Words or phrases often evoke a feeling or mood.  Sometimes life just gets so complicated and busy…cell phones ringing, TV’s blaring…you get the picture.  Life is hectic.  So with that said…I made this wall hanging with the one of the oldest and simplest phrases…”Home Sweet Home“.  The phrase makes me feel warm and cozy…and even when kids are fighting, cat’s are meowing and the laundry is piled up…my Home is still my very own…Home Sweet Home. 

  I used the Birds Nest paper as my background (Love birds and adore red!)…and then recycled the outer part of the Spring Fling Shapes diecut.  I cut out the part that would normally go straight in the trash and used it to outline my picture.  I used a scrap of Green Lace paper from Spring Fling for the roof of the house…and a piece of the scalloped border from the Spring Fling diecut to make the house look super cute.  After I painted my frame…it was just missing something…so I used the scalloped border (again) from the Spring Fling diecut sheets and made a border around the frame…it broke up the harsh black and added that little extra something to the project. 

  Thanks so much for looking at my Wednesday’s Words project!!

  ~~~~I just wanted to add that I donated this piece to a very special auction put on by Candice McLean.    http://www.candicemclean.typepad.com/  It benefits a fellow military family who lost their special Marine to Cancer. GySgt Troy Pierce USMC, left behind a wife and 2 children.  I was happy to be able to donate a signed piece of work.  Anything for a family that is facing this kind of loss, but this is even closer to my heart because it is a military family.  My husband is in the US Navy.  So from a Navy wife to a Marine wife…wish I could do more.  Good Luck Candice and everybody check it out if you have a chance!!

If you have some time and you want to look at some fabulous paper creations just check out the Lime Tart Gallery this month.   Two of their June kits featured some of the Pink Paislee goodies: Full Tart and A la tarte.  Super cute stuff from the team!!!  They are also posting some great tutorials including this cake project on their blog HERE! (this one is from our old friend Melissa Phillips!)  Enjoy!

Good Morning!  For this inspiration post I decided to take a look at some of the images created for the fun Pink Paislee stamps in order to come up with something.  I was immediately drawn to the bird on the Vintage Pop stamp set. 

I used the Spring Fling Collection to make my birdie and some flowers for a fun wreath.  I also added the Legal Notices from the back of my local Redmond Spokesman to add some flowers and a vintage feel to my wreath. 

I’m a huge fan of my circle punches when it comes to making quick and easy flowers.  I hand cut the newspaper so that it wouldn’t be perfectly circular because I liked the look, and added it between my large circle and the small circle petals. 

For my bird, I used a piece of white cardstock to make my bird pattern.  I then trimmed out the Skipping Stones paper in my desired shape, adhered it to the blue cardstock, and then trimmed it out a bit larger.  I used the same method for the bird wing using the Spring Flowers paper and green cardstock, but I trimmed the cardstock using some scalloped scissors. 

As I’ve said before, I am often inspired by the patterns in the designs for embellishments.  Let the images in the fun Pink Paislee stamps inspire you too, and create something!  I’d love to see what you come up with.

Have a great week!  It’s almost JULY!  Davinie