Opportunity for Embellishment

I love making cards. I even give some of them away. ;) Besides cards, I love to make home decor, gifts and other things with paper. Today I made a frame. It doesn't have a picture in it, though. Instead, it has patterned paper and stamped art. Stampin' Up! has some really great Designer Series Papers. The paper I used today is called Afternoon Tea and the stamp set is Live Your Dream. Both are only available until June 30th.

I started out by measuring the openings in my frame and cutting Chocolate Chip cardstock to size for the mats. I then used my 1 1/4" square punch to punch 24 squares out of my DSP. I lined up all my squares and started gluing. I tried and tried to get those squares straight, but they just would not cooperate. Instead of pitching everything and starting over (which I thought about LOL), I decided to try something else. There are no mistakes, you know, only opportunities for embellishment. :) I cut 1/4" strips out of one of the pieces of Afternoon Tea, and I used them to "frame" my squares. Voila! Now you can't tell how crooked they are...were. ;) What do you think of my home decor? I hope you like it as much as I do!

Supplies(all SU!): Stamps- Live Your Dream. Paper- Chocolate Chip, Soft Sky, Whisper White, Afternoon Tea DSP. Ink- Cameo Coral, Really Rust, Bashful Blue, Mellow Moss, Chocolate Chip. Accessories- Groovy Guava ribbon, 1 1/4" square punch. (frame from Wal-Mart.)

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