Front Porch Kit Projects

I created these two cards as feature samples for this month's "One Sunny Day" kit.  The step-by-step tutorial for each of these is included on the CD enclosed with each kit.  (If you haven't ordered yours yet, go to www.frontporchkits.com to see the kit contents and the fabulous gallery of projects and order before they are gone!)  Both projects were created solely with items in the kit.

The first card is a birthday card using one of the canvas banner pennants included in the kit.  This is a Maya Road banner/album but you should see all the creative ways the design team used it - not one banner or album in all the projects!  

I cut off the top of the banner piece with the grommets (and used a strip of the canvas for tying on the little tag) and turned the pennant over to use as a party hat.  The plaid pattern was "stamped"  with a piece of the corrugated cardboard cut from the kit box.  I used orange paint in one direction, let it dry and then restamped with teal paint in the opposite direction to form the plaid.  The "pouf" on top of the hat is flower stamens included in the kit.

The second card is a pool party invitation.  A package of Thickers alpha stickers was in the kit.  I misted "pool" with Maya Road mist and added Glossy Accents when dry.  I left the remaining letters white but inked the edges lightly.  The water is two layers of the wide, lacy trim that's in the kit. The top layer is left loose and ruffly.  I created the wavy background on the white card base by glueing yarn from the kit to a strip of cardstock and then inking it and stamping on the background.  The flip-flops were hand-drawn and cut from one of the patterned papers.

New FPK Blog and Full Reveal

Front Porch Kits now has it's own blog! You can check it out here and become a follower so you don't miss out on any creative fun!

And I just realized in the commotion of this weekend, I forgot to post the full kit reveal. So, drumroll, here it is - One Sunny Day.  The colors and textures are delicious!  Be sure to wander over to either the blog (above) or the website (www.frontporchkits.com) to see the complete listing of the contents and browse the gallery of fantastic projects made by the design team this month.

I'll be back tomorrow to share a few of the projects I created.

Great American Scrapbook Convention

The convention has come and gone and I'm totally wiped out. I spent three long days there working both the Little Blue House booth and helping in the Crafty Secrets booth.

We (or I should say Tracy's woodworking master of a hubbie) recreated the LBH front porch as our backdrop.  We even had an old screen door to display the contents of this month's Front Porch Kit  and a six-pane window that is a current class project.

Isn't the booth cute? It attracted alot of attention at the show.  We packed alot into that 10x10 space!  We did make-n-takes all three days at the table on the left, creating a "blooming pin" with three Build-a-Flowers (template in the current FPKit) and felt leaves.  It was very popular and we had people waiting in line most of the time.  

Here are (from right to left) Rhonda, Elaine, Tracy and I just before the show opened.  No photos were taken at the end - we were all too exhausted!  It was tons of fun and we saw alot of our regular customers and some faces we haven't seen in awhile!  Thanks to all of you who stopped by and said hello!

Busy. busy, busy

The Great American Scrapbook Convention is here in town this weekend and I've been running for days!  The Little Blue House has a booth there and we prepared for almost 500 make-and-takes!

I spent all day yesterday teaching "build-a-flowers" and helping man the booth and all day today helping out in the Crafty Secrets booth (love that store - fantastic products and fantastic people).  It was such fun to catch up with my good friend, Vicki Chrisman, who does the Crafty Secrets make-and-takes and is their Design Team Leader.  She and I have known each other for several years (met online) and see each other every June at the convention.  I was lucky enough to be able to help her teach her Alice in Wonderland class today.

After closing the convention this evening, we rushed back to the LBH for our Friday Night Live U-stream webcast at 8:30 pm.  Our June Front Porch Kit was revealed and is now available for purchase on the website.

And tomorrow it's back to the convention for another full day!  Guess I'd better get to bed - this night owl has to get up at the crack of dawn!

Friday Night Live!

Order the newest Front Porch Kit now!  They won't last, I'm sure.  They can be purchased online at www.frontporchkits.com or come by The Little Blue House to get yours today.  And don't forget to tune in tonight at 8:30 pm CST for the latest Friday Night Live.  We'll be showing the kit products and doing a few projects, one of which is the Build-a-Flower.  (The template is included in this month's kit.)  See you tonight!

Today's the Day!

Check out the newest Front Porch Kit "One Sunny Day" at www.frontporchkits.com which is now LIVE on the website! You can now order it there or, if you are at the Great American Scrapbook Convention in Arlington, TX, this weekend, we will have kits there to purchase.  Thursday (today) through Saturday come drop by our front porch (Booth #1111) on the back wall of the convention center to see all the fantastic designer projects made with this kit.  We will have a fun make-n-take too!

Don't forget to join us for Friday Night Live at The Little Blue House on  Ustream - www.ustreamtv.com/channel/front-porch-kits.  Tune in at 8:30 pm CST (or earlier if you want to see the "preshow".)  We'll be showing the new kit as well as doing a few mini-tutorials. Shades and flip flops required for One Sunny Day!

One day to reveal

Only one more day til the Thursday full reveal of our newest Front Porch Kit "One Sunny Day."  Pre-orders are being taken now online at www.frontporchkits.com or by phone or in person at The Little Blue House at 817-431-7930. 

Here are a few more peek at the awesome goodies included in this kit.  Love those polka dots!

Lots of teal and yellow this month. 

Here is a peek at one of my projects from the kit.  This was particularly fun to work on.

And here's part of another project. What could that flower be made of?

Remember to check back on the LBH blog (click HERE) tomorrow for the full reveal of the kit.  And don't forget to come by our booth (#1111) at the Great American Scrapbook Convention in Arlington, TX, this weekend where you can create a cute make-n-take and see the kit and the designer projects up-close-and-personal. Hope to see you there!