Winner of the Mini!!!

Congratulations Ana Rivera

Ana Rivera said...

I just love how you decorated this Clip It Up. I would also alter my Clip It Up with my three daughters and my mom. Like you, my mom passed away and my daughters love reminiscing about what they miss the most of their grandmother. This would be a lovely way to display my mom's pictures with my daughters. Like I commented on MME blog, I get my inspiration through paper and embellishments. When I come across beautiful papers it makes me want to create something special. Thanks for such great ideas.

Misty thanks for such an inspiring post we all have someone special who has touched our life's and changed it for the better. What a great way to honor them.

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When Renee and Carolyn sent this Clip It Up Main Base  to me along with the gorgeous Stella and Rose "Hazel" collection...I was immediately overwhelmed with memories of my Grandmother. 

The colors and patterns, along with the beautiful embellishments made me want to Alter this Clip It Up in honor of her memory.  She was the one who taught me to crochet. She taught me to take beautiful pictures.  She taught me to preserve my photos in albums.  She is the one who taught me to read patterns, mix colors, and create beautiful works of art long before I even started school. Many, many hours were spent in her living room, in her favorite chair creating yet another beautiful masterpiece by only the light light of the lamp on her side table. She was my mentor...my inspiration, and my reason for having the love of all things ART.

My Grandmother is gone now, but her memory will live in my heart forever.  She was my inspiration for altering this Clip It Up Main base. 

To begin, I disassembled my unit and spray painted all of the parts with an antique ivory. 

I reassembled it when it had dried, and added in all of the beautiful "Stella and Rose" papers and embellies.

For the center rod, I used the roller from and empty roll of gift wrap and slipped it over the unit's rod to create an alterable post.

 

Everything has a good layer of Mod Podge on it to seal it in and protect it. 

Once all papers were in place and sealed in, I added in all of the embellies that said "Grandma" to me. 

The lacy edges, the strand of pearls, the hand made flowers and the store bought ones...

But most of all...the Lamp.  The lamp is front and center on this Clip It Up  Main base ...because it is the ONE constant in all of my memories of my beautiful Grandmother, whom I love and miss dearly.

Altering this unit was not only fun, but therapeutic.  I drew my inspiration from the most unlikely of sources.  Now, this piece holds more value to me than it would if it were just another "random project."

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What Clip It Up  would you altered ?  and where do you draw your inspiration from?  

Misty

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Capture The Moment!!

Hello everyone,

 Sarah here again to share with you some really fun projects that I created with the BoBunny Ad Lib collection. BoBunny was so kind and generous to have sent me this bright and cheery collection. I love the fun color combination of the BoBunny Ad Lib collection and just couldn’t resist the coordinating chipboard, stickers, and rub ons. First, I took some light teal spray paint to my Clip It Up Main Base, and then really decked it out with lots of BoBunny pattern paper and chipboard embellishments.

I am so thrilled with all of the fun colors on this Clip It Up  Main Base that I had to add even more color. Now, this Clip It Up holds all of my fabric that I have folded into about 6”x12” pieces and hung them with the Clip It Up metals clips.

I also couldn’t resist creating a layout with this fun Ad Lib collection. My daughter’s last day of school photos that she snapped of herself walking down our street on the way to her bus were just perfect to use with this line.

I hope that you all have had just as much fun altering your Clip It Ups as I have, and if you have yet to alter a Clip It Up then you must give it a try!!

Have a wonderful day!

 Sarah

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Clip it Up Kitchen Style

Hi Everyone!

It's Barbara here to share my altered Mini Clip it Up.  Now I know we all think of scrapbooking organization when it comes to Clip it Up products. But there are so many other wonderful uses for them. Today I am going to show you how to use it for your kitchen. I call it my Kitchen Mini Clip it Up. The papers were donated by My Little Yellow Bicycle, and ironically match my kitchen colors pretty well. I wanted to paint the Mini Clip it Up white, so while I was waiting for the paint to dry , I started making some recipe cards to hang on my Kitchen Mini Clip it Up.  They were a lot of fun to make, and look so cute.  I can't wait to fill it up and Clip it UP! Here are some photos.

For the base of the Kitchen Mini Clip it Up I cut a circle, and then used shaped scissors for the scallops around the circle. I then used a white signo pen to put a dot on each scallop. The shapes on the circle were cut free hand out of the paper. I have to admit I didn't quite get the paper around the pole quite right, so that is why you see the scalloped papers at the bottom of the pole. I ran out of paper and had to make do. I am sure we all do this from time to time. Mistakes happen and you do your best to fix them. But all in all I think it fits my kitchen perfectly!

I hope you enjoy it, and that it inspires you to find different and unique uses for Clip it Up products!

Have a wonderful day!

Barbara

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