Geisha Girl

This is fun. For the first time since becoming a Creator at Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet, I've actually been assigned one of my own digi stamps to create with for the One Stitch at a Time challenge blog. :)

 

The theme of the new challenge is Use a Digi and my OSAAT teamie Jane picked my Geisha Girl digi as the image for us to work with this week.

 

 

It was a lot of fun creating with one of my own images. :) I've been doing quite a bit of "proper" drawing lately and the thought occurred to me that digi stamps might look quite nice shaded with pencil, rather than coloured in. And I thought this pretty geisha image might be just perfect to try this idea out on:

 

 

I think she looks rather lovely in black and white. :)

 

I teamed her with one of my favourite die-cut frames (a Sizzix die)...

 

 

...and some gorgeous oriental-themed papers by Dovecraft which I've been jealously hoarding (and occasionally forcing myself to actually use) for quite some time! :D

 

 

I finished things off with some thin black ribbon and a couple of pearls.

 

The challenge runs for a week and you can use any kind of digital element (doesn't have to be a Stitchy Bear one) to enter - digi papers, digi stamps, computer-generated sentiments etc. Entries using a Stitchy Bear product will be in with a chance to win our main prize and entries without a Stitchy Bear product will be entered into the draw to win a $3 gift voucher to the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Challenges and Candies - Clean and Simple
Craftitude - Anything Goes
Crafty Hands Challenge Blog - Anything Goes
Creative Fingers - Anything Goes
Sister Act Card Challenge - Anything Goes
Crafts 4 Eternity - Sketch
4 Krafty Girlz - Anything Goes
Paper Crafting Journey - Anything Goes
Crafting By Designs - Color Challenge Black/Red
Die Cuttin' Divas - Anything Goes
Through the Craft Room Door - Anything Goes

 

 

Use a Digi

Time for another favourite challenge at One Stitch at a Time - Use a Digi. So easy to enter - just use a digital product (be it a stamp, digi papers, a digi embellishment you've printed and cut out, a sentiment you've created and printed with your computer... you get the gist!) somewhere on your creation. :)

 

This week I've worked with Beary Dust Stamps' adorable Alice digi stamp:

 

 

I coloured her with my Promarkers and cut her out:

 

 

I then made a tentfold card blank and prettied it up with a Martha Stewart Punch Around the Page border punch around the edges:

 

 

I added some pretty floral paper, a die-cut flourish in the corner and, the crowning glory, a bunch of pretty flowers hand-made by myself using a rather awesome new Sizzix Thinlits die set from the Susan's Garden range:

 

 

Am really rather pleased with these flowers and think they work perfectly on this card. :) I attached the Alice image using foam pads and, in my head, this is Alice after she's shrunk, surrounded by giant flowers in the garden! The hookah-smoking caterpillar is lurking just out of view, I'm sure... :D

 

The challenge runs for a week and you don't have to use a Stitchy Bear product to win, but if you do you'll be in with a chance of winning our main prize. Entries not using a Stitchy Bear product will be entered into a draw to win a $3 gift voucher to the Stitchy Bear Digi Outlet.

 

I'm entering this card into the following challenges:

Passion for Promarkers - Inspired by a Fairytale

A&T Emeral Fairies - Dies/Punches

Country View Crafts Challenge - Die-cuts

Natalie and Amy's Challenge - Fantasy

Scrap It Girl - Use Your Dies

Tok Bobok - Anything Goes

Visible Image Monthly Challenge - Visible Image Has Character

Creative Corner - Girly Girl

Daring Cardmakers - Flower Festival

Digi Haven - Anything Goes