Just a little heart

Have you ever started a small project thinking it will take couple of hours or so to make. Well I did just that but it ended up being a couple of days.Take a look at the next couple of pictures and I will explain why.

I thought it would be a good idea to cover a polystyrene heart with little buds made from circles of  pretty paper. BIG MISTAKE. One of my favourite colour combos at the moment is pink and white so I used Craftwork Cards paper from the "Moorish" collection. It took ages to cut out the circles freehand and scrunching them took time too. I mixed some PVA glue with a little water, brushed a thin coat on the heart and each scrunched circle as I went round. The amount you see here I had to do 10 fold plus all those that fell off had to be stuck on again.  I kind of scrunched them and added more glue as I went along to try and keep them stuck down but as fast as I put one on, another one stuck to my finger or fell off. My fingers were thick with glue and I was fed after a short while. I got nearly a quarter done and decided to leave it until the next day.

I had not put much thought to the gluing but when I checked the heart the next morning ( picture above) I realised that my lovely soft  buds had stretched out with using to much glue and were looking more like flatish, rock hard, pancakes. I was so disappointed. I tried pulling some off but a chunk of the polystyrene came off with them. I had no other option but to glue them back into place and carry on.
As this is a gift for a friend I had to cover the inside and the back of the heart which took another couple of hours. When  the last buds went on I vowed never again to make scrunched buds.
I waited another day for the whole thing to be rock hard. I decorated it with ribbon, plain and sparkly flowers, crystal gems, die cuts, sentiments and plain and silver Candi.

I guess my friend will never know how much went into making this little heart. I hope she likes it.
I have entered it into the challenges listed below.
http://deepoceanchallengeblog.blogspot.co.uk/ Fav. colour combo ( Pink shades and white) ends 5th May
http://creativecardcrew.blogspot.co.uk/ Bling it up/ Ends 12th May
http://bearlymine-challenges.blogspot.co.uk/  Anything goes/ Ends 6th May
http://twistedtuesdaychallenges.blogspot.ca/  Free for all/ Ends 12th May
http://thesisterhoodofcrafters.blogspot.co.uk/ Free for all/ Ends 5th  May
http://letscreatechallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ One for the girls/ Ends 13th May
http://craftyribbonschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything + ribbon/ Ends 8th May
http://reasonableribbon.blogspot.co.uk/ Sparkle, bling and ribbon/ Ends 12th May
http://challenges4everybody.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 10th May
http://ourcreativecorner6.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything/ Ends 28th May
http://www.simonsaysstampschallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Just because/Ends 8th M
http://diecuttindivas.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 6th May
http://crafterscafeblogchallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Mother/Female. Ends 31st May
http://memascrafts.blogspot.co.uk/2010/04/may-challenge.html Ends 31st May
http://sandyscraftycreations.blogspot.ca/ Anything goes + flowers/Ends 30th May
http://lovetocreatechallenge.blogspot.co.uk/ Punches/dies/Ends 5th May
http://ppp-makeitmonday.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 4th May.
http://partytimetuesdays.blogspot.co.uk/ Anything goes/ Ends 6th May
http://www.craftdoormagazine.com/ Anything goes/ Ends 6th May
http://fabnfunkychallenges.blogspot.co.uk/ Lots of pink/ Ends 5th May