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Happy Aloha Friday!  Today for Lilo's Fun Friday I wanted to share this 3-D frame project I made for a swap.

I am stoked with how this turned out!  I went out of my comfort zone and used a ton of my new Prima Color Bloom sprays to create my version of mixed media.  It was soooo much fun!  The frame is made out of paper board and is from La-La Land Crafts.  I've had it for several years and finally decided to do something with it.  As you can see I also used a good number of dies from LLLC, CC Designs & Fiskars.  The stamps used are from LLLC, Winnie & Walter, MFT and CC Designs.

Here are some close-ups:

The mushroom border adds a really sweet whimsical feel here.  So happy I decided to add it.

Well time to sign off.  Have a very Happy Aloha Friday!  Mahalo for stopping by!

List of some of the supplies:
Moon & Stars Shadow Box Kit (just the shadow box)
Stamps: (LLLC) Paper Doll Spring Showers Marci| (CC Designs) AmyR sentiments Mixed Messages| (MFT) LJD Art Expression Text| (W&W) The Big, the Bold & the Happy| Woodgrain
Dies: (LLLC) Stitched Sun & Cloud, Whimsical Tree, Random Flags Banner
(CC Designs Cutters) Four Season Fence, Mushroom Border,
Punch: (Fiskars) Grass Border
Color Blooms Sprays: (Prima Marketing) Cobalt Blue, Summer Sky, Lime Wedge, Glistening Wave
Copics

LFF #78 - Altered Clip Board

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Please continue to pray for Hawai'i, they are getting the brunt of the storm right now and it's not getting any weaker.  Please pray that the storm slows down and that everyone stays safe. Mahalo!!

TGIF!  Another long week at work comes to an end, hooray!!  I'm planning on enjoying the time off. Now I don't have any new projects to share, but I do have one that I know I haven't shared. This was from a swap I participated in back in June, I think.  (haha sorry can't remember)  It was an anything goes theme so I wanted to do something out of the ordinary.  This is definitely out of the ordinary for me...  Here's my Lilo's Fun Friday #78 share.. An altered clipboard...

This is an altered clipboard from the $1 section at Target.  I think I could have sold this for more than a $1 right? lol...  Darn I wish I had taken a picture of the clipboard before I altered it so you could see the big transformation.  It was yellow & gray with geometric designs on it and the clip part was also gray.  I used a bunch of Prima, Recollections, Echo Park, Bo Bunny & Viva Decor products here and all were from my supplies.  Well except for the Julie Nutting doll, that was a new purchase at the time.  How about some pictures?

I covered the clip part with Viva Decor 3D Stamp paint in Walnut Brown metallic, which looks so much better than the light gray.  Here you can see some flowers and the pretty black and cream bow.

A close up of the other side featuring more Prima, Recollection and Bo Bunny products, and a peek at Mindy.  How about a closer look at Mindy?

  

Had a bit of fun coloring her hair with black first and then going in with a dark reddish brown to give her some reddish hair.  Paper pieced her outfit and hairband and used some gray markers to add some shadows. Her skirt was layered with 3-D dots to make it look poofy.  This paper is from Echo Park. 

Here's a shot of the picture frame and other goodies from Prima, Recollections and Bo Bunny.  I used a Sizzix polaroid die for the picture frame with some Prima paper.  Before popping up the frame with 3-D dots I added a clear plastic bag with the open slit on the side in case she wanted to add a picture she could or leave it as is.

A close up of the random flowers and wooden embellishment from Prima & Recollections.  Glad I was able to use up some of these older pieces that I had been hoarding!  (hahaha)

Going to the flip side of the clipboard, I used another piece of Prima cardstock to cover the back and then using the same 3D walnut paint I tried to give it a distressed look.  I went with the more is more concept here... lol!  oh, well at least it's metallic paint so it's nice and shiney. lol

This was actually one of those projects that drains ya... hahaha!  Do any of you have that kind of drain after a stressful project?  Please share!  I stress out with the flower placement and other vintage/shabby chic things.  I'm so not that type of crafter, but I have to say I am super happy with how this turned out and I know that the recipient loved it.  It was really hard to let this one go, but I knew it was going to a nice home.  Okie dokes folks, hope you all have a wonderful Friday and a terrific weekend.  Thanks a lot for stopping by!

Starting 2012 with a birthday card

Happy New Year Everyone!!  Hoping you all had a fantastic and safe New Year.  I'm watching the Rose parade and really enjoying it for the first time in a long time.  I hope that you all enjoy this last day of vacation and the start of a great year!  Today, for my first post of 2012, I have a birthday card to share.

This is actually my first creation for 2012.  I made a (not so CAS) birthday card Ifor my friend's niece.  She's turning 7 on Tuesday, but we always celebrate her birthday on New Year's day.  I had a lot of fun creating this card.  It's called a zig-zag card and I found this sometime ago just searching for different card tutorials.  I'm sure I've seen it on some of your blogs as it is a really cute way to add a 3D affect to any card. 

I did a swap of two of my favorite TGF images (Fleur & Holiday Anyas) to create this Anya.  Before stamping Holiday Anya on my paper I wiped away the holly branch with a wipie and drew in the lines for her hair and eyebrow.  I learned that technique from Amy from A Thousand Sheets of Paper and have used it a lot.  It works better than water on a paper towel.

As you can see I paper pieced her dress using the same dp (K&Company Olive tree kraft) that is on the card.  The card base is kraft cs (Recollections) that I distressed with vintage photo ink.  I also did it with the balloons, and the circles.  I used sakura & sun punches for the flowers in her hair.  The balloons are made from the C.C. Cutter balloon die, I cut out 7 to represent her turning 7.  I used a white pencil on the ballons and gold pieces of string that I recycled from some Lindt candy I got for Christmas.  The sentiment is from a retired TGF set and I added gold pearl pen dots underneath.

I wish I had taken a side view picture of the card so you can see how 3-D the balloons are.  The smaller balloons on the inner part of the card are adhered to the top part of the card and the other balloons on to the side panels.  The flowers are adhered with dimensional mounting tape with the middle one being the highest of the five.  I love how she turned out, and I hope to do more of her.  Who am I kidding I just love doing swaps!  hahaha!

Mahalo for stopping by and I hope you've all had a wonderful start to 2012.  Now it's back to the craft table to work on more cards..  lol!  Have a great day!!  :)

Hugs,
Leanne