Tin of cards

The main reason I bought the June 2011 kit by Sweet Peach Crop Shop was because I'm in love with the Margarita Collection by American Crafts. Here is my first project with this line:

The 'Mambo' paper was applied to the 'Sheer Bliss' ice cream tin with Mod Podge (Matte). I sealed it twice with Matte then once with Gloss to add some shine. The butterflies were hand cut from the 'Flamenco' paper and coated with Mod Podge Gloss. I made the antennas by twirling strips of the bar code boarder  of the 'Merengue' paper. The sentiment on the card is a Colorbok gel sticker.

Here are some more shots around the tin:

The pink butterfly on top was colored with a Sakura gel pen and covered in Diamond Stickles. I added a little Mod Podge Glitter to the other ones (except the blue ones that come already glittered).

Here is the set of cards I made to go inside it:

Cardstock, Flair and delights also from the Sweet Peach kit. The cards are 3x3 inches and I could fit the 8 cards and 8 3.5x5 envelopes in the tin:

I think this will make a nice little gift :)

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Decoupage

Here is a project I made for a friend of mine. This was a series of firsts as it was my first shot at decoupage and my first time with the glue gun.

I used a painted Pottery Barn picture frame and applied  BasicGray - Lauderdale - paper from the June 2011 kit by Sweet Peach Crop Shop with Mod Podge. The Prima flowers and Offray ribbon were attached with a glue gun (GlueArts) and the Jillibean Sugarpicks were added at the end.

I never thought I would have enough patience for decoupage, but I found out that Mod Podge takes as long to dry as I take to fold a load of laundry. I might have to come up with more laundry day projects now...

And here is the coordinating card:

BasicGray - Lauderdale - papers, SRM sticker sentiment, baker's twine from DKMdiva, pearl brad from Eyelet Outlet & Brads. I used the glue gun to assemble the flower, then added some Diamond Stickles to embellish the glue.

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