Thursday, October 2, 2008

Whiff of Joy Challenge #2 - Stitching

This card is for this week's WOF challenge. Stitching...wheeeeeee! Get to use my sewing machine! I had the song "Wild Thing" on my mind for some reason today so I used the Melinda Hugging Heart image and printed the sentiment from my computer. Colored her with Primacolor pencils, added Stickles to her wings. I cut her out with a rectangle Nestie then chalked around her while the image was still in the frame. Used the scalloped rectangle for the mat and edged it with Twinkling H2O's. The base DP is Basic Grey Periphery which I stitched to the Kraft cardstock base. I Cuttlebugged the blue paper with the Allegro folder, then inked the raised parts, a bit of the background and the edges. Attached the ribbon then Melinda. The flowers are from the Verve Abundant Blessings set. The paper I used for the sentiment and the flowers was actually the paper with the item list that Verve sends with its orders. Geez, everything I get my hands one becomes potential craft stuff for me! :) Anyway, I cut the sentiment out with a scalloped oval Nestie, edged and inked it with two different Queues and attached it on dimensionals. I tappity tapped the flowers with the same two colors (Prussian Blue and Chestnut Roan), cut them out and attached them with dimensionals as well. Added Dew Drops for a final touch to the oval.
Stamps: Whiff of Joy Melinda Hugging Heart, Verve.
Paper: Basic Grey Periphery, Hot Off the Press, Paper Studio CS.
Ink: Colorbox Queues.
Accessories: Prismacolor pencils, stitching, Cuttlebug, Nestabilities, Dew Drops, Stickles, Ribbon, dimensionals, computer, chalks.

8 comments:

Annie said...

wow! an absolutely adorable card with so many lovely details. I never thought to chalk around the edge with the nestie still on - thanks for that tip! hugs, annie x

Rach said...

beautiful card, love your melinda image,so beautifully coloured..great details...thanks for joining in the challenge. hugs rachxx

Bev said...

Gorgeous card, love the design, the colours and the papers. Melinda is so beautifully coloured too.

hugs Bev x

Heather Huggins said...

Wow!! Fabulous. Love how you used the emossing folder. Cool!!

Donalda said...

Oh this is gorgeous dear. I so love the colors of blue you have used and your layout dear. Thanks for joining us this week for the challenge

debby4000 said...

Beautiful card, wonderful details and love Melinda.

cats whiskers said...

Fab card love all the detail onb it and the beautifully coloured image, thabks for joining us
Hugs Jacqui x

Katharina Frei said...

A terrific card! Love the layout.