Happy Monday! Vivian here with a use-up-your-brads challenge. The last seven product lines released by October Afternoon have included brads. I don't know about the rest of you, but I still have lots of them left! I find myself using one here or three there, but never a whole bunch at one time. Enter today's challenge: use ten or more brads on one project.
I started with this inspiration piece I found on Pinterest:
With Valentine's Day coming up, I decided to interpret this inspiration piece pretty literally, using brads from the Farm Girl, Make It Merry, Midway, Woodland Park, and 9 to 5 lines, along with patterned paper and stickers from the Farm Girl line. Note: I got two dozen brads on there!
Great minds think alike, as while I had shared the ten-or-more brad challenge with Roree, I did not share my inspiration piece and yet this is what Roree came up with:
I love all of the details on Roree's card, from the chevrons to the two different types of stitching to that amazing cluster of embellishments that form the heart. In fact, let's get a closer look at the heart:
Roree had this to say, "I used a mix of collections: Farm Girl, Witch Hazel, Woodland Park, Cakewalk, and 9 to 5. I love that the pieces from one collection can work so well with pieces of the other collections." I couldn't agree more!
So...now that we've given you a two-for-one today with both a use-up-your-brads challenge and an inspiration piece, what will you do with one or both of these? Please share your creations with us in our October Afternoon Flickr gallery.
Love, LOVE both of these cards! Such cute looks! :)
Posted by: Mendi Yoshikawa | February 04, 2013 at 02:39 PM
LOVE these projects--they would look so pretty framed in shadowboxes!
Posted by: Sharlene Piscitelli | February 04, 2013 at 02:13 PM
Both are great cards! I have brads, but not like the ones you are using. Guess I need to get some. Corrine Ann
Posted by: www.google.com/accounts/o8/id?id=AItOawl1Aq1M-YlmT8xpJc-c29bZEDiFGvRa-kQ | February 04, 2013 at 02:01 PM
Love both of these projects, and I absolutely adore all of the brads used in the first card.
Posted by: Jessica Toulmin | February 04, 2013 at 12:45 PM
Love this idea! Thanks for the inspiration!
Posted by: Lee-Anne | February 04, 2013 at 10:50 AM
So inspirational!
Posted by: Anski | February 04, 2013 at 10:21 AM