Saturday, April 20, 2013

Sew Little Time....

Here's hoping today finds you safe and well, and may you find time to relax and unwind this weekend.  I find crafting does that for me, so long as Mr Mojo sticks around.


For my card today, I've played with the colour purple, using it for the image, the DP, and some of the cardstock die cuts.  My copics worked their magic on the image, and then I've used chalk to shade in the background.

To add to the sewing theme of the image, I made good use of a stitching stencil to add some faux stitching to the bottom of the card. The butterflies and corner dies have all been stamped with a bit of gold for added interest, while the white doily and floral die cut add a nice bit of contrast.

Supplies used:
Image from The Paper Shelter - Cute Dressmaker
Prima Paper - from the Fairy Flora collection
Cheery Lynn die - Exotic Butterfly Small
Whimsy die - Corner Dies set
Spellbinder die - Fantastic Flourish 1

Thanks for visiting, and may your day be beautiful and sunny!  (Wishful thinking)

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:


Cheery Lynn Designs - #76 Pretty in Purple
Papertake Weekly - One Paper Taker
Divas by Design - Butterflies and Birds
Inky Impressions - #105 Punches/Dies
Totally Papercrafts - #163 Monochromatic
Stampotique Designers Challenge - #96 Birthday
Forever Friends - #59 Diecuts/Punches
Top Tip Tuesday - #99 No Machine sewing       Top Picks
Oldie but a Goodie Challenge - Make it girly (the dp is my oldie)
Stamp and Create - Use at least 1 die-cut
Natalie and Amy - #8 Monochromatic



19 comments:

  1. Beautiful...love the fab image and great details.xxx

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  2. Gorgeous card! I love your design and color scheme. Thanks for joining us at Inky Impressions.

    Karen

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  3. Hi Joyce, l agree getting in the craft room is relaxing and very rewarding too! your card is beautiful l like every detail you had added to the image and colouring is beautiful too! enjoy your weekend too xx

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  4. This is so pretty, I adore your colour choice and layout.

    Thank you so much for sharing it with us at Totally Papercrafts.

    Hugs
    Cathy DT
    xxxxx

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  5. What a pretty card, lovely colours, one of my favourites. Thank you so much for joining us at an Oldie But A Goodie Challenge, keep using up all that stored stash!

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  6. Oh Joyce, what an adorable card and super sweet image! Well done in purples, very girlie and pretty!

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  7. Very beautiful! Thanks for joining us at Inky Impressions this week!

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  8. Gorgeous card :-) the image is very cute and the colours and details are fab :-)

    thanks for joining us on the Papertake Weekly Challenge
    luv
    Lols x x x

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  9. Such a sweet creation Joyce. Love this image.
    Laine
    xx

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  10. I love your card and that image is too cute. Thank you very much for joining us this week at Cheery Lynn Designs.
    Hugs*
    Joann

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  11. What a cute little card! Thank you so much for joining us at the Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge and good luck!
    hugs,
    Gini

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  12. Lovely card and the perfect image for our challenge too! and love your sewing that looks a great stencil! Thanks for Playing along with us this time at Top Tip Tuesday Challenge, hugs Samantha :0)

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  13. Such a sweet and pretty card Joyce, live this theme and design.
    We have just had two days of lovely sunshine and now the garden is looking ready to get the summer bedding in.
    Have a good week.
    Hugs {brenda} x0x

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  14. What a pretty card, I love the fancy stitches you added along the bottom. Thanks for joining the Say It Isn't Sew! Challenge at Top Tip Tuesday.

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  15. gorgeous card with fab colouring and I love your eye for details....thanks for playing with us at Divas by Design!
    xxx Margreet

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  16. this is such a pretty card. Thanks forlinking it to Stampotique this week.

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  17. Just popped over from Stampotique to check out your card details, and so glad that I did. Love how your have colored your imaged!! Just a great card!!

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  18. Ahhh this is so sweet. I love the doily in the back and all your coloring details are wonderful. Thanks for joining us at Stampotique Designer's Challenge and Hope to see you again soon.
    Sarinda

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  19. What a beautiful card you've designed here. I love the purples and your copic and chalk combination look gorgeous. Excellent choice for your faux stitching as well. You couldn't have picked a more perfect image for our challenge either :)
    Thank you so much for playing along with us at Top Tip Tuesday!
    Lisa xx

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