I love the sweet little ballerina image which is the freebie for the monthly progressive challenge at Dragon's Lair. It brings back such wonderful childhood memories. Strange as it may seem since I was a true tomboy in all other aspects of my childhood, I was in ballet classes from age 6 to about 12 and I loved dancing! Our ballet school was prominent enough to put on 3 performances per year in our local municipal auditorium and I participated in all of them. We were quite famous, locally. :-D
At first, I thought about a pink and girly color theme but then decided that pale lavender would work just as well and I could use dp with both lavender and pink in it. I colored with ProMarkers, then fussy cut the image.
I chose a lavender card base, found dp from Recollections, trimmed it to size and added it on top of the card base. I wanted it to be a bit more feminine so I added the lace to it after weaving through the pink, satin, ribbon.
The feather is a peacock feather from a 'white' peacock. My granddaughter collected a huge number of feathers at one of our local parks where they have a peacock enclosure. She only gathered the ones which have been shed naturally by the birds. Until she brought these to me, I had no idea that the 'white' peacock feathers were so beige. :-D
I mounted the ballerina on Pop Dots, then put it right over the feather. The sentiment is printed, hand cut, and inked before layering it onto the ribbon.
Challenges:
Allsorts
Aloha Friday
Aud Sentiments
Crafting with Friends
Creative Fingers
Creative Inspirations
Ellibelle's Crafty Weds.
Outlawz Twisted Thurs
TTCRD
Hey, we're halfway to the weekend! For those of you not yet retired, that's important. For those of us who are actually retired, weekdays often feel like weekends and vice versa. :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
At first, I thought about a pink and girly color theme but then decided that pale lavender would work just as well and I could use dp with both lavender and pink in it. I colored with ProMarkers, then fussy cut the image.
I chose a lavender card base, found dp from Recollections, trimmed it to size and added it on top of the card base. I wanted it to be a bit more feminine so I added the lace to it after weaving through the pink, satin, ribbon.
The feather is a peacock feather from a 'white' peacock. My granddaughter collected a huge number of feathers at one of our local parks where they have a peacock enclosure. She only gathered the ones which have been shed naturally by the birds. Until she brought these to me, I had no idea that the 'white' peacock feathers were so beige. :-D
I mounted the ballerina on Pop Dots, then put it right over the feather. The sentiment is printed, hand cut, and inked before layering it onto the ribbon.
Challenges:
Allsorts
Aloha Friday
Aud Sentiments
Crafting with Friends
Creative Fingers
Creative Inspirations
Ellibelle's Crafty Weds.
Outlawz Twisted Thurs
TTCRD
Hey, we're halfway to the weekend! For those of you not yet retired, that's important. For those of us who are actually retired, weekdays often feel like weekends and vice versa. :-D Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
