Crafty Secrets August Linky Party

Happy Monday to you....

Today is my "debut" as part of the wonderful and talented Crafty Secrets Design Team.

On the first Monday of every month is the Crafty Secrets linky party 

where  the talented Design Team gets together to bring some fabulous inspiration!

Sound like fun?...but wait there's more...

Each of the Crafty Secrets girls has a tutorial for you and

not only that, you can join in all the fun with "your" entries (up to 4) by using one of

the "free" Crafty Secrets products offered (listed on the blog)

and have a chance at winning a $50 gift certificate to the store chosen by Randon.org....

and ALL the entrants will receive one $6.00 coupon to the store!!!

For my project I started out with a shadow box frame I purchased for half off

I printed my background papers from the Thanksgiving Collection.....

each shadow frame was 4x6 so it made is very easy to print my papers and cut

to that size...I did have to have my hubby move the handle so my box ran the

shadow insets 4x6 as they were 6x4 if that makes any sense!!

I love the bold pattern and colors for these papers...

and I don't have a fancy printer at all, and they printed beautifully!!

When printing my background papers I printed them full sheet size 8 1/2 x 11

so I was able to use the leftover pieces for my project

After all the background papers were adhered with glue

then began the fun part...decorating my frames.....

Frame one is one of my favorites.....I love the beautiful Autumn Blessing

it is part f the Thanksgiving Collection...I popped it up and added a gingham bow.

Frame two is also part of the Thanksgiving Collection.....

I loved the look of the vintage children, printed them twice, then fussy cut

one set and popped them up on the first set...I love the 3D effect of the frame

Frame three, the image came from
"Summertime Vintage Images and Journal Notes"....

I love how all the fresh veggies remind of a Fall harvest....

I wanted to mention that this booklet has 32 pages with 2 images on each page

and is on sale right now for $3.50!!!  It arrives to you in booklet form..

Frame four I cut a jar from some of my background stamps and fussy cut

around the sunflower so it looks like it is in the jar

I think this is the prettiest image, it is from "Fall Printable"

Frame five, I thought I would keep very neutral...

I colored the image from "Thanksgiving Collection" very lightly with Copics 

and personalized it with our name using "Family Matters" vintage stickers.

This is another sale item..and entire sheet of vintage stickers for 99 cents!!!

Frame six has an image once again from "Thanksgiving Collection"

which I added glitter to...cut a few leaves, added a few buttons.

The Fall banner is part of "Fall Printable"

I love how my project turned out and I now have a beautiful piece of art

for my Fall decor!!


“Now it’s your turn!  Visit each of the design team blogs listed below.  Then create a NEW project of your choice featuring Crafty Secrets product and link it up to the blog (http://heartwarmingvintage.blogspot.com/)   no later than 11:59PT, Sunday, August 17thth. You do not need to follow this month’s theme to play along.  If you do not have any Crafty Secrets goodies, check the FREE DOWNLOADS located in the sidebar of the Crafty Secrets blog.  Be sure to link to the Crafty Secrets Blog in your post, and let us know what Crafty Secrets product you are using in your project. One lucky player will be randomly selected to win a $50 shopping spree in our online store.  Each player who participates will receive a $6 credit to the online store.  We’ll be popping by to leave you some lovely comments on your blog post, too. Thanks for playing along, and good luck!

Crafty Secrets Design Team:

Kathy Clement, DT Leader Kathy By Design
Darlene Pavlick Dar's Crafty Creations
Diane Hover (you are here) Nellies Nest
Elizabeth Lincoln Paper Pasttimes
Gloria Getgen Stengel Scraps of Life
Melody Clement Paper Melody's
Michele Kovak Thoughts of  A Cardmaking Scrapbooker
Shantaie Caudill-Fowler Inking Pink
Sheila Rumney Sheila Rumney Design and Photography