Sep 04 2007
My favorite Things…
Another My Favorite Things It’s Shower Time design. This week MFT is sponsoring the Card sketch at the Card Positioning Systems site. If you’ve never checked out this site, it is a great place for layouts and other cool happenings. This card is designed with sketch #29 and was so much fun to play around with.
My Favorite Things also has a fabulous September special on… think It’s Shower time with Prismacolor pencils and a host of other goodies…check it out here! 
Mellow Hello
The design started off with my layout and my It’s Shower Time stamp set. What to do? I saw my unused Mellow Basic Grey 6×6 pad and thought it would be the perfect time to break it open. I just love the Fall look of this paper, its warm tiny patterns and flipping through…I found this sky background paper. Perfect for the stamp…OK sold!
I pulled out my sky paper, cut it to size so that it would work for the sketch and then stamped my umbrella girl directly onto my paper. I stamped it again onto my blush blossom paper and then onto two other Mellow papers. To paper Piece my design, I carefully cut out the layers and then adhered them all together. Very easy and very cute. Tiny sharp scissors work the best for this.
For the two chipboard layers, I pulled out my Stampin Up Ginormous chipboard set and cut them to size with my Tonic Guillotine paper cutter. I then covered them with Crystal Effects and then some blue microbeads from Michael’s. You don’t need perfect coverage…bare chipboard goes with the distressing and the fun funky look. The top strip is tied with a scrap of dotted grosgrain (Michael’s) before adhering to the design.
For the sentiment…I didn’t stamp at all. I’ve had this darling little clip from Making Memories for months and so I decided to finally stop hoarding it and just use it!!! To highlight it and add a fun little flower…I tucked this Lucid Prima Flower behind the image and clip.
Supply List:
Cardstock: Wild Wasabi, blush blossom - SU
Patterned Paper: Mellow - Basic Grey
Stamps: It’s Shower Time - My Favorite Things Stamps
Ink: Black, close to cocoa - SU
Other: sentiment clip - Making Memories, Lucid flower - Prima, ribbon & Microbeads - Michael’s, chipboard - SU, sewing machine,
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Get out!! I didn’t even notice this sky paper in the Mellow pad until you mentioned it . . . what a great find and use for it! Love the scalloped chipboard, too!
So cool! Love the microbeads on your chipboard. I just adore that Mellow paper too!
Love, love, love this! The paper piecing is just esquisite. The paper that you used and those colours…and the flower peeking out! Just darling. Really.
Very cute… as usual! Love the beads… and the sewing… and the clip… and the flower… oh, and let’s not forget the way you pieced the umbrella girl together. Too, too clever you are!
SMASHING!!! Just plain amazing!!!
Oh I love your paper piecing against the sky paper, J!!
This is wonderful, Julia! Of course, I love everything you do!
Brilliant card
This is fabulous!!! Your paper, the piercing, the clip — all of it — just terrific, as usual!
beautiful card Julia! I love how used that chipboard scallop piece, it’s awesome!!!
Oh my gosh! This is too cool. Love that scalloped border.
What a neat card! Love it!
This is lovely Julia and can be used for so many occasions! Thanks for sharing!
Cute!!! I like the white clip and the paper piecing!
Love the umbrella design!!
Stunning!
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