Anyway, here is a project I've been wanting to do since we returned from vacation. My youngest, Caroline, loves to collect seashells. What I love about her is that the shells she thinks are beautiful are not always the ones I would choose. While we're at the beach she hands me her treasures -- imperfect and broken -- so I can keep them in a bucket for her. I brought many of them home and placed them in this basket, then I made a tag for it.
I used one of the Curved Rectangle Nestabilites to cut the tag from a piece of Fly a Kite paper. I hand-cut the mat from Kraft cardstock, then I sponged the edges with Antique Linen and Tea Dye Distress Inks. The images are from Beach Day by Penny Black, available at Stamper's Dream. I stamped the shell border across the bottom, then I stamped and cut out two extra shell images and popped them up on dimensionals. I added some Stickles to the bubbles and ground, and I stitched the edge of the sentiment. then I tied the tag onto the basket with some Ivory Burlap String.
That's all for today! I'm off to do a little more laundry -- gotta get packing! Thanks so much for stopping by today!
Have a great day!
Christina
9 comments:
Love this. Wish I were going to CHA and could meet you - hopefully another year.
....not only do I admire the artwork but believe I recognize the the basket as being a Longaberger...extra nice gift!!
~~Lorene
Total cuteness! LOVE this! :)
This is so darling, Christina! I bet your daughter felt so special!!
I SO WISH I was going to CHA!! You're at the top of my "want to meet IRL" list!! Have fun and safe travels!!
Adorable Christina!! I'm still trying to convince my husband that we need a quick trip to Chicago this weekend for CHA-- I'm only about 4 hours away, but we have a baby shower for his brother and his fiance on Saturday-- I'll keep working on convincing him that we can still SEND a present!! :) HAVE A GREAT TIME!!!
awww.... I LOVE the imperfect shells, Hailey picks those up too... and ROCKS... TONS AND TONS OF ROCKS... they help MAKE the broken shells at the end of the bucket hauling! LOL
LOVE the project, Longaberger basket too? WOWZERS GF!!!! :)
Have a BLAST at CHA and SAFE TRAVELS!!!!!! Dont worry when you come home... you will see how much they missed you, not a darn thing will be done while you are gone!!!! LMAO!
Christina, this is so sweet! Chloe loves to collect shells too! She thinks EACH and every shell is a treasure too....lol
Have fun at CHA! Wish I was going and could give you a big old hug!! Safe travels girl!!
Hey, Christina! I'm leaving for CHA on Thursday too. I really hope I get to meet you!! :)
This tag is absolutely ADORABLE!!
What a great project! The tag is just adorable, and what a nice way for your daughter to store her treasures!
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