Say it With Letters...the OOH LA LA Project

This is the latest Design Team Project for Say It With Letters.

I can't believe that we only have one more to go before our time is finished.

I will be sorry to see this end-I have enjoyed every project and challenge and Deb Damboise, the owner and Head Honcho at SIWL, is a dream to work with!

This month, we were each given a 12-inch Eiffel Tower shape. At first I wasn't sure what

to do with it...paint?...paper...? Oh yeah, I'm the paper person.

First, I traced and cut the tower shape using black scrapbook paper with French writing in white.

I used Mod Podge to adhere the paper to the tower.

Then, I decided to combine the French shape with my love of dress forms...VOILA!

(I'm trying to impress you with my command of the French language-oui?)

I tried several of my dress form stamps but didn't like the way a stamped image looked.

Ahhhh...Tim Holtz to the rescue! I used my Sizzix Tim Holtz Sewing Room Bigz die,

seen here, cut once using black cardstock and then carefully cut again using patterned paper.

I cut off the "stand" part of the form on the patterned paper piece, leaving just the "body" section.

Pure silk narrow ribbon in a dreamy pink was used at the waist as a sash and floppy bow.

Decorative hat/corsage pins were added as a final touch.

I added a copy of a vintage perfume bottle label behind the dress form

and a little pearl flourish.

What do you think?

I think this piece will be very much at home in my craft studio

 with all of the other "girls".

Tres Bien!

Please be sure to stop over to Say It With Letters and see the other

designers projects. Stacy has a cute baby gift tutorial using this same Eiffel Tower.

You can find an Eiffel Tower to call your own right here in Deb's Etsy shop

XOXO

Joyce

My first Design Team Project

I have sung the praises of Say It With Letters for years....I love their shapes and letters because they are so well made and easy to work with. I am thrilled to be included in the current Design Team. I am in with a great bunch of uber talented women and I hope you'll take some time to visit their blogs and see what they've done with their assignments, and visit the SIWL Etsy store for your own shapes and letters.

How lucky and excited I was to see my first assignment....leaves!!

I always say that the hardest part is choosing the papers to use in any project. I wanted a fall look but also wanted it to coordinate with my spiffy new dining room. We R Memory Keepers had the perfect line with Autumn Splendor which I ordered from this on-line retailer, Scrapbook Steals. I loved the fall colors of these papers because in addition to the golds, oranges browns, etc., there was my beautiful blue, too.

Trace and cut the papers

Mod Modge all of the papers to the shapes and then Mod Podge again on top of the papers...it gives it a nice finish.

The leaf and acorn embellishments were made using the Cricut (Storybook cartridge to those of you who are interested in such things) Twine was tied on to the middle leaf and some berries added as well.

More views showing how I'm using them on my table...

Do you use flamless candles? I bought some to use at the Craft Show last year (didn't want to burn the place down) and I really like the look of them.

Here is the rest of the design team:

Dawn Gallop

Laurie Griggs

Julie Ann Shahin

Raechelle Bellus

Joyce Gleason (that's me :D )

Julie Masse

Stacy Rodriguez

Kim Schofield

Cathleen Smith

Pamela Young

I don't know what you have on the docket for next time Deb, but I just want to say Thank You for sending me wonderful shapes to play/work with. I had a lot of fun

 working on them while humming.....  The Falling Leaves!

XOXO

Joyce