My friend Brenda is hosting a “Messiest Studio” contest and I can’t believe I am posting my horrible mess on the internet, but if you want to go look: http://brendapinnick.typepad.com/ Hey, I think I have a good chance to win!
I had a fun night playing with punches, glitter and spray adhesive. I wanted to make a birthday present for my friend Patty and was having performance anxiety. Only a week and a half ago, this same group of friends met for another person’s birthday (she will remain nameless).This person (let’s call her Sandy) has an interesting collection of animal skulls which she picked up on her family’s farm and in various other places. Anyway, I made her a cool box of cards with all different skull designs and a matching box! So now it’s Patty’s birthday tomorrow night…and the pressure is on. But I had had this idea floating around for a while and it worked out well- simple and really fun. Here’s a photo.

Punch out a shape (i.e. butterfly) from colored paper. Center this design within a larger punch (oval) and punch again. Punch yet another oval of white background paper. Lay on scrap paper and spray white oval with a heavy coat of spray adhesive. Place colored oval on top, matching corners. Sprinkle glitter in the punched out section. Mount on cardstock. These are so easy and fun…

I made a mat board box to match and used a dollar store stretchy headband to keep box closed.

Today is Chris’s birthday. I think of him in Iraq and wonder what he can possibly have done there to have a fun birthday. I passed out mailing labels to my friends in hopes they would send him cards.