I will keep you safe

For today's Softpencil card, I used the most adorable image called "I will keep you safe Michu." There are different versions of this stamp (hop around to the other DT blogs and you'll see them!), but I got the Michu version because I'm such a huge fan!


This week our Design Element challenge was to add stitching (hand, machine, or faux) to our project, so I did a zigzag and straight stitch on the outside, and a little more straight stitching on the inside.

I colored the image with Copics and popped up pieces for dimension - Michu and an extra Michu head, the flower face, all the leaves and the little ladybug, which I colored to look like a snail because red didn't go with my color scheme. I also added Stardust glitter pen to the flower petals, leaves, and snail shell and a couple punched butterflies to fill the big white space.

Here's a close shot so you can see the dimension:


And here's the inside:


I found this stamp in Papertrey's Out On A Limb set and thought it was absolutely perfect with this image. It says, "To the world you may be just one person, but to one person you may be the world. Josephine Billings".

I got the idea for the three-pearl flower center from my fellow Pile It On DT member Alecia. Thanks Alecia - I really love the way it looks!!

Challenges:

• The Cuttlebug Spot - The inside counts
• A Spoonfull of Sugar - sketch
• Cupcake Craft Challenges - Blossoms & Butterflies

I hope you like it and TFL!

Other materials used: patterned paper - Basic Grey (Wisteria); flowers - Prima; Dew Drops - Robin's Nest; ribbon - May Arts; rectangle and scalloped rectangle Nestabilities and Labels 4 - Spellbinders; border punch - Martha Stewart; buttefly hand punch - Fiskars; Cuttlebug embossing border (Frills) - Provo Craft; little half pearls - MimiLolo etsy store.