Saturday, February 20, 2010

challenges galore!

I don't usually do this, but somehow this card just turned out to work for many challenges! I started it as my sample for the I Dream of Stamping blog's curling challenge (which starts Sunday morning so be sure to check it out!) and then decided to use Julie Masses' inspiration challenge from the Stamping Around blog. Of course, since I used one of my new Pure Innocence girls I had to paper piece her outfit, thus qualifying for Joanne's challenge here, and finally I used the latest CPS sketch #154! Whew!!To start off, I stamped this new little sweetie with her cute pigtails on a cream Perfect Panel. I then stamped her on 2 different dp's from MME's Be Loved paper and a second time on the perfect panel (to cut out her arms per Joanne's great new paper piecing tut!) Then, I colored everything (including shading on the dp) and cut it all out to piece it together. Lastly, I cut her out with my new deckle edge oval nestability die.I followed the CPS154 sketch, sponging distress ink and sewing on each of the different layers. I created the satin roses using SU! vanilla satin ribbon and following the instructions from Debbie Olson's recent blog post. They do get easier the more you make...and I discovered 12" was too long, so I ended up using only 8 or 9 per rose. After assembling everything it was still missing something, so I added that strip of lace over to the right side. That helped tremendously in my mind!I finished off the inside with a little more stitched on dp, the sentiment and the flower which the little girl is watering stamped inside (minus the little girl, can, and water!) I hope you've enjoyed this card as much as I did making. Be sure to check the details for the curling challenge on I Dream of Stamping on Sunday morning - I can't wait to see what you all come up with for this one!

15 comments:

  1. Oh my goodness this is so pretty Jana! Love those flowers - they are such a great touch!! Thanks for playing along!! :)

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  2. OH WOW!!! This card is AWESOME!!!! I LOOOOVE those roses!!!! Thanks for all the links I am gonna have to sit down and blurf a bit.... ;)

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  3. Tremendous work chickadee! Loves it!

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  4. Beautiful, Jana!! Absolutely stunning!

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  5. Jana, this is gorgeous, inside and out! :)

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  6. Jana I just love this little girl! She is simply adorable and I love all the great layers and paper piecing! Woot!

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  7. Oh my goodness, look at that cutie pie.

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  8. This is such a sweet card! Really love those ribbon roses! Beautiful!!!

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  9. This is so sweet Jana!! I love everything about this - the stitching, the roses, the lace trim! Fabulous!

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  10. what a sweet card - I just love those little girl images! the coloring and DP's are great! wonderful flowers on this - have to go check out Deb's tutorial!

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  11. Very sweet card, so love the colors!

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  12. Talk about multi-tasking, Jana! I love how you made your card work for so many different challenges. Good work! :)

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