Project Tuesday 27 April

Well it's that time again folks! I had just a couple of hours this evening to get my project done for PROJECT TUESDAY this week. I had several things lying around on the table such as papers with a delicate pink and almost buttermilk yellow colour scheme, a flower die (that I had recently borrowed from YTOC), lace and an almost pink/peach coloured ink pad. That was my starting point this week.

Like most weeks I know what I want to create with my project - at least I get an idea fixed firmly in my head and once it's there I build on it. I had tried this frame technique some months ago when I made a cute red & blue frame during a demo day. I liked that idea then and I like it now so I knew it had to be a framed quote. This is how it finally turned out.

These colours look much brighter with the flash. If I made my projects on time I could photgraph them in natural daylight but since it's dark outside I had to make do like most weeks.

I was leaning towards a baby girl theme (probably cos I was supposed to be doing a baby card right about now) but I decided to go with this quote. My mother's b'day is comin up in June and I thought she'd like it.

I decided to get a bit sneaky with my paper this week. This was the last sheet left when I purchased it and I wanted to save some. I started with a 10" x 10" square which meant I had two 2" strips - perfect for a card. I folded up my frame then opened it back up and cut a good sized square out of the back so I have enough paper to decorate up a box lid or something.

I used nestabilities dies all over this project but because I didn't have one big enough to fit my project (the first creamy yellow scallop) I cut scalloped squares, cut them in half diagonally and placed them behind the triangular flaps. I then trimmed them flush before securing everything in place.

Even up close this looks neat and tidy cos I made sure I covered over the joins with another layer. I used glue dots to secure my ribbon and lace twisting it as I went along. This shot shows just a glimpse of the depth to the whole thing. I used foam pads on most layers including several of the flower layers too.

I cut the leaves free hand, spritzed them with water so I could get a really nice scrunch to them and set them on the heater to dry quickly - I only had a couple of hours remember! I inked pretty much everything in sight including the leaves and finally I printed off the quote with a light charcoal coloured ink so it would be a bit softer.

I plan on adding a backing. Not sure if I'll use poster board in a cream or something else but I will mount it and add ribbon or something to hang it with. I guess it could stand with a small clear plastic photo/plate stand thingy too.

I still have my baby card to do and I think I might try this technique on a card next. Why not have a go yourself and see what you can come up with. Hopefully I have inspired some of you to play along with us this week. You can check out the other DT members and their projects plus get details for the frame here.

I am also entering this flower into the SASSY DESIGNS challenge this week. If you haven't had a go at making a flower yet check it out here for a tutorial and details of the challenge. I have made a few of these ones now. I used a Sizzix Hello Kitty die would you believe? Add a bit of curling, inking and layering up - who needs to buy flowers when you can make one!