Follow Your Heart

Happy Friday, sparkly friends! I will be visiting you soon. ♥︎ I'm posting on the Live & Love Crafts blog today, sharing my take on Sandy's recycling/upcycling theme. I created a tag using Maja Design's Vintage Autumn Basics and Vintage Summer Basics.

You know how Sandy always wraps everything so beautifully? I save the gorgeous seam binding packaging, as I love the sentiments scrolling across it.

A quick peek at Sandy's wrapping, which gave me Follow your Heart:

There are so many wonderful words and phrases. Inspiration truly can be found anywhere. ♥︎ This tag will be part of a gift for a beautiful family enduring heartache. This tag is a celebration of the parents' love. Rather than fall apart as their child fights a terminal disease, they follow their hearts into a love that grows ever stronger.

Vintage Autumn Basics XXII is probably my favorite blue design of any collection. Fluttering atop it is a Memory Box Isabella butterfly made with Vintage Summer Basics papers, clearly driven by the music in its heart. ♥︎ The smaller butterfly is from Coffee in the Arbour. The stunning Button Etoile centers a triple bow of seam binding.

I used a few trims on this tag. :o) The wide lace is the gorgeous Celeste, which is paired with the sweet and ruffly lace Madeleine (my new favorite lace combo). I sprinkled a Prima resin Lace Heart with Shabby White Frantage and tucked it within a tiny flower arrangement. Rhinestone Lace trims the entire tag because love is sparkly.

And this is me pretending I can take artistic photographs. ;) Thank you for fluttering on by and I wish you a happy weekend. ♥︎

Lovely challenges entered:

 *Crafty Gals Corner~ Sweethearts (Use a Heart)

 *DL.Art Thankful Thursday~ February Linky Party (Anything Goes)

 *Frilly and Funkie~ Love is in the Air (Celebrating a beautiful love)

 *Lil Patch of Crafty Friends~ Anything Goes

 *Penny's Challenge~ Favorite Color or Embellishment (Trims!)

 *Scrapy Land~ Anything Goes (Memory Box die)

Maja Design - Vintage Autumn Basics - No.XXII	Vintage Summer Basics 6x6 Pad	Maja Design - Coffee in the Arbour 6x6 Paper Stack	Rhinestones Lace (12mm)	Lace "Céleste" (65mm)
Lace "Madeleine" (25mm)	LLC Shabby Seam Binding	Sunflower Pearl Trim (10mm)	Button �toile	WOC Open Roses, 20mm
WOC Open Roses, 15mm	Pearl Stamens	Prima Shabby Chic Resin Treasures - Lace Heart & Corners	Stampendous Fran-táge Embossing Enamels	Tim Holtz Paper Distresser Tool

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Vintage Love

Hello, sweet friends! I hope you're having a lovely week. I'm posting on the Live & Love Crafts blog today, where Sandy has given us the theme of "The World is my Oyster."

The theme inspired this card for my mother. In celebration of her birthday, I'm encouraging her to look up toward her future instead of how many decades have passed. The world is *still* her oyster, with plenty of dreams and love for the taking.

This is my first dabble into vintage images! They are so beautiful and make my heart flutter.

My card features lovely Maja Design papers. The majority are from Vintage Autumn Basics, which is one of my favorite collections. The color palette is stunning. I distressed my paper edges a bit, which was a first and great fun!

The Sagen vintage image from their Mix die cut sheet felt perfect for the occasion. Resin corners frame the sweet moment (and also the top of the card). I have been saving these pieces from Prima's Lace Heart collection for ages and am thrilled to finally use them. The added texture and elegance are lovely. The die cut frame is from Joy Crafts' Frame and 3 Corners.

The corner offers a glimpse into the treasures that await my mom. The rolled corner is lined with Madeleine lace, which ruffles atop pink hearts from Maja's Vintage Baby. The butterfly is from Coffee in the Arbour. A pearl heart provides an extra scoop of birthday love. The top border is Joy Crafts' Lace Edge.

Wild Orchid Crafts blooms pair with sparkling beaded pomegranate apples and decoration berries. The flowers have a touch of shimmer from Wink of Stella. Cheery Lynn Designs Mini Fanciful Flourishes scroll beneath. I triple-layered the trims, using Pleat tulle, Valerie lace, and Pearl lace with Beads. My postage stamp sentiment was created with My Craft spot dies and stamps. This was fun to create and I'm excited to give it to my dear mom in a few days. ♥

Thank you for fluttering on by! Have a sweet and sparkly day. :o)

Inspiring challenges entered:

 *613 Avenue Create~ Anything Goes 

 *Inspiration Destination~ Anything Goes

 *Lil Patch of Crafty Friends~ Anything Goes

 *Glitter n Sparkle~ One for the Ladies

 *Penny's Challenge~ Anything Goes

 *Simon Wednesday Challenge~ Anything Goes

Sagen Vintage Design - Die Cut Sheet "Mix"	Maja Design - Vintage Autumn Basics - No.II	Maja Design - Vintage Autumn Basics - No.X	Maja Design - Vintage Autumn Basics - No.V	Maja Design � Vintage Summer Basics -1921
Maja Design - Vintage Baby 6x6 Paper Stack	Maja Design - Coffee in the Arbour 6x6 Paper Stack	Maya Road Tulle Pleat Trim (43mm)	Lace "Valérie" (21mm)	Pearl Lace with Beads
Lace "Madeleine" (25mm)	WOC Wild Roses, 30mm	WOC Open Roses, 20mm	WOC Open Roses, 15mm	WOC Open Roses, 10mm
WOC Lilies	WOC Sweetheart Blossoms	Pomegranate Apples	Decoration Berries	Prima Shabby Chic Resin Treasures - Lace Heart & Corners
Pearl Hearts	Tim Holtz Distress Ink Pads	Inkssentials Ink Blending Tool	Tim Holtz Paper Distresser Tool

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