Wednesday, February 25, 2009

TOTE-ALLY....

Fantastic challenge on the SCS MFT forum - MFTWTG23!! I hadn't inked up this stamp yet & when I found the challenge I was really excited; an excuse to ink it up and use my scraps! The challenge is to use only scrap paper for the card; and I can honestly say that's all I did - the only time I opened a container was for my Bella bon- bons YEAH ME!!!

WTG Tote-ally Fantastic is stamped on Gina K's Pure luxury cs and I paper pieced her skirt & top, used copics to colour the purses, wall and sidewalk then I used lyra pencils and mineral spirits for the stand that the purses sit on and the lines on the wall and sidewalk. I did realize it has been awhile since I was back east; I had to really think about how the brick looks which is funny because our house in Toronto, that we lived in for over 5 years was brick - how quickly we forget!!!

The card base is SU's Rose red layered with Baja Breeze and the DS paper from WeR memory makers - I love the bright colours in this line called Whiteout. I decided to sew the ds onto the baja with orange (close to pumpkin) thread - I am still getting used to the new machine but I must admit I am having fun sewing again (on paper not my hubbys pants that are still waiting to be hemmed!) The image is layered on Baja Breeze and Pumpkin pie. I added some Bella orange bon bons but didn't want to put too much on the card front because I love the paper showing through.

I decorated the inside of the card just layered some Gina K pure luxury cs on Baja Breeze then added 2 strips of the ds paper.


I picked this paper partly because I wanted bright coloured purses; of the 4 I have 3 of the colours - I currently don't own the green coloured purse but I never say never!!


Thanks for stopping by & have a great day I think I will be shovelling again...


Dana

6 comments:

Charmaine (CharmWarm) said...

Oh I LOVE this, Dana! Such fun colors and papers!

Karen Motz said...

OMG...as soon as I pulled up your blog this morning I thought, hey...Dae has a purse in three of those colours!!! LOVE this card and the colours you chose. Yay you for using up scraps too!

Leslie said...

Such a bright and cheery card - love it. I say a purse shopping trip is in order :)

Janet said...

great card!! i have one purse, its shaped like a guitar ;) hee hee

Unknown said...

Dana, I loveeee this!

Anonymous said...

This card is tote-ally fabulous, love your choice of DP!