Peridot– Week 7 of 10

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Teresa Collins’ Summer Stories collection brings thoughts of warmth, outdoors and family. I am a little bit in love with this collection. The gold glitter, soft pinks and blues and the striking accent of black makes this a versatile and beautiful collection. Now, I don’t like to admit this, especially since I live in Utah, but we am not an outdoors kind of a family. I just don’t like to be hot! I was wondering what picture I would use with this beautiful collection, then I found one. Compliments of our wonderful friend Melissa Dehne and her cute daughter Emma, I found the perfect photo to go with this perfect summertime collection.  Check it out:

 Here is the sketch:

The mini alphabet letters included on the sticker sheet make for a great long title.  I love how it comes with both capital and lower case letters!

The included die cut sheet has so many choices.  There is a perfect sentiment for any occasion.

I love the punch out chipboard elements, the chevron border is totally cool.  The enamel dots add an extra punch of color and dimension.

When a title or sentiment just isn’t enough to convey all of the thoughts about a particular photo, the punch out words are the perfect embellishment for your project.

And now for our winner from last week.  Congrats to…Carolyn Jenkins!  

The patterned papers you chose work perfectly with your photos.  I love this layout!

Let our customer service know you are this week’s winner in an email with your address to service@stealnetwork.com and we will be happy to send some sweet swag your way!

And since we are announcing winners, I need to admit I totally forgot to announce May’s Monday Craft Madness Winner!  My apologies and congrats to Jill Rugg as our May winner.  Jill, Please email service@stealnetwork with May MCM winner as the subject and send us your address and we will send out a little scrappy love.

To enter to win this week’s prize, complete this sketch (Peridot #8) and have it posted somewhere online by 11:59 PM MST Monday June 24, 2013. Leave a comment on this blog post with the link to your Peridot 8 creation.

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If you’re new, we’d love to see you join in! Each Wednesday we provide a sketch and you have until the following Monday at 11:59 MT to leave a comment on this post with a link to your creation. You can find all of the fantastic details here. Also, as we continue week to week, bookmark this page for your quick reference to Mid Week Mojo links.

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Today is another how-to from one of our super talented  Spring/Summer Design Team . Today we have a creative How To from Design Team member Staci Jones!

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My summer decor needed an update and I was inspired by these cool chipboard wreaths that I saw at Hobby Lobby. I grabbed a large roll of twine, which I am sure most of use have, and Authentique’s Glory collection.

After gluing the end of the twine on the back side, start wrapping around the wreath. Be sure to overlap the twine in the center circle every couple of wraps. Doing this ensures you stay pretty even with the wrapping so that the inner edge isn’t completed before the outer edge is. Keep wrapping and overlapping until your wreath is complete. When finished wrapping, either tie of the twine on the back or glue it down.

For embellishing the wreath, you could chose whatever fits the holiday, your decor, or theme you are going for. Because I needed summer decor and since it is almost the 4th of July, I made mine 4th of July themed. Using my Silhouette, I cut out the 3-d stars, folded them and hot glued them on. Throw nr a few of the collection stickers and you are all set with some new home decor.

Thanks for stopping by today! I hope you have a great week!

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Great ideas Staci! This project looks quick enough we could make them for every season.

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