Farewell Project: A Cameo Winnie the Pooh Project by BethD488

I can't believe it's time to create my farewell project already.  it's been such an amazing, eye-opening, fulfilling, and fun ten months.  For the farewell project, we were allowed to do whatever we wanted.  Well, since I had just managed to talk my DH into getting me a Cameo for a very early (by four months) birthday present, I decided to use it to create my project.  The question now was, what to make?

Well, as a kid, my favorite character was Winnie the Pooh.  I had a stuffed Pooh that I took EVERYWHERE with me (in fact, I still have him - always have been nostalgic).  My DS liked Pooh, but never really got into him as much as I did.  However, my DD did, so when the new movie came out last year, I was very excited to take her.  I also discovered that there was a Winnie the Pooh movie related page on FB - so of course I had to "like" it.  The often post quotes from the movie, which are great, but there was one recently that kind of hit home.  

It was posted right when I needed it, since over the last few months things haven't been going very well at work, and I've been tossing around the idea of becoming a engineering consultant, and expand my current side businesses in engineering and crafting.  With this decision though comes tough decisions and trying to figure out finances, and child care, etc.  My chiropractor has even offered me the opportunity to work with him part time to make sure at least some money is coming in.  And at the same time, I had to make the decision to try out for the DT again.  Then I saw this quote posted, and I knew that no matter what path I chose, I would/could make it work.  It was just a matter of time figuring out all the little details.  No decisions have been made (except that I wasn't trying out for the DT, as I needed to concentrate on figuring this all out), but hopefully by the end of the summer things will iron themselves out.

Now, enough of my life story recently and onto how I made this project.

CC products used:  
Cameo Silhouette
MME Lush Blue
MM Chloe's Closet
MM Dilly Dally stickers
AC thickers accents
EP Country Drive 6x6
EP Springtime 6x6
Slice
Slice Design Card Dilly Dally and Spring

Non-CC products:
SU blue cardstock
EK Success Classic Pooh stickers
Creative Memories Pooh die-cuts
MM Dilly Dally die-cuts

The first thing I realized was that there are no images of Winnie the Pooh or his cronies available for the Cameo (and since I just got it, I didn't have time to learn to make my own or use another format).  So I decided that I was going to cut out the quote with the Cameo.  Luckily I had plenty of Pooh embellishments in my stash.  LOL

1.  I typed in the quote.  Then I selected the font Segoe Script (there are a lot cool options I have to say), and 42 pt.  I centered the quote on the page, and then moved it up about one inch to make room for some of the items I wanted to use at the bottom.

2.  Then I chose MME Lush blue as my paper, and decided that to make sure the creams matched, I would turn one of the flocked papers over and use the back for the quote.  I placed the paper on the cutting mat.  One note about this is that the flocking does come off onto the mat, but it retains the stickiness afterward.

3.  After the paper ran through the Cameo, I used the negative image instead of trying to adhere the actual cut text onto cardstock (I decided that the font was too thin and delicate for that).  I still had to pull off all the insides of some of the letters (a, p, d, e, etc) and adhere them, but that wasn't so bad.  The following picture shows this step partially done.  You can see that it probably would have read fine without doing this, but I feel it looks more complete afterward.

4.  Then I created a frame/mat for the quote, and placed a sheet of darker blue cardstock behind the quote to help it stand out.

5.  Then I embellished it and added items around the quote that I felt tied the quote to the movie and the Pooh theme - Pooh, Eeyore, butterflies, birds, honey, flowers.  The butterflies at the top are MM Dilly Dally die cuts - there are clear ones attached to the paper that I was trying to make look like shadows, and then the paper ones I folded in half and only adhered the center to make them look like they are flying (see closeup below).

6.  Then I used a shadowbox frame for it.  I fussy cut some of the flocked bird paper (the flowers) and adhered them to the back of the glass to add some dimension.  I now have it hanging in my scrap area so that I can see it often and remind myself how it can inspire me.

Well, that's it.  I hope you have enjoyed the techniques and projects I have shown you over my term on the DT.  I certainly have enjoyed producing the projects and showing you some of the techniques I've known for awhile or learned as I created these projects.  I have learned a lot and have bought a lot of new products in order to learn about them and expand my repertoire.  I've had a lot of fun over the last ten months, both crafting and getting to know all of you (the CC customers).  It's hard to believe that my term is over already, but I know that the new DT will have some great projects and techniques to show you!!  I will certainly be looking forward to seeing what I can learn from them.