DIY Coffee Filter Valentine

Create coffee filter valentines from hand dyed coffee filters and crepe paper . Created using Rit Dye, then embellished with Kewpie ephemera from Lisa Kettell Designs Cupieology, Scrapbook paper from Crate Paper, tinsel glitter, wire and bakery twine. This piece was inspired by vintage valentines and carnival colors. My fave project to share with you! 

Directions:

The material list and step by step directions for this project can be found in my Rit Studio at: 

http://www.ritstudio.com/2014/01/24/diy-coffee-filter-valentines

Here is a glimpse at the finished coffee filter Valentines (Kewpie Valentine). Some where basic circus themed and others a mermaid themed.

I hope you have been inspired to create some fun valentine's of your own. Remember visit the Rit Dye Link at http://www.ritstudio.com/2014/01/24/diy-coffee-filter-valentines to view my coffee filter dye technique and the coffee filter valentine project instructions.

Magic and Joy,
xoxo
Lisa :-)))

Colorful Holiday Wreath By DT Member Caroline Sherman

I'm excited to showcase today the second creation in a series of posts that will be filled w/projects from our New 2013-2014 Design Team.

Caroline Sherman is one of our newest DT Members for Lisa Kettell Designs.

The project I am showcasing today is called:

"Colorful Holiday Wreath" created by Caroline Sherman.

This “Colorful Fun Wreath” was created using Carnival Cupie Doll Heads from Lisa Kettell Designs.

In addition to other supplies; a wreath of choice, vintage tinsel, paper flowers, beads, glitter and extra holiday embellishments of choice.

To order your own Carnival Cupie Doll Heads or other Lisa Kettell Designs products, follow this link: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/MoonfairesWorld

Enchanted Halloween Ornaments

Get ready for Halloween with Lisa Kettell Designs. With just a few days away from all the excitement of Halloween and the start of the Spell-A-Pa-Looza contest, I will be blogging all kinds of enchanting projects and stories to get you excited.

Over the past few weeks I have been creating like mad, insane I tell you. Today I will introduce you to a new project incorporating embellishments and product from Lisa Kettell Designs Line of products.

This series of projects I am showing you today are made using glitter wood cutouts as an ornament base. I layered each one with various elements from the Lisa Kettell Designs Line and a few other companies product.

Violet's Bat Costume is a fun ornament made using a wooden glittered bat cut out, Violet embellishment from Lisa Kettell Designs, Scrapbook glitter cut outs from K & Co, Metal Owl Charm and Ribbon! The violet embellishments and the black wood glitter bats, both of which are in the artfire store to help make your own version.

Vampire Bats in Pumpkin Land! A wooden pumpkin cutout w/glitter, Kewpie Bat embellishment from Lisa Kettell Designs, scrapbook glitter cut outs, ticket from K&Co, Vintage bingo letter from 1930s and ribbon! Most items available in the artfire store today to make your own! 
 

Skulls in Oz! A wooden skull cutout w/glitter, New Tin Man embellishment from Lisa Kettell Designs, small hose clamp, and ribon! Most items available in the artfire store today to make your own!  

Mer-Owl Bat! A wooden bat cutout w/glitter, Mer-Owl embellishment from Lisa Kettell Designs, scrapbook glitter cut outs, ticket from K&Co, and ribbon! Most items available in the artfire store today to make your own! 

Make Your Own:

Materials:
-Glittered wood cut out of choice (skull, bat or pumpkin), Lisa Kettell Designs
-Embellishment of choice (kewpie bat, tin man, violet or mer-owl), Lisa Kettell Designs
-Scrapbook paper embellishments (ticket, glitter cut outs) K & Company
-Ribbon
-Glue: hot glue
-Tools: glue gun
-Other: mini nose clamps, wood bingo tokens, metal charms

Directions:
1. Choose wood cut out of choice, hot glue your embellishment of choice from Lisa Kettell Designs
    onto an area of the wood cut out. 
2. Hot glue a metal charm, wood bingo token, scrapbook paper embellishments to the cut out.
3. Finish with ribbon.

