These Days for your Room Decor Projects

by JodiD

Good Evening Crafters,

It is Jodi, Vicki and Toni here with you to show you some wonderful ways you can use These Days Collections to decorate your home.
With the gorgeous soft colours, and floral embellishments the collection is perfect for any home project and gift items.

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“Cherish Frame by Jodi Dolbel”

Products Used: Ornate Frame (SB2102), These Days Collection – Generation (P796), Tradition (P799), Reunion (P800), History (P801), Collectibles (CT708), Wooden Flourish – Bird Cage (FL302), Crochet Doilie – Cream (EM950), Mini Paper Blooms – Honey (F645), Paper Blooms – Terracotta (F635), Resin Blossoms – Dahlia (EM969), Kaisercolour – Antique White (KC002), Mocha (KC049), Clear Stamp - Prairie Lane (CS742)

Other: Chipboard, Pins, Tulle Ribbon, Embossing Powder, Texture Paste, Mod Podge.

Jodi Says:
“Hint: To get the antique finish on this frame, I painted the frame in Mocha, then covered the frame with a thin layer of Texture Paste. Before the Texture Paste dries, I used a clear stamp with a larger design and stamped the image into the texture paste. I then painted the frame again in Antique White and shook embossing powder over the top. I used a dry brush to get rid of the excess powder so it just stuck to the stamped image. Then I heated the embossing powder to finish it. I painted a layer of Mod Podge over the top for protection.”

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“Santa Sleigh” by Vicki Morris

Vicki says;
“I just love the green tonings and florals of the “These Days” collection so I used these in this project using Kaisercraft’s Santa Sleigh.”

“I used a circle punch and various green papers from the “These Days” collection to make layered flowers for the side of the sleigh.”

“I teamed these with a selection of paper blooms and terracotta flowers cut from the “These Days-Generation” paper as part of the cluster.”

Materials used: Kaisercraft – Santa Sleigh, Kaisercraft – These Days – Family, Kaisercraft – These Days -History, Kaisercraft – These Days -Generation, Kaisercraft – Lace Pack – Cream, Kaisercraft – Pearl Strips – Champagne, Kaisercraft – Pearl Flourishes – Latte, Kaisercraft – Paper Blooms, Kaisercolour – Soft Moss, Misc buttons and bows, vanilla ink.

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Family Ornate Frame by Toni Crane

Products used: Kaisercraft Ornate Frame (SB2102), Kaisercraft These Days History (P801), These Days Collectables (CT708), Kaisercraft Paint Antique White (KC002), Sage (KC025), Gloss Varnish (KC066), Pearl Flourish Elegant Chocolate (PL509), Lace Cream (EM927), Paper Blooms Olive (F633), Auburgine (F637), Mini Paper Blooms Olive (F650), Honey (F645), Auburgine (F654), Wooden Flourish Roman Clock Face (FL352), Metal Embellishment Keys (EM918), Clear Stamp Madame Boutique (CS805).
Other products: Ink, Leaves, Glimmermist, Dimensional Magic.

Toni says: “I have to say, unsurprisingly, this is one of my favourite ranges. It’s perfect to create anything to do with heritage. I’ve created this frame to be a centrepiece for the lattice divider in my scrap room. On this wall I’m going to create the family tree from both my side and my husbands side of the family.
I created the marble look on the frame by painting a base coat in white (including all of the gaps), then a coat of the sage green. I then used a crackle medium, and then sponged the top coat on in antique cream. This gives the marble look. Once this was dry, I then stamped the vine image from the Madame Boutique stamp set in gold, and when it was all dry, I then sponged on the gloss varnish. Using a sponge rather than a brush gives the marble effect, and using one with the varnish gives a matt look with no brush strokes.
I’ve also used dimensional magic on the die cut title to give it the look of a gel letter, but also allow it to ‘pop’ from the background.”