MOJO Monday Time Again

Well, this week, I got to do   MOJO Monday   ON
Monday!  I did struggle with this design, and there were many points in the process where I thought I should just chuck the whole thing and start over, but I persevered and came up with this:

The layout sketch looks like this:

I knew I wanted to use the Nature Walk stamp set from SU, and I wanted to create my own background for the center panel using emboss resist technique, but I went one step too many and didn't like the overall effect.  I wanted to see more bird cages and eggs, but too much Early Espresso sponging kind of lost them, so I started again and came up with this:

The shape and its back layer was cut using Framelits Labels.

I wanted to make a showy flower, but that is an area in which I need more punches, so I used 4 punched layers from the  2 3/8" Scallop Circle punch.  I wet them and scrunched them to separate the paper plies and held them together with an antique brad.  I backed it with loops of 1/8" taffeta ribbon in Early Espresso and some linen thread.  The vertical piece is punched from Old Olive using the Eyelet Border punch and I added some Old Olive seam binding ribbon topped with more of the taffeta ribbon.

The sentiment is from Teeny Tiny Wishes.  What would I do without that stamp set???   And just so you can see the background I tried to create, I'll show you a photo, but it was taken after I had already punched out the Framelits label.  I still may use it as background sometime, somehow with another card.   Experimentation is all part of learning and growing, from my perspective. 

             

I think tomorrow is going to be a play script posting, because I want to do some more sewing on the crib bedding for my daughter.  The shower is coming up quickly!!