Sunday, April 13, 2008

Artistabella x3

I got an idea in my head last weekend that I wanted to try using up a whole piece of patterned paper at one time, rather than only making 1 card with it and having a bunch of scraps left over. So I tried it out, and while I only started with a 6x6” sheet and my use of the pieces isn’t terribly creative, I’m happy that I actually did it! And instead of only having 1 card after a stamping session, I’ve got 3!

Artistabella is the last new Bella that I have from my first order (but I just placed another order yesterday so I’ll have plenty of new images to show off soon!) and I thought she went perfectly with this sheet of PP from Basic Grey’s Cupcake collection. To me this particular paper felt like the doodlings of an artist.

As per my usual, I paper pieced her apron and beret, and then colored the rest of her with Copics. For the palette, I used Spica glitter pens in colors that matched the PP. I used Amy Rysavy’s masking and oval stamping tutorial to ground her and as a last touch, I airbrushed a pale yellow around her for a bit a background. For the last card, I colored plain white ribbon with the same blue as her pants for the perfect match. Oh, and I did just a bit of sewing on 2 of the cards.

Other materials used: white cardstock from Georgia Pacific; black Brilliance ink from Tsukineko; Barely Banana ink from Stampin’ Up!; Nestabilities from Spellbinders.

13 comments:

  1. 3 Beautiful cards Maureen. It is amazing what you have don from one sheet of paper :-)

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  2. Theses are beautiful! Great use of ONE piece of paper.
    Richelle

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  3. stunning cards, only one piece of paper wowwwwwww

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  4. Your cards are really nice!
    I adore the photo you have of the lil doggie asleep in the basket,awwww!!!! :o)x

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  5. These are some of the best bella cards I've ever seen. They are absolutely wonderful!!!!

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  6. you need a gold star -they are gorgeous!! stunning!!
    vanessa xx

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  7. She looks great in all your cards x

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  8. They are all lovely cards!
    Clairexx

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  9. Very cute cards!!! Each and every one of them is great!!! Great job on the paper piecing and the masking and oval thing!!! I love the dp too!

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  10. Great cards. I love that pp you used!
    Vicki SBS13

    Please come join the SBS 13 yahoo group. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SBS13/

    thanks.

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  11. Great job on all of these! Love the sewing too. I gotta get out my Hello Kitty sewing machine and figure out how to use it. :D

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  12. Well done Maureen! Like them all but think the middle one is my favourite :)

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  13. You're right: The stamp and paper suit each other perfectly. Love all 3 cards and really like the idea of not having the left over bits, which I can never bring myself to throw away!

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