How to make a Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

September 8, 2020January 20, 20231 Comment

Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin…

Nothing says warm and cozy Fall Décor like Buffalo Plaid and Pumpkins.

Add them together for a cute Fall Home Décor project.

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I love using wood slices in projects.

If you’re lucky, and you have lots of trees, chances are you may have a log or two that you

could cut off a slice. If not, with the popularity of wood slices* you can easily find them online,

or in the craft department of your favorite store.

Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

Featured Storage: Deflecto Stackable Caddy Organizer*

If you follow me much at all, you know I love my Deflecto Stackable Caddy Organizer*.

I can easily customize the Caddy by removing the lids, and adding a

Deflecto Interlocking Marker Organizer* for paintbrushes and glue sticks.

Once I fill my Caddy with supplies, I can easily take it outside to work on a lovely day.

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Materials used to make the Buffalo Plaid Pumpkin:

7″-8″ Unfinished Round Wood Tree Slice*
Deco Art Acrylic Paint: Orange Twist, Jack-O-Lantern, White Birch, and Dolphin
1″ Removable Painters Tape*
Paintbrush
Fine Grit Sandpaper*or Extra Fine Grit Sanding Sponge*
Hot Glue Gun*
Small “Home” Wood Word
Natural Raffia*
Ribbon, Button, and Twine
Deflecto Stackable Caddy Organizer*
Deflecto Interlocking Marker Organizer*

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Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

To get the color I wanted for the base of my pumpkin. I mixed Orange Twist and Jack-O-Lantern acrylic paint.
Paint just to the inside edge of the pumpkin slice. Leave the outer bark showing.

How to make a Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

Add strips of painter’s tape onto the pumpkin to make stripes. Rub your finger over the tape to make sure that the tape is securely on the pumpkin and has no gaps.
Paint inside the stripes with a thin coat of white birch acrylic paint. Be careful not to apply the paint too thick. Only one thin coat of paint is needed.
Remove painter’s tape.
Allow paint to fully dry before continuing to the next step.

How to make a Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

Rotate the frame 180° and apply the tape in the opposite direction. Make sure the tape is securely down.
Paint additional stripes with a light coat of dolphin (light gray) acrylic paint.

How to make a Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

Remove the painter’s tape. Allow the paint to dry.
Lightly sand the wood slice. Sanding brings out the wood-grain and helps to hide any little imperfections.
Wipe with a clean cloth.

How to make a Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

Cut a small 2″ piece from a tree branch to use for the stem.
I also used a “home” wood word picked up at the craft store for my pumpkin.
Hot glue the stem onto the top of the pumpkin. Hot glue the word “Home” on the front of the pumpkin.

How to make a Buffalo Plaid Wood Slice Pumpkin

To give my Pumpkin a little extra support while sitting on my mantel, I hot glued a small wood piece (cut from an old scrabble tray) to the back of the pumpkin. Because the wood slice is not perfectly round, you may have to offset it a bit.
Tie raffia around the stem and hot glue a small button bow with faux fall berries onto the pumpkin. You can find instructions on how to make a button bow here.

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Click here for the Wood Slice Snowmen tutorial.

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Sew Simple Fall Welcome Banner

November 7, 2018October 30, 2018Leave a comment

Sew Simple Fall Welcome Banner…

Welcome your guests all season long with this easy to make Fall Welcome Banner.

To make the Fall Welcome Banner you’ll need:

Two pieces of 8″ x 12″ plaid flannel
JoyⓇ Gold Iron-on Embroidered Letters
Felt: Cream, Green and Tan
Beacon Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive*
Various Trims and Buttons
Sewing Machine
Iron
Bamboo Skewer

Directions:

Cut simple pumpkin shape out of cream felt. You can find several simple pumpkin images online that you can trace onto the felt.
Cut a pumpkin stem from tan felt and leaves from green felt.
Glue shapes and trim onto flannel with fabric glue*.

- Top stitch around pumpkin and trims on flannel using the sewing machine.

- Place second piece of flannel over the decorated piece and sew together leaving space for turning the right side out. Sew banner closed.
- Set iron to cotton setting, approx. 350°.
- Iron banner to flatten.
- Position letters with shiny side down onto flannel.
- Cover letters with a clean soft cloths, with a firm pressure iron cloth over letters for 25 seconds.
- Turn flannel over and iron the back of the letters for 25 seconds.
- Create a small pocket by folding and sewing down top of banner.
- Insert a bamboo skewer or small wood dowel on top of banner for hanging.

Joy® iron-on, embroidered letters and number sheets are available in a variety of sizes, colors, and fonts at your local craft stores.

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Fall Quilt Card…stenciling with ink

September 28, 2018September 27, 20181 Comment

Fall Quilt Card…stenciling with ink

a quick and easy fall card.

This week the Xyron® Design Team partnered up with Clearsnap® the maker of Colorbox® inkpads and more for some fun projects.

