I used Eloise Greengrass for my image because she is holding a tulip. I got sidetracked, yet again, by a comment that MM left in the tea party thread and it just took over my brain. So I brought a tulip instead of ladybugs.
What you canÂ’t see is that there is a ladybug hiding in the tulip. SheÂ’s just a little too shy to show herself. IÂ’m sure after some of the tea party shenanigans today that sheÂ’ll peek out to see whatÂ’s going on! Probably right around the time Bertie is flinginÂ’ somethinÂ’ or thwackinÂ’ someone with whatever happens to be handy at the moment!
As for the card: I stamped the bottom panel in Melon Mambo with a bg stamp, then again with Baroque Motifs in gold embossing. I had a happy accident in that the Melon Mambo ink was still damp, so some of the embossing powder stuck to the background image in a random, scattered manner. I was very pleased with the unexpected results, so I used it.
Eloise is paper pieced with dp and the skin tones were done with Copics. I colored her wings with a gold gel pen and then Stickled them. The tulip is paper pieced and I added Crystal Effects.
I personally feel I should win some kind of crazy-person award for cutting her teeny-weeny shoes out of dp! LOL.
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Wed, Sep 09, 2009 @ 6:09 PM
This card is so pretty, love the BG you created! And okay, I'll do it, I hereby confer upon you the crazy person award for using paper piecing on her shoes.
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Thu, Sep 10, 2009 @ 5:00 AM
She tricked me too. I thought Tuesday was Monday and I was wondering why she had posted early..DUH. This is so sweet. I love this iage. It is one of my favs. I really like your paper piecing. SUper job M.
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Sat, Sep 12, 2009 @ 6:11 PM
WOWSA Ms. M, this is Way Good!! I just LOVE it!! I'm not sure how you even did that image, but WOW, is it GREAT. Love those papers and ef too. Great job my friend! TFS!
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Sun, Sep 13, 2009 @ 4:16 AM
Have to say that Eloise is one of the few Bella stamps that I really do love, and what a beautiful card you've made with it here. I love the rich luxurious colours and sparkle. Bet there's a little ladybird hiding out inside the tulip, too . Hmm, much as I love cutting out, would I have paper-pieced the shoes??