Linda’s DIY by Design

Saturday, March 28, 2020

DIY Paper Craft Shabby Chic Art for Home Decor "Simply Dream" (Design Team project for Reneabouquets)

For this project, I really wanted to design with the Reneabouquets Printed Board Board Romance And Roses line, Persephone. What a sweet little angel! I knew her design would need to be the center of attention for the project. So, here is just a glimpse into how my creativity for this project started out...I was able to begin with an unfinished photo frame that I purchased from Dollar Tree as my base. I had been looking for some inspiration for my project and came by this piece of art that had these paint swooshes in the background on a canvas...very bold and beautiful and I wanted to try it. I decided I would start with light shabby colors of paint detailed on the right, leading to the left, where my art would be mostly detailed along that left side. It was a bold choice leaving so much blank space on the right, but I also knew, my piece was small enough so that it would blend OK. I also wanted to add in some Reneabouquets Fine Diamond Glitter Glass on the right side that started large and went smaller, sort of leading your eye to the artful side. The rest, well, just came about very easily, knowing that the center of attention, would be "framed" among a Beautiful Board Laser Cut Chipboard "Garden Gate" of Reneabouquet Chiffon and Mulberry Flowers, as well as other beautiful product from Reneabouquets. Below the photos, I will have all the links to the product I used on this project down below as well as a link to my You Tube video that shows the designing process! Thanks for stopping by!

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Tuesday, March 24, 2020

Four Easy Farmhouse DIY's Using Arteza Art Supplies

This post is simple, fast, fun...just like the full start to finish tutorial on these projects! I've created 4 fun and fast DIY's using Arteza Art Supplies! I'm really happy with their product. The price and quality, in my opinion, can't be beat and the shipping is incredibly fast! For this post I am including photos of the projects created in my You Tube Video, as well as the link to the video itself. I am also including a free printable, for those of you that may not have a die cutting machine and you want to get a head start with Christmas Crafts this year for the Holiday Season Bazaars near the end of the year! All you need to do is print out the printable, grab some carbon paper (I found mine at Walmart) and trace these cute quotes onto wood slices for ornaments, wood signs, coasters...you may need to adjust the size for those larger projects...and ENJOY! Thanks for stopping by!

Link to my You Tube video for complete start to finish process:

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Christmas Tags

Wednesday, March 11, 2020

DIY Paper Craft: Shabby Chic Home Decor (Design Team Project for Reneabouquets)

Well, this project, just designed itself. LOL. I had no rhyme or reason of how things came together...I only knew the pieces that I wanted to work with from www.reneabouquets.com. I was really wanting to design a project using the Beautiful Board Laser Cut Chipboard Eiffel Tower and Gothic Gate and I also knew I would return back to a project with a color palate of Pinks and Khakis.... it's almost Spring after all, and time for some light colors! I created the project on a pre-fab home decor piece that I bought on clearance after Mother's Day last year. I like the size of the canvas which is 8x8! Here is what I came up with! The product links used from Reneabouquets will be listed below as well as the start to finish You Tube video of the entire process! Enjoy!!

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Monday, March 2, 2020

Unboxing and Reviewing Arteza Art Supplies

I just wanted to come in for a quick post and let you know about a recent video I've posted...reviewing Arteza Art Supplies! In the video, I share an unboxing and small review of the Arteza Art Supplies that I received. Stay tuned for a couple of DIY videos using the supplies! Arteza art supplies are affordable to creators with every budget and they offer a wide variety of art supplies for every crafter. Be sure to check out the Arteza USA and Arteza UK websites listed below. I will also list the individual links to the products discussed in the video for each website. *These links are affiliate links, If you click on them it will take you to the Arteza site and I will receive a small commission on sales at no extra cost to you. * Please be sure to use the coupon code when ordering to save you additional money on the already low costs! *This is not a sponsored video, but just a review of product.

You Tube Video Link:

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Wednesday, February 26, 2020

Mixed Media Clear Acrylic Tag for Reneabouquets February Mood Board Challenge

Each month Reneabouquets Artists With An Edge FB group hosts a Mood Board Challenge. Its a great way to jump start your creativity using any product from Reneabouquets.com. At the beginning of each month, our host supplies you with a "Mood Board"... featuring chosen colors for that month to work with and pictures to help elevate and enhance your creativity to design a project! It's a lot of fun and this month, I loved the colors that were featured (pinks and blues), so I decided to make a fun see-thru acrylic tag! I will have all the product I used fromReneabouquets on this project listed below as well as the start to finish video of this project...and of course, some close up photos! I hope you enjoy and that it inspires you to try this mood board challenge any month of the year!

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Thursday, February 13, 2020

Valentine Fabric Stuffed Hearts & Envelope

I've been seeing these cute fabric stuffed hearts in a fabric envelope on Pinterest and have been wanting to make one myself for the last couple of years and finally decided this was the year! The pictures I've seen were adorable and rustic, but I wanted to make my project a little more 3D with the layering of embellishments and I also wanted to tell a love story with those embellishments...what better way to do that than with product from www.reneabouquets.com! I will have the links to product I used from Reneabouquets on this project, after the photo,s as well as a link to my You Tube video with the start to finish process of this entire piece! I hope you like what I came up with!

You Tube video link:

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Saturday, February 8, 2020

DIY Valentine's Wood Tag Kit

So, I had the pleasure of working with a Wood Tag Kit from a friend of mine from www.craftingwithkimber.com. She sells her kits for painting, (and let me tell you....the end results with her painting skills are just cute!) but I thought it would be fun to take this tag kit to the next level and use them for paper crafting! I will have the links below to this particular kit as well as her FB page link and the link to her FB live where she paints this project! I will also list links down below to Reneabouqets product I used on this project and my You Tube video of this entire start to finish process! Here are the photos (the first one is the original kit, the second photo is Kim's painted version):