Artisan Award Winning Project #5 Blog Hop Day 5

 

Wow we are already half way throught the Artisan Award Blog Hop! I know I certainly have been blown away by all the amazing projects that have been posted. If you have been following along you should have arrived here from the talented Laura Mellinger's blog, and if not there is a full list of all of the blog's at the end of this post. Thank you again for taking the time to visit us on this hop and we hope we have inspired you a little:) As I have mentioned earlier in the week, I really encourage those of you that are interested in entering Artisan to really go for it this year and enter! It has been an amazing experience so far and I can not wait to see what the rest of this year has to offer.

Today I decided to share one of my 3 D projects. Now those of you that know me know that I tend to procrastinate, so when I confess that this next project was done the night before I shipped my package off you may not be surprised:) I do work best under pressure and although I had  this idea for this project weeks before completing it, it did not come together until the 11th hour!

Here is the picture I used:

 and here is the Canvas I created:

I do apologize for this quality and location of this photo, but to be honest it was taken at the UPS store before I packaged everthing up and sent it on it's way! Again there is LOTS of sponging and destressing on this project. It is also a hybrid project , meaning I combined My Digital Studio with trational paper crafting. I altered my photo in MDS using several of the Vintage Overlays and then typed the words "You're Amazing" over top. I actually used the colour picking tool in MDS and took the colour from my daughter's hair for the words. All the edges of the canvas were sponged with Soft Suede Ink and on the bottom left corner I stencil one of the imagaes from the Elegant Trio Stencils using Blushing Bride Ink.

Here are a few close ups of the project:

The flower was created by cutting some Very Vanilla Ribbon with the Tasterful Trim Die and then using my Heat Tool to seal and wrinkle the edges. I then sponged it with Blushing Bride Classic Ink.

The photo was mounted on a piece of Presto Patterns Designer Series Paper that had been sponged with Soft Suede and Blushing Bride Inks as well as spritzed with Smooth Spritz Spray in Vanilla Shimmer. I also stenciled the Flower image again using Peach Parfait on the DSP. A lot of times people will ask me wher my inspiration comes from and to be honest for this project I kept hearing the Lyrics from the Bruno Mars song "Just the way You Are".

Supplies used:

My Digital Studio

Stamps: Musical Notes Wheel

Paper: Presto Patterns Designer Series paper

Stencils: Elegant Trio

Ink: Blushing Bride, Soft Suede, Crumb Cake

Accessories: Big Shot, Tasteful Trim Die, Very Vanilla Satin Ribbon, Pearl Jewels, Heat Tool, Sponges, Vanilla Shimmer Smooch Spritz, Sticky Strip, Hot Glue Gun

Now be sure to hop on over to Heather Stevens blog and her amazing project!

And here is the list and order of the full hop:

1. Connie Collins  
2. Sandra Farrell
3. Heidi King  
4. Heather Klump   
5. Cheryl LeFore   
6. Laura Mellinger
7. Jennifer Picard    
8. Heather Stevens       
9. Summer Stone    
10. Heather Summers   

Have a great day!

 

 

 

 

 

Comments

[Heather Klump]

You Absolutely blow me away Jenn! I Stared at this page forever. My eyes are just drawn to her sweet smile, and all the wonderful details. Such an Outstanding page! :)

[Cheryl LeFore]

The whole thing is just beautiful. I love the way you used the colors and adding tradional elements to My Digital Studio.

[Connie Collins]

I love this photograph of your daughter and the beautiful page you created with it!

[Shelly]

This is beautiful Jenn!! I'm loving all your projects! :-)

[Laura Mellinger]

Lovely project for a lovely daughter!

[Andrea]

So Beautiful! I'm amazed that you can put together such an amazing project so quickly :) Congratulations on winning the Artisan Award!

[Monica]

I think this is really cute. It's a nice way to display photos of your children. I think making the writing the colour of your daughter's hair was a nice way to tie it in with the photo.