Makeover Monday: Hugs and Kisses by Soph

Ok, so you are probably used to Makeover  Monday being brought to you by Andrea, but she is on a field trip with her kids to Niagra Falls.  So I am stepping into her day today to bring you my Makeover Monday project to do.  Now this is not normally my thing.  The reason is not that I don’t love other cards, its just that a) it takes me forever to find the one that I want to do, and also that this works better with Angie’s style then mine.  You see I can take any card with beautifully colored images and just put the same layout with different papers and image and it will be fine!  But that is not the point of the day, the point of course is to make it with our stuff, and its more meaningful to do that with this type of card that relies on elements rather than a main focal image.  So after an hour and a half of looking, I decided to do this one HERE .  It’s from the same blog that Ange went to last week.  The cards there were gorgeous and unique, tried one of the rumpled flower ones, but I think I need to work on the flower a little more before showing, otherwise you might mistake it for a crumpled bit of fabric which I stuck to cardboard.

Ok so anyways, I have a HUGE problem…………….I mean like Massive!!  I am in desperate need of HELP!!   My catalogue arrived today………….and well……………..I don’t know how to break it to those who have not yet seen it.   I am DEAD!!!!!  Ok, so how to explain this….. I have a catalogue quirk.  I color code things with highlighter.  Yellow is first order, pink is second order, orange is third order, and green is fourth order.  Pretty self explanitory.  The problem is the imbalance.  Yellow is far outweighing all other colours.  And then there is the problem when you try to over-colour other colours with yellow because you realize you made a terrible mistake in designating something for 2nd order instead of first.  And then there are the pen jots.  Eventually my catalogue is a disgrace and code which only I can dicipher.  Well let me tell you it is going to be damaging.  I am not sure…………… would my husband notice if his large screen TV dissapeared  to fund it?  I mean, is TV really even good for you?  I would probably end up doing him a favour, saving  him long hours in front of the TV playing Xbox…….. ok maybe not. *sigh*  Anyhoo, the catalogue is wonderful! 

Ok, lastly, this card is easy to make!  You take 3/4″ strips of CS and sew it to a Whisper White card front.  I suggest adding Dotto to the end so that they stay in place as you sew.  I also suggest not listening to dance music as you sew and zooming through your stitches so that you don’t end up with jumps ( as I did in second strip down from the top).  Once that is done, you will Take some Chipboard letters and cover with Whisper White Craft ink, emboss with Iridescent Ice embossing pwd.  and then stick it on with Tombow multi-purpose adhesive.  Last stick to pearls from your Pretties kit on the corner using you glue dots.  You are done!  Colours are:  Pink Pirouette, Pretty in PInk, Regal Rose, Melon Mambo, Rose Red. 

Hope you have a fantastic day