In My Defense...

I loved how this image turned out - with four Paper Toled layers giving great dimension to her body, head, ribbon and bow.   I am tickled with how her hair turned out - even though her hair is essentially a flat sheet of paper - in real life it looks like you can feel the waves of her hair.  My friend Shani says these are called Marcel Waves - made popular in the 1920's.  If you look at the original drawing below you can see it is the outside outline of the shape of her hair only, without any guidelines for the style.

PROCESS INVENTORY

IMAGES: 

• This image is "Patty Cake" drawn by Lizzy Love & sold at Oddball Art.  If you like the image - you can find it here and right now I noticed it is on sale for $2.55.
• For the focal image I used Paper Tole Technique to give her dimension. Printed 4 copies, colored them with Copics, fussy cut and 'paper sculpted' the images.  The layers were both glued in some places & elevated in others with foam tape to achieve the desired dimension. This is what the image looks like before my coloring - the waves were created with Copics.
• The Sentiment was a freebie from Ginger's House and I think it is perfect for a Belated Birthday!

PAPER:  

• Neenah "Classic Crest Solar White" 80# Cover Wt. used for the image.
• DP used for the layers are from Basic Grey's 'Indie Bloom' and 'Hello Luscious' collections.
• Stitched Die Cuts were used to shape the layers from Spellbinders.
• Base CS is Recollections - 110 lb, Ivory found at Michaels.
• Inside uses left over DP fro the front:  

EMBELLISHMENTS: 

• Yellow/Green ribbon from stash. 

INKS:

• "Yellow Straw" Distress Ink used to distress edges 
• Images were printed on an Epson WF-3520 printer 
• Hand colored with Copics:

This card should be eligible for the following 

CHALLENGES:

Robyn's Fetish #311 – Add a Sentiment- Top Pick

Incy Wincy Designs – Fave medium [Copics]

OSAAT #259 – ATG w/ distressing [1st layer of DP edges distressed w/ Distress Inks]

Tuesday Throwdown #289 – Use Die Cuts

Through the Craft Room Door – ATG Always
Crafting from the Heart #107 – ATG Always
Crafty Sentiments – ATG
Inspiration Destination#81 – ATG
Penny's Challenge #273 – ATG
The East Wind #53 – Make it 3D Designer Favorite
Aud Sentiments #153 – ATG
Work it Wed. / Simon Says Stamp – Pastels
Art by MiRan Challenge #56 – ATG
Crafty Hazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge – Always ATG + DP
Scrapper's Delight #54 – ATG
Open Minded Crafting- #4- Spring/Pastel
Oddball Art – Birthday Challenge  Top Three

Create wildly and color with abandon!  ~ginny