I saw a card back in 2012 made by LeeAnn Greff with a cute little punch art Asian geisha girl and I saved it to Pinterest. I decided to use LeeAnn's punch art technique as a focal point on this birthday card for my card-making buddy. It fits three SCS challenges, following:
#1 - WT660 - Ways to Use It - It's in My Favorites...find inspiration from a card in your Favorites. I found this card: So Grateful There's You by NaomiW at Splitcoaststampers by NaomiW, and I'm using her layout, along with another card from the Featured Stamper, as my layout inspiration. I borrowed a little from both cards to make my final choices.
#2 - FS560 - Featured Stamper - This week's stamper is Jennie Maier...CraftyJennie. Jennie has a full gallery with lots of entries and I spent all afternoon to look it over. I already had an idea of the subject matter for my card and was just looking for possible layout ideas. I chose this card: SUO-SC609 Merrry Christmas by CraftyJennie at Splitcoaststampers in Jennie's gallery to help me out. I liked the mat layer on the band and under my image, which I definitely incorporated in my card.
#3 - DD8ABC1A - Alphabet Challenge, Round 8 - Letter A/ Double Challenge: use black and white stripes. Letter A comes from my Asian geisha girl punch art focal point, and the black and white stripes are used in my background.
Ingredients: Paper: Stampin'Up Cardstock--Basic Black, Real Red; My Mind's Eye--Everyday Basics Pad (blacks); Doodlebug--Petite Prints/ Ladybug Daisy; Little Yellow Bicycle--Once Upon A Christmas/ OC-102; Photoplay--Holiday Cheer/ Holly Jolly. My Favorite Things Dies: Stitched Oval Scallop Frame (used inside cut-out/ red); ZigZag Stitched Oval STAX #2. Punches: Stampin' Up--1-1/4" Circle (head/ hair), 1/2" circle (shoes/ trimmed), Extra Large Oval (2"x1-3/8"--body/ dress), Dotted Swiss Double Border (retired--trimmed: belt/ cuffs). Queen & Co.--Black pearls. Ribbon: 7/8" BoBunny Double Dot Sheer. Computer sentiment/ verse. Size: 4-3/4" x 6".
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Thu, Nov 02, 2017 @ 1:42 PM
How cute is this! Wow...lots of punches and dies used to bring it all together and so worth it. Love the pearls in her hair and that stripe on the paper.
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