Sunday, February 5, 2012

Play Date with Waltzingmouse

Here I am with another Play Date Cafe Challenge (#117)  entry. When I saw the colours this week I knew it would be tough, but I did my best with what supplies I had on hand.


For my design, I chose to loosely follow this week's sketch at the Waltzingmouse Sketch Challenge, which was:
So here's the card:

I used a strip stamp of Battenburg to create a ribbon. I went with a hand-dyed rayon seam binding bow instead of a heart, and I embellished it with a Prima floral glass cabochon. It was tough getting a photo of it due to the reflection.

I created three simple stickpins by stamping some small motifs, cutting them out and glueing them to the heads of some dull flower head quilting pins. I added pearls that I coloured with a Copic marker. The sentiment was popped up with 3-D glue dots. All stamps: Waltzingmouse Stamps.

10 comments:

Pauline said...

Beautiful, soft and dreamy charmaine! Love your little stick pins too!

Deborah Frings said...

I think it's so pretty - the colours are soft and pretty, and I love the bow!

Colleen Dietrich said...

Oooo, this turned out beautifully, Charmaine! I like the large scalloped focal point, and that cabochon - oh my, so pretty!

Thanks a bunch for playing with us at The Play Date Cafe this week. :)

Kelly S. said...

Why do I not have a cabochon in my stash, Charmaine! It might be the only thing that is missing but not for long :) Gorgeous colors and patterns all tied up with a beautiful bow!

Julia Aston said...

So softly pretty Charmaine! love the colors, your ribbon and beautiful button!

Cathy Weber said...

My new word of the day is cabochon. Never heard that one before, but I will certainly remember it because of your beautiful card. There were so many pretty elements in this card, so well thought out and executed.

Cathy McGrath said...

Just love your card. Truly beautiful.

Jaclyn Miller said...

I really like how you added that strip of DP on your circle. That button is amazing. Thank you so much for playing along at The Play Date Cafe.

Renee said...

Beautiful!
Love that ribbon...
and die over that button!
Just a fabby, fabby card! :)

Lenet said...

Beautiful! love the bow!! thanks for joining us at wmsc