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Monday, July 9, 2012

I Am Roses July Challenge - YAY!

I Am Roses is hosting a challenge for July, and the challenge for this month is to develop a project using a sketch designed by Arlene and your I Am Roses blooms.

To view the sketch and all the official details of the I Am Roses July challenge, please visit the IAR challenge blog at http://iamroses-challenge.blogspot.com/

If you have a Tuesday Morning in your neck of the woods, then you may know they had some terrific deals on Graphic 45 paper recently. So I super stocked up and decided to use some of that paper for this project. It's a cover for a vintage beach-themed mini.

Super fun creating this. For the flowers I used:

White Paper Roses

Hydrangea Flowers in White Large and Mini

Small White Gardenia Curly Petals

I live in New Jersey and the Jersey Shore is just 40 minutes away so this will be a fun place to record memories of my special sunny fun-filled days down the Jersey Shore. My favorite shore town in Jersey is LBI, Long Beach Island, and it's a fun place to visit if you ever should get the chance. And guess what. The have the best CRAFT SHOWS! Lol. Some really terrific artists share their creations there, and you can see and pick up some cool stuff.

But one of the first pics going in the album is a photo of one of my fur babies enjoying the new kidde pool I purchased for my dog kiddos. Here it is:

Rock LOVES the kiddie pool. And I love the action shot of his enormous ears flapping. His breed is a Boxer, and they are fun, happy dogs.

And here's another one where he's chillaxin. :)

LOL. Summer is THE BEST. And I cannot wait to see everyone's submissions for the challenge. As always, the IAR Design Team created some beautiful projects to get you inspired, so be sure to check out their creations. The list with links to the team is on the right of this page, but you can also see photos on the challenge blog.

Thanks for stopping by today and stay cool.

Saturday, June 30, 2012

Altered Jewelry Box

I knew when I saw this unfinished jewelry box that it would look terrific altered with some I Am Roses flowers and the Ladies Diary collection from Graphic 45. But what project wouldn’t look terrific with those two amazing brands?

When it came to designing the top of the box, I was inspired by the v-neck. I love v-necks with their plunging drama, so I wanted to create that feel on the box. Accenting the v-neck are a doily and some white lace inside. Around the v, I created a necklace effect using some findings, and pendant chain from Michael’s Bead Landing collection. To embellish the V further, I also used a curly roses, white rose with pink in the middle, some cream and black half-inch roses and pink rosebuds from I Am Roses. A complete list of flowers and links is below.

And then I did a lot of fussy cutting and layering. :)

On the front of the box, I used more v-drama to pull back the paper over an elegant image of ladies gloves, and I accented the gloves with pearls for buttons and a pearl for a ring.

Inside the box, I used more I Am Roses flowers to accent the compartments to make them an even prettier place for holding little gems, jewels and trinkets.

For accent pieces, I also altered an embroidery hoop and a small kraft journal for writing secret wishes and special memories, and embellished both with coordinating I Am Roses flowers that I used throughout the box.

This was an especially fun project! Loving the flowers and the paper collection, which are MFEO — for sure.

Happy Independence Day for US followers and stay cool! Thanks so much for stopping by today.

I Am Roses Flowers

Curly Roses

Ivory Curly Roses G 3 – 153

http://www.iamroses.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=cat_show_pro_detail&cid=20921&pid=85614

Daisy

Peach Daisy Flowers D1 – 50

http://www.iamroses.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=cat_show_pro_detail&cid=20922&pid=87187

Gardenia

White Gardenias G 2 – 152

http://www.iamroses.com/index.php?lay=show&ac=cat_show_pro_detail&cid=57606&pid=85601