My sister-in-law had seen some of my name frames and asked me to make her granddaughter one. She purchased this frame at T.J. Max. I used my Sizzix and Cuttlebug alphabet to cut the letters first from chipboard and then from Groovy Guava. The letters were glued together using Aleen's tacky glue. I then pushed each letter into the Groovy Guava ink pad and used my Signo White Gel Pen to make Faith dots (aka, Markie'smom" on each letter. I stamped the Favorite Teddy Bear onto water color paper using Chocolate Chip Craft ink and brown embossing powder. I then cut him out. Not knowing for sure how I was going to assemble this, I sort of dropped the teddy bear and letters onto the Afternoon Tea background paper. They looked like the teddy bear was flying the letters, so I added the Stitched Soft Sky ribbon behind the letters to make a banner for the letters. The butterflies were stamped on water color paper with Chocolate Chip Craft and embossed with detail clear embossing powder. I then cut them out and used my Quickie Glue Pen and Martha Stewart crystal glitter. I also stamped each butterfly first on the background to keep their antennae.
TFL.
Coleen
Date: Wednesday, April 23, 2008 GMT Views: 459
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Accessories: Cuttlebug alphabet,Sizzix,Various flower punches,Primas flower, small buttons from a Ben Franklin Store,Chocolate Chip gros grain ribbon, Soft Sky stitched ribbon, Quickie Glue Pen, Martha Stewart glitter, copper frame from T.J. Max,
Techniques: water color, cutting, gluing,paper punch, heat embossing
Registered: August 9, 2004 Location: Plymouth, Michigan Posts: 1296
Sat, Apr 26, 2008 @ 5:11 AM
Oh, Coleen. I really like this one. I love the silver and blue combo of the DP and the frame. Of course you know that Teddy is one of my Favs! That's really a neat idea too, to have the letters strung behind him like balloons. Very cool!
Karen
------------------------------ "Outside of a dog, a book is man's best friend.
Inside of a dog it's too dark to read." ~ G. Marx