Wednesday, May 14, 2014

Amelia

Hello friends and welcome to The Twinery and Top Dog Dies blog hop!  I've been loving everything I've seen so far this week and hope you have too!  If you're here from Stacey's blog, you're in the right spot! If not, head over to the Top Dog Dies blog or The Twinery blog to get started!
Have I mentioned how much I love my daughter lately?  Oh I have?  :)  We had a photo shoot back in December with a professional photographer and had a lot of photos printed for our moms for Mother's Day.  While I was going through that process, I happened upon a wonderful project of a floral letter enclosing a baby photo (I wish with all of my heart I could remember where I saw it and give them proper credit for this idea!) and thought I'd try my take on it along with Amelia's name stitched in twine.

I started off with a 12x12 sheet of cardstock and roughed out the letter A and found a photo that would fit in the center.  I surrounded the photo with a number of paper and fabric flowers along with wonderful die cut flowers using the Pretty Petals and Mini Flower  dies.  I finished the design off with some sequins for some sparkle.

I then hand wrote Amelia's name and then pierced the cardstock so I could stitch it using Blossom twine.  The last piece of the design was a wonderful butterfly from the Butterfly Set.

I had so much fun making this project and now all I have to do is find a frame and get it hung up in Amelia's room.  I think she'll love it when she grows up and I know I'll sure have fun looking at it in the meantime.

I'm sure, by now, you've heard there is a prize up for grab which is a sampler pack of The Twinery's solid twine!  Gorgeous!  All you have to do is comment on each of the designer's blogs along the way.  There will be additional opportunities to win which will be outlined on The Twinery and Top Dog Dies blogs as well.
Thanks for visiting and have a wonderful day!

25 comments:

  1. Jen loved the way you made a floral letter...love the idea
    Cheers
    Dr Sonia

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  2. Such a pretty card, a real treasure. Thanks

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  3. Great idea and your finished page is beautiful. I love the look of hand stiching on a page. Thanks for sharing.

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  4. Beautiful card. Just love the colors of the twine and the letter you made. Great ideas.

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  5. Very very pretty,,,, your daughter is very beautiful... you are blessed :)

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  6. This is a pretty
    and sweet layout!
    Carla from Utah

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  7. Love your project and I know your daughter will cherish it! She is beautiful!!!!!

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  8. This is beautiful. So delicate. Love the A being made with the flowers. Thanks for sharing a wonderful keepsake.

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  9. forgot my e-mail
    txmlhl@yahoo.com

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  10. what a beautiful layout, cute little peanut!!

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  11. Wonderful projects. That picture is perfect amongst the flowers.

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  12. This is beautiful and very different than anything I've seen! Great job!

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  13. Such a great way to use the twine and die!

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  14. What an adorable idea. I like the stitching of her name and all the flowers.

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  15. What a darling picture! So sweet and adorable! TFS!

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  16. This is so sweet! I love that gorgeous butterfly and Amelia's name stitched in the twine. Such a lovely keepsake! Darling pic too! :)

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  17. Love your creation. It is so adorable and a great idea.

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  18. Wow that is really nice. The flowers that make up the A look great along with your sweet daughters photo in the middle.

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  19. What a sweet project and I love how her name is stitched on there!

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  20. This is so beautiful! Very creative ways of using the twine! Love the monogram flowers!

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  21. This is stunning. It is clear to see your love shining through. Hugs.

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  22. Awww, this is such an adorable project, Jen, and a true keepsake forever! Absolutely love this idea! The twine stitching is just amazing!

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