MFW: Pot Pourri Challenge & CASE Study #70

Good Monday afternoon to you all!  It's rainy and cold here and the perfect day for our planned dinner of Gumbo.  Mmmm!  But this weekend, it was unseasonably warm to the point of being able to, aside from whipping up a delicious batch of Molasses Crinkles and Pumpkin Dip, get out and do some yard work, which worked out perfectly, because we had Christmas goodies for our pick-up men and needed a reason for them to stop and get them :).  But our weather people are promising snow tomorrow.  I guess what they say about Kansas is true.  If you don't like the weather today, just wait until tomorrow.  LOL!  Anyway, enough of me rambling.  How'd ya'll like to see a little, paper-crafted something-something?  Well, here goes.

I started this card by trimming the bottom of a piece of vintage, chair, patterned paper with a punched strip of yellow, polka dot, patterned paper; filling the space between them with a dry embossed strip of Pink Pirouette cardstock; machine stitching, with white-threaded, straight stitches, around the edges of the vintage, chair, patterned paper...

and, with white-threaded, zig-zag stitches, to either side of the dry embossed strip; distressing the edges of everything with Tea Dye and Antique Linen inks; and adhering the entire prepped piece, with foam tape, to the Crumb Cake, cardstock, card face.

I then tucked a length of hot pink, plaid ribbon, just above the top, horizontal, stitched edge, under the right side of the raised piece and tied it off with a length of white, seam binding ribbon, tied in a dressy bow and embellished with a yellow button, laced with a duo of hemp twine bows, as well as a mini clothespin.

The floral, circle die-cut was backed with a piece of computer paper; hand cut out; distressed, with Tea Dye and Antique Linen inks, just for a little added dimension; and adhered, with foam tape, just to the right of the embellished bow.  It also serves as the foundation for my "YOU'RE A GOOD EGG" sentiment, which is another die cut, backed with computer paper, hand cut out, adhered with foam tape, and grounded with a couple of yellow gemstones.

Inspiration for this card came from in the Pot Pourri Challenge in the Moxie Fab World...

this card, created by CASE Study's December Muse, Amy Sheffer, for Challenge #70...

and my delicious, December, Jenni Bowlin kit.

Here's the deets...

• 3 double sided October Afternoon Papers
• 4 My Minds Eye papers
• 2 Core'dinations Cardstock
• 1 Bazzill Dot Cardstock
• 1 October Afternoon Farmhouse Word Stickers
• 1 October Afternoon Sticky Keys Alpha
• 1 October Afternoon Tin Press
• Mercantile Exclusive Stamp
• Mercantile Exclusive Stencil
• Mercantile Exclusive Month Bingo Card
• Maya Road Wood Doilies
• Pillow Box containing...
• Prima Flower
• ½ yard May Arts Velvet Trim
• 2 “Friends Restaurant” Mini Cream Vintage Milk Caps

Thanks so much for stopping by, ya'll!  I hope that you're enjoying all your last minute preparations for Christmas and that you have a wonderful week!

{Supplies & Tools}
Paper: Crumb Cake & Pink Pirouette (SU); vintage chair & yellow polka dot (October Afternoon) Ink: Tea Dye & Antique Linen (Ranger) Other: white thread (Coats & Clark); sewing machine (Janome); Scallop punch, yellow button, & polka dot embossing folder (SU); Big Shot (Sizzix); foam tape (Scotch); white seam binding ribbon (Zipper Stop); hot pink plaid ribbon (Hobby Lobby); hemp twine (Creative Impressions); floral circle & sentiment die cuts (October Afternoon); yellow gemstones (Doodlebug Design); mini clothespin (Canvas Corp.)