Tuesday 16 September 2014

The Paper Shelter: The Best Day of my Life

Today I want to share a lovely basket I made using this beautiful digital image from The Paper Shelter. It's called The Best Day of my Life.




The basket was inspired by a tutorial a friend shared with me at a Stamp Camp I went to a few weeks ago. My image was a little wide to fit the standard pattern, so I adapted it to make the basket 13cm wide by 10cm high and 10cm deep. It is a great size for filling with treats or gifts for a special person. Here is a view of the side showing the strips I cut out of white card and punched the edges before adding a strip of patterned paper. The strips are 11cm long, which is why they bow out and add another dimension to the basket. I then added a pretty bow to finish off the handle.






Across the back I added 4 strips.  I was careful to match the pattern paper to keep the stripes even.



Here is a closer look at the delightful dragon with her newborn:



I printed the image with my Canon inkjet printer onto Copic Xpress Cardstock and coloured it in with Copic Markers. The Copics used are as follows: Dragon mother: B05, B04, B02, B01, B000, B0000 Baby dragon: V06, V05, V04, Egg shell: YR20, Y26, Y23, Y21, G46, G43  Nest: E55, E53, E51, E50


Challenges


The Paper Shelter is having a DT Call and I am entering with this basket, wish me luck, I'm keeping my fingers crossed.

I also am entering the following challenges:







Have a colourful creative day...


Supplies

Stamps: The Paper Shelter - The Best Day of my Life
Paper: Tempting Turquoise and White cardstock, SU designer papers - Sweet Taffy
Accessories:  SU border Punch (retired), SU Tempting Turquoise ribbon (retired), Spellbinders Card Creator die: A2 Divine Eloquence




5 comments:

  1. So sweet. Thanks for joining us at Sparkles Monthly Challenges.
    Hugs Helen P (DT)

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  2. Oh wow Carol that is just stunning love the image and your design. hugs Shirleyxxxx

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  3. WOW! The dragon is sooo cute and different from butterflies and birds. Thanks for joining in with Sparkles.
    Good luck, Suzy DT x

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  4. Wow Carol, love the bag and the papers! Such a sweet and perfect image too! Meg x

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  5. I love what you did with the basket Carol, that image is so cute, beautifully done
    Hugs Julie P

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