Three in One

Well, hello there!  It is a super chilly, 27 degree day in our neck of the woods; but everyone is filled with excitement, because we woke up to our first snow!  I was just telling a friend, yesterday, that if it was going to be this cold, it might as well snow.  But our weatherman promised that it wouldn't come as far north as us.  So, we were pleasantly surprised to open the curtains and find that he was oh, so wrong.  Woohoo!

So, anyway, in putting all that aside, I've got a pretty, little, papercrafted number to share, with you all, today.

I started this card by distressing the edges of a piece of aqua, patterned paper with Tea Dye and Antique Linen inks; adhering it to the Crumb Cake, cardstock, card face; and machine stitching, around its edges, with aqua-threaded, straight stitches.  I then added a strip of pink, lacy, patterned paper, which had its right side corners rounded, down its middle, just left of vertical center; trimmed it, down its left side, with a length of white lace; and machine stitched, around its edges, with aqua-threaded, zig-zag stitches.  A length of aqua, polka dot, frayed fabric was then wrapped around the card face twice; tied, in a bow, near the left edge of the card face; and embellished with a mini clothespin, dressed up with a duo of hemp twine bows, as well as the "Thanks sew much" sentiment, which was stamped, in Crumb Cake and Coral Calypso inks, on Whisper White, cardstock, Cricut-cut tags, distressed with Tea Dye and Antique Linen inks, and pinned to the fabric bow with a regular, old, safety pin.

I then stamped the larger dress form, in Coral Calypso ink, on Whisper White cardstock; hand cut it out; distressed its edges with Tea Dye and Antique Linen inks; dressed it up with a white, flower, sticker embellishment; and framed it, just to the right of the embellished bow, with an ink distressed, kraft, polka dot die cut, both of which were adhered, to the card face, with foam tape.  Another stamped, in Pretty in Pink ink, on Whisper White cardstock, hand cut, and ink distressed, smaller dress form was adhered, tucked under the larger one's right side, to appear as though it were in the background.

Finally, I added a couple of color-coordinating buttons, in the bottom right corner of the card face, by stitching them in place with hemp twine.

Inspiration for this card came from the Celebrating Hobbies Challenge in the Moxie Fab World, Create for Fun's Color Challenge #44...

and Deconstructing Jen's Deconstructed Sketch No. 29.

That's all, for today, folks!  Please don't forget that you have until the close of the day EST, today, to link up your takes on The Play Date Cafe's Challenge #109.  Then, I'll be back, late tomorrow, with a brand new, bold and beautiful, color story to try your hands at.  Until then, thanks ever so much for stopping by, and happy stamping! 

{Supplies & Tools}
Stamps: C'est la Vie (Wplus9); In Stitches (Skipping Stones) Paper: Crumb Cake, Whisper White, & all patterned (SU) Ink: Coral Calypso, Crumb Cake, & Pretty in Pink (SU); Tea Dye & Antique Linen (Ranger) Other: aqua thread (Coats & Clark); sewing machine (Janome); Corner punch & aqua button blossom (SU); pink button & white flower sticker embellishment (Paper Studio); hemp twine (Creative Impressions); foam tape (Scotch); George & Basic Shapes Cricut cartridge & Cricut (Provo Craft); Label Layers 2 die (Wplus9); Big Shot (Sizzix); fabric ribbon & safety pin (JoAnn Fabrics); mini clothespin (Canvas Corp.); white lace (Hobby Lobby)