New Year News! (And some nutty stamp-geek-ness) ;o)

What's this nut been up to? ;o)

Well it feels like a million things are new this year,
...from...
finding out that I'm allergic to most of the foods I eat:
wheat, eggs, milk & milk stuffs, beef, and so on...
(Which is good since it may mean "buh-bye" to the migraines!) :-D
....to...
my Sweetie getting a full 3 sessions to teach at SFU for the spring semester
(Yay Honey!)

But by far the most exciting thing, is that I get to join the
My Favorite Things Design Team. What a fun bunch of gals they are!
It's a star-studded set of stampers and words can't say how thrilled I am!

So, without further ado.... here's my first MFT project:

It's a Valentine's gift set made with
My Favorite Things digital image Robots2...

Those robots are such a delight to colour & add little things to.



I added a print out that gave me the giggles (in a stamp-geek kind of way!)
It says "You sizzle my circuits." It's embossed on vellum cardstock
(from the printer with clear e.p.) and then added to the image by
slicing a line with a hobby blade & inserting it.

There's a lot of chain on this project, from the heart border which
is chain stitched on) to the hangy bits on the lid of the altered pistachio nut box:



They're strung along hole punched in the bottom of the lid,
so the pistachios don't go stale.

The MFT Robots on the box are made by:

A) Embossing the digital image onto patterned paper (painted with Golden Matte Medium)
B) Colouring with Copic markers & cutting them out.
C) Adhering them to patterned paper that was distressed with Gesso & beaded.
D) Adding a band of patterned paper, pink organza ribbon, & more chain...and...

E) Adding a top bit of patterned paper to hide the pistachio label:

(The papers are Basic Grey Sultry Dressy SUL-1154 & Heidi Swapp crazy love)

Last but not least,
You won't wanna miss the sweet 2010
line up of fab MFT Designers on Kim's blog here:

What a talented crowd!
They've made some gorgeous things this week!

Thank You ever so much for taking time to visit.
Hope you have a crafty kind of day!

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