Mariachi Monday

Happy Monday! I hope you had a fantastic weekend. The weather here was absolutely perfect, which meant I didn't spend as much time in my studio as I had planned. It was just too nice to be inside!
Today I have a fun project I designed for a private Mexican Fiesta-themed event I am holding this Friday. The host requested it in celebration of a special person's birthday and I am SO glad she did! It meant I got to play with the Festive Birthday Suite from the Annual Catalogue. I had such fun designing the projects as well as some decor for the event. Check this out...

I made a mariachi band! Aren't they fun?? I stamped the cactus from the Birthday Fiesta stamp set in Emeraly Envy ink and then dressed them up by fussy cutting images from the Festive Birthday DSP. I added some googly eyes that I stole from my son's craft stash and gave them bushy black moustaches that I made with the small heart punch (retired). I simply punched a heart and then moved the punch a little higher on the negative and punched again. Insta-moustache! I mounted them on an easel card...

To create the easel base I began with a 5-1/2" x 8-1/2" piece of Crushed Curry card stock that I scored at 2-1/8" and 4-1/4". The DSP adorning the front is from the Festive Birthday pack and is cut to 5-3/8"x 2". I adhered my little mariachi band to the lower half so that they would stand up with the card was opened. Here's a better look at them...

I added a 1/2" strip of Whisper White card stock on which I stamped only the word FIESTA from the sentiment stamp using Melon Mambo, Emerald Envy and Tempting Turquoise ink. I embellished the sentiment strip with some white mini pompom trim.

On the inside panel I stamped some streamers in Pumpkin Pie and Tempting Turquoise inks, a couple of cacti in Emberal Envy and the sentiment in Basic Black. I added two more fussy-cut sombreros to anchor the easel. SO fun!!

Have a fabulous week!! Be sure to check in tomorrow for another project using this suite!



Product List

Birthday Fiesta Photopolymer Stamp Set [141500] $26.00	Crushed Curry 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [131199] $10.00	Pumpkin Pie 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [105117] $10.00	Whisper White 8-1/2" X 11" Card Stock [100730] $11.25
Festive Birthday Designer Series Paper [141630] $14.50	Emerald Envy Classic Stampin' Pad [141396] $8.50	Melon Mambo Classic Stampin' Pad [126948] $8.50	Pumpkin Pie Classic Stampin' Pad [126945] $8.50
Tempting Turquoise Classic Stampin' Pad [126952] $8.50	Basic Black Archival Stampin’ Pad [140931] $9.25	Big Shot [143263] $136.00	Fiesta Time Framelits Dies [141475] $35.00
Paper Snips Scissors [103579] $13.50	Whisper White Mini Pompom Trim [141486] $9.25