This week's Way to Use It Challenge, WT581 Playing Safe (4/28/16), was to feature a toy on your project.
I decided that a bicycle could be considered a toy, mainly because I really wanted to use this fun, springy image that I colored back in 2009 and tossed in my "possibles" box for later use. Yikes, 2009!!! I would say it is definitely later, wouldn't you? 😳
Anyway, imagine my delight when I discovered the colors in my ancient image matched the colors in the new plaid paper pack from Lawn Fawn. Happy dance time in my stamp room! I used a tag shaped die on the plaid dp so that the corner repeated the angle of the plaid - I hand clipped the corners of the top-fold card base after gluing the dp on the front.
It's kind of hard to see, but the tag die cut has embossed stitch lines. I thought it would be fun to repeat the stitching theme around the bike panel, so I used a Memory Box Open Studio Country Stitches die to emboss the edges. This style of emboss-only dies are versatile and an economical way to add the trendy stitched edges to any size of panel with straight edges.
Thanks for popping by...wishing you blue skies and sunshine!
Date: Thursday, April 28, 2016 GMT Views: 1090
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Stamps: Great Impressions Rubber Stamps - The Special Touch (bike), PAperTreyInk Signature Series - Flower (sentiment)
Paper: Cougar white, Lawn Fawn Perfectly Plaid paper pack
Paper Size: A2 - hand trimmed corners
Ink: Versafine Onyx Black, SU Tempting Turquoise, Memento Canteloupe (sponging)
Accessories: Mama Elephant Tags a Lot die set (stitched tag and fold over tab), Sweet n Sassy Stamps Clouds & Raindrops die set, Copics, bakers twine, wink of Stella clear glitter brush pen, Memory Box Open Studio Country Stitches