ribbon
Daisy D’s Spooky Dot (any Halloween patterned paper will work)
Stickles (Orange Peel)
Ranger Adirondack Acrylic Paint Dabber (Gold)
Martha Stewart Glitter (Florentine Gold)
Making Memories Glitter (Black)
Making Memories Paint (Black)
Pre-painted Wooden Plaque (Michael’s)

Tools:
Hot Glue Gun
Paint Brush
Paper Trimmer
Fiskars Scissors
Liquid Adhesive
Fiskars Hand Drill

Instructions:

• Accent all orange painted areas on the wooden plaque using Stickles Orange Peel…
• Cover inside portion of your wooden plaque using patterned paper
• Paint chipboard alphabet and small star gold, apply gold glitter, let dry
• Paint one Chipboard Star page using black paint (front and back), apply black glitter, let dry
• Adhere the small gold star on top of the black star, let dry
• Adhere altered letters to top of patterned paper in center of plaque
• Using your drill, drill a hole in the lower right section of the plaque about a 1/4 of the way from the center. (you want your star to hang off center)
• Attach your altered Chipboard star using the ball chain that comes with the coaster album
• Using a hot glue gun adhere the black boa all around the edge of the wooden plaque
• Using a hot glue gun create your hanger by attaching the wide orange ribbon, midnight black velvet ric rac to the top of each end of your plaque
• Accent each end with a bow using midnight black velvet ric rac

Enjoy! If you have any questions just comment and I will reply there… some might have the same questions too!

I'm going to try really hard to have at least one tutorial listed here each week. And plan on starting with some of the items already posted in my gallery. If you have any questions on how to recreate something just reply and I will do my best to help you out.

This weeks tutorial will be using the cuttlebug and alcohol inks on Maya Road Sheer Blossoms... so fun!

This is super easy to do and creates a beautiful embellishment for any project.

Products:
Maya Road Sheer Blossoms
Ranger Alcohol Inks (Terra Cotta, Bottle, Pearl, Latte, Gold)

Tools:
Cuttlebug
Embossing Folder (Textile)
Blending Tool

Instructions:

• Place a Sheer Blossom inside the embossing folder and run through the cuttlebug
• Apply alcohol inks in Terra Cotta, Bottle and Pearl onto blending tool
• Apply inks to large blossoms twisting the blending tool after each application (dab, pick up tool, twist while holding and then dab alcohol inks onto blossom again) repeat until covered.
• Apply alcohol inks in Latte and Gold onto blending tool
• Apply inks to smaller blossoms twisting the blending tool after each application (dab, pick up tool, twist while holding and then dab alcohol innks onto blossom again) repeat until covered.

This technique will help you create the project listed below. For more ideas go to www.lisapace.com and click on tutorials under catagories on the side menu.