Paper Sweeties September Release Rewind!

Wednesday, September 16, 2015

It's the final day of Release Week at Paper Sweeties, and that's when we do a little rewind, pairing the new releases with older stamps and dies. It's actually really easy to do because all of the sets go together so well. Today, I have used the new Homegrown stamp and die sets with Abigail and several other previous sets, to create a sweet scene for a birthday card.
I used Copics to color Abigail's skin, hair, and shoes, and paper pieced her outfit (all the patterned papers on this card came from scraps). I gave her little wagon some oversized wheels so it could handle that really big strawberry, which I stamped onto patterned paper and die cut. The large orange scalloped circle behind Abigail was originally white. I colored it with Gelatos, then, because the color was so intense, I toned it down and added some shine, by giving it a thin coating of Champagne Inka Gold. The "Wish" text is from the Wish Sweet Cuts die set, and the "big" double-stamped text is from the Wish stamp set. For the dot over the "i," I used a pink Watermelon sequin, and filled it with Lime Green Stickles. Three Cookie Dough sequins, filled with Diamond Stickles embellish the right side of the text section.
On the inside I sewed a skewed white panel to the checked patterned paper, then added a few flags and circles in the other papers. The Happy Birthday sentiment is from the Hello Friend stamp set. I made this as though I was going to mail a cash gift to someone receiving the card. Since mailing money through the mail can be risky, rather than just putting a bill inside the card, I left the left side of the white panel unattached. The money can be folded and slipped behind there. It's not impossible to figure out, but if someone just glanced inside the card, they would never know that there is money inside.

Be sure to visit the rest of the Paper Sweeties Design Team, too. I get so much inspiration from their beautiful creations!

For a chance to win a gift certificate to the Paper Sweeties' boutique, play along with us in this month's Paper Sweeties Inspiration Challenge

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Thanks for visiting! I hope you've enjoyed all the Paper Sweeties September New Release projects!

I'm entering this card in the following challenges:
Viva la Verve September 2015 Week 1 Sketch Challenge (I flipped the sketch upside down)
Simon Says Stamp Monday: Love This Technique (paper piecing)
Simon Says Wednesday: Stamptember Use a Stamp Challenge
Pile It On Challenge #86: Birthday
Tuesday Throwdown #262: For a Child

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14 comments :

Jill Norwood said...

Cheryl I adore your sweet birthday scene! Such an adorable card in beautiful Autumn colors!

Nancy Penir said...

Too cute! Abby is precious in her plaid outfit, and the card concept is wonderful!

Maria said...

Gorgeous coloring on Abigail...so pretty! And, just love her little wagon with the strawberry!

Lin said...

Love your card, Cheryl! All the varied paper patterns and your wonderful coloring of Abigail makes a beautiful result! Thanks for sharing this with us this week at the Simon Says Stamp Wednesday challenge!

MackieMade Paper Creations said...

What a cute card!!! Love all the layers and details!

Meihsia Liu said...

Love your beautiful card. Great paper piecing and coloring on the image. Thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge. :)

Leslie Miller said...

Ha! Love the big strawberry! The paper piecing looks great. It's always a neat touch to a project, but I never remember to do it. Your Copic coloring makes her face look dimensional, like one of those puffy stickers. Super cute card, Cheryl!

PiecesbyEmily said...

AWESOME cards, Cheryl! Love the giant strawberry on the wagon :)

Kathy Schweinfurth said...

Cheryl, you are always SO creative!! All your projects for the release are totally awesome!!!

Conniecrafter said...

very cute, love the paper piecing and great coloring of her hair, now that is a strawberry, love the inside too, it could be the front!

Lisa said...

How pretty is this! Love all the stitching and it's almost as pretty on the inside as the outside!

Larissa Heskett said...

SQUEAL!! JUST SO FUN!! I LOVE LOVE LOVE your Coloring!! All of your other Projects for this Months Release are AMAZING too!! I LOVE all the Tags and the FUN Idea of creating a Pocket!! =) THANKS FR sharing and hope you have a FABULOUS WEEK!! =)

Julee (Vervegirl) said...

Such a sweet card! Love her little plaid outfit! Thanks for playing along with Viva la Verve!

BethieJ said...

SO CUTE!
Thanks for joining us last week at PIO!
Hope to see you join us again soon!
Have a GREAT Day!!