It's time for another High Hopes Challenge....and this week it's called "Creative Borders", be sure to go to the High Hopes blog for some fabulous ideas and inspiration
I think Maribelle has got to be Absolutely the Cutest Cow...and she is super fast to color.....I used prismacolor pencils (oms) and a bit of twinkling h20's to deepen the shade a bit. Acrylic white paint is what I use for the white dots.I have added an extra bell and tuff of hair to Mariebelle....only raising them both up partially for dimension. Maribelle and the sentiment and the whole panel are raised with pop dots. I added gold stickles to the bell.
The borders on the outside are actually gingham fabric ...I cut them in strips and sewed them down to the front CS using the zig zag stitch....so easy.....I thought I might have a problem but it sewed through perfectly! I then glued on the corners.....which is just a little distressed square of red cs in which I have attached the flowers with a brad. I used a border punch for the layer in the back of the image.
Thanks for looking!!
Date: Tuesday, March 31, 2009 GMT Views: 506
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Registered: June 10, 2007 Location: BC Posts: 44872
Thu, Apr 02, 2009 @ 11:02 AM
Oh I think you might be correct - this is just the cutest cow I have ever seen!! I love how he is kind of out of the box!! Great framing!! Wonderful job ILA - it always such a pleasure to see your fabulous cards!!
Registered: March 6, 2005 Location: Beautiful Barry County, MI Posts: 3120
Sun, Apr 05, 2009 @ 11:31 AM
This is great! I really like the way all your elements come together to make such an wonderful card. I love farm themed stamps and you are right, this is one adorable cow.
Registered: March 20, 2008 Location: Buffalo, MN Posts: 104
Tue, Apr 07, 2009 @ 5:48 PM
such a cute card--love your watercoloring. Ive been trying to get the coloring right. As a dairy farmer, I can tell you--I wish all my cows looked like this one or at least were this sweet.
Registered: March 11, 2008 Location: Sacramento, California Posts: 39766
Sat, Apr 18, 2009 @ 4:55 PM
This is just so sweet! I love cows, and this one is super cute. Love the checkered ribbon sewed on and the flower corners. Wonderful card. TFS :0)
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