Showing posts with label Connie Mercer. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Connie Mercer. Show all posts

Wednesday, November 26, 2014

First Communion Layout with Connie Mercer

First Communion Layout
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Connie Mercer
Connie combines Jenni Bowlin paper with our book page hearts, kraft masking tape and embellished mini kraft bags. Her combination of distressed neutrals and sweet pastels is a lovely ode to her vintage style.

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To see more of Connie lovely work be sure to visit her blog by clicking on her picture below.

 

Monday, October 6, 2014

Embellished Mason Jar and Button Card with Connie Mercer

Embellished Mason Jar and button Card
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Connie Mercer

Fall is my favorite season of the year - crisp cool air, knee high riding boots, leaves that crackle under your beet and soft cozy sweaters. Fall is also a time for canning or if you hate a big kitchen mess - for using canning jars in creative ways. I love Connie's use of our plastic mason jars and daisy lids here. The warm fall colors and a collection of vintage buttons are fantastic for organizing, but also a fun gift for a crafty friend or cute finishing touch on a fall mantle.

Curtsey Boutique Supplies

Vintage Key
 
 
other supplies:
Jenni Bowlin Studio patter paper ( under lid)
Darkroom Door background stamp (on tag)
button card stamp/ Papertrey Ink
ink/Tim Holtz distress
ink/Wendy Vecchi
buttons (lots of them)
To see more of Connie lovely work be sure to visit her blog by clicking on her picture below.

Tuesday, September 9, 2014

The Best Day Layout with Connie Mercer

The Best Day Layout
 Curtsey Boutique Designer
Connie Mercer
Connie shares a lovely layout featuring a mix of neutral colors and strong patterns. I love her combination of textures, patterns and colors in the upper right corner. The layering of tags is a delight for the eye to take in.



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Bakers twine 

To see more of Connie lovely work be sure to visit her blog by clicking on her picture below.

Monday, August 11, 2014

Soap Bag with Connie Mercer

Today's gorgeous vintage-style technique comes from DT Member Connie Mercer.  Connie stamped on one of our muslin bags with Ranger Archival Ink and a Darkroom Door stamp to create this one-of a kind bag.  Once she embellished it with sunny seam binding, some vintage trims, and a burlap butterfly, Connie added a bar of sweet smelling soap and had the perfect gift to make a friend's day brighter.  On the other hand, this project may just be too gorgeous to give away!  




To see more of Connie's Crafty Goodies, visit her blog!


Friday, July 25, 2014

Fabulous Day Layout with Connie Mercer

Today DT Member Connie Mercer shares a truly fabulous layout using some of our favorite embellishments from the shop.  On this page, Connie masterfully blends a Glitter Bird Cage, Seam Binding, and a Rolled Felt Rose into one gorgeous cluster that is all the embellishment this layout needs.



To see all the embellishments available in the shop, CLICK HERE.  To see more of Connie's delightful creations, click HERE to visit her blog.

Friday, June 20, 2014

DIY Nesting Boxes Tutorial with Connie Mercer


DIY Nesting Boxes Tutorial
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Connie Mercer

Connie shares a fun tutorial in which she alters our kraft boxes to make a lovely set of nested gifts.

1.  Pick the papers you wish to use. You will need 7 for each box.
2.  For the 2” box you will need to cut 7 at 1 ¾” X 1 ¾”.  Ink around each paper for shading.


3.   For the 3” box you will need to cut 7 at 2 ¾”X2 ¾”.  Ink around each paper for shading.
4.  For the 4” box you will need to cut 7 at 3 ¾”X3 ¾”. Ink around each paper for shading.
5.  Put those aside and ink up all edges of all 3 boxes.


6.  Next step is adhere the papers to each side.
7.  You will have one paper of each size left.  That one goes on the inside bottom.



 You are ready to decorate the front of the boxes.
  The fun part is deciding how you will use them.  They can be stacked, nested or used as storage boxes. 


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Other Supplies:
Graphic 45 papers
Archival Brown ink (for shading)
Tape adhesive
Wet Glue

To see more of Connie's lovely work be sure to visit her blog by clicking on her image below.

Wednesday, June 4, 2014

Us All Dressed Up Vintage Inspired 12x12 Layout by Connie Mercer

Us All Dressed Up
Vintage Inspired 12x12 Layout
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Connie Mercer

Connie is back with us today sharing another breathtaking layout.  I love her vintage style and how our burlap butterflies seem to float right across the page. 


Curtsey Boutique Supplies




Other items used:
Authentique paper
Kaiser pearls
American Crafts letters
Cosmo Cricket small letters
Tattered Angels ink spray

To see more of Connie's lovely work be sure to visit her blog by clicking on her image below.

Friday, May 2, 2014

DIY Vintage Photograph Bag Tutorial by Connie Mercer

Vintage Photograph Bag Tutorial
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Connie Mercer
One of the absolute best parts of my morning routine is checking out my inbox to see what lovely creations my designers have sent me. I truly am amazed by their creative and this project by Connie is perhaps one of my most favorite.

Today she shares a lovely tutorial for making photograph bags to house lovely vintage snapshots. I hope you enjoy following along.

       1. Take the muslin bags and soak them in strong tea.

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2. Let them set for about 30 min.  Then take them out and dry them.  (I let mine drip dry outside)


13.    Cut out your leaves using the Spring Greenery by Tim Holtz/Sizzix.
44.   Hot glue a cluster to center of the muslin bag.
55.  Hot glue the burlap butterfly over the leaves.

66. Take the seam Binding and spray it with water and scrunch it up in a ball.
77. Apply the Distress stain to it ~ random places and dry with a heat tool.
  8. Make a messy bow and adhere it to the center of the butterfly.

19. Stamp the white tag with your message and adhere under the wing of the Butterfly.
110. Gather some photographs and wrap twine around.
11.  Insert in bag for gift giving.

Other Supplies:
Buttons
Darkroom Door Stamp
Ranger ink
Tim Holtz/Sizzix die
Tea bags (for dyeing Muslin bags)
Ranger/Tim Holtz Distress ink (Antique Linen)
Hot glue

Curtsey Boutique Supplies


     
To see more of Connie's lovely work be sure to visit her blog by clicking on her image below.


Monday, April 7, 2014

This Boy is Awesome Sauce Layout by Connie Mercer

This Boy is Awesome Sauce Layout
by Curtsey Boutique Designer
Connie Mercer
 Connie is back today sharing another fantastic boy themed layout of her darling grandson. I love that she uses our vintage pattern flowers and burlap tags with darker jewel toned colors and patterns to showcase the versatility of kraft colored embellishments.



other supplies:
Maya Road tickets
Maya Road paper twine
Little Yellow Bicycle pattern paper
American Crafts
Silhouette
button and trim
Curtsey Boutique Supplies





Tuesday, March 18, 2014

Aspire to be the Best Layout with Connie Mercer

Aspire to be the Best Layout
Curtsey Boutique Designer
Connie Mercer

Connie shares a layout filled with lovely layers today. (Say that 3 times fast)  Her embellishment groupings are soft and feminine and include our glitter ballerinas, felt doilies, polka dot envelopes and blank raffle tickets.



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Other Supplies

Little Yellow Bicycle paper
American Crafts
Creative Imaginations (thin jute)
Cosmo Cricket  (pink mini letters)


 You can see more of Connie's lovely work by clicking on her photo.