Mad's World: BLOG CANDY

My daughter Madeline watches American Idol with me and she became an Adam Lambert fan this year! She loves his over the top style! She LOVED his Mad World performance... coincidentally one of her nicknames is Mad. :) So... I decided to merge her favorite (for now) song, her nickname and the ADORABLE Poppies set from MFT to create this Princess-Punk wall hanging for her.

If love was measured in Swarovski crystals... you could say I REALLY love my daughter! LOL I hand glued 88 4mm Swarovskis to this wall hanging! OUCH! LOL I gladly gave them up though. Her super-sweet SQUEAL made it SO worth it! :) I used my Bling Bet Alphabet from MFT to stamp the letters. They have 4mm holes in them for perfect placement of crystals or whatever you want to fill them with.

I knew I wanted to make the focal point look like a record and I came up with something that I think is a cool little trick. I used my circle cutter (I use the curvy cutter with the glass mat and hard plastic templates) and LIGHTLY dragged my blade around at varying sizes to create the rings on the black card stock. None of the rings are "cut" they are just "scratched" if that makes sense. I like that it looks like the little rings on records.

I had pulled out a bunch of silver hardware to work with and found some belt findings in the mix. My hubby had a cinch type belt on, so I asked him to take it off (hubba hubba LOL) and I used it as a guide to make my own cinched belt to use as an embellishment.

I ran red line adhesive under the belt to keep it in place and also a red line dot under the "hanging" part of the belt to keep it snug and tight.

The card stock portion of the wall hanging is heavily red-line taped to a piece of heavy weight 12 X 12 black chipboard for durability. I used a picture hanger at the top and secured it with the brad that is in the center of the top row. :)

She has been SO ready to hang this up since I finished it up a couple days ago... Madeline... come and get it. :)

Stamps: The Poppies, Bling Bet

Ink: Going Gray, Memento Black, Riding Hood Red

Paper: SU Rockabilly, black, white

Accessories: Janome Sew Mini, Swarovski Crystals, SU brads, silver brads, Heidi Swapp ghost shapes stars (mini and large), Curvy Cutter, Spica glitter pen, Copic markers, silver belt hardware, SU ribbon, red line dimensionals, 12 X 12 Black Chipboard

OH, I almost forgot... I DID mention the BLOG CANDY, right? :) No? Well... I have been posting lots of Poppies projects and with my most recent order from MFT, I added a set for YOU! Yep, YOU! :) I appreciate all of you so much for stopping by and I thought it was time for a little treat. ONE lucky blog reader will win the stamp set, The Poppies, by MFT. It is one of my ALL TIME FAVORITES and I just had to share the love.

Want to see it?

Want to win it?

All you need to do is leave a comment on this post. Say whatever you'd like. With your comment, please leave your name and e-mail address so I can contact you if you win. I will choose ONE winner randomly (using random.org) on June 19th. One comment per person, please. :)

Have a wonderful day and ROCK ON! :)

The winner of the blog candy was chosen on random.org. Here it is:

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1
Timestamp: 2009-06-19 19:50:42 UTC

And here is the winner and her comment:


Julie Campbell said...
Looks like I might be the first to comment. (#1 is never lucky!) LOL! Anywhoo... I LOVE this MFT set! It's been at the top of my radar since the first sneak! So... thank you for your generosity (and I think you have great taste!). ;)

6/15/2009 3:15 AM

I guess #1 CAN be lucky, huh? :) Julie, e-mail me your address and I will pop the set in the mail for you! Congratulations and thank you ALL for reading my blog. :)