Wedding Card Box

Hi everyone! Darlene here ….

I wanted to share this beautiful card box I made for my daughter's wedding last week. There is a lot of inspiration on Pinterest if you are interested on creating a project like this. I created the beautiful flowers using a Martha Stewart 4 Leaf Clover punch. Each flower is made from 3 clovers with the stems cut off. I distressed the petals using Tim Holtz Distress Inks- Dried Marigold, Spiced Marmalade and Vintage Photo. I then layered the 3 clovers on top of one another using hot glue and embellished the center with a decorative pearl. Fold up the edges of each petal to make it look more realistic. After punching several leaves, I scored the center of each one and used some Walnut Stain along the edges. I punched a scallop edge using one of my punches to outline each pennant in kraft color cardstock. Going through my stash I found the perfect color chipboard letters to add to my pennant. I punched two holes at the top of each pennant and fed the twine through each hole.

For a little detail, I added a couple of tags to the handle one says, "I DO" and is distressed with Walnut Stain, Black Soot and Faded Jeans distress inks. The "getting hitched" tag is a stamp from Avery Elle's Home Sweet Home Stamp Set.

The Barnyard Bash Blog Hop

Welcome to the Barnyard Bash Blog Hop Day #2

Old Mac Donald had a farm E..I..E..I..O
With lots of barnyard critters and tons of fabulous inspiration!
We are so glad you came back for our 2nd day of the Barnyard Bash.

Connie Can Crop is playing Old Mac Donald for this hop and is the first stop on this super fun Blog hop so if you missed out on yesterday please start at Connie's blog for the day #1 projects. 

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This is a two day blog hop and we appreciate your leaving a comment for all of these talented friends who are here sharing their ideas and creations.
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I am giving away some blog candy here on The Crafting Journals blog.  To be eligible to win blog candy from us please be sure to 1.  Comment below  2. Follow us here on the blog through blog lovin & 3.  Follow us on our facebook page.  (You can get the links at the top left of this blog post.) (The lucky winner will be posted here on Tuesday, 9/23/2014.)

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In addition to the blog candy I am giving away--We have two awesome sponsors and giveaways for this hop!  

Connie Wallenbrock

http://stores.ebay.com/Connies-Crafty-Cart

You could win an awesome package of  Prima Goodies from Connie's Crafty Cart. 

AND

Lucy Kelleher

is giving away a $10 gift certificate to CTMH

http://lucyk.ctmh.com

What do you need to do to win? Easy... become a follower of each of the fabulous blogs in this hop and leave each of them a comment letting them know what you like best about their projects.

You will have until 12:00 am Monday to finish the hop and leave your comments.

Winners will be announced on Wednesday at Connie Can Crop.

Be sure to follow everyone and leave a comment along the way!

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 Grab your pitchforks and your overalls because this hoe down is about to begin!!

For my project I made "Everything is Fun with You" Card. 

This card is made featuring a Penny Black stamp…"for a spin." I just couldn't resist this adorable stamp! Sentiment is from Lawn Fawn "Love You S'more" stamp set and the pattern paper is from Jenni Bowlin Die Cut Journaling Card Pad. I used my Copics to color the image. I decided to make this card 3 dimensional by stamping twice and fussy cutting the adorable chickens and the head to the cow. I adhered them using foam dots to add a little more dimension. I topped off this card with some pretty ribbon, jute and cute buttons I had in my stash.

Thank you for stopping by today. 

Be sure to leave a comment on the blogs to be eligible to win the give-a-ways.

Your next stop of the hop is:  ALICIA over at http://www.goldengoddessdesigns.blogspot.com.  

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Just in case you get lost along the way~I have listed all the participants below with the links.  

DAY 1

1.  Connie

2.  Denise

3.  Anna

4.  Julie (Cricut Chick)

5.  Lucy

6.  Beth

7.  Holli

8.  Miranda

9.  Sarah

10.  Jenny

11. Theresa

DAY 2

1. Connie  
2.  Debbie

3. Pam

4. Darlene - (The Crafting Journals) *** You are Here ***

5. Alicia

6. Lisa

7.  Angela

8. Linda

9. Jessica

10.  Lori
11.  Melissa