Sugar and Spice

The card I want to share today was so fun, and a little emotional, to make.  I started this for Joan’s Garden challenge of pink/white and Simon Says’ challenge of three different papers, but got so carried away that I didn’t have it done and really needed to go to bed.  I came home today and was relieved to see that Simon Says’ new challenge was “Anything Goes” and ended up spending the entire evening working on the same card.  As I worked on it I started remembering when my little girls took dance classes and that is what made me a bit emotional.  I just had to get all girly and frilly with this adorable image.

Isn’t she adorable?  This image is Sparkle N Sprinkles’ Mandy the Ballerina.  I heat embossed her with Teddy Brown embossing powder and colored her with markers.  Her sweet outfit and ballet slippers are paper pieced, using decorative paper and Sangria Star embossing powder.  I cut out part of the frilly bottom a second time and popped it on top to give it dimension.  She is cut out with a Spellbinders Classic Oval die and layered on a Rectangular Frame die, covered with Sangria Star embossing powder, and then on a Spellbinders Label die.   This is all layered on the card front with layers of white, light pink, and dark pink cardstock and combinations of three different decorative papers.

The sentiment is Sugar & Spice from Sparkle N Sprinkle.  Both stamps can be purchased individually or as part of the Daddy’s Princess set.  The small flowers, butterfly, and branches are die cuts, combined with two white silk flowers.  The white layer behind the small rectangles in the background is created using a corner/border punch. 

Check back in the morning for a new card for Sparkle N Sprinkles’ new monthly sketch challenge. 

E. Marie

This card is entered in the following challenges:

Cheery Lynn Designs Challenge 17 - Lots of Layers

Speedy Fox and Friends Challenge Week 96 - Use Lace

Simon Says Stamps Challenge – Anything Goes

All Sorts Challenge Week 143 – Anything Goes

Corrosive Challenge #143 – Another Dimension

Crafts and Me Challenge 73 - Pretty In Lace

Craft Your Passion Challenge 99 – Paper Piecing

Everybody Art Challenge #182 – Monochrome

Flutter By Wednesday Challenge #192–Open

Fussy and Fancy Challenge 57 - More Than Words

Joan's Gardens Weekly Challenge #7 -

    Create a card with lots of layers

    Color theme should be Pink and White

    Add some dimensional flowers.

    Use a rectangle and an oval layer

Lexis Creations Challenge #59 – Monochromatic

The Pixie Cottage Challenge #110 - Anything Goes

Sentimental Sundays Challenge #91- Lace and Pearls (plus a sentiment)

Sew Many Challenge #83 – Let’s Punch It

Stampin Sisters In Christ Challenge #128 – Variegated Colors

DYSU #61 – Things With Wings

Paper Play Challenges Week 9 – Something Old, Something New (New Stamps and 3 New Dies/Old Everything Else)

Sunday Sketch & Stamp Challenge 95 – Sketch