Thursday, May 15, 2008

One card for CPS64 and AFSS17...

Once again, I worked hard to combine two challenges, so I can feel a little more accomplished. CPS 64 is to use their sketch and AFSS17 is to not color your image.

I had an image of Lola stamped in sepia and it looked perfect for the occasion. I paper pierced Lola's dress and added jewels to the bigger flowers and brads (part of PIF from Wendy) to the smaller flowers. Other than that, I let her be.

The card front is an inch and a half smaller than the back, which you probably can't tell from the picture. I used MS punch to punch the flowery border. Colored a pale pink blossom with some red (turns out I used purple, which matched the pink), then a prima and then a colored M's wedding flower to match the blue flowers. Image and flower are attached using dimensionals. It needs something, but can't quite put my finger on what.

Tip of the day: When punching a border, start punching in the center and move to one side after the other, so your punched border looks uniform.

Feel free to drop any creative criticism. Thanks for stopping by. TTFN.

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CS: Paper Trey- Sweet blush and white, PP - Creative memories.
Flowers: Prima, CTMH, Michael's.
Accessories: Gems, Brads, Corner rounder, Martha Stewart flower border punch.

16 comments:

Allison said...

Love this Anna...it is so cool you stamped her in red. I think with the piecing, you are safe (and it is not so stark like with black ink!). Love your border too...great job!

CraftyTracy said...

Hi anna
great card as always,

I am slowly getting there, looking forward to your next post.

Tracyxx

Charity Hassel said...

oh. isn't that little gal adorable! super sweet card and thanks for the tip about borders! hope you keep playing along at cps!!

Deb Neerman said...

Love this!!!

Lea L. said...

This card is beautiful!! I love the punched border, and that cute stamp! Great job with sketch 64...thanks for playing this week!

~Lea

MelissaS said...

Very cute card! I like the tip about starting in the center with a border punch - I always end up with uneven ends! Thanks for sharing :)

wendyp said...

She's adorable!!! Great job with the sketch!

Linda said...

What an adorable little girl image and what a great job you did with the CPS sketch!

My Paper World said...

The punched border looks really pretty! and love all the beautiful flower embellishments too! xx

Kim said...

Fabulous card Anna, I haven't been blog hopping lately, but I have something for ya, can ya email me your addy again I can't find it... Kim x

Mary Leeson said...

So very cute!! I so like the look of the punched border. TFS.

Vix Kennedy said...

Oooh I got that stamp :D

Great design and love the colours!

jami said...

Beautiful card. I love the pink flowers.

The Crimson Moon said...

This is a gorgeous card Anna! I particularly love the non-coloured image & paper piecing combo you've used, it looks brilliant :D

Liz x

Smriti said...

The border punch is beautiful and love the idea of paper piercing the dress. Lovely card!

debby4000 said...

Beautiful card, love her dress and the pretty border.