HAT PINS GALORE WITH THE CUTTLEBUG SPOT WEEKLY CHALLENGE

 hello my friends,

between the gym and household chores is a miracle i still alive, lol

 today is a sunny day here in my neighborhood and that should recharge my batteries for a bit.

i am also taking my son to an oral surgeon for a consultation/scheduling on his wisdom wisdom teeth surgery. the bottom ones are sideways and of course they need to be removed. i never had my wisdom teeth so maybe that is why i still a goof--hehe

the cuttlebug spot challenge this week is: 

Ouch! :  Hat pins

this is my take,

Always Laugh

4.25h by 5.5w 

this flower is huge...flowerdisco went crazy this time--hehe

thanks to the spender in me, i bought these hat pins at J's because they were on clearance and i said to myself we never know when we are going to need them, ;p. 

here is a pic of them:

they have different sentiments and i love the font and material used for them, don't you?

anyhow, i looked in my ribbon box and i saw this kind of wide cheap lace :( and i decided to make a flower.

it came out huge, lol, but nonetheless i was decided to use it on my card--go figure.

the fabric button is another clearance find from k&co.

and the paper lace we all know it from the martha stewart collection of punches. i also used it in the inside.

sorry about the "glub" of glue on the white square piece of cardstock. i did not realize it until now. i will take care of it with my x-acto knife later on.

you can see the flower wasn't really attached to the card--wink!!!!

my son still thinks i am a goof, especially when i come to him with these atrocious ideas, lol.

the little white square is very useful as you will see below.

you can see the embossed patterned paper, right? i had to have my embossing in. after all is for the cuttlebug spot :)

 aha!!!!!!!! yeah, you are seeing right ;p. i put another hair pin (a real one) on the back of the ribbon that was glued to the lace flower that was pinned to the white little square--hehe.

now, you can remove the flower and use it as a real hat pin, hair pin, brooch, put it anywhere you want 

....voila!!!!!

that was my genius and or atrocious idea for today. lmbo

so what do you think? hehe...flowerdisco just lost it!!!!!!!!!!

i bet you can do better with some kind of those glubbers  that are so popular right now. 

but you get the idea here first,.

right? right.

play along with us at 

the cuttlebug spot,

and also enjoy yourself looking at what my team mates have prepare for this week of 

Ouch! Hat Pins

love you all!

*_*

"PLAYING WITH SERENADE" by flowerdisco & friends

Happy Wednesday and Happy Fall!

 We are already experiencing not cool but cold weather. The tropical storms have been pouring rain on this side since last week. Monday and Tuesday was Brrr! :)

Anyhow,

I am here to introduce another series of  

SERENADE ROUND 4 

We are already half way and I am thinking to have a small surprise for those who have been following the series and commenting on these gorgeous Serenade projects. shh! it is supposed to be a secret ;)

My image for this week is #23 and is a FLOWER...you already know flowerdisco loves flowers, hehehe, and I decided to make something different. I had already bought the one staple I needed to make it and well here it is...this is my first time making a...

Flower Hair Pin/Brooch

3 inches in diameter

 (Remember to CLICK on the image to have a bigger view)

This hair pin/brooch came out  
gorgeous!

This image has 4 cuts and forgive me if I do not have the proper names for them: a shadow, a base, the big one you see on the Gypsy screen and a small circle for the center of the flower.

 The bigger image you see on the Gypsy screen was cut in 5 different sizes:
3", 2.75", 2.5", 2.25" and 2" inches. I also cut the shadow image twice, to give the pin a sturdier base.
You see the scallops on the big image, right? To make my flower dimensional I cut one scallop off on the 3 inches one; then two scallops off on the 2.75 inch one; then three on the next size, then four and then five on the smallest one and glue them again with Scotch's Quick-dry adhesive to make the circle again for dimension...did I loose you? Clear as mud right? lol. It is the same techniques they are using to make the paper flowers.

 I inked everything and I used my glue gun to add the 5 layers. (I tried with the Scotch's glue but it wasn't working, :() BUT, the glue gun attached all the pieces very well and very secured.

 I bought a jar of Diamond Dust when I was in Boston and I finally got to use it here. I am learning this technique and even it seems like a lot of Diamond Dust still looks very nice. Next time I know to use a bit less, lol. All the Diamond Dust is very secured to the flower tough. I made sure of that. :)

 The leaves are from A Child's Year cartridge...

beautiful leaves and I never noticed they were there, wink-wink...

(that is because it gets to be too many cartridges in the collection, lol).

 

 This is the back and I attached that hair pin using my glue gun again.

Now,

I have a model to show off the flower as a hair pin: ME...lmbo!!!

Just FABULOUS!

I also tried putting it on my purse handle and it look nice there too and around my potted plants and in my kitchen and in the bathroom....and every where I put it it looked beautiful. Oh! I have a garland on my front door and just imagine a whole garland with these flowers on different sizes...it will be to die for :)

Well... I hope I have inspired you with my hair pin and remember these flowers in other colors will look different on every season decor. 

 

Now onto my friends projects.

Abby

http://scrapbookaholic.blogspot.com/ 

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Gaby
http://scrapabookaholic.blogspot.com/

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Helen

http://craftingcricutmom.blogspot.com/

*****

Jessica

http://luvcraftingwithcricut.blogspot.com/

*****
   Melissa
http://melissaward72.blogspot.com/

  
*****

  Sally
http://ohhhsnapper.blogspot.com/

As always I have enjoyed every single project my friends make and I certainly
Hope you have enjoyed them too,
and come back 
next Wednesday.
  We will be showcasing round 5.


Hugs to all!
and Thanks for the love left.