Tuesday, December 15, 2009

Is it ok...

to LOVE your own creations? Because I totally do.
I made this LO for this month's challenge on the My Mind's Eye blog. The challenge is to follow a given sketch and make your own hand made flowers, plus instructions. I have lots of MME products and I love to make flowers so I thought, why not?



For the flowers I made a poinsettia, rose, poppy and stacked flower.




I also incorporated this LO for another challenge


I also made this sleigh that I think turned out adorable. I've had this wooden sleigh in the garage for a few years just waiting to be dressed up. When my kit from Jen's House Of Scrap arrived yesterday I knew today was the day. I covered it with papers from Collage Press's "Joyride". I embellished it with chipboard from BG's "Eskimo Kisses" and wonderful findings from the thrift store.



I made the rose using instructions from the amazing Tim Holtz and everything got a nice coat of Shimmerz paints. I truly love that stuff!!



Thanks for letting me share!

13 comments:

Aphra Bolyer said...

Yes it is OK to LOVE your own layout, especially when it's THIS cute. Love all the flowers. And that sleigh...precious!

Joni Parker said...

Ummm...when your project looks like this...YEA BABY (ok to love it). I love both...but I'm particularly fond of that layout. The colors, the flowers,....well, just everything. I am inspired to go try that myself, now!!

Susan said...

I Love lots of my own layouts! So, yeah it IS okay!! The sleigh is adorable and you have inspired me with that poinsetta!

caroline Hancock said...

If this was my layout i would love it too. must learn how to make those pointy flower things as they are brill. Cant wait to have more time to scrap so i can do some of your sketches(building a house will do that lol)
Caroline

jacque4u2c said...

YES!!! It rocks - how can you help but love it! It really is great! I love the flowers you made.

~~Mia~~ said...

When your LO's are that gorgeous of course you will love them!!!! Awesome work!

Liz Chidester said...

Thanks you guys! You're all so sweet! I've been feeling like my mojo was a little low lately so I was thrilled to create something I really liked.

Laurel said...

Wow gorgeous stuff Liz!

Get the Picture by Kathy said...

Love the layout TOO! What a cutie!

Pearl said...

the wooden sleigh is just adorable !!!

way to go with the handmade flowers for the MME layout !

Veronica said...

You have a right to love your projects, because they're awesome! Those layout & flowers are so pretty and the sleigh...gorgeous! Nice job!

Diana Waite said...

Absolutely! Fantastic love it all.

Amber said...

Absolutely!

What an infectious smile he has. Your flowers are beautiful!