two more pennants

 For the background I used some lovely textured metallic blue paper I got from Sandi. Ran it thru Cuttlebug, added Rub n Buff. The little dog collar I made is black cardstock, also Cuttlebugged. Embossed raised areas with clear embossing powder. The "buckle" is a ribbon slide that I bodged together with a piece of paper clip I snipped off.

For this one I used some tulle that Claudia had used as wrapping for a swap. Tucked it into the piece of broken bracelet I found at the antique flea market. Also gave her a tulle collar. The flower is a combo of the tulle and some organza I found in the remnant bin at JoAnn. Basically, you rough cut circles of any synthethic fabric, stick together with a brad, and go at it with a heat gun - I like to do quick bursts from the side - they melt pretty quickly.The pearl is also from broken jewelry I found. The background stamp is the same one I used for the sewing card, from CTMH (embossed in gold).

more pennants

Here are two more pennants I made for Phyllis' swap. For this one I did a background with a mixture of acrylic paint and glazing medium - went for a water-look. The edges are embossed in silver. Embellished with some flowers, pearl sprays, and Stickles. The flowers are made from hard plastic and aren't made to sit flat - so I punched holes in the chipboard to act as a kind of cradle for the flowers. I also attached the pearl centers with wire that I brought through to the back side to make them extra secure.

This is one of the ones I copied for some of my postcards. Used dress pattern in background. Twill ribbon. Lots of Tea Dye ink. And my favorite part - zipper flowers I made. I had originally envisioned putting lots more on this one - buttons, stickpins, etc., but when I layed them on top of what I already had done, it just felt too busy.

tea for two

I really wanted a prettier spoon for this pennant, but no luck at the local Goodwill and I didn't have time before the swap deadline to search around at other thrift stores (much as I would have loved to). I did find a set of grapefruit spoons at Kroger, on clearance. Unfortunately, this type of spoon has a serrated tip and wouldn't be right for a tea theme. I was thinking of gold UTEE to cover the tip, but Mike had the idea of using something that looked like sugar. Claudia had sent me a bag of tiny clear glass beads - perfect!



You can't see it in the photo, but I used Glossy Accents on her teacups. The brown velvet trims were in a warehouse sale grab bag from Maya Road.

ahead of her time

Another one for the vintage pennant swap. I love this image - from a disc I bought at lunagirl.com. The background is washi paper that I got at the Cincinnati stamp convention last year. Everything - including the woman - is edged with gold Rub n Buff. The edges of the pennant are covered with gold embossing powder. The pearls are from a broken necklace I found at an outdoor antique flea market. The charm was Michaels clearance.

Here's a pennant I made for Phyllis' swap. I love this image of a singing cowboy, and of course I love the red/black/silver combination. The concho thingy (attached with black hemp) is from a set of beads I got on clearance from Hobby Lobby - wow, there are some amazing clearance deals in January. I've got orange sticker fever!

The sheet music is actually from a French horn book that we got at a library book sale in Cincinnati last year (that was a fun time!). Hmmm, just got an image in my head of a cowboy sitting by the campfire, playing the French horn!

The bandana is one that I wore on my bald head. I had actually purchased a new one for this project, but remembered that I had saved all my old bandanas (ha - I first typed 'bananas' - that would be gross to save old bananas!). Why keep them all when I can use one for something special and fun. Oh, and by the way, let me just say - IT FEELS GREAT TO HAVE HAIR AGAIN!

On the back of the pennant is a nice textured brown paper, with a vintage photo of a little boy dressed as a cowboy, playing a little guitar.

I'll be posting other pennants from the swap. When I get around to it....