Mystic Paper Design Team Project - Completed

I'm posting my project a little early this month as I'm preparing to take a little trip. I had fun playing with the kits items this month. The wallpaper border inspired me right away. Especially since I recently received some reprints of my daughter washing her horse..... (Please excuse the bad photo quality. I didn't realize my pics were so bad until I sat down to post, and I already turned the project in at Mystic Paper!!)
I used my Tim Holtz mini rosette die to create my own embellishments out of the dictionary paper. Love that die!! Couldn't resist adding a little horseshoe punch to one! I trimmed out the "bathhouse" sign and the "homemade soap" sign from the wallpaper strip, then backed them with chipboard to give them structure. Then I used pop dots to lift the "signs" off the page for a little dimension. Finally a little ribbon and a 7 Gypsies 97% complete tag to finish the page. Simple, but clean and balanced.

That brings me to the collage board..... Not too much of a stretch to complete this assignment given the theme of the wallpaper border I had......
I trimmed out the "powder room" sign and backed it with chipboard. Then I trimmed out the oval portion of the same sign, different section of wallpaper, and backed it with chipboard as well. I connected these two pieces into one "sign" using strong glue and embellished with a couple of black brads to add more interest. I created a collage using my remaining patterned paper, inked all the edges, then attached the papers to the board using Mod Podge, but only on the back of the paper - not adding a layer over the paper. The sides of the collage board are all done in the dictionary print paper. In addition, I trimmed out the bathbrush and soap, backed them in chipboard, then layered them onto the "sign". A length of blue seam tape ribbon, Prima flowers and chunky brads complete the project. Lots of fun!! This may actually hang in my powder room when it comes off display at Mystic Paper!!

I hope you had fun checking out my finished project. Jump on over and visit Holly and Jenna. They will both be posting their projects soon!! If you are in the local area, stop by Mystic Paper and check out the projects IRL.

Have a great week!!!!