Lovin' the Elements...

…Décor Elements that is! This is a project I did that took less than 15 minutes! Super quick and simple.

I purchased this frame a couple of weeks ago and wanted to dress it up a bit, so I dug out this set of 4 words in black (Inspiration #116187 $6.95). This particular décor element is available in Black, Chocolate or Kraft. You can check out many of our other decor elements in our Definitely Decorative Brochure.

To start, I cut out the images to the size I wanted and made sure they fit in my frame.

Using the Décor Elements Applicator (#114285 $2.25) I burnished the back of the paper (grid side) to release it from the backing paper. For a larger image, start in the center and work towards the outside edges. For a small image like this one, I just moved side to side.

Slowly peel the back grid paper off. If any of your design is still stuck to the backing paper, just lay it down and burnish again.

When you reach the edge of your design, be careful to hold the edge of your paper down – it will have a tendency to curl under itself and can stick to your work surface. Not a good thing to have happen (don’t ask how I found this out).

Carefully lay your image on the surface you are adhering it too. The image and paper is sticky so you won’t need any additional adhesive.

Using the applicator, once again go over your image. This will help to transfer the image to your surface of choice.

Slowly peel off the front transfer paper. If any of your design has not fully transferred, just lay the sheet down again and go over it with your applicator.

All done!

To finish it off for now, I added some left over retired designer paper I had and will add pictures of my family at some point. Because the design is on the front of the glass, I can switch out the pictures or paper as often as I'd like.

Ta Da!

Here are a few fabulous examples from other demonstrators using some of our other decor elements on glass. Enjoy!





Watch for details regarding an upcoming class I will be offering using our Decor Elements!

Happy Stamping!

Cristina

Reaching New Heights - Decor Elements Growth Chart

Demonstrators and customers alike love the Décor Elements Growth Chart special offer so much, it is now the top selling Décor Elements item for the month of August!

Stampin' Up! has received a lot of great photos and tips from other demonstrators who have purchased this new, limited-time Decor Elements item, and I'm excited to share a few of them with you!
Ideas for Marking Heights

Alana Jean-Louis, a consultant from Edmonton, Alberta, uses the Décor Elements sheets (page 158 of the Idea Book & Catalog), the My Way punch (item #110709), and the White Gel pen (item # 105021)to create height markers for her Growth Chart.

Julienne Davison, an executive from Champaign, Illinois, put her Growth Chart up in her playroom, and uses the cute birds made with the Birds & Blooms Sizzlit die (item #113485) to track her kids' growth. "Since my growth markers are movable," she says, "I plan to take photos of the children at various milestones and then record the date and measurement in a 'Watch me Grow' mini book."

Great School Products!

Dale Abraham, a supervisor and second-grade teacher from Metairie, Louisiana, reports, "Everyone at my school decorates their classroom doors, so I decided to use the growth chart on mine. This was the first Décor Element I had put up . . . and I'm hooked!"

Here's how Dale plans to use the growth chart at her school:

"On the first day of school, I always take a picture of each student . . . so I will take it in front of the grow chart. At the end of the year, I'll take a second picture and send both of them home with our last writing project which will be a book about how they have grown to be better students during the year. I also plan to use the growth chart during Math and let the students compare the length and height of various objects. I'm going to invite other classes to send their tallest and shortest students to be measured on our door, and we'll compare the differences to the tallest and shortest in our room."

"Since my main focus is getting my students to be better readers, I also plan to use the chart to graph the number of books they have read at home . . . so I will be putting other numbers where the metric ones were and adding student names and small punched shapes to the door to show how many books they read."

"Last but not least, my new door decoration has already had lots of comments and questions about where I got it. It's a great conversation starter!"

Remember, the Décor Elements Growth Chart is only available through September 30th, so give me a call to order your own!!!