Fabric?
March 8th, 2007
Here’s a SU! sample that I promised yesterday. Finally mounted my Doodle That, and used it in the Ways To Use It Challenge over at Splitcoast. I am determined that this is the week I have 100% on the challenges, just for fun!
The challenge was to incorporate fabric into your card some way, some how. This is be no means my favorite card of all time, but I wanted to play and it had to be fairly quick. I’ve got stuff to do….lol! So, dug out this scrap of fabric and used it like I would background paper. This is a layout that I use over and over again! I especially like it with the scalloped punch.
Doodle That is stamped in Timber Brown StazOn on watercolor paper, watercolored with Classic Ink and Markers. I used the StarDust Clear Gelly Roll to give the petals a little shimmer and a pretty Prima in the corner. (I have Primas, I just find them hard to use and look natural on the card, KWIM? This was a stretch for me.) Should I have used more than one Prima? Left it off completely? I didn’t want to overpower the Doodle That, and I didn’t want to add more stamped flowers, either. Comments? Critiques?
I have lots of things to work on today for an upcoming SU! deadline. For the first time ever, SU! is selecting 10 paper artists for an Artisan Award. The application is pretty detailed and very involved. However, the honor of winning and prize is definately worth the efforts, so I am going to see what I can pull together. You don’t know if you don’t try! My friend, Beate, paper genius, reminded me this morning that entries cannot be posted anywhere on the web, so it will be a while before you get any peeks at what I come up with. So sad, I know…
Have a great day!
March 8th, 2007 at 11:40 am
This is a gorgeous card! I like everything about it - Prima, too! I sew a lot and have quite a bit of fabic - wonder why I never thought to incorporate it into my cardmaking!? Thanks for the inspiration!
March 8th, 2007 at 5:01 pm
I Like this layout! And the single prima is great!
March 8th, 2007 at 8:06 pm
Gorgeous! I am also a Prima “looker”-I look at them and then take them off. This one is very subtle! ~B
March 8th, 2007 at 8:46 pm
Beautiful card Lori! Rebecca loved it (she made me write that)! Love the way you used the doodles! You are rocking with your challenge cards!
March 9th, 2007 at 11:10 am
This is beautiful! The fabric looks like patterned paper!!!
March 11th, 2007 at 8:50 am
Gorgeous card! Love the fabric with the doodles!
March 14th, 2007 at 2:26 pm
Congrats! We included this post in our latest “Fabric Challenge” Carnival over at Craft Critique! If you’d like to share the “link-back love” we’d welcome it! Just post about the carnival on your blog this week… use this link…
Craft Critique Fabric Challenge Carnival!
Thanks so much for writing such a great post!
March 14th, 2007 at 3:24 pm
I love your use of fabric on this card… it adds such a unique and interesting background.
Cindy
Craft Critique Reporter
March 19th, 2007 at 4:09 pm
Wow! This is stunning work!!
April 6th, 2007 at 3:11 pm
Woweee, how’d I miss this? It’s gorgeous!
April 10th, 2007 at 3:48 pm
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