10 Step Challenge...

Hold on to your shoes ladies - I have A LOT of photos on this blog post today...

Hope you all had a fabulous weekend - we got lucky with one really nice day of sunshine, so we dug out our whole garden and enjoyed some veggies for supper!

Challenge for today: Candy Shoppe Designs has a really, really fun blog hop going on here. It is their Super Sweet 16 Blog Hop Challenge - how cute is that??? It gives you a change to meet the DT and find out some things you didn't know about them. Plus each DT has the next step in completing your project (did I mention that yet?? Yes, there is a project at the end of the blog hop to complete.)

ETA: I forget to mention that STUDIO CALICO is donating the wonderful prize: The Lollipop Guild Kit for the Blog Hop challenge. Check out their other awesome kits too!!!

Here are the steps:

1. Base - use some sort of a base to your project. ie: flattened box, distressed paper etc

I used a old piece of cardboard that was in between a paper kit I received:

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2. Use a paper with an edge. ie: torn, punched, glittered etc

I distressed mine:

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3. Select a piece of patterned paper.

Done:

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4. Select a close-up photo of one or two people.

Check-a-roo (me and Derek):


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5. Distress your photo.

I used my Cuttlebug to emboss, then I took some sandpaper to it:


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6. Layer your photo over a piece of your patterned paper (from step 3).

Yep, did that - you can see it when it's all together ;)


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7. Use some ribbon.

Ribbon - check, check!


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8. Use at least three flowers and place them at the corner of your photo.

I used 8 - I love flowers:


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9. Use three other types of embellishments.

I ended up using silver brads, gems, chipboard, and a button:


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10. Lastly, don't forget the title and a date. Got it!


And the final product...
(the chipboard pieces look so much nicer in person - they didn't photograph well)



And a MILLION close-ups:


I distressed the chipboard with two ink colors and sparkles:





{Phew}

Ingredients: K&Co Amy Butler paper; Recollections cardstock; Prima flowers; me and my BIG ideas chipboard and gems; black ink and Purely Pomegranate Stampin Up ink.

Happy Monday!! See you all tomorrow!