Todays blog post is taking me straight back into my Design Team commitments with one for Creative Knockouts where our theme is Celebrations and I am using an All Dressed Up digital stamp challenged … New Hair Do … which is of course always a reason to celebrate!
I decided to make a birthday card for my contribution – and kept it really simple – the digital stamp I coloured the face and the hair with promarkers and then kept the rest of the image black and white as the paper I wanted to use also had black and white elements.
I cut the image out with a space to the right hand side rather than closely cropped on all sides.
I added this panel onto the background that has those squares of patterns – it’s a really old piece of patterned scrapbook paper I only have a little bit left over so good to find a use for it. The reverse of the paper is the panel I then added on top to the right of the focal image.
I stuck it down with some tape in the middle and then pierced some holes so I could sew it in place – I really like the fun and texture this adds.
Once the sewing was done I created the sentiment cluster with the yellow stitched circles dies and the little banner element with the stamped happy birthday. This came from a lawn fawn set I haven’t used much so it in the ‘use me’ basket at the moment!
Next I punched the hearts from black cardstock and stacked them three deep to create some chunky embellishments. I also added the one sequin to her hair bow for a bit of subtle sparkle.
A fun but I think also quite funky card with the black and white elements and the modern illustration.
Please pop over to Creative Knockouts and join our challenges – they are always fun and lots of inspiration from the DT as always!
Happy crafting!
Catherine
Inkyfingeredcat 
Love this! What a great backing paper – i thought you’d cut up lots of pieces!
It’s great isn’t it? X