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Hi there! I'm so excited to have my first project to share with you today for the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge on the Simon Says Monday Challenge blog! This week we are celebrating the Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge's 3rd birthday. To celebrate, we are having a birthday inspired challenge. The theme is one of celebration ~ I hope you come join in the fun!

A party isn't complete without treats to share so I opted to create an industrial inspired cake.

Quite some time ago, I fell in love with the foil technique that Tim Holtz shared here. Now Tim has designed the Riveted Metal Texture Fade embossing folder that makes all that tedious work unnecessary!

I covered two various size paper mache boxes using Metal Foil tape sheets that were embossed using the Riveted Metal Texture Fade embossing folder. I adhered the boxes together then randomly sponged on black soot Distress Ink. Now the cake was ready to be embellished so I made a variety of die cut flowers.

To create the flowers, I adhered Metal Foil tape sheets to Grunge Paper, die cut using the Tattered Florals Bigz Flower die and Tattered Flower Garland Decorative Strip. Once all the flowers were die cut, I embossed all the flowers using the French Script Texture Fade embossing folder, layered together then added color using Pink Sherbet Alcohol Ink and black soot Distress Ink.

I added a variety of metal embellishments: Idea-ology Keyhole, Sprocket Gears, Idea-ology Locket Keys, Metal Watch Clock Face and Mini Gears Sprockets. I completed the cake with a stamped sentiment from the Stuff To Say that was framed using an Ornate Plate. To add a bit of interest to all the metal findings, I lightly applied Snow Cap Acrylic paint and black soot Distress Ink.

If you would like to see a 3D view, please feel free to watch the video below:

Products: Ranger Inkssentials Metal Foil Tape Sheets, Tim Holtz Sizzix Riveted Metal Texture Fade, Tim Holtz Ideology Grunge Paper, Sizzix Tim Holtz Tattered Florals Bigz Flower Alterations die, Sizzix Tim Holtz Sizzix Die Tattered Flower Garland Decorative Strip Sizzlits, Tim Holtz Sizzix French Script Texture Fade embossing folder, Tim Holtz Pink Sherbet Alcohol Ink, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Keyhole, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Sprocket Gears, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Locket Keys, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Metal Watch Clock Face, Tim Holtz Idea-ology Mini Gears Sprockets, Tim Holtz Cling Rubber Stamps Stuff To Say, Tim Holtz Ideaology Ornate Plate, Ranger Adirondack Snow Cap Acrylic paint, Ranger Tim Holtz black soot Distress Ink

Come join in and show us your green for a chance to win a gift certificate from the ever generous Simon Says Stamp.

Thanks for visiting!

Be Sweet ;)

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Mona Pendleton | Saturday, July 20, 2013 @ 9:10 AM | Clearly Sentimental Western Sentiments , Die-Namics , MFT , Mini Album , Mixed Media , My Favorite Things , Northridge Publishing , Publication

***I have two posts today ~ if you are looking for my Little Yellow Bicycle Guest Designing post, please click here***
Hi there! Hope you are enjoying the weekend! I'm really excited to finally be able to share this mixed media mini album with you that I made 6 months. I am quite honored and proud of my little project because it was published in the fantastic June issue of Northridge Publishing's CREATE magazine!!! Yahoo! Thank you Northridge Publishing! Like I always say, getting published is like winning the paper crafting lottery for a crafty girl like me :) For some amazing inspiration, be sure to check out ALL the Northridge Publishing publications.

This mini album is full of a few of my favorite photos of Scott and is overflowing with MFT goodness!

Scott being goofy with Goofy at Disney World:

Scott relaxing at dinner in Maui:

Scott showing his beautiful pearly white smile ;)

Scott on the streets of Venice:

Thanks so much for visiting ~ hope you have a great weekend!
Be Sweet ;)

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Mona Pendleton | Friday, July 19, 2013 @ 10:55 PM | Guest Designing , Layout , Little Yellow Bicycle

Happy Saturday! I hope you are all having a great weekend! Today I have a layout to share as part of my guest designing opportunity with Little Yellow Bicycle. You can read all about in the original post (click HERE).

I made a layout featuring the pretty Vintage Summer collection.

The Vintage Summer collection contains so many beautiful embellishment packs that make it so easy to decorate your projects. I combined various pieces to create eye catching layered pieces.

The fabric stickers coordinate so well with the Burlap Stickers.

The Paper Crafting Kit contains an abundance of pieces that make it is rather quick and easy to create beautiful flowers and fan fold embellishments. A real time saver!

Thanks so much for visiting! Please feel free to visit the Little Yellow Bicycle blog for more info and inspiration!
Be Sweet ;)

LYB Products:
VS-101 Cherry Curtains/Red Tiny Floral
VS-103 Taupe Flower & Flourish/Taupe Dot
VS-104 Navy Tiny Floral/Ticking Stripe
VS-105 Blue Skies/Green Microcheck
VS-305 Paper Crafting Kit (66 pieces)
VS-160 Vellum Tape (15 pieces)
VS-279 Chipboard Shapes - with thermography (33 pieces)
NA-BS70 Burlap Stickers - Birds & Butterflies
VS-220 Fabric Favorites (8 pieces)
NA-BF50 Layered Burlap Flowers - Daisy
NA-BS80 Burlap Stickers - Plates & Flourishes

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Mona Pendleton | Wednesday, July 17, 2013 @ 9:00 PM | Card , Die-Namics , MFT , MFT MPD Distressed Background Blocks , Mixed Media , MPD Tropical Sensations , My Favorite Things , PDCC

Hi there! I hope you are having a great week! I'm still here, just a little busy working on projects for the upcoming MFT August release that is right around the corner. We're going on vacation to our home away from home in San Diego soon and while there, we will be touring 4 colleges with / for Connor. How time flies!

I'm very excited and honored to be participating this week along side the talented Play Date Cafe DT! Not only am I joining along with the challenge but I am sponsoring it! Julie Ranae, (Owner / Administrator of The Play Date Cafe), has graciously extended the opportunity for me to share some of my My Favorite Things MPD products with her, the DT and one lucky player. Please be sure to visit The Play Date Cafe for some awesome DT inspiration and for complete details. Here are the colors we will be playing with:

For my sample, I first made the background papers using the Petal Pattern stencil, various acrylic paints and the gelli arts printing plate. I then randomly stamped on the polka dot image from Distressed Background Blocks using Kraft ink.

Once the background was dry, I stitched the layers together then added a couple of Orange Fizz hibiscus blooms that were stamped using Tropical Sensations on coordinating die cuts that were made using Die-namics Tropical Sensations dies. I finished it with a sentiment from Just My Type.