Love wall hanging

In the search for my crafting mojo, I made this wall hanging yesterday.

This is a power packed little item even though it appears simple.

It features the following items:
Brocade Background Double Sided designer series paper
Onboard Ginormous Pieces (backdrop and center piece)
Onboard Lots of Letters
Pretties Kit - Flowers, brad and pearls
Crop-A-Dile
Jumbo Eyelets
Ribbon
Dazzling Diamonds Glitter
Beaded Fringe (non Stampin' Up!)
Ruby Red, Mellow Moss and So Saffron Classic Ink Pads (for flower dyeing)





Here is a side view to give you a feel for the layering.

















Here is a closer look giving you true color view of the Onboard letters and Flowers. It will make a nice little add to my wall art :)
















Happy Wednesday everyone!

Christmas Joy Garland

I had seen this at Convention this year and have been wanting to try this and the Thankful garland (next project) for Thanksgiving. I finally had some time yesterday to try it. It was relatively easy and fun to pull it together. I love glitter so I had a ball glitterizing (that's a Marie word lol) one of the snow flakes and the "O".

I used the Dashing Double Sided Designer Series Paper (main catalog) and the On Board Garland Greetings from the Holiday Mini catalog, Real Red Classic Ink and cardstock, Old Olive Classic Ink, Dazzling Diamonds glitter, Crystal Effects and the Red Ribbon from the Jersey collection.

Using a sponge dauber, I "dabbed" Soft Sky on the "J" snowflake. One it dried I applied a thin layer of Crystal Effects and covered it with Dazzling Diamonds. I did the same thing for the "O" except I used Real Red. I sponge daubed the Holly pieces and the "Y" snowflake with Real Red and Old Olive classic ink. I adhered a red button to the "Y" snowflake and placed these aside to let them dry while I worked on the rest of the project.

I cut three pieces of Dashing paper down to size and adhered them onto the front of each chipboard "plate" with a glue stick. I then flipped the J and Y over and cut out the paper using my hobby blade.

Using my Crop-A-Dile, I punched holes in the top corners of each plate and thread through the Red Jersey ribbon.

Once the chipboard pieces had dried, I adhered them to the Garland using Crystal Effects.

Happy 4th July!

I used this weeks Sketch This challenge to create my 4th July cards. I must say, it was a very timely design! :-)

For this card I used;

Stampin' Up! Not Quite Navy cut to 4 1/4 x 4 1/4, Stampin Up! Whisper White cute to 3 15/16 x 3 15/16 and My Minds Eye, Signature Life "Everyday Be" designer paper cut to 3 3/4 x 3 3/4.

I covered my Stampin' Up! On Board Accents Stars with scraps of my Fancy Pants Red and White paper and tied organza ribbon on the star. Stampin' Up! Real red marker was used for the dotted outline around the star.

I hope everyone has a fabulously fun and safe 4th July. Enjoy the time with your friends and/or family and remember, these moments last a lifetime :)

Happy 4th July everyone!