Scrappy EMT Embellishments Project

Good Morning, 

For this posting I am showcasing my favorite embellishments that i like to use when I design.  I have always liked adding flowers to my designs.  Recently I purchased the Flower Shoppe cartridge which only adds to my desire to use more flowers in my work. This addition to my cartridge library makes it so much fun to add floral into my designs.  I also like to work with lace, especially when I add flowers.  I really like the combination of the two.  I am also a fan of pastels, so it made perfect sense for me to take flowers and put them on pretty purples and lavenders.

These flowers are made from the flower shoppe cartridge, cut at 1.5" and 1". I inked them before I removed them from my cricut mat.  I wanted to  try to create the real look of a flower petal.  I am not yet sure if I like the look that was created here. . 

For the light pink flower, I used two 1.5" cuts, and curled the petals under, I then added the 1" cut layer and secured the two with a golden brad.  I finished off the look by adding two cut leaves.  I did however, forget to add my vines to the leaves.  *note to self, add vines*   For the darker pink flower I followed the same process, sans the double 1.5" cut layer. 

What I really like about the Flower Shoppe cartridge is the versatility of what you can do with the cuts.  With a wide open imagination, the possibilities are absolutely endless.  

Thank you for stopping by my blog today.  I look forward to your comments.  Please make sure you stop in and visit my Design Team Sisters projects as well.  I know you will not be disappointed. 

Kimberly 

Kari’s Purplie’s Design Team

Welcome to another posting for Kari’sDesign Team.  Last week Kari challenged us to make a flower and tell our readers how we made the flower.  You can read my posting here, if you want to know how I made my flower.  This week, she asked us to take that same flower and create an altered journal.  Here is what I came up with for the challenge.

One of my favorite colors is pink, so it was without question that I use pink when I made my flower. However, had I known when I created the flower, what we were going to do with them, I would have used a much softer color of pink.  

However, now that I have this bright pink flower, I have to use it. It took me a while to figure out how I could make my altered journal, but once I did, I got busy.

The paper I used is from the Paris Night’s Collection.  This is paper I received from my SIL and one of my fellow purplies, Lisa.  I am not a big vintage person but I am learning to like it more every day.

First I cut the top cover out of the note pad paper.  I rounded the edges and used a glue stick to glue the paper to the top of the composition notebook.  I then took a black stripped paper and cut a strip and added it to the left hand side of the notebook.  A great idea, I like how this looked, but I knew I was not yet done.  I had the damask strip of paper that I also wanted to add.  It was not until I had glued it on that I realized the damask strip totally covered the black stripped strip.  You can barely see the black in the curved areas of the top strip. 

I really like how this looks, and now ,I have to add my flower.  I tried adding pearls to the design, but they quickly got lost in all of the musical notes. So I had to be a little more creative.  I knew I wanted a flourish, so I took one of my paper piercing strips and rather than poke holes to sew through, I used a colored marker to draw my design.  I then used a white glue to add my own pink gems to make my flourish.  I was not sure how this was going to look, but I am quite pleased with the final results.  Once all the gems were dry, I used my hot glue gun to add the flower.

Now, I am torn as to whether or not I want to add more to the journal cover or not.  I thought I could add “Singing Praises” or even “Just a Note” but I really like this paper, and I worried that anything extra would distract from the look of the book.  What do you think?  Should I add more to the front of the journal or should I leave it blanks as it is?

Thanks for visiting my blog today.  I welcome your comments as this is how I improve my work.  Please make sure you stop by my sister purplies blogs and see their altered journals as well. 

Here is the full list. 

Kari Sanchez - http://purplefuntastickcreations.blogspot.com/

Sr. Design Team

Kimberly Pate  ~ http://scrappingrookie.blogspot.com/

Shawnee Penkacik - http://www.blessedonthebrightside.com

Zenita Smith -- http://www.scrappinwithz.blogspot.com

Lynne Kirsch - http://slasewcraftiness.blogspot.com/

Susan E Bermudez - http://susanascorner.blogspot.com/

Tina Keller- http://craftyandgreen.blogspot.com

Carolyn Phillips http://messmuddleandfun.blogspot.com/

Jr. Design Team

Rachelle Larsen-http://creationsbyrachelle.blogspot.com

Lisa Woodward-http://mycraftyspaces.blogspot.com/

Andrea Stradley-http://astateofgracie.blogspot.com/

Jackie Lodge-  http://jackrabbitscrappin.blogspot.com/