Cock-a-doodle-doo! Good Morning Stampers! Time to rise and shine and see what new image we are introducing today! Perhaps I'm high off of just finishing this project in time to post, but I'm super excited to show you this project featuring our Year of the Rooster stamp.
I have to admit.. I wasn't sure what I was going to do with my rooster friend here. Maybe cause it's almost Easter... I kept thinking, which did come first? The chicken or the egg? Then my husband tried to give me some ideas, but none of them fit what I wanted to do. So I guess it took procrastinating to the last minute for me to figure out what I wanted to create using this rooster.
Here's what I finally came up with... a recipe book!
I tried searching YouTube for some ideas and everything that came up was very country looking. So I got inspired and took this idea and came up with this recipe book. Because I'm also into mixed media, I thought adding the real chicken wire would be so cool! I just had to do it! Luckily I had some pre-painted chicken wire scraps that I was able to use on this project.
I started by adding some lace trim I got at a rummage sale. Then I laid a strip of October Afternoon paper in gingham. Adhering the chicken wire was the tricky part... had to hot glue it down and hold it until it set without getting burned.
After the groundwork was laid, I pulled out my Martha Stewart sunflower embellishments. I really liked these flowers and thought they really matched the country theme I was going for.
To finish it off, I added the "recipes" title using Thickers. There was just enough room... good thing I had the smaller sized alphas!
And here's a close up of the rooster.
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Now why am I suddenly craving eggs? See you tomorrow!
