Live a Life Inspired for Wild Orchid Crafts

Hello, everyone and happy Thursday!! I hope you are having a wonderful week!! It's my turn to post on the Wild Orchid Crafts blog and I'd love for you to stop by, if you have time :) This month, the designers were challenged to create projects different from our norm. I can't remember the last time I made a scrapbook page, so I thought this would be a great opportunity to remedy that oversight, using an assortment of flowers and supplies from Wild Orchid Crafts :)

For my layout, I used papers from Kaisercraft's Enchanted Garden, and I left the space blank for a picture, to be added later. The clock off to the side is also from Kaisercraft. The tag pulls out so you can journal on the back, too.

For the sentiment, I used a Donna Downey stencil and a Prima Chalk Edger, and then added some doodles with a white gel pen. I applied crackle paste through a Prima stencil and then ended up covering most of it up :)

I used an assortment of flowers, including Lotus Flowers, Magnolias, Cottage Roses, Trellis Roses, Open Roses, Hip Rosebuds and Lilies. I also added some TuTu Pink Prills and Memory Box butterflies.

I also used some of the new Pink Double Stamens (love them!!), Mulberry Paper Leaves, Guipure Lace, Vintage Seam Binding, Flat Back Pearl String and Pearl Sprays, as well as Self-Adhesive Pearls. I also added tulle for a bit of added texture.

Wild Orchid Crafts Products Used:

2-Tone Baby Pink/Ivory Lotus Mulberry Paper Flowers ~ MKX-351

Mixed Pink Tone Mulberry Paper Trellis Roses (35mm) ~ MKX-092

Mixed Pink Tone Mulberry Paper Trellis Roses (40mm) ~ MKX-092

Mixed Pink Mulberry Paper Cottage Roses (25mm) ~ QVR-043

Pink Mist Mulberry Paper Cottage Roses (25mm) ~ MKX-666

Mixed Pink Tone Hip Rosebuds ~ GST-014

Mixed Pink Mulberry Paper Lilies ~ MKX-129

Light Pink Mulberry Paper Lilies ~ MKX-136

Mixed Pink Mulberry Paper Magnolias ~ QVR-074

Pale Pink Mulberry Paper Open Roses (15mm) - MKX-005
Pale Pink Mulberry Paper Open Roses (20mm) - MKX-005

Small Baby Pink Double Stamens ~ MKX-266

Vintage Seam Binding Ribbon - Siam Pink ~ MKX-485

Ivory Guipure Lace ~ MKX-555

Flat Back White Pearl String MKX-613

White Self Adhesive Pearls (3mm) ~ MKX-506

White Self Adhesive Pearls (5mm) ~ MKX-496

White Pearl Spray ~ MKX-539 

White Mulberry Paper Leaves With Stem (30mm) ~ MKX-450

White Mulberry Paper Leaves (40mm) ~ MKX-449

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Have a great day :)

Hope

This is my second post of the day. For the Decorate to Celebrate post, click HERE.

Today I have a home decor project to share with you. I started with a piece of pink vellum and adhered tulle and sequin ribbon. I then cut two Spellbinders A Gilded Life Rose Medallion Dies in pink vellum and one in Spellbinders Media Mixage Iridescent Translucents in pearl and attached it to the candle.

The pendant is a Spellbinders A Gilded Life Love Wings and I just snipped off the top ring. I used a technique on the background that I saw on a blog and thought it looked awesome, but now I can't remember where I saw it. So I would love to give credit to whoever came up with the idea. I stamped it with Versamark and then heat embossed it with Stampendous Vintage Embossing Powder. I used a Spellbinders A Gilded Life Heart Die to cut another piece of Media Mixage Iridescent Translucents. Hope is from JustRite Stamps Grateful Hearts Vintage Labels 2, and it was heat embossed with gold embossing powder. The heart was then applied to the pendant with Glossy Accents, which were also added to the wings and crown. Sugar Coating was added to the wings and crown while the Glossy Accents was still wet.


I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Spellbinders A Gilded Life Contest
2. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Anything Goes
3. DL.Art - August Linky

Thanks so much for stopping by!!

Happy Birthday Ballerina

Happy Wednesday!! We're halfway to the weekend already!! It really is amazing how fast time flies. I've had this ballerina die for a while and wanted to use her, so I have a birthday card to share with you today :)

I have become completely addicted to my Zutter Distress-It-All. I can't seem to stop using it!! I am going to wear the poor little motor out :) The base paper is heavyweight cardstock from Canvas Corp. The patterned papers are from Prima's Lyric stack

The doily behind the flowers is from XCut. The flowers are a mixture of Prima and Wild Orchid Crafts. I added tulle and string behind and some white crinkle ribbon for the bow. The buttons inside the flowers are Die-Versions Buttons dies. The butterfly is another current obsession of mine. It's from Memory Box. I cut it once in black and once in the Prima paper. The corner gems are Prima Say It In Crystals.

Isn't this wooden banner awesome?? I found them at Joann...they are from Jillibean Soup. The Happy Birthday stamp is from my sweet friend Jo's new Personalize It stamp set. You can find it in her store 3 Twenty Crafts. It was stamped with Versafine Onyx ink.

I wanted to be a ballerina when I was five...I wore my pink tutu everywhere :) This gorgeous ballerina is a Marianne die. She was covered in Martha Stewart Carrera Marble Glitter, popped up with foam tape and balanced on the sentiment flag.

I am entering this in the following challenges:

1. Craft It Up & Link It Up - Anything Goes
2. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Birthday
3. DL.Art - April Linky
4. Little Scrap Pieces - Show It Off Saturday
5. Funday Friday Challenge - Anything Goes
6. Just B Creative Crazy - April Linky
7. Word Art Wednesday #121 - Anything Goes
8. Eclectic Paperie ePlay Challenge - Wood
9. Really Reasonable Ribbon #92 - Flowers or Buttons or Bows
10. Craft-Dee BowZ - Anything Goes w/Handmade Bow
11. The Crafty Bloggers Network - Die Cutting or Embossing
12. 613 Avenue Create - Anything Goes
13. Challenges 4 Everybody - Anything Goes 
14. Pile It On #14 - Feminine
15. A Creative Romance - Spring Flowers
16. Scrapping4fun Challenge - Anything Goes
17. Crafty Hands Challenge - Shabby Chic
18. The Ribbon Girl - Use Ribbon
19. Crafty Calender Challenge - Things With Wings
20. Suzy Bee's Blooming Challenge - Anything Goes
21. Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
22. Crafty Girls #15 - Anything Goes
23. Crafting By Designs - Anything Goes
24. Papertake Weekly - Spring Has Sprung

Thanks so much for stopping by :)