Girly Birthday Blog Hop!

Good Morning and welcome to Nonna's Craft Corner!

Today is going to be all about the girls!  That's right...it's time for the Girly Birthday Blog Hop in honor of our talented hostess, Candace from Scrappin' 2 Little Princesses!  

So, before we get started with my project, let me tell you about a few of the goodies in store for you today...

We have some fabulous gifts from our Girly Birthday Blog Hop sponsors: 

 * $15.00 Gift Certificate for the Pink By Design Store

* $20.00 Gift Certificate from EAD Designs

(In order to be in the drawing for one of these gift certificates you must comment on each blog in today's hop. You will have until 11:59 CST on September 22nd to leave your comments.)

*We also have a wonderful line-up of talented ladies ready to share their projects with you...

Candace  from Scrappin' 2 Little Princesses

Glora from Glora Crafts

Sarah from Pink Cricut

Jenny from Crazy About Cricut

Michelle from Scrappin With My Bug

Candace from Paper Crafts By Candace

Ashley from Scrappin' Pink Piglet

Tanya from Nonna's Craft Corner

Elizabeth from 217 Creations

Sherrie from Sherrie Scraps with Passion

Lisa from Pretty Paper, Pretty Ribbons

Emily from Create Serendipity

Paula from More than Favors

Kristi from Little Paper Sprinkles

Ok...let's get started!  I've had a lot of fun working on my Girly project over the last few days...

These cute little purses are going to be Christmas gifts for my granddaughter and her new step-sister.  I started out with plain, unfinished wooden boxes in the shape of a purse that I found at Michael's...

I spray painted the boxes with black paint first.  Next I traced the shape of each purse onto this fun, Girly patterned paper from the Femme Fatale paper stack by Recollections (great name for a paper stack, huh?).  I trimmed off about a quarter inch all around the lines I traced and distressed the edges of my paper.  Next, I inked up the edges with black ink hoping to give the paper a worn fabric look.  I glued on the front and back pieces to each purse and used my white gel pen to add stitching lines around all the edges.

Ok...for some of the details...

*For each purse I created a "pocket".  I just sort of came up with a shape and embossed it with the Textile Texture embossing folder.  I also added some stitching lines with my white gel pen and that fun rhinestone brad in the center.

* I also ran a strip of tape along the back, top edge of each "pocket" and gathered up my ribbon as I adhered it to the pocket. This gave a nice ruffle effect.

* Using the Paisley Cricut cartridge, I cut sunglasses at 1.5 inches and covered them with Martha Stewart's Sterling glitter.  I also added Glossy Accents to the lens.

* The cute little tag is cut from the Art Philosophy cartridge.  I used the image found on page 50 and cut this tag at 3 inches.  The sentiment is from the Enjoy The Journey stamp set from Pink By Design.  I stamped this is Silver ink and used Stardust embossing powder by Stampendous.

* I added a few clear gems to the handles for a bit more glitz!

Using the Songbird cartridge, I added the girls' monograms to the back of each purse.  This is Emma's....

And this is Joanna's....

And of course, I finished out the inside of each purse...and...added a few goodies....

I used stamps from the Shopaholic and Enjoy The Journey stamp sets from Pink By Design for my tags.  To create the tags, I just free-handed a few shapes then stamped and heat embossed them. A few stitching lines and fabulous ribbon finish up the tags.

And that finishes up my Girly project for you today!  I really had fun with this project and can't wait to see the girls when they open up these gifts!  I hope you have enjoyed your visit here today and I know you are going to love all the great projects the other designers have in store for you today.  But, before you go...I also have a bit of Girly Goodness to share with you today...

For a chance to win this fun Girly stuff...just leave me a comment and become a follower!  I will choose a winner on Friday, September 23rd.  Thanks again for stopping by, your next stop is the fabulously talented Elizabeth at 217 Creations.

Until next time,

Tanya