Alice

Hello folks.  We have another challenge at One Stitch At A Time so how about popping over to see all the fabulous creations by the design team.  Before I go any further I would just like to say a big thank you to all the new followers who have joined me over the past few weeks, I hope you are enjoying the creations that find their way from my craft room to my blog <g>.  Without further ado, onto this weeks challenge:-

Challenge #168

Theme ' Use A Digi'

The prize this week for the winner who uses a StitchyBear product is all the DT images used in challenge 166.  Runner up who does not use a StitchyBear product will win $3 to spend in the StitchyBear Digitlal Outlet.  Don't forget, if you spend $3 or more then you also get the free weekly digi, what a brilliant offer.

This week it was Ali's turn to pick a digi for us to use and she chose 'Alice' by Sue of Beary Dust.  I must admit, it is great fun to use a digi picked by somebody else, a great way to get out of ones comfort zone or try something new.

With a digi like Alice, it was a toss up as to going down a girly card route or follow an Alice in Wonderland theme, as you can see I chose the latter.  I thought I would try something a little different this time and try a sort of distressed look.  I don't possess any distressing inks (maybe I should put them on my shopping list <g>) but I do love paper tearing and have not done any in ages.  For this card I created the background paper with quotes from Alice in Wonderland which I printed.  The base paper is pineapple fiber paper and, although blue was not dark enough so I sprayed the edges with Promarker Midnight Blue.  I drew a rough shape on the back of the printed paper and soaked it with water so I could tear away then pushed the rough edges outward.  These I then coloured with a gold paint pen.  I then used Mulberry paper to create a second rough edge, again wetting the paper then pulling away what I did not want.  Next I used an photograph which I played with digitally to created the background behind Alice then placed the digi on top so she could then be coloured, avoiding any fussy cutting.  A gold paint pen was used to create a sort of distressed look around the main edge of the paper and the digi image placed behind the frame space.  I added gold bead chain loosely round the left side.  Using another digi, this time one of Stitchy's called Hands of Time I added Happy Birthday then coloured it, finally I used gold and clear embossing powders  to give a sort of enameled appearance.  The watch was attached to the card also using gold bead chain.

Did I find this card challenging, and easy answer to that is yes and I love how the window technique turned out, a nice change from to many straight edges.

Recipe:-

• White Linen card from Craft Creations
•  Digi - 'Alice' by Sue of Beary Dust available from the StitchyBear Digital Outlet
• Digi - 'Hands of Time' by Stichy
• Backing paper by me
• Pinapple fiber paper, mulberry paper, gold pen, embossing powders, gold bead chain from my stash

StitchyBear Digital Outlet

I would like to enter this card in the following challenges:-

• Squirrel and the Fox - Use Something Metal (June 27)
• Send a Smile 4 Kids - For the Girls (July 5)
• The Cupboard Trilogy - Birthday (June 30)
• Creative Corner - Girly Girl - (June 20)
• Simply Steampunk - Clocks and Timepieces (July 4)
• Cute Card Thursday   Once Upon A Time (June 19)
• Divas by Design - Birthday (June 19)
• Fab n Funky - Birthday (June 19)
• Creative Card Crew - Use Metal (June 23)