Here’s what I used: (*affiliate link)

Xyron Mega Runner*
Xyron 3″ Sticker Maker*
Colorbox® Art Screens: Mystic
Colorbox® Blending Kit
Colorbox® Inks: Amber, Turtle and Cranberry
Blue Painters Tape*
Cardstock: Yellow, Terra Cotta, Olive and Kraft Corrugated
Brown Fine Point Marker
Teeny Tiny Buttons
Craft Glue

Directions:

Place the stencil onto yellow cardstock and secured it with removable painters tape.

Ink the cardstock using the blending tool and Amber, Turtle and Cranberry Colorbox Inks.

The Art Screen stencil cleans up easily with water.

Cut the stenciled cardstock into small squares. (Mine were slightly smaller than 1 inch.)

Place the squares through the Xyron 3″ Sticker Maker* for the perfect little sticker.

Adhere all the card layers using the Xyron Mega Runner*.

For added detail…draw in small stitch lines using a fine point marker and glue teeny tiny buttons into the center of each square..

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Dollar Store Pumpkin Makeover

September 25, 2018September 27, 20202 Comments

I love the look of heirloom pumpkins and those cute little white pumpkins called “baby boo”.

But…I always have a hard time finding them.

This year, I decided to make my own.

I found these cute little 4″ metallic pumpkins* at my local Dollar Tree*.

At $1.00 each, I couldn’t pass them up.

I painted the pumpkins with Americana Multi-Surface Satin Acrylic Paint in White Birch*.

It took 4-5 coats. In hindsight, I wish I would have left a little green showing through.

I used Americana Multi-Surface Satin Acrylics Paint in Coffee Bean* to paint the stem and

accent the grooves of the pumpkin. To make it look more realistic, I used a baby wipe to

strategically wipe off some of the extra brown paint.

I really please with the way they turned out.

Best part is… they won’t spoil and I can reuse them year after year.

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How to create an Embroidery Hoop Pumpkin…

September 22, 2018October 6, 2018Leave a comment

How to Create an Embroidery Hoop Pumpkin

A Quick and Easy Fall Decoration.

What do you get when you find an outdated plaid Fall shirt, a small oval embroidery hoop

and then you add a few simple embellishments and some Joy Iron On Embroidered Letters?

You get a cute little Fall Pumpkin and A Quick and Easy Fall Decoration.

For my Embroidery Hoop Pumpkin I used: (*affiliate link)

Joy Iron On Embroidered Letters in Orange and Gold
3 1/2″ x 5″ Oval Wooden Embroidery Hoop*
Old Plaid Fall Shirt
Beacon Fabri-Tac Permanent Adhesive*
Ribbon and Trim
Acorn Embellishment
Scissors

Lay the embroidery hoop onto the fabric first and then place the letters inside the hoop to help you figure the best placement.

Set Iron to cotton setting, approx. 350 degrees, or follow garment care label.
Position letters with shiny side down onto fabric.
Cover letters with a fine cloth. With a firm pressure, iron cloth over letters for 30 seconds.
Turn fabric over and iron the back for another 30 seconds.

Loosen the screw on the top of the embroidery hoop and insert fabric making sure to keep the letter alignment straight. (re-tighten screw)
Trim excess fabric from outside of embroidery hoop.
Glue the green braided trim around the outside of the embroidery hoop.

Tie ribbon and leaves to the top of the frame.
Glue small acorn embellishment onto ribbon.
Super cute and simple to make.

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Grateful for Fall Frame

September 1, 2017August 6, 20214 Comments

Grateful for Fall Frame.

When the days and nights start to get a little cooler… I start looking for simple ways to bring

Fall into my home. One simple way is by adding beautiful graphics found on scrapbook paper

and adding it into a frame.

I made my “Grateful for Fall” frame using the Deflecto 5″ x 7″ Beveled Edge Acrylic Frame*

and beautiful fall paper from Authentique Bountiful Collection*. (*affiliate link)

After cutting and matting the fall graphics from the Authentique Bountiful Collection*,

I added resin acorns to the metal knobs with Zots Adhesive Dots*.

Simple Fall Decorating. (and a simple reminder to be grateful)

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Sometimes all you need to do is IMPROVISE

November 3, 2016November 3, 20169 Comments

When the boys came over to visit the other day, Nick had it in his mind that he was going to

rake a huge pile of leaves to play in. Since the maple tree in the front yard had yet to drop it’s leaves

I suggested he rake up the Pine Needles. (I figured a win-win for both of us)

They raked, they threw, they had a really good time. They IMPROVISED!

and…there were pine needles everywhere.

I love this picture of the boys. So much fun.

This week the Paper House Design Team is having a Fall Blog Hop with a chance to win a fun prize.

Make sure to stop by the Paper House Blog to join in the fun.

My “Playing in the Pine Needles” layout was created for and sponsored by Paper House Productions.