Another version of the bat ornament using the tin man

For the Skull Ornament I hot glued a mini nose clamp to the tin man embellishment.
For the Pumpkin Ornament I hot glue a wood bingo token to the center of the pumpkin cut out.

These ornaments can be hung on a Halloween or Gothic tree, in your studio or home to enjoy all year long.

xoxo
Lisa
 

 

Pippa's Magic Party

Pippa's Magic Party was created using the Pippa Bella embellishment from the Cupie-ology Line, Lisa Kettell Designs, in addition to scrapbook paper, chipboard frame and butterfly wings from K & Co.

This is the perfect embellishment to enhance any scrapbook or craft project. Each embellishment is flat backed making it ideal for gluing to project bases. Pippa Bella is sold in a pack of 2 and pack of 5. She is available in a few colors and with the paper cone hat (hat patterns vary).
 
Pippa's Magic Party is a simple scrapbook project, you can further enhance into a variety of styles and themes such has tags, party banners, assemblages, cake toppers and page layouts, so many possibilities with my product line.

Stay tuned for additional projects created using the Pippa Bella embellishment and other embellishments in the Cupie-ology Line from Lisa Kettell Designs.

xo
Lisa

Carnival Mini Frame Assemblages

Here is a fun project I have been doing for ages, using frames of all sizes as the base for an assemblage. The frames in this post are smaller in size and available at Michaels Craft Store, if you don't find a color you like, paint it with a nice enamel or multi purpose paint, I like the consistency of Marth Stewart Paints or latex paints found in the discarded section of your local hardware or paint store.

The frames are then layered with scrapbook papers, trims and trinkets. The main embellishments are from my line: Cupieology, Lisa Kettell Designs.

The embellishments I used from the Cupieology line are;

•  XL Cupie Head, Candy Pink, 

• Mini Carnival Cupies.

I further decorated my mini frame assemblages with additional trinkets and handmade banners created from scraps of paper and floral wire.

You can purchase the Lisa Kettell Designs Embellishments to make your own mini assemblage frames and other projects at: http://www.artfire.com/ext/shop/studio/MoonfairesWorld/1/1/16631//

Along with other fun stuff to spark the creativity in you!

xoxo
Lisa

Bottle Brush Whimsy!
Here is an array of holiday projects I created using bottle brush trees and wreaths, which I either bleached or hand dyed, then decorated with vintage embellishments and Lisa style!These doll are the Sweetie Swizzleberrys!

Meet Miss Sweetie Swizzleberry, a bottle brush tree doll ornament. Made from vintage bottle brush tree, vintage millinery, paper wire, distressed old fashioned tinsel, chenille, my handpainted vintage styrofoam heads, crepe paper, mercury beads and more.

Sweetie's tree body was hand bleached, dyed and painted, then lightly sprinkled w/clear glitter.
Meet the Bottle Brush Wreath Ornaments!This is one I made using a bottle brush wreath I dyed a kitchy pink and added a pine cone doll I made and aged with distress inks, and other fun embellishments!Here is another bottle brush wreath ornament I made using a hand dyed kitchy aqua bottle brush wreath, hand dyed pink bottle brush tree, vintage flocked deer which I hand dyed and various other embellishments!Here are two more versions:
Now meet another version, The Matryoshka's!Meet: Pollyanna and she loves fairy tales!

This new piece is made from a hand dyed, vintage bottle brush wreath I created, then embellished with vintage kitchy pieces, vintage beading, millinery, berries, my own scrapbook paper and my handmade Matryoshka Dolls, glitter, paints and more. Meet: Nellie and she loves fairy tales!

This new piece is made from a hand dyed, vintage bottle brush wreath I created, then embellished with vintage kitchy pieces, vintage beading, millinery, berries, my own scrapbook paper and my handmade Matryoshka Dolls, glitter, paints and more. I hope you enjoyed some of the fun I had with bottle brush trees and wreaths. All were made from recycled bottle brush ornaments which I dismantled, re-dyed and re-made into my own style!
Have a wonderful Holiday filled day!
xoxo
Lisa!