Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 16 - Frame It

Hello,
I am entering the "Frame It" Challenge over at the Cheery Lynn Designs Blog:  HERE

I decided to make a small wall hanging after much debating with myself this afternoon in my craft room.  I lost my husband to cancer 10 days ago and this is the first thing that I have created since he passed.  I am trying to remind myself that his love gave me wings to fly and that I need to keep on keeping on....for him and for our family.  It wasn't until I decided to make something dedicated to him that I was able to make anything at all.

Here are some pictures:

This is the frame I used from Cheery Lynn Designs for the challenge.  It is called "Scandanavian Hearts" and you can find it on their website:  HERE.  It is popped up from the design paper behind it with foam tape.

I used a piece of cardboard for the base of my wall hanging and a pipe cleaner for my hanger. 

Here is a picture of the Kiwi Spirit Doily - purchase it: HERE.  I cut the die cut up into 3 pieces to make a second layer for my wings...see below.

I cut this set of wings (purchased at Frost it Pink: HERE) in half and.....

taped them to the back of my stamped image with scotch tape.

I then took the quarter doily pieces and fitted them to the underside of the wing, traced with a pencil and cut them down to fit underneath so that the wings would be two-layered and more substantial.

Here is a picture of the finished product.  I love the tag added to the top right with the rest of the sentiment:  "to fly".  This stamp set is from Verve Stamps and is called Wings of Love by Julee Tilman.   I added diamond stickles glitter glue to both parts of the wings on each side to give it some glitz and also popped everything up with tons of foam tape!  A couple of buttons and some adorable "cherry cupcake" trendy twine from Annie's Paper boutique: HERE  finish off the hanger made from a clear colored pipe cleaner and shaped with a "heart" hanger at the top.

Here is a close-up of the wings....the smaller wings were made to look like they are in flight by rolling a piece of foam tape in a circle and placing under the center part of the wing.

You can see the shadow created by the popped up portion of the wings...

 Here is a short You Tube video I posted about this project:
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That is it for me tonight.  It feels good to have spent a couple hours in my craft room.   Thanks for taking a look....