Elegant Edible Wall Hanging

I was at Liz's Stamper's 10 group last week which is always a highlight during the month for me.  We all talked, laughed, ate and stamped...what could be a better night out! 

Liz (Elizabeth Freiter) is an awesome demo and a great friend.  You will meet her on video soon.  We all loved two of the items she showed us that we were going to make and then were totally wowed by this one! 

She designed it with thought in mind that everything, other than the mints, would be Stampin' Up! product and she did it...with elegance and beauty!  I mentioned she should send it in to Shelli's December Creative Challenge and she said yes so I am sending it for her as she is super busy right now. 

To make this beautiful wall hanging, first stamp the letters using the 'Lovely Letters' alphabet stamp set with Riding Hood Red ink onto Very Vanilla cardstock then punch them out using the 1 1/4" circle punch.

Punch out 2 scallops with the Scallop Circle punch using Riding Hood Red cardstock and adhere the letter piece on top of one of the scallops.  Then sandwhich a York peppermint inbetween the two scallops and adhere. 

Adhere each of them to the 1 1/4" Riding Hood Red candy cane striped grosgrain ribbon using Tombow Adhesive and then adhere the ribbon bows on top of the letter scalloped pieces with a glue dots. 

 

 

The top and bottom pieces are actually pieces cut from an 'On Board Essentials' frame and sponged using a sponge dauber and Riding Hood Red ink (how smart is that!) 

Then use the Crop-A-Dile to punch 2 holes in the chipboard, thread the rope twine (from Holiday Mini) through, and tie knots in the ends and it's done.

Just a side note...you can always use Stampin' Dimensionals instead of the chocolate peppermints...that is what I did because I ate mine before I even got started :-)

 

I am also entering another design of hers in this wonderful card that she designed during one of our classes (we were working on a project using the Big Shot and she just came up with the card...just like that!  Oh man, someday I want to be able to do that :-)  It's a fairly simple card but packs 'WOW' power...gotta love that! 

The cardstock used is Riding Hood Red and Whisper White (can you see the score lines she added...very pretty!).The Snow Swirled tree was stamped with Riding Hood Red ink, Riding Hood Red striped ribbon with a piece of White Grosgrain attached was added to the side and one of the words from the 'Join in the Cheer Decorative Strip' cut using the Big Shot was added near the bottom.  Love it!