Ballerina Girl.

                                                       

Hello Everyone. This week I had my Mum’s birthday card to make. Usually I make her a card with Magnolia Tilda on it, but she had noticed my Pion Toppers in my craft room and admired them on several occasions, so thought would be nice to use instead. I wanted to do a style of card I hadn’t made before, so it was something she hadn’t seen me make before. I thought the little girl pictured on the topper looked like a little Ballerina and would blend well with some depth to the card and give a stage like effect, so I decided to make a 3D recess frame card.  After trying to get my sizes correct for the window, I wished I had never had this idea, but would not let it beat me. Eventually after several attempts, I got there and my idea was starting to take shape.

I had started off with white card, blending Tattered Rose and Victorian Velvet Distress Inks to shade the paper. This was to reflect the colour of the  Ballerina's shoes. I stamped text, number and flourish stamps with the same inks to add more texture and interest to my paper.

I punched out 2 strips of paper and shaded one with Victorian Velvet and the other with Tattered Rose. Glue one onto the front and other to the back to give another feeling of depth. 
I die cut my rose and stamped on the flourish stamp in Victorian Velvet and blended Tattered Rose in parts of the die cut assembling my rose. I added a little cheesecloth and pearl stamens to it. My curls of paper are created by winding a strip of paper around a cocktail stick and shading with distress ink before releasing it. 

The glitter around the frame was all edged with Copper Stickles and whilst still wet I scattered some Pumice Stone distress glitter into it. I was really pleased with this result, as it ended up a mixture of a matt and sparkly colour contrast. My corners were created using CL tiny flourishes. I interlocked the die cuts together, swiped through distress stain and only placed glue on some areas so it didn’t lie flat on my paper. I then placed a tiny pearl onto accent.

I used the waste from cutting out my flourish die to use as a stencil with distress ink for more textures.

Photos around the card.

Hope you have enjoyed my post and have a lovely creative weekend.

Julie x

I would like to enter this in the following challenges :http://cheerylynndesigns.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/cheery-lynn-designs-challenge-118-add.html  - Add a Flourish Challenge.

http://sentimentalsundays.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/challenge-192-birthday-cards-for.html

http://craftyhandsdevon.blogspot.co.uk/2014/01/shades-of-same-colour.html

  http://theshabbytearoom.blogspot.co.uk/2014/02/week-204-all-that-glitters-in-love.html


Products used : Cheery Lynn Dies Large and Medium roses, Tiny Flourishes Left and Right.Other products used : Martha Stewart Lace Doily punch, Distress inks, Colour coordination card Pion topper and craft stash.