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Drumroll please.....{blog challenge winners}

Can I have a drumroll please? The winner of the Reminisce Home Decor Blog Challenge is:

Patti J!

Patti created this fabulous altered votive holder with the In Bloom papers.

 

What an elegant home decor item! Thanks for sharing Patti! Check out Patti's blog: Cherish Each Precious Day.

This week we have 2 random participant winners-Sandee and Dana Tatar! Congratulations everyone! Please email your shipping address to angelap.reminisce@gmail.com by Wednesday, October 5th to claim your prizes! And thanks for playing along!

Here Comes Santa Claus! {altered thrift store shadow box}

Today's re-purposed project comes from DT member Shelly Maxwell. It's a shadow box that she picked up from the thrift store and altered with silver paint and some scraps of Reminisce's Dear Santa line of papers.

Here's the picture frame BEFORE:

And here's the frame AFTER:

What an impressive TRANSFORMATION! Thanks for sharing Shelly!

It's a Candy Carnival! {repurposed packaging}

Today's LOVING MY LEFTOVERS post is courtesy of Shelly Maxwell. She repurposed some packaging as candy containers with Reminisce's I {Heart} Candy line of papers!

They're embellished with some leftover chipboard pieces and ribbons tied through the prepunched hole on the plastic packaging.

Super cute gifts for her daughter to hand out at school on Halloween! Thanks for sharing Shelly!

Fall Flower Frenzy...{paper flower tutorial}

Welcome back to "Loving my Leftovers" week...today's project features a paper flower created from leftover scraps of Harvest papers...this is a fun, easy (and inexpensive) way to make perfectly coordinated embellishments for any project!

Here's what you will need:

2 small punched circles (these are 1.25 inch), a mix of thin paper strips (approximately 6 iinch long, up to 3/8 inch thick), an adhesive machine.

Apply adhesive to one side of each of the punched circles. Start laying out the paper strips, adhering one end to the center of one of the punched circles (with the adhesive side up).

Stop when you have covered half of the punched circle. Begin looping the loose ends of the paper strips onto the other half of the punched circle. The ends of the paper strip should meet in the middle.

Flatten the loop gently.

Continue until all the paper strips have been looped and flattened.

Adhere the other punched paper circle on top of the flower and 'fluff' the paper strips to add some dimension back to the flower.

Add to your project and embellish as needed...the flower on the thank you card was embellished with a stamped paper flower and a premade tulle flower.

Another reason to HANG ON to those scraps!

LOVING MY LEFTOVERS--WEEK!

Hello Reminisce FAN-atics! This week is LOVING MY LEFTOVERS (formerly from SCRAPS to TREASURES) week on the blog!

DT member, Angela Ploegman is kicking it off with some fabulous woven paper coasters created from strips of the HARVEST collection...

Angela cut her harvest scraps into 1/2 inch strips and wove them into a square. The square was then adhered to a slightly smaller square of card stock and then cold laminated to make the coasters easy to clean and reusable!

What a creative use for paper scraps! Thanks for sharing Angela!

An altered candy tin...

Today, DT member Angela Ploegman is sharing an altered Candy Tin she made with the I {heart} Candy collection of paper and stickers!

The tin was created by adhering the Candy Cornucopia patterned paper to the top and sides of the tin. The lid was then embellished with ribbon stickers from the 12x12 border sticker sheet. The gap between the patterned paper on top and the border sticker on the rim of the lid was painted black. The heart trim was colored orange and then stuck down. The center embellishment is a single, over sized sticker from the 12x12 icon sticker sheet.

Here's a close up of the side of the tin:

Thanks for sharing Angela!

ps. if you're feeling INSPIRED to create an altered home decor object, be sure to check out our current blog challenge....details are posted HERE!

Time for a CHALLENGE--this time it's HOME DECOR!

It's definitely time for a challenge...this time it's a Reminisce HOME DECOR CHALLENGE!

The details:

Your challenge is to use ANY Reminisce product (or products!) to create a home decor item of your choice. It could be a canvas, an altered box, an old photo frame made pretty again! Post the project to your blog or upload it to an online gallery and load the link into the widget below (please link your specific blog post or gallery item-NOT your main blog link or entire album-these non specific types of links will be deleted) so we all can enjoy your inspiration! You have until Monday, September 26th at midnight (CST) to link your project.

The incentive:

One creative participant will win a Reminisce prize pack and have their image (and link) featured on the blog. They will also receive a BLOG CHALLENGE WINNER badge to display on their personal blog. Another random challenge participant will win a Reminisce prize pack too!

The inspiration:

DT member, Robin Gibson created this altered dog treat jar for a friend who is adding a rescue dog to their family using the Little Buddies product line:

Another view:

Hope to see everyone play along...can't wait to see what you create!

A Harvest PUMPKIN!

Today's featured project is an altered pumpkin created by DT member Lynne Forsythe:

Lynne created her little table topper by covering a faux pumpkin with strips of Harvest papers. She then added leaf stickers around the stem and added a colored flower and seam binding for accents.

Love the look of the torn Harvest papers...and what a creative idea for a fall centerpiece! Thanks for sharing Lynne!