Crafty Secrets April Linky Party......and I almost missed it (again!)

I made another wall hanging and it's  is going in the mail to surprise (shhh!) a wonderfully generous friend, Donna of Lizzie Bee & Co She sells fresh honey and honey based products like yummy lotion soaps, so who better to give a pretty Queen Bee hanging??

It uses another favorite (I know, I know, they're ALL my favorite! ha ha) Crafty Secrets image from the Creative Scraps collection. This pretty bee image is now also available as a digital stamp ; those digital stamps are so cool because you can print it over and over in varying sizes and then you can color it however you wish. It's also fun to print black imagery on colored or lightly patterned paper.

 

I used my Spellbinders scalloped circle die to cut out the bee image and I layered it on top of another scalloped circle in blue, as well as a lacey edged circle in red paper from the Crate Paper Little Bo Peep 6 X 6 paper pad. Next, I cut two strips of light red paper with Martha Stewart's Garden Trellis deep edge punch and lined them up bottom to bottom edge, creating a very wide lattice patterned strip to put down the middle of the pennant.

 

The blue dotted paper from Webster's Pages is mounted on a Maya Road scalloped pennant shaped piece of chipboard. I added a piece of pink silk ribbon on top of my punched trellis pieces, pop dotted the bee image and then edged everything in French Blue Cat's Eye Chalk Ink and then again in Silver Stickles. The bottom points are accented with large pearl embellishments. For the hanger, I wanted to continue with the soft delicate look of pearls and pastels so I created a beaded hanger of pink and white "pearls" strung on wire and attached to the pennant. 

 

 

I can't wait to get this one in the mail, but for now I need to go link up with Crafty Secrets....don't forget to check out this this month's linky party entries, as well as the latest pretty projects from the Crafty Secrets design team. What a talented group of ladies!! Hope everyone has a great week and checks back in with me soon.

Be blessed and be a blessing!!

I really hope to be a blogger who posts at least somewhat regularly and predictably, but so far, I'm not off to a great start, eh?  The second half of March brought me numerous computer problems, including issues with my server so I have fallen far behind on correspondence, emails and blogging.  I was really disappointed, as I had planned to post several Easter cards and a special Easter mini album in the days leading up to my favorite holiday.  Boo!  Those project may show up belatedly in future posts, but tonight I want to share two wall hangings I made which feature Crafty Secrets products.  Today is the last day of Crafty Secret's Linky Party for April and I am barely in time to play along!  So sorry I wasn't able to invite you to join in, but at least pop over and take a peek at all the lovely entries! 

I enjoy making wall hangings, thinking of them as pretty cards on steroids!  Today I made two to share and the first one uses one of my favorite spring themed Crafty Secrets' images from their Creative Scraps collection.   Isn't the little girl just the sweetest thing?

I knew I wanted to showcase this image in such a way that I can enjoy it year after year.  I covered a piece of Crafty Secrets chipboard with paper from an older Prima collection called Fairy Flora.  The soft pastel watercolor style pattern fits with our cheery spring girl perfectly. I have only a few scraps of this collection left in my paper stash and cannot find it available anywhere anymore. Do any of you know where I might find some? (never hurts to ask!)

I layered a lacey paper doily and die cut a piece of a coordinating Fairy Flora paper under the image and then framed it with some fabric floral trim in pink. 

I edged the entire piece in a scrumptious piece of pastel blue tinsel I found in the Easter section at Hobby Lobby! It has just the right amount of shimmer in it and I wish I had bought more when I found it!  Don't you hate when that happens?

Once again, I created a swag underneath the image, using paper roses from Michael's, vintage velvet millinery flowers and some glittery plastic mini eggs.  Some of the flowers are accented with pearls and gemstones, and there are some fabric leaves peeking out, too. There is a pearl brad from K & Company accenting the middle bottom.

I chose a vintage style metal hanger to hang this project, and using another Crafty Secrets creative scrap, I added the word "Springtime" to the hanger. 

                                   This is perfect for hanging from the middle of my mantle.
                          Thanks for visiting me today and taking a look at my latest project!