Friday 17 June 2011

Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar DT

Time for another challenge at Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar challenge and this week our lovely Michele has chosen Paper Piecing as our challenge! My cute new hAnglar kit arrived in the post this week so they just had to be inked up for this challenge! I'm entering my card into the A Spoonful of Sugar challenge which is Splish Splash, Bearly Mine challenge which is Anything Goes, Do You Stack Up's challenge which is use a star, and Papertake Weekly which is Dads and Lads. The papers are by MME and I've distressed the edges.

I have masked together four images from the kit: two cute mermaids, the fish and the seaweed. They are all coloured with copics and I have added lots of stickles to the mermaid's tails and replaced some of the stamped bubbles with gemstones for a more realistic bubble look!

How cute is the smiley fish!?

I added some hessian fabric to the corner to resemble a fishing net and added lots of shells from my stash and a grungboard star which I've inked with walnut stain and then rubbed with gold luster rub on. The button is from Basic Grey.

The sentiment came with the hAnglar kit and the string was recycled from a straw sunhat. The swirls I've used for seaweed were cut with a Whiff of Joy die.

On the inside I added another mermaid from the kit - this time a boy. I have given him a string to hold with "Daddy" written with die cut letters using Tim Holtz vintage market die.

Again I coloured the image with copics and added lots of stickles to his tail. I also added a few more gems for bubbles.


Hope you like it and I've inspired you to join us this week at Just Magnolia and hAnglar & sTanglar challenge! Pop over to the blog to see the rest of the team's gorgeous paper piecing cards! Thanks for looking x

22 comments:

The Craft Bucket said...

Absolutely gorgeous card, well done. Jane x
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Dorte said...

How cute this is. Brilliant card, Jane. Thank you for the inspiration.
hugs Dorte

Debbie said...

MAGNIFICENT!!!!! Love all your extras.. especially the fishing net..

Hugs
Debbie

Hanna said...

Love everything about it! The way you've masked your images together is BRILLIANT, and I love your stunning colouring too, it's so very beautiful. Awesome design and such breathtaking details, I just adore those little shells, too pretty for words!
And the inside of the card looks fabulous too!

hugs,
Hanna

Gina K said...

Oh, my goodness, this is FANTASTIC. I love all of the textures and fabulous details.

Unknown said...

Oh WOW these are amazing cards!! Fantastic job!!

WencheP said...

This is totally awesome. Thank you for joining us at Do You Stack Up.

-Wenche

Marijke said...

OMG this is .....GORGEOUS!!!
Hugs,
Marijke

Jayne A said...

Stunning card. I love these new Hanglar stamps.

Jayne
x

Jessica Buffa said...

Your cards are WONDERFUL! I love how the coloring makes them look like they are ready to swim off the card. Beautiful choice of embellishments. Thanks for the sweet comment at my blog.
:O)
Jessica

Bella´s Bastelecke said...

Beautiful cards...such cute images...thanks for joining us at BMC......

Hugs
Judith

Mik said...

I love the mermaids. Your card is GREAT!!

Kerryn said...

I just adore this, it's so gorgeous!!!

Janiel/ janny said...

OMG Jane!!!!!! THis is FAB!!!! Holy cow for the details dear!!! LOVE IT and much much more!!
hugzzzzz Janiel

Arline said...

Absolutely stunning card! WOW!x

Arline said...

Gorgeous card! WOW!x

Grenouille Greetings said...

Absolutely beautiful card! Hugs, Lesley

Miranda said...

hi jane, i love everything about your card, it's awesome in every way
and that image I really must have it myself it's sooooooooooooooo cute

thanks for joining the DYSU challenge this week
hugs
Miranda

tiggertastic said...

this is amazing !


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Cards By MI said...

Totally amazing card! It's fantastic. The best I've seen in a long time. Great work!
Love n hugs
marie

Scrappinangler said...

I am totally blown away by this card!! I {heart} it!! Awesome job on all of the elements!

DebC said...

This is beautiful! I love it. The colors are my favorite colors and the tropical feel of it is also my favorite theme. I would frame these!
Deb C
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