Timeless Tuesday #234: Delicate Doilies

Hello there! And, welcome to this week's Timeless Tuesday Challenge (FTTC234)! Our hostess is Judy, and you're going to love her challenge--it's easy peasy...

Delicate Doilies 

Simply create a project that includes a doily!

I don't use doilies very often. Not because I don't like them, but because they are in a drawer and I forget I have them! So, I was glad for the chance to get them out.

Have you seen Flourishes' newly released stamp sets for August? Gorgeous, all. But, my favorite is probably the Autumn Blessings set. As soon as I saw this sweet image, I just had to ink it up! I stamped it with Tuxedo Black Memento Ink on Flourishes Classic White Cardstock, colored it with Copics, then cut it out with a Spellbinders die. To make the background, I stamped the image again onto Eclipse masking tape, cut it out and used it as a mask for the image. Then, I cut a curve on a piece of scrap paper, and used one half to mask the sky and airbrushed the ground, and the other half to mask the ground and airbrush the sky. I kept the cs in the die while airbrushing so the edges would remain white. I used the same die to make the green mat behind the image, by cutting around the outside edge of it with a craft knife. The sentiment is stamped on a Perfectly Pierced Classic Frames die. I added eyelets to each end and tied it onto the card with twine.

For the rest of the card, I did some distressing, sewing, incorporated the doily into the design, added Pearl Pen pearls in the lower left corner, and tiny drops of Stickles in the flower centers of the dp in the upper right corner around the pearl brad.

On the inside, I used scraps from the front of the card, along with a piece of coordinating striped dp. The pink dp has a border punched along the top edge. Although I will probably end up using this as a Thanksgiving card, it could also be used for other occasions, so for now, I'm leaving the sentiment area blank.

See...an easy peasy Timeless Tuesday assignment! :) Since the only requirement is to use a doily, you can take your creation in just about any direction your heart desires. And, don't forget, you don't have to use Flourishes stamps, but if you do, you get two ballots toward the weekly prize! You can find all the details for the challenge here.

So, find yourself a paper doily, cut one with a die, or pull out some thread and a crochet hook and make one--whatever suits your fancy--and play along.

Stop by all our designers' blogs for more inspiration, and be sure to leave them some blog love, too! :)

• Allison Cope
• Broni Holcombe
• Cheryl Lea...that's me!
• Deborah Anton
• Jenny Gropp
• Judy Rozema
• Marie Ross, our August Guest Designer

Thanks for stopping by, and have a wonderful week!

I'm entering this card in the following challenge:
CMC Copic Challenge #75: Anything Goes

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