Gather your supplies
- 8.5" x 11"white cardstock
- 5 - 6 colors of patterned paper or cardstock for the paint colors
- adhesive
- My free painter's pallet cut file for Silhouette
- Printer or pen to write the party details (mine were left blank for privacy reasons)
DIY art party birthday invitations tutorial
These are incredibly easy to make if you have a template for my free cut file. Let's walk through the steps...- Determine the size you want to cut your invitations and then you can either print your party details on the cardstock before you run it through your die cut machine or leave enough space to add the party details later, like I did. I was able to cut two at a time from one 8.5" x 11" cardstock paper.
- Cut the painter's pallet from the cardstock. Make sure you measure and line your cut file up so it cuts around your party details where you want it to cut. NOTE: I included cut lines so you could insert a paint brush so keep that in mind when you are printing and cutting.
- Cut the paint pieces from your patterned paper or colored cardstock. Adhere them around the edge and around your party details.
- Insert a toy paint brush and deliver to friends. By the way, I found a package of 30 paint brushes in the party section of my local hobby store. Great buy with coupon!
DIY art party birthday party favors tutorial
Each little artist will walk away from the party with their own painting but here's an idea to keep their creative juices flowing - watercolor party favors. You can whip these up quickly and easily are their are sure to be a hit! You can even have the birthday honoree write personalized thank you cards and all you have to do is insert them in the water color cases.
- Cut a strip of patterned paper to fit inside the lid of the watercolor case.
- Write a thank you sentiment and print it out on white cardstock
- Add a solid colored frame around the sentiment to help it pop against the patterned paper strip
- Adhere the frames sentiment to the strip and insert it into the watercolor case
- Add some cute tags and a personalized note to the package. Tie with a ribbon.
With that, you're all set for for your DIY art party birthday. Follow me on Instagram (@heatherleopard) and I'll post the rest of the party decorations later this monthThanks for stopping by today.
Supplies: Happy Hooray Hooray (732337) Happy Hooray Rainbowtastic (732391) Happy Hooray Balloon Animals (732393) Happy Hooray Make a Wish (732531) Happy Hooray Party Animal (732534) Happy Hooray Eat Cake (732580) Happy Hooray Party Time (732588) Happy Hooray Celebrate (732615) Happy Hooray Enamel Sprinkles Stickers (732625)
Make a super-sized Trick or Treat statement using your favorite font, or download one from your cutting machine's store, like I did. Design the page in the die cut software to make sure everything fits just right and then you can do one of two things.....1, cut the letters from the background paper or 2, cut each letter from your patterned paper of choice. I chose option 1.
After choosing option 1, I hand cut papers to add to the back of the page, shifting them around until I felt the patterns were evenly distributed. You can see that I just have them placed under each letter. I'll trim them up as I adhere them to the back of the paper.
I wanted the words to POP so I traced around each of the letters and what a difference that made!
Since I was doing a Halloween layout about my Archer Girl, I added a fun arrow-like design to the page, where there was a big open gap. It filled the space perfectly and really tied the photo better to the page. The arrow I selected had openings in the feather tips so I added a couple of patterns there too.
You'll need your favorite expressions cut to size from patterned paper, and the awesome embellishments (hello, enamel confetti!) from the Happy Hooray collection plus card bases cut to 8.5" x 11". You can download my Silhouette template for card bases and the die cut words 
Fold your card base in half so it measures 4.25" x 5.5". Cut the words from my cut file found 
Add additional embellishments and enamel confetti for a fun and festive look.
Wanting to wish someone a very happy birthday? Get your point across with birthday overload. To create this, fold your card base in half and place it in landscape / horizontal in front of you. Add the chipboard "HAPPY" banner across the top. Using that awesome washi again, run a strip across and under the banner to create a border. Then, cut the words "happy" from the repeat stickers in the collection. Just cut it right down the middle so that you have the words "birthday" remaining.
Find the center of your card and add 5 birthdays stacked evenly on top of each other. I kept the stickers on the backing and was able to easily peel from the side and adhere all 5 on at the same time. Easy breezy. Next, add the words to the right and left, leaving an even gap in the middle. Lastly, fill the gap with candles. Add embellishments as you wish.
