Or maybe I'm just a Freak USING the Big Shot. Heheheh.
It's that time again, time to freak out with the freaks on our monthly blog tour! If you've just arrived from Barb Mullikin's blog, you are in the right spot!
But if you started right here, fear not! You can manage to get all the way around the entire tour just by following the links at the bottom of each post.
This post is going live on the evening of the 19th, so if you find some posts in our tour have not yet posted, please be patient. The entire tour should be accessible at some point this evening. Keep checking back!
This month's theme is "The Cutting Edge - Projects Created Using Diecuts in the BigShot." I am pretty freakin' proud of what I created this month.
My mom gave me her shoebox full of photographs so that I could scan them all in. I was poking around in there recently and found a beautiful hand-tinted picture of my mom and her sister. One thing led to another and...and...and....
Ingredients: Stamps - Bordering on Romance, Mixed Bunch; Paper - Twitterpated DSP, Blushing Bride, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze, Whipser White; Ink - Baha Breeze, Riding Hood Red; Other - Designer Rosette Bigz XL die, Beautiful Wings Embosslit, Beautiful Butterflies Bigz die, Perfect Pennants Bigz L die, Timeless Type Junior Alphabet, Blossom punch, Scallop Trim border punch, Scallop Trim corner punch, Medium Jewelry Tag punch, Basics Jewels pearls, Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon, Red Riding Hood Pleated Satin ribbon, Island Indigo Baker's Twine, white gel pen, Antique Brads, Trinket Keys, sponge wedges, dimensionals.
It's...it's...it's...so GOJUS!!! I just can't...fathom...how...GOJUS!!!!
YILM!
Some detailed views:
And another:
Now, my mom's birthday is coming up in a couple of months, so I am prepared as far as presents go! So I made a card to go with it:
Ingredients: Stamps - Elementary Elegance; Paper - Twitterpated DSP, Riding Hood Red, Baja Breeze; Ink - Baha Breeze, Riding Hood Red, Basic Gray; Other - Adorning Accents Edgelit dies, Labels Collection Framelits dies, Vintage Wallpaper embossing folder, Ticket Corner punch, Jewels pearls, Baja Breeze seam binding ribbon, white gel pen, , sponge wedges, dimensionals.
GOJUS!!! (YILM!) I think my mom is going to have a very happy birthday indeed!
Well, on you go to the next person on the tour, Lisa Young, whom I am sure has something really fabulous to show you! Ta!
Oooohhh! I love this picture of them - they were so beautiful (they still are), but this picture is a priceless keepsake!
Posted by: Pati G | February 19, 2012 at 09:06 PM
I love you, lady. You always make me smile.
Posted by: Wilma Cole | February 19, 2012 at 09:10 PM
Ok, both your projects are great, but that FRAME! (gasp) It is GOJUS!
Posted by: Lisa Martz | February 19, 2012 at 10:39 PM
What a priceless gift you've made with that sister card. So, so precious!
Posted by: Darnell J Knauss | February 19, 2012 at 11:20 PM
I am such a sentimental sap. The framed picture of your mom and her sister melts my heart. I bet she will love it and the card too - both are beautiful!
Posted by: Lisa Young, Add Ink and Stamp | February 20, 2012 at 07:48 AM
That is a gorgeous layout. Love the half rossette on the page.
Don't always comment but I do enjoy your blog posts.
Thanks.
Posted by: Yvonne | February 20, 2012 at 08:31 AM
Both are great projects. The scrapbook page is a great layout with the half rosette.
Posted by: crafty stamper | February 20, 2012 at 09:23 AM
Wow Jan! Very inspiring and perfectly vintage. I can't wait to get back home to play around with my toys. ~Blythe
Posted by: Blythe Klipple | February 20, 2012 at 10:02 AM
I love both of your projects. Wonderful picture of your mom and her sister. Love the LO, too.
Posted by: Mitzi Luttrull | February 20, 2012 at 11:30 AM
Simply stunning, Jan! That picture is beautiful and you have created such a wonderful page for it.
Posted by: Jen Timko | February 20, 2012 at 02:36 PM
Yup, you are a jeenius!
Posted by: linda watts | February 20, 2012 at 03:39 PM
This is so inspirational, really makes me want to make something with one of the precious few pictures of my mom! Jn-ious!
Posted by: Margaret | February 20, 2012 at 03:55 PM
Jan..Thanks so much for this idea. I just received a picture of my grandmother and one of her sisters from a dear relative, I was going to frame it..but this is a much better idea.
Posted by: Donna Rogers | February 20, 2012 at 04:04 PM
Love it all! The title of this entry reminds me of the short story you would write...I think it was called The Tearing Edge??? That was so fun to read. Do you have it some place where I could read it again?
Anyway great work. Love to read your blog!
Posted by: Roxane | February 20, 2012 at 04:59 PM
Gorgeous artwork for a stunning photo. Great job.
Posted by: Karren Johnson | February 20, 2012 at 06:53 PM
Love the picture of my Aunties!You're mom is going to love it and the card too! Love the colors!!!!
Posted by: Pam DeVries Everts | February 20, 2012 at 07:42 PM
gorgeous.... not gojus
Posted by: Clarisse | February 20, 2012 at 09:59 PM
What a beautiful page for a beautiful picture. Spectacular gift for your mom!
Posted by: Debbi | February 20, 2012 at 10:09 PM
What a fabulous job you did and your Mom will sooo love it! Enjoy your site and...your great sense of humor.
Posted by: judi | February 21, 2012 at 06:11 AM
Such a treasured gift that will be for your Mom, no doubt! All the details are perfect and the colors go so well with the tinted photo. The card is delightful as well - the embossing on the Blushing Bride dp is stunning!
Posted by: Stef Perry | February 21, 2012 at 11:54 PM
Very nice, I especially like all the colors and textures on your card.
Posted by: Shari Nelson | February 23, 2012 at 12:09 AM