It’s been awhile since I’ve posted any of my paper piecings. Sadly I don’t have much time to do them these days but yesterday I made time. These two are from new patterns I purchased from myscrapchick at least a month or two ago. The elephant swinging is a single pattern and the turkey is from their forest collection.
I kept this card a little more simple than my norm. I think I over do it sometimes which ends up taking away from the final card. I am entering this fab creation into three challenges- The ABC Challenge (embossing), the Saturday Challenge (celebration- Thanksgiving is a fantastic celebration especially this year since my baby will finally be coming), and Crazy 4 Challenges (stitching). I love challenges!!
I’ve been skeptical about the whole digi stamp thing. I like something tangible. Something I can hold in my hand, carry with me, and sell again once I’m bored with it to get something new. When I saw a card with this image called Thy Cart Overfloweth from Squigglefly I decided to try it out. I’m still torn. I adore the image, the fact that I can change the images size, the smaller price tag, and that I got the instant gratification of having the image as soon as I paid for it. I don’t like that I most likely will accidentally delete or lose the image since I am computer illiterate, that I can’t emboss the image (something about embossing warms my heart), and there is no selling it if and when I get bored with it. There are some dang cute digi images out there though that are hard to resist.
I’ve been dying to use my new High Hopes images! Last night I finally made the time (if one a.m. is a time) to make a card with this fabulous turkey. This weeks challenge at the High Hopes Stamps blog is to use your favorite image. It’s really impossible to choose just one. I love them all! I’ve been looking for a good turkey stamp for sometime though so this little guy made me really excited to break out the embossing powder.
The sentiment is by Inky Antics. The plaid paper is from Chatterbox and the pumpkin paper is from Reminisce. The leaves are Dress It Up buttons that I’ve cut the shanks off of. The turkey was colored with my Prismacolor Markers and then I added stickles to his feathers. His body is 3D.