All you need are 4 - 6 coordinating patterned papers, a few coordinating embellishments, a die cut machine (manual or electronic), tape runner, jute or a sign holder.
Cut your alphas. I created a lighter outline of each letter (2 1/4" w x 3"h) and then cut each letter slightly smaller in contrasting paper (1 3/4" w x 2 3/4"h) so that the letter would stand out more.
Now it's time to assemble everything. Using your banners as the base, lay your letters on top and select a few embellishments to add to it. I selected a mix of dimensional and non-dimensional embellishments. Once you like what you see, commit by adhering it all in place.
Personally, I think this would made a great welcome statement or mantle decor for any home. I mean, who doesn't want to see spiders and witches and poison every day leading up to Halloween. LOL!
This was a lot of fun to create. It was also really simple and relatively quick to make. The longest part was waiting for the Mod Podge to dry. You'll see in some of my photos that I wasn't so patient but (in the end), it's dry and completely opaque.
Grab different sizes of glass candle jars and/or votives. I had some of these in my stash and then I hit up the local dollar store for more. I'm sure you could find some at the thrift store. Either way, this project can be done without breaking the bank.
Also grab the spider web vellum and coordinating papers and embellishments.
Before I get into the steps for this, note that the adhesive is still drying but it does dry nice and evenly opaque.
First step is to lay out your vellum and notice where the spider's web will be at the top. You don't want them too high or too low because we are going to trim around the webs (it will leave them sticking up just a bit at the top). Once you like the placement, apply Mod Podge to the glass jar and apply your vellum. Make sure to press it down real good and avoid any wrinkles. Reposition quickly as needed but you will have to move quickly to do it.
You can wait for it to completely dry or (if you're like me), you can start trimming the webs at the top once you know it won't move around.
Now it's time to embellish. I added a few spiders here and there on the web-covered candle holders while I decorated a couple others in coordinating patterned paper.
Here's a few more decorating ideas. I kept everything in the scary theme - spiders, poison, etc.
This DIY Candle decor was so fun to make. I could totally see this as a fun craft to do with the kids. Luckily the Midnight Haunting collection has all sorts of designs, from cute to scary, so I'm sure there's something to fit everyone's taste.
My photo provided all the inspiration I needed for this scrapbooking layout. My goal was to re-create the floral headpiece on my page and the Gatherings patterned paper from the Heart of Home collection was perfect.
Since I wanted the flowers to pop on this grandparents scrapbooking layout, I grabbed my Gesso. You can use paint or any mixed media foundation of your choosing and paint it on in a diagonal, where you plan to place your flowers. Don't just do a straight line across, let the paint cover other ares of your page so it blends together. Set aside to dry.
I wanted to find flowers that resembled our headpiece. I got lucky and the perfect flowers not only came from the same collection but they were on the same patterned paper. Sometimes we aren't as lucky. When choosing flowers, I like to choose at least 3 different styles of flowers in at least 3 different colors and probably no more than 5.
Check to make sure the gesso is dry, and trust me, if you fussy cut all those flowers like I did, it'll be dry by the time you get to this stage. Start arranging the flowers on the page. I started with my larger flower clusters and just spread them out on the page. Once you have a good idea where you want your larger clusters, start filling the empty spaces with medium flowers. Also at this time, take a look at your other embellishments to see if you want to mix any other items in. Some of these may be on the larger side so you'll want to have an idea where to place them sooner than later. If you look closely, you'll see hidden messages within the flowers.
At this point, you should have a good portion of your flower spread complete. When you are satisfied with the arrangement, start gluing them down with adhesive and adhering others with foam dots. It's okay to have empty spaces. Some of it will remain empty but you may want to add itty bitty flowers or embellishments here and there.
Of course, you'll want to add your photo to the page somewhere tied to the pretty flowers. Make sure to arrange additional flowers around the photo as well.
No grandparents scrapbooking layout, or any scrapbook page for that matter, is complete without a title and journaling, therefore; I designed the page so that the photo could be highlighted at the top right and the title at the bottom left would provide the symmetry to balance the page.
Now you are ready to start decorating the pages. The monthly 2" x 3" patterned paper cards are perfect for this. You can download the "about me" template I used 
