Cardboard Love

Hey everyone!!!

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Happy Monday to you - hopefully you aren't having a case of the Mooooondays this morning (as said like the lady in Office Space)...

And if you are - this week's prompt is sure to cheer you up.

We are talking about the ever versatile CARDBOARD.

A million gajillion ways to incorporate it...

So let's find out a bit about our Guest Designer Alex Michiardi - and peep the amazing way she rocked the cardboard prompt....

I feel so honoured to have been asked to guest design for this week prompt. It’s my very first time guest designing! Thank you so much girls (especially Rhi and Kara) for giving me this unique opportunity and for your interest in my work.

Today (the 22nd), Damien and I will be celebrating our 6th anniversary together. So I designed something special for the occasion. I had a lot of fun doing this project! “Cardboard boxes”.

I took a small cardboard box I had. Not very original for the moment… I sewed a zipper on it, layered some paper + Gesso to cover the entire box. I finished by adding a piece of felt + button, and I had my box “6 years” done. Then, to fill this box, I took another cardboard box which I cut into small squares. I assembled them in column by stapling pieces of felt. In total, I have three different columns. I chose some pictures of us and added them in chronological order to the cardboard pieces. I also recycled slide frames that I painted and used as embellishments. In the example, I hang the 3 columns on a bamboo stick, but you can think of other cute ways to display this project.

Have fun!

and last but not least...the TAIF ladies.

Mandi Mandi she's so fine...she's so fine she blows my mind - Hey Mandi! (so original huh?) This amazing piece of goodness will be posted in its entirety in Mandi's portfolio.

Dani California:

Debee the Magical

Ashlicious

(I made cardboard letters for my son Sandler - I made # and lowercase too!)

Rhi-Rhi---the firefly

The glittery Kimmie (I used a cardboard sewing board that's used to cut patterns...I made a bulletin board for my kids room for their art work and the scrapbook pages they make...sorry for the photo...this board is HUGE so it was hard to get a good shot)

and the Queen Bee Kara will post throughout the day - so keep checking back!

If you choose to play along - which we all hope you do - you will get a chance to win something extra special fabulous from The Sequined Shoe etsy shop.

We love girls that play along!!!

Just ask this cutiepie who won the RAK from Oh, Hello Friend...for the last prompt! (yes Susan - its true!! you won!)
Have a perfect week!!! Reduce Reuse Recycle - tear up some cardboard - and get artsy, crafty, painty, inky!!!

xo...

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