Altered Frame: Hexagon Punch

Hi!  Today I have an altered summer frame using hexagons as my backdrop. 

For my project, I altered an old picture frame. I used patterned paper from Canvas Corp and Bella Blvd, cutting them with a hexagon punch, and adhering them them to black cardstock. 

I used seven patterns from Canvas Corps White Basics line and two patterns from Bella Blvd’s Sunshine and Happiness collection for the base of my project.

Then I used a hexagon punch from Creative Memories to punch a bunch of shapes for the base of my project.

I arranged the the hexagons on black cardstock and stitched around the edges to form the base of my project. I love the way the black makes the color pop. Using black also gives the project more depth when inserted in a frame.

Here's a closeup of the top of the altered frame.  I used a large burlap flower from Canvas Corp as the sun and added a tag as a title spot.  Alphas are Webster's Pages.  Banner pieces are October Afternoon.

Here’s a closeup of the bottom of the frame. I added a photo of my son in the pool and a piece of chipboard from My Mind’s Eye to the hexagon background. On the frame itself, I added waves punched from Canvas Corp paper and a large felt flower. I wrapped some burlap string around the flower stem to echo the burlap sun at the top.

Thanks so much for stopping by! 

A Card, A Trifecta and A Giveaway

Even though my Guest Designer gig with Little Yellow Bicycle has ended, I can't seem to put away the Paradise collection LYB sent me.  In particular, these 6x6 decorative edge papers were calling my name:

I thought the scallop circle would make a perfect card front, so I got out my Martha Stewart Circle Cutter and made a card base from white cardstock.

I attached the LYB scallop circle to the card base, then added a doily, a phrase sticker, a chipboard bird, a leaf and flower to make the card.   All but the doily were part of the Paradise collection. The quote is from Audrey Hepburn.  I thought this would make a fun birthday card with the inside sentiment,"Happy Birthday, pretty girl."  Little Yellow Bicycle has been so good to me and featured this card on its blog here.

Next, I hope you will indulge me as I squeee just a little.  I made it a goal last year to get published and on stands now, I have a scrapbooking trifecta: layouts in three major scrapbooking magazines all at once.  I have baby layouts in Scrapbooks Etc, Creating Keepsakes and Scrapbook Trends.  Plus, I also have an additional layout in Creating Keepsakes, a heritage page about my mom as a young girl.

I will confess that I had a great big goofy smile plastered on my face at Hobby Lobby the other day as I stared at the covers of all three of these magazines on the spinning rack, knowing I had something inside each one.

So, what do you say? Let's do a little giveaway!  How about an 8x8 Graphic45 pad, G45 metal buttons and some 7Gypsies hardware and rub-ons.  To enter, follow my blog and leave a comment.  Comments will remain open until 9 pm EST on Thursday (2/23/2012) and I'll post the winner on my blog on Friday using random.org.