we've been *HEXED*!

but, i hasten to say, in a GOOD way... for it is miss cheryl's turn to play hostess at the city crafter challenge blog and for week #118 she has decreed that we shall make projects which incorporate one or more hexagons. so we did!

(patterned paper: american traditional designs, prima, basic grey; hexagon chips: pink paislee; paper blossom and canvas bird: prima; lily off the valley stickers: martha stewart; cardstock label and flower stickers: fancy pants; heart stickers: sassafras; rose trim: tim holtz; yellow border: k and co; border punch: recollections; adhesives: tombow monorunner, 3m foam tape, gluedots, sewing machine) 

as it happened, i had a brand new packet of lovely chipboard that i was longing to tap into, and this was the perfect opportunity. i played around with a bunch of different grid ideas before settling on the combination of this elderly graph-paper, asymetrical placement, and a softer, rounder collection of embellishments placed near--but not exactly IN--the center of the card. i stitched the little hexes to my card-front partially to extra-securely adhere them* and also to add another small textural/design element.

as soon as i have a lot of straight lines on a card, i'm usually on the lookout for a way to add some circles... or at least some non-linear shapes. in this case i went with a few truncated curvy labels, a scalloppy border punch, a custom-dyed canvas bird sticker, and flowers made of paper, ribbon, and cardstock.

hexagons are (deservedly!) SUPER-popular right now, so i hope you'll be itching to get to work on your "hexed" creation, but do stop by CCCB and check out the design-team's inspiring take on this fun challenge! ♥

ps: many thanks to the always au courrant miss stephanie for pointing out that this card--as well as any hexy ones that y'all might make this week-- serendipitously fits to perfection the current "hooked on hexagons" challenge at moxie fab world; where, as usual, they have put together a swooningly gorgeous post just totally FULL of ideas from the worlds of papercrafting, fine arts, quilting, decor, etc! can i get a, "woohoo!"?!

*in my experience, rigid chipboard pieces are just WAITING for the opportunity to leap, lemming-like, off of my papercrafting projects. so, being vigilant, i TAKE STEPS. :)