whimsical wednesdays

happy wednesday! hope your weeks been good so far. ive been majorly sick for a bit but feeling way better so its good to be back in crafty mode :)
please be sure to read the post all the way to the end cuz i have some exciting news at the end :)  and it involves YOU!

this week over at WW our challenge is to create a card or project adding texture. fun eh! 

for my project this week i picked up an unfinished wood frame and colored it with tim holtz distress stains. love this stuff! 

i used a sweet leblanche stamp colored in slightly with distress inks. i then covered with utee (ultra thick embossing enamel) this looks like a piece of wood too dontcha think.i tucked a folded paper doily behind it

                                                    i added a few buttons and prima flowers

i also included a piece of lace and beautiful  crinkle ribbon ( prariebirdboutique) the hearts i cut using my cuttlebug, they are aida cloth. added a button and heart pins.

      i chicken scratched ( my own handwriting) the sentiment and added a couple heart buttons.

sure hope ya enjoyed my lil project :) be sure to play along with us this week we love seeing your take on the challenges.
NOW are ya ready for the exciting news! well
stephanie has created her own line of stamps they are AWESOME! we've all seen them and are super excited to reveal them .  the whimsical design team sneak peaks will be on thursday dec. 1st AND friday dec. 2nd at 7 a.m. est. AND were having a blog hop reveal friday night (dec. 2nd) at 7 p.m. est. One random winner that enters this weeks challenge, which will run until dec. 2nd at 12 p.m. est.  will win ALL 4 stamp sets! how super terrific is this!!!  the winner will be announced during the hop.  be sure to share your projects with us and good luck !!!!

thanks for visiting me  have a great day! xxxshelly

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happy memorial day :)   going  to keep this very short and simple. theres a blog hop going on at BBTB2 so be sure to head there and follow instructions :) good luck! 

this week jeri is our hostess and she chose one of my fave cuts from the sweethearts cartridge, bless this nest. 

i just made a card with this cut the other day so this time i decided to make an altered frame. i picked this unfinished frame  up from M's for 50 cents (using a coupon.)

i colored it with alcohol inks (lettuce and pearl) . then added robyns nest dewdrops and hearts (from the sweethearts cartridge) and the bless this nest saying. added lace and heart pins a few buttons and Martha Stewart punch butterflies. i used home decor cartridge for the added branches. on the birds nest i added some mossy bits. paper is memory box. i colored the birds in with colorbox fluid chalk.  thanks so much for looking :) remember to honor our fallen soldiers and say a prayer for those we have with us :) be safe.
XXXshelly