Proud as a Peacock!

Hello!  Happy President's Day!  If only I had remembered it was President's Day before creating this, I would have done something patriotic....rats!

Today's 5" x 7" card was made using just one cartridge, Straight From the Nest, and one paper line, Close To My Heart's Magnifique.  Love when a project comes together quickly and easily.  Both the word art and the peacock are on the Straight From the Nest cartridge.  I thought this would be a nice "congratulations" card (especially for an NBC executive...LOL!...I crack myself up...).

I used my Gypsy to weld the shadowed versions of the word art "Proud as a Peacock" and the peacock bird BUT it isn't necessary.  I chose sizes so you could also do this without the weld.

The peacock was cut at 2-3/4" and the "proud as a peacock" word art was cut at 2".

I used thicker pop dots to make the image really pop off the card.  To do this, I cut two shadow layers so I could pop dot in between them.   Pop dots were from Hobby Lobby.

I used the white Signo Uniball pen to outline the word art and peacock.  Here's a tip: BEFORE gluing the layers together, use your white pen to add the stitching.  Otherwise you could get some choppy areas...I'm always learning new tips, LOL!

Ribbon is from Michaels.

A quick strip on the inside and some cream colored paper finish things off.

Don't miss out tomorrow for one of Melanie's stellar layouts!

Oh, and have we got a BIG TREAT in store for you starting next Monday...more hints on that later!

Be sure and check out Joy's and Melanie's personal blogs for more creative goodness at Obsessed with Scrapbooking and Courtney Lane Designs!

 Have a great day!


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