Each child's wall hanging has 4 sections, all cut out of Stampin Up's Top Notes die. They were then each covered with scrapbook paper. Tanner's is camouflage because he loves all things military, Nicolas' is nautical as he has started collecting models and I thought it would co-ordinate nicely, and Amanda's is pink and blue as they are her favourite colours.
I printed out their names, character traits (with a brief definition) and a complimentary Bible verse onto regular paper and modpodged them on to the first three sections. Then I discovered the modpodge makes the printer ink run, so I printed them again, on white cardstock, and used Zipdry to glue them on over the original writing. The final section of each one has a copy of our favourite family photo. Then the fun part, which Amanda and I did together - embellishing them all! The funny part is that I was most worried about how to do Tanner's yet I think his worked the best! I found some great stickers at Michael's craft store, then a friend of mine found some army trinkets there on clearance, including great words like "army", "navy", "air force" and "courage". I also hung the trinket of the helicopter off the bottom.
Nicolas' is done with a mixture of brads (anchor and starfish) as well as with travel stickers. I am not thrilled with the final result of his, but he loved it so that is good!
Amanda's - I wanted to do more to hers but she wouldn't let me! Very ironic as she is usually an over-embellishment queen! It still looks good, though, just not as sparkly as I envisioned!
And that is my first crafty project of the year done! Woohoo! Now to figure out which of the ideas bubbling in my head to turn into reality next!
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