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My DD, Sarah, at sixteen years old in her last performance of Nutcracker. PPS are Flouriste by Cosmo Cricket. I made the two smaller roses from the pp, cutting the spirals with deckle scissors, then inked and stickled them. The larger rose is made from stacked hearts (cut on the Cricut), then inked, scrunched and stickled. The instructions for making these are on Miss Sweden's blog. I drew the pattern for the swirls using my Bo Bunny chunky acrylic swirls, then stitched them and the scallops with green DMC. I also stitched some little flowers at the peaks of the scallops with DMC. I used silk ribbon to stitch around the circle and for the flowers on the swirls. Last I stitched a few beads to the swirls and the circle. The butterfly is a MS stamp, stamped in brown, then cut out and stickled with bling for the body. I hand lettered the title and doodled a butterfly's trail and then added stickles to both of them. Then I doodled a few white dots in the scallops. The edges of the photo are distressed using sandpaper and a small border added to one side - EK Success border punch. The layout is based on a sketch by Brosid.

Journaling is on a tag tucked behind the photo and reads: "After having performed in the Nutcracker the year before as a mouse and a candy cane, Sarah was hoping for a different part this year - one with a prettier costume, maybe a flower or a snowflake. When Mr. Mitch started assigning parts, she was once again cast as a mouse and a candy cane, parts usually reserved for younger dancers. Someone spoke up though, and told him that she was sixteen not twelve. (Mr. Mitch always thought Sarah was years younger than she actually was.) She still had to play the mouse, but she was taken off the candy cane list and was assigned to be an Arabian and a Chinese. These costumes were prettier, but still not the prettiest, no tutus. As the rehearsals progressed, Mr. Mitch realized that he needed a few extra “flowers” for the finale, since most of his flowers would be dressed as snowflakes at that point. Imagine Sarah’s delight when she was chosen to be one of those flowers in the finale. This was the last year that she performed in the Nutcracker, but she finally got to wear one of the prettiest costumes – a beautiful rose and green flower. And, she looked absolutely gorgeous in it! November 25-27, 2005" Journaling: June 18, 2009

This is for the Cosmo Cricket June Challenge and maybe for the June Distressing Challenge.

Thanks a bunch for looking!!!


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