Friday, September 10, 2010

My Cup Runneth Over - Paper Cutz Challenge #58

Hi everyone!
  Great challenge at Paper Cutz this week - use a tag on your project.  Lots of freedom and I love the look of a good distressed tag on any project!  Here is a small A2 sized card I made just because I feel like this in my life right now!  I am so lucky to have a wonderful husband and two healthy and happy girls.  This quote has always been one of my favorites too so I entered it at the Frosted Design Challenge - and this cute Lilly Bean image from Tiddly Inks is a perfect match!  I inked everything here with Close to Cocoa from Stampin' Up. 

I colored Lilly Bean with my Copics and actually cut out the cup separately and paper pieced it on adhering the edges of the cup with adhesive and putting a large pop dot in the middle.  The cup bows out a bit which makes it look a bit more 3D.  I cut my tag on my expressions using my Gypsy.  The tag is from Celebrations and I placed a little tiny heart on the edge from Sweethearts.  Once I cut it out I placed it on the shadow cut. 

The little heart that was left over I used to ink the negative on the brown paper under Lilly.  Once that dried a bit I took my Stickles - cotton candy and stickled over the negatives.  I also added a bit of ribbon to my tag and adhered that.  Once I was finished I popped Lilly Bean off the page. 
Thanks for looking and please leave a comment I do so love them!!!
Enjoy!

12 comments:

  1. This card is so so so cute! You did such a great job!

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  2. Great little card and is so true for most of our lives. TFS

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  3. Adorable and so sweet, Melissa! LOVe the way you did the stickled paper! xxD

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  4. What an adorable image and the colors are so pretty Melissa...great card for this week's challenge.
    Hugs,
    Terry

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  5. That's a great card!!! wonderful touch with the tag. That image is gorgeous and your colouring just perfect.
    Hugs,
    Farida

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  6. Sooo cute! I love your coloring...it's so pretty and the highlights in the hair and things look so good!!

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  7. A quote I truly love...your card is so sweet and wonderful...I will leave your blog smiling! ;D Diana Q

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  8. Great card! I just love that cup and the stickles. That tag with the heart cutout is great!! :)

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  9. Great job on the challenge. I love that image!

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  10. Great job on the challenge, I just love that cup.
    Thanks for playing with us at Frosted Designs.

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  11. Hi Melissa,

    This card is simply adorable! Such a wonderful DT inspiration.

    Hugs, Marjo

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  12. You're right... that image is perfect for the quote!! You did such a great job coloring it in!! i am impressed!! I clearly need to take some lessons from you!!
    Barb :)

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