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UPDATE I'm working on counting all the various entries. Winner to be posted later.

This is the final step of the progressive challenge. You must have completed step 3 before proceeding to this step. 

For this step, you will add exactly 15 embellishments to your page according to the following rules:

• At least 2 of your embellishments must be home-made
  
• You must use at least 5 different types of embellishments 
  

Types of embellishments are things like stickers, die-cuts, ephemera, enamel dots, chipboard, etc.
For example, 3 enamel dots will count as 3 of your 15 embellishments, but only 1 of your 5 types
I'm flexible as to what you consider a home-made embellishment
Your 2 home-made embellishments can be the same as each other or different

For my example, I used the following 15 embellishments:

1. wineglass in lower left (home-made die-cut)
   
2. other wineglass in lower-left (home-made die-cut)
   
3. word sticker ("life is good")
   
4. orange flower (laser cut)
   
5. yellow flower (laser cut)
   
6. pink flower (laser cut)
   
7. chipboard circle (with heart in the middle)
   
8. puffy sticker green heart on corner of journaling
   
9. purple chipboard heart (lower right)
   
10. lavender acetate leaves (upper left)
    
11. lavender acetate leaves (under journaling)
    
12. grapes (home-made die-cut)
    
13. Halloween droplet (brown drops that look like enamel dots)
    
14. Halloween droplet
    
15. Halloween droplet
    

Types of embellishments: die-cuts, sticker, laser cut ephemera, chipboard, puffy sticker, acetate, droplets (I have 7, the minimum is 5)


Rules:

• Add 15 embellishments to your layout according to the rules above
  
• Do not add anything else
  
• Upload an image of your layout to the gallery here at ACOT and post the image in this post
  
• List the 15 embellishments like I did in the example, specifying which are home-made
  
• list your types of embellishments which must be at least 5
  
• If you have any questions, ask
  
• You may combine the completed layout from this step with one other challenge that allows it plus all of the ongoing challenges such as the team and bi-monthly.
  
• This is due July 31 at midnight EDT
  
• You must complete step 4 to be eligible for a prize
  

If you made it this far, thanks for playing along and I hope you're having fun!

Question; May we do splatters as a finishing touch, and would it count as an embellishment? 

This will be a bit of a challenge!  Getting my thinking cap on!

mizz_kitty21 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:25 am

Question; May we do splatters as a finishing touch, and would it count as an embellishment? 

No. Splatters could have been done in step 1, but not now

whoo hoo!! this sounds fun!

trainmom wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:43 am

mizz_kitty21 wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 22, 2024 11:25 am

Question; May we do splatters as a finishing touch, and would it count as an embellishment? 

No. Splatters could have been done in step 1, but not now 

Sure, that’s fine thanks

Fun! Looking for my embellishments now!  Thank you for this fun challenge.  I can’t believe how I have looked forward to each Monday for the next step each week!  :)

Layout created for the July progressive challenge #4: finishing the layout.

My embellishments:
1 clear sticker bow - next to the title
1 clear word sticker - below title
1 flat sticker - on the corner of the top picture
1 wood veneer - below the clear word sticker
3 decorative brads - around the pics
6 enamel dots - next to the decorative brads
2 homemade embellishments - to the right of the top picture and to the left of the bottom picture = 15 embellishments.

Total points for Team Stinkerbelle: 13 (ACOT challenges [progressive challenge + 100 papers], upload to ACOT, stamping [vibes], wood veneer, washi tape [stars on my viewmasters], decorative brads, acetate [circles on the viewmasters], metal dies [viewmasters], sprinkly bits, flat sticker [clear word sticker], Vicki Boutin product [happy day sticker on photo] and handwritten journaling).

Question: is fussy cutting for example, a flower from patterned paper, considered homemade or an embellishment not homemade since it was printed?

Step 4: Challenge accepted!
I LOVE your layout - your examples of embellishments are fantastic!

Question:  on my die cut birds, I put rhinestones or black gems in their eyes.  I don't know if it counts as two embellishments, or if they are part of my handmade embellishments?  

Louise, I made banner.

It's 3 different categories,- brads, twine and ribbon. For embellishments I would count it as 3 items, 2 brads and 1 banner. Is it correct?

Another question...is washi tape considered an embellishment?  And are Doodle Pops considered stickers?

Oh, good question!  I was going to use it as one of my types, too.  
looking forward to answers, Traveler.  Thank you for your patience with our questions.

sherelm wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 22, 2024 1:13 pm

Question: is fussy cutting for example, a flower from patterned paper, considered homemade or an embellishment not homemade since it was printed?

I would consider that a homemade embellishment 

FoxyStamping wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 22, 2024 1:21 pm

Question:  on my die cut birds, I put rhinestones or black gems in their eyes.  I don't know if it counts as two embellishments, or if they are part of my handmade embellishments?  

You can count that as a single homemade embellishment 

Trek wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 22, 2024 1:52 pm

Louise, I made banner.

It's 3 different categories,- brads, twine and ribbon. For embellishments I would count it as 3 items, 2 brads and 1 banner. Is it correct?

I think there is some flexibility here. 2 brads and 1 homemade banner is fine and would count as 3 embellishments
 

VickiR wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 22, 2024 3:22 pm

Another question...is washi tape considered an embellishment?  And are Doodle Pops considered stickers?

Washi can be an embellishment I think doodle pops are there own type of embellishment , but I don’t really know what they are because I don’t have any 

trainmom wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 22, 2024 4:53 pm

VickiR wrote: ↑

Mon Jul 22, 2024 3:22 pm

Another question...is washi tape considered an embellishment?  And are Doodle Pops considered stickers?

Washi can be an embellishment I think doodle pops are there own type of embellishment , but I don’t really know what they are because I don’t have any   

Thanks, no worries.  I used the Doodle Pop and it made 15.  I would consider it a 3-D embellishment.

1. Banner - homemade
2-3. Brads
4. Acetate tag
5-10. Enamel dots
11-12. Enamel hearts
13. Wood veneer backpack
14. Washi piece on journaling card
15. Ball - homemade

Brads, enamel shapes, wood veneer, washi, die cuts (ball), acetate, ribbon, twine.  
My completed LO


Thank you for the challenge!!! Love it!