It's Friday so another weekly challenge is starting at QKR Stampede. As always, we have an "Anything Goes" theme.
When I was a young girl, I received my first Raggedy Ann doll. She was precious and became my favorite right away. Within a few months, I decided she needed a friend and begged for another rag doll to accompany her. A second one arrived right around my birthday. Over the next dozen or so years, I gathered up at least 6 more and each one of them was well loved, therefore also well worn.
By the time they needed to be discarded (a heartbreaking occasion for me) I was old enough to have discovered quilting. I can remember carefully removing their aprons and using that fabric in my first quilt. I'm sure those memories have something to do with this card design, using "Girl Friends" (image) and "Best Antiques" (sentiment) from the QKR store.
For coloring the image, I used a combination of ProMarkers and water colors. I cut both the image and the frame with diamond dies from Spellbinders. The frame piece was cut from a scrap of dp rescued from an ignominious death in the round file.
I printed and cut the sentiment with another diamond die from that same set. Instead of matting it, I just used a ProMarker to ink the edges. The plaid background dp made me think of the apron fabric on one of my rag dolls so I decided it was the perfect choice for this card.
I'm inspired now to use this image (printed onto plain white fabric) on a child's quilt. Maybe I'll still be blogging by the time I get it done and I'll be able to share it with you. On the other hand, quilting takes me a lot longer than it did when I was younger, so who knows? :-D
Challenges:
Aloha Friday
Aud Sentiments
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper
Crafting with Friends
Creative Knockouts
Cute Card Thursday
Digistamps4Joy
Not Just Cards
Hope we see you playing along this week. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
When I was a young girl, I received my first Raggedy Ann doll. She was precious and became my favorite right away. Within a few months, I decided she needed a friend and begged for another rag doll to accompany her. A second one arrived right around my birthday. Over the next dozen or so years, I gathered up at least 6 more and each one of them was well loved, therefore also well worn.
By the time they needed to be discarded (a heartbreaking occasion for me) I was old enough to have discovered quilting. I can remember carefully removing their aprons and using that fabric in my first quilt. I'm sure those memories have something to do with this card design, using "Girl Friends" (image) and "Best Antiques" (sentiment) from the QKR store.
I printed and cut the sentiment with another diamond die from that same set. Instead of matting it, I just used a ProMarker to ink the edges. The plaid background dp made me think of the apron fabric on one of my rag dolls so I decided it was the perfect choice for this card.
I'm inspired now to use this image (printed onto plain white fabric) on a child's quilt. Maybe I'll still be blogging by the time I get it done and I'll be able to share it with you. On the other hand, quilting takes me a lot longer than it did when I was younger, so who knows? :-D
Challenges:
Aloha Friday
Aud Sentiments
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper
Crafting with Friends
Creative Knockouts
Cute Card Thursday
Digistamps4Joy
Not Just Cards
Hope we see you playing along this week. Happy Crafting. NanaConnie
