blood, sweat, tears & mm idol, lol!

That's right - it's time once again!

Monday, March 19th, beginning at 9 am MST (that's 10 EST for me).

I'll be attending my civil service at Jury Duty, so cover for me while I'm gone okay?

So the challenge was "back to the basics," with continuing off-limits lists popping up through the very first few hours and then throughout the week.

<~~~~We were also encouraged to use the Making Memories Deluxe Tool Kit as much as possible (and boy did it ever save me this week!) For my project, I needed the craft knife, hole punch/hammer, tweezers, ruler, and the glue pen saved my life!

Immediately, I got the idea, but it took all week to take shape.

My idea:

100% paper! There is nothing, and I mean NOTHING pre-made on this layout, other than the papers' patterns themselves.

My process:

I:

*hand cut flowers upon flowers

*used deco scissors (talk about back to the basics!) to make my own ricrack

*cut & created "ribbon"

*made & handcut "metal" words and a "metal" frame

*made & created sticker letters (insert eye popping smiley here, that was pain!)

*made my own grommets

*made my own brads (I even made a button and staples, but they didn't make the cut!)

My technique:

*and then used my favorite technique, eyelet doodling (see where the kit comes in?) to add just a touch of style and technique to the layout. It's of a girlie girl in a masuline layout (oh, you'll see!) so I need a touch of softness to complete the idea.

My supplies:

*Sweetwater patterned paper

*Fancy Pants patterned paper (just a teeny little flower!)

*Bazzil and Paper Company textured cardstock

*Canson smooth cardstock for "embellishments"

that's it!! well, that's all you see, anyway...

*Making Memories Deluxe Tool Kit

*Making Memories ribbon glue

*Fiskars Paper Edgers Corkscrew deco scissors

*Sharpie metallic marker

*fonts inspired by 2Peas fonts

I do hope you like this week - the process was my focus and, although long and a bit painful, it was well worth the product! =)