Saturday, April 17, 2010

Fun with Felt!!

Helloooooo!! Yee-haw! I'm sooo excited! I picked up fabulous FELT this past weekend at the Impress annual stamp sale. Now I can embellish my cards with FELT galore!! Wahoo!!

Anyhoo, this card is for the ATS Wed distressing challenge. I used Mercy's sketch from the week before for the layout.

The little girl featured here is Swiss Miss Rosalie, one of my fave C.C. Designs images. I thought she'd be a perfect fit for the distressing challenge as distressing seems to convey "vintage-ness" and she looks like she could be from "the olden days". hehe...



I used an old Memory Box DP set and Cuttlebugged the circles/scalloped circles and tag. Then I sponged on VersaMagic Gingerbread ink for the "distressing" part. I actually also meant to sponge the DP but due to "fluffiness" of mind, I forgot and glued it onto the white paper mount before remembering that I was supposed to sponge it. Doh!

BTW, do you see the felt flower??? EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!! I LOVE IT!! It was cut using Nesties Blossom set and just seems to add so much more depth and dimension to the card. I first took notice of felt from PaperTreyInk, but hadn't bought any yet. Then, when I went to Impress, they were showcasing the Cuttlebug and cutting out felt flowers and totally sold me on it.

Hehe...and a funny story from that visit...Impress only had brown and white felt out, but the display card showed mauve felt. Jamie and I asked if they had the mauve felt, but the girl said no...so we sadly wandered off to look around the rest of the store. 3 minutes later, the girl came up to us with 4 rolls of mauve felt and said, "Oh, here we are!!" Squealing, we each snagged a roll. Dude, they are such enablers. hehe... BUT - Happiness was achieved...

Card Details
Stamps: C.C. Designs Swiss Miss Rosalie, Memory Box sentiment
Paper: Memory Box pre-scored notecards & design paper
Ink: Memento black, Copics, Brilliance Pearlescent Chocolate
Accessories: Nesties Circles & Scalloped Circles, Nesties Tags, Nesties Blossom, Michael's ribbon, Making Memories brad, Kaiser pearls, FELT

3 comments:

  1. so sweet! love your soft take on distressing!
    Thanks for playing a long with the challenge at All That Scraps Challenge blog...hope you can join us again!
    Pam Going Postal

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  2. Awesome dude! The felt flower rocks!

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  3. This is so cute and I agree that felt flower is an awesome accent! Thanks for joining us at the ATS challenge this week!

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