Monogram T

Good Morning!

Welcome to my first post of 2017 & wishing you all a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!

Sharing an altered MDF mixed media monogram letter today. 

Once again its a subtle delightful blue.

Let me share the details in the following pictures. After a generous coat of gesso & chalk paint, I added some textures by stencilling texture paste using a Tim Holtz stencil (flourish).

Love the distressed resin frame which actually "created magic" in this project! The handmade flowers are from ITSY BITSY

The coordinating tassel dangles on a pendant & do notice the floating charms in the dome there! Used liquid pearls from Ranger randomly to add some bling.

Some more stenciling using white acrylic paint. 

Linking this to the following challenges - 

Stamps and Stencils - swirls-whirls-and-flourishes.html - 1.2

Inspiration Destination#119  20.2

The Crafty Addicts#32  31.1

Mod Squad Challenge - Anything-but-Christmas - 10.1 - TOP 3

Shopping our Stash#284-shape-up - 9.1

Unicorn Challenge#17 - 27.1

A Bit more time to Craft#35 - 14.1

More Mixed Media Challenge - Anything Goes  4.2

A Perfect Time to Craft - 27.1

SSS - Wednesday Challenge (new pack of floating charms) 11.1

SSS - Monday Challenge  (new pack of floating charms)  10.1

Crafters Cafe Challenge#164 - 13.1

Altered Eclectics - December Challenge  31.1

Country View Challenges - January - 31.1

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DREAM Banner

Hello Friends!

My DT project for Bob N Betty this time is a "DREAM" banner which originated in a quote I once read  'IMAGINATION is the soil that brings DREAMS to life'. When I received the DT kit I was awestruck with these Made in India papers, absolutely enticing! 

For making this banner I used die cut pennants for the base. I glued together 4 card stock die cuts for each pennant to make the base sturdy. 

I selected papers from the Floral Logs collection & trimmed them to size to layer over the die cuts. These designs are have so much of layering & textures in the patterns, so I wanted minimal embellishments!

I colored the Prima DREAM letter resins with black soot distress ink with a dash of gold acrylic paint. To coordinate the pennants & also the Tim Holtz word bands, colored them similarly.

Once I had the letters D R E A M placed on the pennants, I embellished them & look at the magic created using these papers! Fantabulous!

The metal word bands have some inspiring words which were just perfect to for the theme I had in mind - Imagination & dream! 

I wanted these to standout clearly on the banner, so added these to square die cuts to the base of the banner.

The glass beads & tassels were just perfect to complete the banner.

The Ornate Annie collection has some sheets with tags, envelopes, frames, etc which can be easily fussy cut & I thought it would be perfect to add some interest & provide a good contrast  for the resin letters.

Linking this to - 

Simon Says Stamp - Wednesday Challenge - 5.4

Crafty Calendar Challenge#4 - 30.4

Pennys Challenges#271 - 5.4

Crafty Sentiments Challenge#29 - 4.4

2 Craftygirls Challenges#16 - 13.4

Craft for the Craic   - 30.4

Inspiration Destination Challenge#79 - 5.4

Decorate to Celebrate#30 - 12.4

Crafting for all Seasons Challenge#123 - 12.4

ABC-Challenge - 13.4

Classic Design Team Challenge#01.html - 27.4

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