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Friday, November 16, 2007

Finally...a REAL FULL photo or even 3 !!


This is up on our DT BLOG now, so it's safe for me to post the whole photo. This was a sneak peek from a few days ago, if you remember one of the famous CRACK posts.
This started out as a plain wooden tote that I initially painted white. I added the yummy Daisy D's paper first & then the fun started. The chipboard letters and snowflake were painted with fired brick Distress Crackle paint.


To make the scalloped border, I cut the foundations chipboard circles in half, covered them with paper & stamped each one with our clear acrylic scroll stamp and accented each with a tiny dot of Stickles. If you live in cold weather, you understand the chipboard arrow and the words "SURVIVAL KIT", which are done with Maya Road Noah rub-ons. Winter in Illinois is NOT fun!


This photo shows the inside bottom of the tote. The frame is from our chipboard foundations set and is colored with fired brick distress ink. I stamped the scroll again, accented it with Stickles & added the adorable microchip heart and a little pen stitching. These micros are just soooo cute.
Filled with some goodies for that special someone, this makes a fun gift!

Like the photo says...
STAY WARM....
Have a great artful weekend!!
Wendy

EDITED @ 7:45pm...to answer the emails...yes, there are matching chipboard snowflakes on each side & there is one on the back too. Thanks for asking!!

11 comments:

Monica Sandström said...

Beautiful! I would jump up and down a week if I got a survival kit like that! Nice Work!

Sawyer's Mommy said...

What a fabulous project. Thanks for sharing. Great tips!

Pink Elephant Soapery said...

A very lovely gift! Love the colors and the design.

Rachel Greig said...

Beautiful project Wendy!!! I'd need to make a 'summer survival kit' for us down here in OZ! No snow in sight anywhere here right now! Thanks for sharing your AMAZING talents!!!!

Andi (RrlScrapGal) said...

This is so darn cute!!! I love it... You did a great job... I agree with a previous post.. Any recipient would jump up and down for a week!!!
Love the Winter with the snowflake and red!!!

Linda M. Cain said...

WAAAY TOOOO CUTE!!!! Absolutely LOVE it! And yes, I was screaming.....inside joke! HA!

Linda

Penny said...

Oooh, gorgeous or what? Love the New England/country sort of feel to it. Clever to cut the circles in half to make the scallops- gorgeous all round!

jillconyers said...

first time visit...wow so many cool ideas!

my family just moved from cali to ohio (3 weeks ago) with great anticipation of snow and snow days! your survival kit is perfect for ds amd dd's first winter in ohio!

Robin Beam said...

Love it as usual...brat! xo, R.

Sunnymommie said...

this is lovely gift. they are so cute!

GREETJE said...

This is really nice Wendy you did a fantastic job