Mid-Week Mojo: Forsythia

It's spring! Who needs a better reason to celebrate?

For this week's midweek mojo, I want to share a less "traditional" project made from the May 2011 kit, Spring Soiree.

I was sitting in my craft room, looking out the window, and I saw a forsythia bush in full bloom in my neighbor's back yard. Forsythia is one of my favorite spring flowers, and as I was looking at it, I realized that I had that same bright, sunny yellow in the cardstock from the kit, sitting in right front of me on my desk.

I adapted some paper flower techniques I have seen around the web and experimented to make the four-petaled flowers... First, I cut out the shape, then I used an orange colored pencil to add a bit of shading to what would become the center of the flower. Next, I curled it a bit over a pencil so that it would curve more easily into a cone. Then curled each of the petals outward, and finally, I overlapped the two edge petals and adhered them together.

Then I went out into my back yard to find myself a stick (it wasn't hard! with all the storms we've had here, we have lots of little twigs in our yard). I used Glossy Accents to adhere the paper flowers to the branch, then showcased it in a shadowbox frame with black cardstock behind the matting.

The perfect piece to celebrate spring!

"Forsythia" supplies:
from the May 2011 Lucky Girl Crafts kit "Spring Soiree"
solid cardstock: Bazzill (Orange Peel Lemon Tart, Cris Cross Beetle Black)

shadowbox frame
orange colored pencil (Xonex)
stick

It's Party Time! May Friday Fun Day Challenge

Hi Lucky Girls!
Thanks for joining us for our May FRIDAY FUN DAY CHALLENGE!
Where imitation is the highest form of flattery!

Stacy's got a great project for you today, so I'll pass it on to her:

I have to say I love this months kit, "Spring Soiree"-- there are so many possibilities with it. The Pink Paislee paper line is one of my favorites. Since it's a birthday theme line, I started to look around the house to see what I had to alter. My grandson is going to be one in June, so I found the perfect frame to alter so that we can place a picture of him in it after the big celebration. Here is what I came up with.

So this is my challenge to you...look around your house and see what you come up with to alter. It can be anything..a frame for a picture, a tin to keep all of those special notes in, a box to gift a gift in. I'm sure if you look ladies you have lots of stuff to alter and turn into something special!

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To participate in the FFD challenge, you must create your own project inspired by any of the following from the May projects:
Overall Design
Color Combination
Title of the Project
Use of Embellies

for a chance to win June's kit, "Hullabaloo!"

Be sure to post a link to your project in the comment section at the end of this post no later than June 2nd! You can post any kind of project (layout, card, altered item, home decor, etc.) that has been inspired by any of the May FFD challenges. We love to know how you are inspired by the Lucky Girls!

*** P.S. You have until tomorrow to participate in our "Spring Soiree" blog party! Join the fun by checking out the blog party post below and checking out all the amazing projects our DT has created just for you. Who knows, maybe there's a prize in it for you!

It's time for a Spring Soiree (May Blog Party!!!)

Happy May, friends! I hope this finds you safe, warm and well! Thanks for joining us for our monthly Blog Party - which runs May 1-7. This month we're celebrating SPRING SOIREE - our May kit, which is packed full of bright colors and fun patterns to bring your treasured memories to life!

This kit is super popular, and there are just 3 left in the store. Does one of them have your name on it? Better get shopping!

Be sure to share the great news about our awesome Blog Party special, which runs May 1-7...


Just in time to celebrate Mother's Day & National Scrapbook Month,
new annual subscriptions purchased during the Blog Party will only be
$25/month!

In addition to guaranteeing that you get your hands on the latest & greatest Lucky Girl Crafts kit each month, subscribers also receive a special bonus kit valued at $25 at the end of their one-year term.

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You can choose from the monthly or pre-paid billing options for this great deal - no code needed!
*International orders welcome, but please e-mail jasafras98@yahoo.com

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Check out the first three projects from this fun kit!

Natalie

Emily

Jessica

Be sure to invite your friends & check out more great kit inspiration by playing along in our blog party hop! Your next stop is STACY

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Now, who wants a chance at winning our grand prize, a $25 Lucky Bucks gift certificate to our store?

Earn 1 entry for "sharing" our Blog Party post via your blog, Facebook, Twitter, etc.

Earn 1 entry for answering the question of the week: What's your favorite thing to celebrate in the spring?

Earn 10 entries for placing any order in our store between now and May 7.

Good luck!

Look what's hit the shelves...

Spring Soiree has arrived!

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