Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop :: Day 04 with Erica Houghton

Welcome! Today is Day 5 of the Marion Smith Designs and Petaloo Blog Hop! I hope you've enjoyed all of the creativity and inspiration this week...I sure have!

Today, I'm sharing two wood embroidery hoops by Darice that I altered using the Nirvana Collection by Marion Smith Designs.

I started with two (one small and large) wood embroidery hoops by Darice.

Next, I painted the metal screw white and then wrapped each wood embroidery hoop with jute.

I then cut two circles from the Nirvana Collection by Marion Smith Designs, adhered and stitched a Heidi Swapp sticker to each circle; I adhered the circles to the back of each wood embroidery hoop.

Finally, I cut balloons, butterflies and sentiments from the Nirvana Collection by Marion Smith Designs; I finished altering each wood embroidery hoop by adding Petaloo flowers.

I used a variety of Petaloo flowers, including flowers from the mixed textured, burlap and sugared collections. 

Here are a few close-ups:

Make sure to stop by the Petaloo blog for more inspiration and creativity. And, be sure to check back tomorrow for the last day of the hop.

Paper

Marion Smith Designs, Nirvana

Embellishments

Marion Smith Designs, Junque & Gems – keys

Tim Holtz, Ideaology – baubles, jump rings

The Paper Studio, Spare Parts – swivel clasps

Heidi Swapp – stickers

Marion Smith Designs & Petaloo – flowers

Celebrate It – ribbon

Misc., - natural jute

Adhesives

Crafty Foam Tape – White

Products

Darice – wood embroidery hoops

Tim Holtz – distress ink

13 Arts – gesso

Thanks for joining me today!