I've Been Holding Out On You

Yup, it's true - I've had something to share for the past two days but had to keep it from you until it was delivered to my downline, Heather. You see, Heather and her DH had their first child earlier this month - a darling little girl named Brooklyn. I wanted to do something for Heather to celebrate Brooklyn's arrival and knew that they actually were pretty well off after several baby showers. So, I decided to make Brooklyn a garland! Heather had used Bella Rose on her shower invites, so I wanted to keep to the same theme and make Brooklyn a garland using it, too. Here's how it came out. I had some Tomato Spice acrylic paint on hand that I thought matched the Riding Hood Red paper perfectly for the letters (I miss upper & lower Simon chipboard - thankfully I ordered myself a stash of it!). I couldn't post pictures until Heather received it, and she called a little while ago to let me know it had arrived - so now I can share it with you, too! For more detail, simply click on the image and it will open in another window for a larger view. Thanks for stopping by and have a great rest of your week!

Mojo Monday Sketch Challenge

This is my first true Mojo Monday sketch challenge card. I wanted a relatively simple card for the ladies to make at my stamp camp coming up on Friday, and wanted to use some product I already have without having to order anything else. Julee's sketch fit the bill so I could use the large flower from the Pretties kit. I bought it a while ago from the bulk package SU! demos can order and this card design is a great use for the flower. I added a 1 inch circle of Red Riding Hood card stock topped off with a Kiwi courderoy button to make the flower center. The DSP is all Bella Rose (I'll miss it once it retires!). I was debating on which brads to use, and ended up using the now retired red eyelets as they seemed to match the other colors quite well. The panels are popped up with dimensionals and the flower is popped with a thicker non-SU! foam dot. I hope you like it! I've had a lack of mojo lately and am so happy with the way this turned out. The color didn't reproduce as well as I'd like when I photographed it (too yellow), so I'll have to try it again tomorrow using some sunshine instead of my desk lamp. Thanks once again for stopping by!

Accordion Valentine

Last night after visiting one of my favorite blogs, I was TOTALLY inspired! I love accordion cards (probably why I love those garlands so!), and Corinne's post yesterday was exactly what I wanted to make for one of the projects at my stamp camp on January 30. I used the dimensions from the accordion card I made for a stamp camp a while back - it will fit into a medium SU! envie if you fold back the ribbons. I used Real Red, cut 5 1/2 x 12 inches and scored at 4 and 8 inches for the card, and then added the So Swirly jumbo wheel in Real Red. The panels are matted with Chocolate Chip, cut at 3 3/4 by 4 inches, with Kiwi Kiss on top, then Bella Rose DSP. For the letters, I traced chipboard from Lower Simon onto Chocolate Chip (with the chipboard placed upside down, then traced), then cut them out. The dot on the 'i' is a 3/4 inch circle punch. I embellished the letters with some red ginham ribbon and Real Red brads, then mounted them on the panels with dimensionals. For the middle panel, I used the new Heart to Heart punch, then matted them. The large heart was stamped on the back of the DSP using the heart from Love You Much, then cut along the inner edge of the heart and flipped over for the side I wanted to use. I then stamped the same heart on Kiwi Kiss and cut along the outer edge of the heart, flipping it over to create the mat. I topped it off with Kiwi satin ribbon and Riding Hood Red taffeta ribbon. I'm really happy how it turned out and I hope the ladies will enjoy making it next Friday! Thank you, Corinne, once again, for your inspiration!