Happy Bea-irthday Megan

Good Morning

Today is my niece's birthday and I wanted to make her more of a keepsake than a card this year.  With the help of Teddy Bea here is what I made:

I'm sorry about the quality of the photos, the light is very poor here this morning.

Using my new MCS cd-rom, I imported the lettering from a Crafters Companion cd.  I then selected the images I wanted to use and cut round them all using the new scissors tool. I then re-sized the letters and images to suit and added an image to each letter. I printed them all out on Neenah cardstock and then coloured all the images using coloursoft pencils, blended, as usual, with baby oil.

I added a small dimensional butterfly to the letter M.

I added ultra fine glitter to the moon on this image, but I didn't spread the glue evenly as I wanted to try and create the surface of the moon. 

This is one of the first digi stamps I purchased and still one of my favourites.  I added a balloon embellishment from my stash to this one, threaded through her hand to secure in place.

I added eyelets to each of the letters for extra strength, and then attached them to each other using bakers twine.

My creation is for the following challenges:

Teddy Bo Challenge - Anything Goes

Flutterby Wednesdays - Bright Colours

My Mum's Craft Shop - Here Come The Girls

Moving Along With The Times - Spots and/or stripes (All the letters are spotty)

Chocolate, Coffee and Cards - Add Glitter

Alphabet Challenge Blog - Y for You Can Choose

ABC Challenge - Happy Birthday

I'm sorry for the long post today, I hope you stuck with me!  Enjoy your Sunday.

Jo x