Friday, March 4, 2011

Springtime Hannah by Laura C

Are you ready for spring? Wow, I sure am!! This sweet little Hannah card is a little burst of springtime until the real thing gets here!!

This started with the "Hannah On Stepping Stones" stamp.


Yes....she started out on a pond, and ended up in a garden, thanks to the magic of Flower Soft! I stamped Hannah 4 times in Tuxedo Black Memento Ink. Twice on Bazzill Simply Smooth White Cardstock, once on pink cardstock, and once on patterned paper (the pretty pink print from the Echo Park Springtime set). The white cardstock Hannah, I colored in with Copics....the skin with E00, hair E21, E33 and E57, her bow with RV02 and RV04, the leaves and stems with G21 and the stepping stones, with E33 and E57. I cut her out using the Spellbinders Nestablilities Mega Dies Labels 8 and inked around the edges with Tim Holtz Distress Ink in Bundled Sage. Next step, was to cut Hannah's dress out of the pretty patterned paper, her boots out of the pink cardstock after coloring the soles black, and to cut out the bow on the second white cardstock Hannah after coloring it.


Then I used foam tape to adhere her dress, bow, and boots, and then I filled in the original "pond" area on the stamp with Flower Soft Glue, as well as adding a bit to the flowers in her hand, and the tall cattails....sprinkled with Heather Flower Soft, and now she's in a field of flowers!! I added a little bling to her bow and her boots with Star Dust Stickles and set aside to dry. The simple card base is 5&1/2"x4&1/4" pink cardstock, layered with a 5&3/8" by 4&1/8" piece of Echo Park Springtime paper, followed by a 4&2/4" by 3&1/2" piece of pink cardstock embossed using the Cuttlebug Swiss Dots embossing folder. To finish the card, I used green ribbon from my stash....knotting each end and adhering with score tape to the pink Swiss dot layer. I used foam tape to adhere the finished Hannah image, and added Hot Pink Kaiserkraft Rhinestones in the corners.

Ahhh, a fresh breath of springtime! And don't forget to pop into Cutters Creek to check out the awesome Flower Soft collection....so many colors to choose from and soooo many ways to use it!!

Just a reminder that EVERY comment left on the blog during the month of March will be eligible for some sweet BLOG CANDY!!!

Available at Cutters Creek:

The Pixie Cottage Stamps (Hannah On Stepping Stones)
Bazzill Simply Smooth White Cardstock
Echo Park Springtime 12x12 paper set
Spellbinders Nestablities Mega Dies Labels 8
Tim Holtz Distress Ink Bundled Sage
Flower Soft Glue
Heather Flower Soft
Star Dust Stickles
Hot Pink Kaiserkraft Rhinestones
Copic Markers ( E21, E33, E57, RV02, RV04, G21)

16 comments:

  1. Mandie -- Love what you did with Hannah on the stepping stones. I have that stamp and just rec'd some new flower soft. I will definitely give that a try!

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  2. Laura, that is the prettiest Hannah that I have ever seen... Just love the way she is skipping thru the flowers... Her dress is so pretty in pink.. Beautiful Laura...

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  3. Laura, you did a wonderful job on that card, as always. She is so cute. Keep up the good work, Laura!!

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  4. Laura, I love this card and will have to copy it. I'll probably have a hard time cutting out the dress pattern as I don't cut as precisely as you do but I'm going to try. I love that idea.

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  5. Love it Laura! Great technique!

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  6. Laura, well done, the transformation was wonderful. I love the pink dress. I am enjoying the way the flowere soft is being used on the cards.

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  7. Laura....this is just beautiful....how clever to make the flower bed...I absolutely LOVE it!!!!!

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  8. What a great card the colors are so springy. I love the dimension on it. Beautiful!

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  9. Laura, Love the way you transformed the original stamp image. WOW! I may need to try flower soft now. Thanks for the inspiration, this card is absolutely beautiful!Bridget

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  10. How to get more out of a stamp. Wonderful transformation!

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  11. Laura I love the card it is so girly with a promise that spring will be here soon.

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  12. Oh I love that one! Ok, I said I love that one to everyone I seen but I still love that one. I was looking for a nice stamp or something and I didn't find one. I guess I am going to have to look again. Thanks.

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  13. To Sue, or anyone....if you want to look up products used....the red hilighted words above are links to the product in the store. You can just click and it will take you right to the item (like that sweet Hannah stamp!).

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  14. Wow, she's lovely. I have a Hanah and this certainly reminds me of her! Thanks for the great picture!

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  15. What a sweet image. Great idea sending her into the garden! Love the soft colors and dimension. WAY TO GO

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  16. And now I must add Copic's to my wish list as well. What a gorgeous card! TFS.

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