Embellishment: Heartstrings

For the card to follow I had to incorporate the recipient's love for everything knitting. As I do not knit I had to think a little outside of the box. I had to look at re-purposing some of the supplies I had.

The only thing I purchased was a skein of yarn, and I don't even know if that is what you call those things. I had a hard time knowing what was for crochet and what was for knitting.

I painted a chipboard heart (Maya Road) with brilliant red acrylic paint. Added a little texture with a foam brush. My thought was to embody the paraphrased quote "best friends are tied together with heartstrings. The closest thing I could think of to resemble knitting needles was some headpins I had in my stash. TA-DAH!

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CHA favorites

These are some of my favorite new products being launched at CHA-Chicago. The first one is American Crafts FLAIR. The second one is Kaiser Craft acrylic stamps. The third one is Maya Road WINGS chipboard album. The last one is some gorgeous patterned paper by Scribble Scrabble.