Fashionista Wall Hanging

Here's a super quick post this evening, almost midnight and I just finished this wall hanging for my office at work.  Check back tomorrow for a complete supplies list and tutorial. 

 

Have a great evening :)

CTMH Florentine Rose and Butterfly Decorated Box

Sometimes I get really lucky and I actually find time to just have fun with CTMH products....no pressure to create for a workshop, club or class, and I'm really able to get my fingers inked for the heck of it.

After a long day at work I usually unwind in my craft room and sometimes neglecting my hubby, so to spend more time with Todd I worked on this creation during commercial breaks and while sitting on the couch with a trusty TV tray, glue and ink.

What a find at the local Dollar Tree these amazing octagon shaped boxes for a $1 each.

I covered the box with Florentine Paper Packet X7153B, distressing the edges with Twilight ink Z2160.

Border strip is stamped in Twilight using Electric Edges stamp set C1450.  Like I said during commercial breaks I'd run into my room and cut out the roses in colonial white card stock, leaves in bamboo card stock and the butterflies in desert sand card stock with the Art Philosophy Cricut cartridge exclusive to CTMH in various sizes.

Again, during a break, I'm off to my room to stamp the roses with Happy Journey stamp set D1428 in Creme Brulee and Indian Corn Blue ink; the leaves in Olive ink with the Diverse Backgrounds (the speckled) stamp and the butterflies in Indian Corn Blue with the Diverse Backgrounds stamp set D1508 (poke-a-dot print).

While watching TV with the hubby I distress the edges of the roses with Twilight and Goldrush and for the leaves using a scoring stylus and a soft pad I create veins in the leaves distressing the veins and edges with New England Ivy, then curling them with the stylus.  I also curl each pedal to the flowers before rolling them and after, roll them tight and they have more definition when done.

Now, for the butterflies I covered them with liquid glass and let dry for about an hour.  Then you're ready to assemble.  Oh, almost forgot, I cut out flourishes using the Cricut in Desert Sand card stock distressing with New England Ivy.

Have a great day....now go have some fun too!

Knowing What You Like....

 If you're like me you probably surf the web a lot looking for new ideas and seeing what everyone else is doing out there....A few weeks ago I came across this card made by one of my friends, and fellow CTMH consultant who I met at Convention last year.  Did you know she lives just a few miles down the road....how lucky for me.  Now, Tamytha and I have kept in touch a bit since convention, especially since we've both only been consultants for a little over 2 years, lots in common, too.  Here's Tamytha Jenkins' card   

and here's her link, check out all of her work....she's amazingly talented.    Above and below is my spin of her fantastic creation.  Thanks again Tamytha for giving me the privilege to lift your idea   :)

 All products are Close To My Heart, the bird stamp is paper pieced using the up coming June 2012 Stamp of the Month, also used was the My Acrylix D-size stamp set that is included in the Circut Art Philosophy Collection Z1686.

Stella Paper Packet X7147B, Neutral assortments Baker's Twine Z1701; red assortment buttons Z1369, Cocoa embossing powder Z1246.