Embrace who you really are! Spellbinders Blog Frenzy and debut of Positively ME dies by Julianna Hudgins

I'm so honored to be asked by Julianna to be part of the debut of her new dies with Spellbinder's.


Embrace who you REALLY are!  Really no one can be you, or copy you, better than YOU!  A saying I've heard over and over again from Jewels is "Live Your Truth" or as I put it "Embrace who you really are".  We all have strengths and weaknesses, we all have different talents and abilities, but that doesn't change our value as a person.  And that's what makes us all interesting and individual!


The "Positively ME" collection of Spellbinders dies by Julianna Hudgins celebrates women, empowerment, and strength.  I LOVE Jewels dies and am thrilled to have the opportunity to be a part of the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy and to use these dies more in future projects.


For my project, I knew I wanted to make an art journal, something I could write my daily thoughts, ideas, sketches, just any sort of jibberish that came to mind at any given moment.  I also happen to love dress forms.  (My mom has one that was my grandmothers and I simply love it's shape and style)


So naturally I  chose the Jewels Goddess small -  Sku Name LF-013 Jewel Goddess


Here's what you'll need:

• Spellbinders Die - Jewel Goddess Small, Heart Large and Heart Small Sku Name LF-013 Jewel Goddess
• Spellbinders Die - Kite  Sku Name S5-097 Jewel Treasures
• Composition Notebook
• Decorative paper (one for the background, one for the dressform and one for the dress)
• Cardstock in either black or brown
• Decorative trims - I love beaded eyelash trims
• Paper doily
• Sequin ribbon
• Fabric scraps
• Collage Pauge
• Stencils of choice
• Stickles glitter glue - silver or color of choice
• Permanent Marker - black fine tip
• Distress inks in coordinating colors
• Objects to add textures such as bubble wrap, bottle caps etc
• Sanding block
• scissors
• paintbrush
• Aleene's Original Tacky Glue

Decoupage background paper to the journal and let dry

Lay stencil on background and apply ink and paint to give visual interest and texture to your background

You can also add ink to bubble wrap and stamp on cover to create various interesting patterns

Go with the flow - you can't mess up

Cut one small goddess shape from background paper as you see below

and one small goddess shape from the "dress" paper

Cut a large heart and a small heart from the same paper as the dress form with the print facing you.

create an additional set of hearts with the back of the paper facing you.

Cut a kite from a black or brown piece of card stock

Ink the edges of the dress form

Cut the bottom "V" from the kite and invert  to create dress form stand.

Using the finished picture as a guide, arrange pieces

on journal.  (1 large heart and 1 small heart combine to make a 

butterfly wing which is placed behind the dress form towards the top.)

Once arranged

Decoupage wings, dress form and base to the front of the journal and let dry

Cut the top of the dress into scallop shapes about 1" from the top

and trim off the bottom to the length desired

Glue trim to backside as shown

Glue pieces of paper doily lace to top of bodice on back side

Glue the dress to front of dress form

Roll various scraps of fabric up to simulate vintage flowers and

glue on the front.

Apply sequin trims with glue on bodice and bottom of dress

Here's a little close up

Add additional doodles and lines with black marker to give visual interest.

Write your words with marker

Highlight desired areas with Stickles and let dry.

Now it's time to EMBRACE WHO YOU REALLY ARE!!!

Sign up for the Speelbinders Blog Frenzy and you'll be entered to win an assortment of dies.

Thank you for visiting! In order to enter the Spellbinders Blog Frenzy, you must visit Julianna Hudgins’ blog and enter by following the instructions. I welcome your comments, but they will not be considered a Blog Frenzy entry

TO ENTER:
My blog is open for entries from 12:00 am, January 13, 2012, until 11:59 pm, January 14, 2012, EST.

1) Send your Blog Frenzy email entry to: reveal15@spellbinders.us


2) The subject must be LF-013 Jewel Goddess, S5-097 Jewel Treasures, and S5-098 Jewel Stones.

3) Send!

Be sure to visit all the Designers on their Blog Frenzy dates!

Daily winners will receive an email within 24 hours of the blog frenzy’s closing. The winners will have 72 hours to reply to that email to claim prize. If a winner fails to respond within 72 hours, a new winner will be drawn.

To be eligible for the Grand Prize, enter each and every Blog Frenzy within its designated time period, send your entries from the same email address for each entry.  The Grand Prize has a retail value of over $1900 and includes the complete Spellbinders line of die cutting  and embossing templates released at the 2012 Winter CHA show, and a Spellbinders Grand Calibur® Die Cutting and Embossing Machine!

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Be sure to check out my fellow designers and how they used these AWESOME dies!

Tiffany Windsor http://www.Cool2Craft.com

Katie Hacker http://katiehacker.blogspot.com/

Colleen Schaan http://www.distinctivetouches.com/

Suze Weinberg http://suzeweinberg.typepad.com/

Missy Brozek https://www.facebook.com/pages/Crafters-Home/148004358590831

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