Bridal Presentations made easy with Duetica Fonts!

I was asked to create some bridesmaids jewelry for six young women. The wedding colors are ivory & navy blue. The bracelets & earrings were made of Swarovski ivory pearls/clear crystals on a stretch cording. After the jewelry was created, I wanted to help the bride out by having the jewelry ready to hand out to her bridesmaids.

I've been working with Duetica Fonts alot lately & came up with the most perfect presentation format.

The names were provided by the Bride......and when printed on ivory linen cardstock, the Mandolyn font added such a classy/elegant look.

Each bracelet & earring set was secured by Beacon Adhesives Quick Grip glue to prevent loss of the jewelry. Again the Mandolyn font was so much fun to use. Each letter was selected especially for the occasion....making it a one of a kind lettering.

To make something truly one of a kind.......Duetica allows you to do this very thing!

Materials

Duetica Fonts (Mandolyn set) http://duetica.com/

Sizzix ScorebBoard http://www.sizzix.com/product/2009

Sizzix ScoreBoard XL Die-Memo Holder by Eileen Hull http://www.sizzix.com/product/1800

Sizzix Big Shot Machine http://www.sizzix.com/product/907

Stampin Up punches: Boho Blossoms & Scalloped Edge
Marvy Uchida Clever Lever Giga Punch: Flower
3 sheets Navy Blue 12x12 Scrap book cardstock
1 sheet Ivory Linen 12x12 cardsock
6 half ivory pearls stick ons
Ivory ribbon
Beacon Adhesives Zip Dry: http://www.beaconadhesives.com/cgzip.html

Quick Grip: http://www.beaconadhesives.com/cggrip.html
Krylon Paper Finishes Spray Adhesive: http://www.krylon.com/products/paper_finishes_spray_adhesive/

Velcro (90076) http://www.velcro.com/index.php?page=consumer-products-adhesive-backed-sticky-back

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Instructions

• Cut Navy blue cardstock in half; Spray Krylon adhesive to ScoreBoard panels; adhere blue cardstock
• Run ScoreBoards through Sizzix machine using the Memo Holder die

• Ivory Cardstock: Use Duetica on-line lettering studio to select the font style you desire; print; cut out
• From ivory cardstock, cut 6 pieces to 2” x 31/2”; scallop one edge; adhere ivory panel as shown in project pictures with Zip Dry Adhesive
• Punch: 6 Marvy Uchida flowers (ivory only); 6 Stampin Up Boho Blossoms (ivory & navy blue)

• Adhere punched items as shown in picture; add half pearl in center
• Ribbon: cut 6 strips each to 10”; Thread ribbon through holes in top of Memo Holder; tie in knot inside flap
• Using the Mandolyn font by Duetica, follow the directions on the site; print on ivory cardstock; cut out; adhere to bottom of Memo Holder
• Bag bracelet & earrings in clear self adhesive bags; use a drop of Quick Grip to secure
• Cut 1” strip of sticky backed Velcro; adhere under Memo Holder flap

Check out the Designers below for more inspiration!

Becky Conley

Candice Windham

Christy Monge

Eileen HullKathy Peterson

Kristie Taylor

Niki Meiners

Rebecca Lynn

Suzanne Sergi

Wedding Favor YOU can make!

Wedding? Someone say WEDDING? I'm sure you heard right! The upcoming months will be filled with weddings & ideas will be needed to create just the right favors for the wedding you're likely to be involved in. For full details on this wedding favor, jump to the Designer Craft Connection tab on my blog. Make sure you use the Designer Craft Connection logo....select HOP FORWARD to view dozens of wedding ideas to make YOUR wedding event special!

Pet Photo Cubes!

Pet Photo Cubes

With Christmas just around the corner, I created these Pet Cube Christmas ornaments to celebrate the pets in my life. After all, pets are a huge part of our lives! Since the cubes were black, I went with a black & white theme. Of course, a bone hanging down to tease the little furkids! This Christmas, will feature several more of these cubes with all the pets I’ve had the pleasure of loving through the years. You can just bet they will be getting doggie/kitty stockings full of wonderful treats this year! With all the hub-bub of the gift giving season, the spirit of Christmas is forgotten. Make sure you spend TIME with those you love and give them YOU, the most precious gift of all.

Karen Burniston designed this collapsible cube that is so versatile that you’ll be creating all kinds of things! You will see other designers use this cube in such clever ways….make sure you visit every single one of them! Click on the Sizzix Triple-Blog Hop master list & begin your journey.

Twist Cube, 3D Pop-up, Bigz XL Die by Karen Burniston, Sizzix®Twist Cube Die

Items used to create the Pet cubes: Beacon Adhesives: Zip Dry, Ranger’s Stickles: Star Dust, bones recycled from earrings, white lacy ribbon to match the Stickles Star Dust, black & white photo copied pictures sized for cube panels, and of course the Twist Cube Die.

Photo Pet Stars: Subria, Sammy, Dolly, Bullet, Hannah, Katie, and our cat, Gremlin who passed away several months ago.

Little Lady's Big Purse

I'm excited to be participating in my first Blog Hop! Designer Eileen Hull has been hard at work with Sizzix and what you will be seeing on different blogs, are soon to be released Scoreboard Dies. Instead of regular cardstock most dies cut, these new dies cut & score mat board to create a dimensional works of art. Artists will be posting a new scoreboard treat every other Wednesday and everyone of them will be soooooo different! There will be inspiration enough to go around the block several times!

A special treat: Vote for your favorite project on Eileen's blog and leave a comment on any participating designer's blog and YOU COULD BE A WINNER! The ScoreBoard die used in the project will be given to the designer whose project gets the most votes, and one viewer who leaves a comment will receive a ScoreBoard die from the first Sizzix ScordBoard collection. To qualify to win, you must write a comment on any of the participating designers' sites.

Voting ends the Monday following the Wednesday hop at 6 PM.

This is the first sample to begin the Blog Hop off right.

To throw a challenge in the mix, Eileen had us include some kind of office supply item into our design. To keep you from seaching too hard, the item I used were 2 fastner circles with fastners. When I looked at the blank scoreboard before me, I saw a little girls purse with some of her momma's make up in it. Of course she threw in her pony tail holder as well as her necklace.

Covering the scoreboard with Peppermint Rain Drops textured paper (The Paper Company) with Zip Dry adhesive by Beacon......the little purse began to take shape. Using RockCandy Studios copper Dresden Foil, I trimmed the entire purse, including the scalloped areas to highlight them. Decorative pink beaded trim was added because EVERY little girl deserves BLING. Since copper was my main metal used, I coiled some copper 18 gauge wire and fastened it down with Making Memories flowers. Copper jump rings & chain complete the purse!



Remember to VOTE on your favorite project & you could be a WINNER! Go to Eileen Hull's website & look over the other designers projects & cast your vote!

Eileen Hull

Ann Butler

Bonnie Burns

Candice Windham

Cindi Bisson - Fat Cat Creations

Bee Shay - Craftside

Designs by Roxi

JGoode Designs

Jennifer Ellefson

Just a Thought or Two

Karen Burniston

Veronica Goff - Life Snippets

Mel Designs - Trendy Thank You Gifts

Niki Meiners

Sparkle's Studio

Pink Lemonade

Stampin' Queen Creations Lisa Rojas

Sandy Laipply's Blog

Julie McGuffee

Laura Bray

Marisa Pawelko

Michelle Cummings

Brenda Pinnick

Carla Schauer

FTC: Material Disclosure: I have a material connection to Sizzix and Eileen Hull. I received samples of the product above to use for this blog post.