I was a lucky winner at Heart Song Designs (red & white OR ribbon OR both) earlier this week and one of the digis I chose is called Poinsettia Princess. I know, sounds like it could only be used at Christmas, but take a look and tell me what you think. Doesn't it look like she could be carrying spring lilies or blue dahlias?
I paper-pieced her dress and then used the same dp for the panel behind the image. I colored her flowers and hair with markers, then added a touch of glitter to the flowers. The second dp (on the left) is from a 12" x 12" scrapbook paper and is distressed by sanding it. All the papers are matted with black CS, and I used one of my Spellbinders Nesties to die cut them.
The hearts have glitter on them, and I painted over the glitter with Creative Inspirations red paint. It gives a wonderful shimmer. I thought the pearls, ribbon, and hand punched & layered flowers were good embellishments for a card with a princess. I used two different colors of sheer ribbon (Really Reasonable Ribbon) wrapped around the card front and also tied together in a bow. The ribbon has a bit of sparkle to it.
Challenges:
Chocolate, Coffee & Cards -- glitter
Corrosive Challenge Blog -- I {heart}You
Creative Inspirations -- Pink
Hotshot Crafts -- Flowers
Lily Pad - Inspiration photo with hearts.
Paper Sundaes -- Paper piecing
Totally Papercrafts -- make your own flowers
We're winding down to the weekend and the last few days of January. Can you believe the first month of 2012 is almost gone already? Time flies when you're too busy to enjoy life! Best excuse I've heard for taking some quiet time and doing something marvelously creative. Enjoy and thanks for stopping by. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
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Wonderful card and you're right, she can be used any time of the year.
Gorgeous card and love the image too! Great colours and the ribbon looks fabulous!!!!!
Hugs
Linda xxx
lovely card and cute image. Thank you for joining us at Hotshot Craft
Sarah x
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Great paper piecing on this charming little card! I especially love all the shimmer and sparkle! So cute!
Such a sweet card with a sweet li'l angel girl -- Lovely!! Thanks for playing with us at SKETCHES BY CARLY!! *Ü*
Congrats on your win...and she's adorable all dolled up for Valentine's even if she is called Poinsettia Princess! Love the flowers and hearts on here too. So pretty.
Lynn
Another Cutie, Connie. Love It. I wanted to let you know that I just awarded you the Liebster Award. You greatly deserve it. Thanks for your inspiration.
The love hearts and flowers have a great sparkle and look so pretty. Lovely card!!
A very sweet card! How clever to use it for any time of year, it really works! Love the colors and layers, very nice. Glad you joined us at CC&CC. Aloha, Joanne.
Beautiful, love the pieced dress!! So glad that you stopped by Nanaconnie :)
darling card! Your details and layering are wonderful! Thanks so much for playing with us at Lily Pad!
Incredible card Nana.You used great colors and ribbons are fabulous.
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Congrats on your win at Heartsong -- how fun! That is a darling little princess, and you are right -- you could color her bouquet so many different ways and make it work for all seasons. Her dress is so pretty the way you did it with the paper piecing, and that bow is just magnificent!
Connie, this is very sweet. I love the pieced dress and the sparkly hearts. I agree, she can be used for much more than just Christmas. Such a pretty and girly card.
Great creativity girl! I love how you turned this Christmas stamp into a year round stamp! Too cute! You did a great job with the sketch from Carly! Thanks for joining us! Good luck and come back and play again soon!
Hugs, Sarah
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Gorgeous card with a lovely image!
Thanks for playing with Sketches by Carly and we hope to see you next time again!
xxx Margreet
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