What My Groupies Made...

First and foremost

let me say that I cannot take

creative credit

for this month's "groupies" project.

It was designed and created by

 

Valerie Dietz

and, with her permission,

I cased and copied it

for my groupies.

 

You can see Valerie's other awesome artwork

by visiting her blog here...

 

So-that said...

let me show you what we worked on...

The banner "bases" and letters

were cut with the Cricut Close to My Heart

Art Philosophy and Artiste cartridges.

I color dusted the edges of the base cardstock,

stamped and colored all the "embellishments" with Copics

and then cut them out by hand.

Yep-I did this for 8 banners!

My groupies then assembled them themselves....

The pretty ribbon

is CTMH color-ready seam binding.

It came/comes white.

I dyed it to match our project

simply by running an ink pad over it

until it was the color I wanted!

You can also use a few drops of reinker in a plastic bag

and mush it around (very technical term!).

It is super easy to do!

I used a Copic marker to outline each letter

and that really made them pop---

and well, if you know me

then you already know

I POP-DOTTED EVERYTHING!

Lots of dimension to this baby!

The burlap is our new burlap ribbon-

it's awesome to work with as well!

I am surely going to order more it as well as

the seam binding!

It was really an awesome class!

Everyone did a great job keeping up with one another

and were thrilled with their project!

A great decoration for several holidays!

 

On another note,

I absolutely love the crescent moon!

I've heard some call it

God's eyelash...

but that little sliver of light

really spellbinds me...

and when I saw it the other night-

I just knew I had to try and capture it.

This photo

was taken with my Cannon Elph point and shoot-

it is not photoshopped...

I did fiddle with settings (on the camera before I took it)

and I have no clue what I did...

but I got the light from the house below

and the moon!

I am THRILLED!

 

Ok.

It's almost lunch time-

gotta do some flyladying today

and it's off for my mammogram this afternoon.

It's Breast Cancer Awareness month

if you didn't already know that

and trust me-

that few minutes of discomfort

is FAR LESS UNCOMFORTABLE

then chemo and radiation

and surgery!

A few minutes---that can save a lifetime.

Someone close to me

had a scare a year or so ago.

I will never ever forget the moment she told me

she had something suspicious.

I kept her message on my phone

from when she called and said,

"I'm crying-but it's ok!

Thank you, Jesus, it's nothing!"

Go get yours.

Please.

 

Until next time,

happy stamping and scrapping!

Blessings,