The paper and stickers used in the layout were from the Autumn Woods Collection.

My Front Porch…all decked out and ready for fall

October 23, 2016October 27, 20161 Comment

I thought I’d share with you today my Fall Front Porch that I did a few weeks ago.

In past years my Fall Decorating usually included sweeping off the porch, adding a pumpkin or two,

a mum and a wreath on the door. That was it. I was done.

This year, thanks to my new “Instagram Obsession”, I was inspired to go all out.

Mind you…

going all out for me does not include 27 pumpkins, 15 mums, a $100 wreath and the most beautiful

looking dog you’d ever see. Like a few of the amazing front porches I saw. (trust me I counted)

I kept mine a little more simple, a little more doable, with out breaking the bank.

I stared with things I had on hand.

A combination of things picked up at Garage Sales, Thrift Stores, Auctions, Estate Sales and a few items

I’ve had for over 20 years.

Sometimes I wonder, am I a collector or hoarder?

But…I always say “it’s not hoarding if you use them”. (Right?)

Since some of my summer flowers are still doing good, I had to add them to the mix.

I’ve had this poinsettia since last winter. I hope I can make it turn red again.

I love this old black chair.

I purchased it over 20 years ago at a antique store and hated to admit to my husband I paid $20 for it.

I’ve only repainted it once in all those years.

Mums are a fairly cheap addition to the mix. I purchased 7 mums at $4 dollars each.

The price of a really good pizza dinner.

I replaced the scraggily summer plants with mums in pots I already had.

I kept it simple with only one pumpkin which will be carved by next week-end.

The Wood Crate was a new garage sale treasure this year for $1.50.

The lantern I believe I picked up for $1 and the little red chair was a Thrift Store find at $3.00.

You got to keep you eyes open to all the possibilities of these treasures offer.

My daughter-in-law told me “I never find these kind of things”.

The trick to good finds is you have to go and go often. I love the hunt.

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When it comes to my front porch, the only complaint I have is the size.

I wish it was wider and didn’t have an aggregate floor. (really hard on bare feet)

I really enjoy how it turned out.

Who knows, maybe next year I’ll have 27 pumpkins and 15 mums.

You can read about the post on how to make the Autumn Wreath and Boo Door Hanger here.

Boo Door Hanger and Autumn Wreath

October 9, 2016October 12, 20162 Comments

The plan was to make the “Boo Door Hanger” and the “Autumn Wreath”

as two separate projects with two separate blog posts.

But… while I was working on decorating my front porch for Fall,

I tried them together and decided I liked it.

The “Boo Door Hanger” is a separate piece that I can remove after Halloween.

I assembled the wreath using a grapevine wreath, a couple of fall silk floral bouquets, ribbon and my

hot melt glue gun. After cutting the stems apart from the bouquet, I played around with the

arrangement of the flowers and glued them in place.

A simple bow glued into place finished off the Autumn Wreath.

The entire project took less than a half hour.

The Boo Door Hanger was a little more involved…

I used Black Sign Tags that come with a White Wet Erase Marker from Deflecto Craft Solutions

and Halloween paper and stickers from Paper House Productions.

I applied the Halloween paper onto thin chipboard and cut out three die-cut frames.

I cut the sign tags just slightly bigger than the opening of the frame and adhered it to the back.

I drew in my letters using the white dry erase pen.

Make a mistake? Just wipe the sign tag with a damp paper towel and start over.

I punched two holes in the top and bottom of the first two frames and the top only of the last frame.

I added a black eyelet to each hole and connected the frames with small garment pins.

I embellished each frame with Spooktacular 3D Stickers from Paper House Productions.

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Autumn Woods Pop-Up card and Fall Collage

September 23, 2016August 6, 20211 Comment

One of the best things about being on a design team is the opportunity to work with awesome

products. When I got my last box of goodies from Paper House Productions I instantly fell

in love with the Autumn Woods Collection.

The sweet water colored woodland animals are cute without being to cutesy.

I knew as soon as I saw them that they needed to be made into a pop-up card.

Tips…

I apply baby powder on the back of my stickers with a small paintbrush to remove the tackiness. That way I can use my stickers like die-cuts.
On the front of the card: I love adding dimension… so under the “Autumn is in the Air” and the “bunnies” I used 3-D foam mounting squares.
Add even more dimension to the inside of your pop up card by adding thin foam mounting squares to the stickers “tree” and “autumn woods” and strategically placing them on the background.
I created a couple of pop-up steps for my forest friends.

While cleaning up the Autumn Woods scraps laying on my desk, I decided to make a Fall

Collage using a rummage sale frame I picked up last month for next to nothing.

All in all… I would have to say that the Autumn Woods Collection has to be my favorite

Paper House Productions collection so far. (at least for the time being)

Here’s the list of the Paper House Products I used:

These projects were created for and sponsored by Paper House Productions.

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