Let's Mix & Mingle!

No, I'm not talking about a social Mix & Mingle! I'm talking about Close to My Heart's newest My Creations album.   It's the Mix & Mingle album (Item #Z1334).  This cute little album includes 3 clear and 5 white chipboard pages in 4 die-cut shapes.   It includes jump rings that you can easily remove and re-arrange.   When I was looking at the artwork in the new Autumn/Winter Idea Book (available in September) a really adorable wall hanging caught my eye and I just knew I had to make one!  I made a similar wall hanging for my daughter's room in just a little under 2 hours!  I used paper from the soon to be released Hooligans Level 2 paper pack (X7129B).  The blue and pink papers are from scraps of now retired paper kits.   This why I never throw any scraps away!  Our papers can be mixed and matched so easy among the different paper packs!   To embellish the wall hanging I used pieces of dimensional elements from Fresh Shapes (Z1019) and Simple Alphabet (lower) (Z1048). The flower DEs were from some older sets that are now retired.    I used the Create-A-Shade Pearl Paint to give the white DE's a shimmery shine.  I inked the black DE's in Black ink.  I also used the new Pearl Opaques (Z1336) coming in September for added shimmery embellishment!  

The new Autumn/Winter Idea is so exciting!  You will be able to see it On-Line on September 1st but there is nothing like having one in your hands!   If you want your very own copy, just click on the paypal link to the left!

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