Prima Ballarina, Brooklyn!

It's time for my DT project for Seems A Little Sketchy, Sketch 17! This time we are sponsored by AiFactory and I have chosen Ella the Ballerina. Sketch 17 is just perfect for my project!

This sweet little image just grabbed me and pulled me in so much, that I chose to use her six times!

My precious 4 year-old granddaughter, Brooklyn, has her first ballet recital this weekend and this card is perfect for the occasion. I wanted to simulate Brooklyn as the Prima Ballerina with her ballet troupe, all colored up with Copic markers.

I was chatting with my dear friend KathyCan and discussed the project with her, adding that I wanted to make it appear as a stage when you open the card. Well... Kathy had done a stage pop-up card back in November for her daughter, Allison's, birthday. Allison is a big Alice in Wonderland fan, so Kathy ran with that theme for her card - you must check out Kathy's wonderful project here. She turned me onto a fabulous tutorial by Kim (Paper Punch Addiction). Kim's tutorial worked perfectly for this project to put Brooklyn on stage in the spotlight!

Kathy sent me a birthday box full of My Mind's Eye 6x6 pads, and "indie chic" is perfect for Brooky's card. Used my new Memory Box "Elegant Scrollwork" to simulate "motion", which I found at Oozak. Wanted to give a feel for stage lighting, so used buttons, pearls and black tulle for the job on the card front. Inside wanted to use the star jewels/rhinestones, and the DP worked great to simulate the stage curtain valance and stage lighting along the bottom of the stage. I did add more black tulle for the stage curtains. Just added the black tulle tie a belly band to keep the card closed for presentation to Brooklyn. She is going to get the biggest kick out of this one!

Join us at Seems A Little Sketchy for sketch #17, enter the challenge and show us what you created!!!!

Love,

Wendy



Noel in April!

Firstly, my countdown calendar at work is now on day 15 (working days)! Woohoooie! Come join my Retirement Party here!

For today's showcase project as a guest designer for Elisabeth Bell's Digi Bells DT Blog, I have used "Letters to Santa" which can be found at Elisabeth Bell Digital Collection.

I followed the sketch over at Sketchy Colors - this sketch really inspired me! I love blue & green with a splash of brown!

I also used Stamp Fairy's digi tree stamp, printed it out on the DP and went to work on the tedious task of cutting the little buggers out!

I inked all my edges with Tim Holtz Distress Inks "Burlap" and  used the Lost & Found DP from My Mind's Eye. Used my Cuttlebug to cut and emboss my Spellbinder's nestie dies, added some stashed/hoarded Bo Bunny dotty grosgrain ribbon and Hero Arts lace. Also used my Marvy Snow marker to add the snow to the image, embossed with my heat gun.

 Did a "window" treatment to the inside of the card and instead of my usual "portrait" position, I chose "landscape" for this one.

Have a FABULOUS week!

Love,

Wendy 

Challenges: Sketchy Colors-#112 Sketch; Simon Says Stamp Challenge-favorite tool/cuttlebug; Critter Sketch Challenge-critters; Incy Wincy Designs-cute critters; Pile it on-"S"=snow/letter to Santa/stripes/stamps; Robyn's Fetish Challenge blog-AG; The Crafty Pad-dies; Allsorts Challenge Blog-bingo=green/stripes/blue; Christmas Stampin' All year long-fave color combo; Crafty Ann's Challenge-Christmas in March; Crafty Purple Frog-distress; Divas by Design-AG

Together Anything is Possible

So it all started with this ding-dang-darling image from Sassy Cheryl "Tricycle" in her new $2 bin. She has a super cool deal going on, so be sure to check out the store. I chose My Minds Eye Love Me collection of DPs, picked out my copic colors and began my mostest funnest task of coloring the image -  you know I LOVE TO COLOR!

Then pulled out a bunch of embellies and found the sketch over at Totally Gorjuss and that's where it all started.

Then I got to work!

I found this awesome Martha Stewart punch around the page - I LOVE IT!

Decided to stack my buttons for my main embellishments - gosh I've had these Bazzil buttons for eons! Used my Spellbinder nesability heart circle and classic circles for the sentiment, Sizzix for the image matting, along with cuttlebug folder swiss dots, of course all cut and embossed with my beloved Cuttlebug. This one goes out to a friend whom I love and adore and with her friendship I feel "together anything is possible"!

Thanks for stopping by and have a "Together anything is Possible" week!

love,

Wendy

Challenges: Sassy Cheryl's Digi Stamp Challenge; Totally Gorjuss Challenge 121; 2 Sisters Challenge Blog-recipe; Just Some Lines-girly girl; One Stop Craft Challenge-button it; Simon Says Stamp Challenge; Stamp, Scrap & Doodle Saturdays-stash; ATCs & Cards with Attitude-AG; Crafty Catz Weekly Challenge-punches/dies; The Emerald Faerie Garden-embossing; I Brake For Challenges-love; CropStop-ovals; Pixie Dust Studio Pixie Challenge-Buttons; Shelly's Images-seeing spots; Divas by Design-spots and/or stripes; My Mum's Craft Shop Challenge-shaped cards; The Pixie Cottage-AG; Perfect Semtiments Challenge-die cut; The Catered Crop-Recipies for Paper Crafting-ribbon; Pile it on-spots/stripes; Sassy Cheryl-show me #65; Sentimental Sundays-encouraging sentiment