Playing with Plaid..

Hi lovely peeps, it's been a while since I last posted, but there's a very good reason - I've been away visiting relatives in East Anglia, and we had a wonderful time. So I spent a couple of hours this morning (I've been up since 6am) creating a card for the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge.

I took some time to do some therapeutic stamping, and it makes my heart sing when I can do this and just enjoy it! I've used two stamp sets to create the tartan background - Offbeat Backgrounds and Pic-Nic patterns.



This week's sketch is from the wonderfully talented Anya Schrier, a lovely tag shape.


I have used the colours from this week's challenge at The Ribbon Reel, in colours of Plum, Grey and Green.




The little punny sentiment is from WMS Sewing-box Hugs.



For the tag I cut two labels in plum bazzill and kraft card, and added a dotted border on the kraft, using WMS Very Vintage Labels No.4. I then cut the plum die cut down to resemble a tag shape - just cut the side and base curved points off.



I stamped the sentiment onto some dot embossed green bazzill, and cut into a little banner shape, then took two little scrap off cuts of the plaid and attached them onto the craft using a zig zag stitch.

I stitched the plaid background onto some green leafy patterned paper from a stack called Bird Song by Trimcraft, then adhered to some plum bazzill before mounting onto a white linen card base.

Finally added a big grey satin bow, rose and some green gems.


Supplies Used:

Stamps: Waltzingmouse - Very Vintage Labels No.4; Sewingbox hugs; Offbeat BackGrounds; Pic-nic patterns

Inks: Distress Inks in Dusty Concorde, Milled Lavender, Peeled Paint; Versamagic Dewdrop Purple Hydrangea

Paper: White linen Card Base; Trimcraft Bird Song Paper Stack; White card from stash

Other: Paper Rose, Grey Ribbon, gems from stash; Sewing Machine grey thread.

I'm entering this into the following challenges:

Waltzingmouse Sketch challenge

Let's Craft and Create - Challenge 22 - Tag it!

Tuesday Throwdown - punny Sentiments

Thanks for stopping by,

Pauline