I finally had the time and ability to participate in this month's guest design team contest over with My Favorite Things. I have either been available to make the contest entry, or make the projects if I got picked to join the DT, but never both at the same time. This month I am lucky enough to have time for both :) The challenge was to make tags, and I went a little out of the box when it came to making a tag. It's not the kind you'd put on a package, but the kind you'd make for a candy cane gift, which given the time of year there are quite a few candy canes out there :) I started out with a piece of kraft cardstock and then used the scalloped scallop edge die to make a border for the left edge with some aqua cardstock. I then dug into my favorite holiday paper, October Afternoon's Good Cheer to find some candy cane striped paper, and a few other fun patterns to make a quilted background. After sewing the paper on, and distressing the edges, I went to work with the vintage cameo frame die, which I was excited to finally put to use. I ran it through the Cuttlebug with a woodgrain embossing plate and then distressed the edges of that as well. I put some tiny brads on there kinda like nailheads, then stamped the sentiment on the cream oval I put underneath, highlighting it with some rhinestones. I popped up the vintage cameo frame and then adhered my Candy Cane a la Mode which I cut out. I really wish it showed up on the photo, and I tried my hardest to make it work, but I colored in the candy cane with red and clear spica pens to make it really shiny, then covered the whole thing up with some Glassy Glaze to puff it up. It looks fabby in real life, if I say so myself :) To top the whole thing off, I put some red twine on the top with a bow. At this point, I finally realized that the tag was ten times the size of the candy cane I was going to put it on. Plan B was born. I punched two 1/2 inch circles to put the candy cane through the tag. So, yeah, it's a tag, but not a tag, if you know what I mean. I truly hope it counts as I'm pretty proud of it :) If you'd like to play along, you can hop over to the MFT forum HERE to get more information, or stop by the MFT blog HERE to see what exciting goodies are just waiting to get released this upcoming Tuesday. Thanks for stopping by!
Saturday, December 3, 2011
MFT Guest Designer--Plan B
I finally had the time and ability to participate in this month's guest design team contest over with My Favorite Things. I have either been available to make the contest entry, or make the projects if I got picked to join the DT, but never both at the same time. This month I am lucky enough to have time for both :) The challenge was to make tags, and I went a little out of the box when it came to making a tag. It's not the kind you'd put on a package, but the kind you'd make for a candy cane gift, which given the time of year there are quite a few candy canes out there :) I started out with a piece of kraft cardstock and then used the scalloped scallop edge die to make a border for the left edge with some aqua cardstock. I then dug into my favorite holiday paper, October Afternoon's Good Cheer to find some candy cane striped paper, and a few other fun patterns to make a quilted background. After sewing the paper on, and distressing the edges, I went to work with the vintage cameo frame die, which I was excited to finally put to use. I ran it through the Cuttlebug with a woodgrain embossing plate and then distressed the edges of that as well. I put some tiny brads on there kinda like nailheads, then stamped the sentiment on the cream oval I put underneath, highlighting it with some rhinestones. I popped up the vintage cameo frame and then adhered my Candy Cane a la Mode which I cut out. I really wish it showed up on the photo, and I tried my hardest to make it work, but I colored in the candy cane with red and clear spica pens to make it really shiny, then covered the whole thing up with some Glassy Glaze to puff it up. It looks fabby in real life, if I say so myself :) To top the whole thing off, I put some red twine on the top with a bow. At this point, I finally realized that the tag was ten times the size of the candy cane I was going to put it on. Plan B was born. I punched two 1/2 inch circles to put the candy cane through the tag. So, yeah, it's a tag, but not a tag, if you know what I mean. I truly hope it counts as I'm pretty proud of it :) If you'd like to play along, you can hop over to the MFT forum HERE to get more information, or stop by the MFT blog HERE to see what exciting goodies are just waiting to get released this upcoming Tuesday. Thanks for stopping by!
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1 comments:
cute, cute idea. love that à la mode....and your paper choices are perfect. great work.
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