Honorable Mention, Papertrey's April Guest Star Stamper

Ever have one of those moments where you're so happy you don't know whether to laugh, cry or scream?  I had one of those today.  I took an early lunch at work and checked Nichole Heady's blog.  I check it every day, but this day was different because MY card was on there staring back at me!  In the end I laughed and then cried a little.  I made honorable mention with this card for the April Guest Star Stamper category of Best Use of Patterned Paper.  Pretty darn cool.  You may remember this design - I used it before on my Prima wreath card.  I received so many compliments on it that I had to try it again.
Today's version began with a base of Papertrey (PTI) white.  I distressed the edges of the spring moss layer and ran the sweet blush layer through my Big Kick with the swiss dot Cuttlebug embossing folder.  The wreath took a bit of effort.  I cut out the leaves from both the 12x12 and the 6x6 designer papers and used a glue pen to assemble them into a wreath shape.  Next I gently sponged a little spring moss ink on the wreath so that it added some visual weight and dimension.  The flowers were cut from the 12x12 paper and a tiny pearl bead was glued to the center of each.  I used foam dots to adhere the wreath to the card so that it would 'pop' a bit.  The tag was stamped onto PTI white using the Boxes Bags and Tags set (spring moss and berry sorbet inks) and then cut out.  I layered two flowers and a pearl bead for accent on the tag (it needed something!).  Next I wrapped the sweet blush layer in berry sorbet satin ribbon and layered a strip from the 6x6 patterned paper collection over it.  The final step was to thread some white embroidery floss through the tag and also use a foam dot to adhere it to the card. 

Thanks for stopping by.  Until next time...M

Supplies:
Ink:  PTI spring moss, berry sorbet
Cardstock:  PTI white, spring moss, sweet blush, PTI Pink Patterns papers
Stamps:  PTI Boxes Bags and Tags
Other:  swiss dot Cuttlebug embossing folder, pearl beads (via Ellen Hutson, LLC), PTI berry sorbet ribbon, embroidery floss, SU distressing tool, Quickie glue pen, foam dimensionals

Comments

[Regan D'Agostino]

nice job Maria- big congrats- its so fun getting that email isn't it!!!!

[Deanna Woodland]

Congrats on the honorable mention... what a great idea to cut all that out of the paper! Supa cute!