Heather Leopard: February 2017

Thursday, February 23, 2017

DIY Baby Room Decor

Hello, friends. I have a special delivery today...a quick and easy DIY Baby room decor item, perfect for a baby's room. It can also double as a gift wrap decor that can then later be used in the nursery.

Here's what you'll need to get started:

Embroidery Hoop
12x12 patterned paper
die cut embellishments
Stickers
Liquid adhesive or glue dots
foam squares
sewing machine

The first thing you'll do is cut a circle just a bit larger than the inside of the embroidery hoop. I simply took the hoop apart and traced along the outside. Once cut, attach to the back of the hoop. Trust me, this is the easiest route and also helps add dimension to the project.

Next, choose a few die cuts to make a banner.

Stitch them together using a sewing machine.

Position them across the top of the hoop. Adhere the edges to the hoop. Add foam dots to the back of the die cuts that are in the middle of the hoop.

Lastly, add the babies name to the open area of the hoop and embellish around the name as well as around the hoop to your liking. Now you have the perfect DIY baby room decor for your sweet bundle of joy!

Supplies:
Lullaby Baby Boy Quotes Patterned Paper (733496)
Lullaby Baby Boy Accent Stickers (733511)Lullaby Baby Boy Ephemera (733515)
Lullaby Baby Boy / American Crafts Maggie Chipboard Letter Stickers (733513)

Tuesday, February 14, 2017

Hugs & Kisses DIY Valentine's Day Home Decor

Happy day before Valentine's Day, friends! I wanted to share a quick and easy DIY home decor you can whip up tonight for the big day tomorrow.

I spotted this wonderful Heart shaped corkboard in the dollar spot at one of my most favorite places in the world and I snatched it up right away. I wish I had grabbed more because I love it so! Anyway, it was the inspiration I needed to celebrate my greatest loves! I printed a 2.5"x3" photo of my hubby and me and then two 2"x3" photos of our girls but what could I do to decorate this heart shaped corkboard that would help keep the shape of the heart? I figured it's all about the curves here so a few dimensional flowers would do the trick.

Creating the flowers is actually pretty quick and easy. I cut different shapes of squares and then cut them in a spiral, like you see in the top right and bottom of the photo above. I kept some with a straight edge and others with a scallop.

While my glue gun was heating, I starting rolling the spiral around a pencil, starting with the outside edge. Then, pulling the pencil away, I tightened it and shaped the flower to my liking and sealed it all together by applying hot glue to that round base.

How cute is this heart corkboard? I created some additional flowers using my Silhouette CAMEO and a few cut files I had purchased.

I decided to put clusters of flowers in a triangle because you know, decorating rules.

Wednesday, February 1, 2017

Fill Your Heart with Love

Hello LOVELY Pebbles friends! Heather Leopard is here to share a LOVE filled scrapbooking layout using the My Funny Valentine collection.

LOVE Scrapbooking layout, free cut file and tutorial from @heatherleopard and the #MyFunnyValentine collection by @pebblesinc #pebblesinc #valentines #diy #cutfile #love

This girl of mine fills my heart with all kinds of sweetness so I thought it was only appropriate to express that in a layout. This layout combines a free cut file, fussy cutting and lots and lots of fun embellishments. I've included a tutorial on how to re-create this fun page.

Supplies:

2 pieces white cardstock
3 patterned papers
Small embellishments
Free Love Cut File by Heather Leopard
Silhouette CAMEO
pencil
Sewing machine (optional)

Cut the heart out of white cardstock. This will be your overlay. Place the overlay over the 2nd piece of white cardstock and lightly trace the inside of the heart so you have a guide for placing your embellishments.

Start filling your heart with embellishments. You may have to move them around a bit so just lightly add them to the inside of the heart you drew.

Once you've filled your heart, secure everything down and erase any pencil marks you can still see. These will be covered up but we want to avoid any dark marks from peeking through.

Next, cut the L, V, and E. Adhere them to the page and stitch down the center of them. Also, stitch around the heart to your liking.

Add a few layers to frame your photo. I used different sized squares and even cut a frame to tuck behind the photo.

Lastly, add embellishments and mist splatter to the page. I used fussy cut flowers, puffy stickers and sequins for my around the page embellishments. So there you have it...a love filled layout, literally and figuratively!