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Friday, 15 July 2011

Patchwork Mimi

The background for this card was inspired by one of the great videos at Stamp TV - Using Your Scraps which you can see here.  It's a great way to use up the strips of paper that I always end up with having cut a six by six sheet to fit onto a card blank and was really easy to do.  It's just strips of paper (I cut mine to one inch) stuck onto a piece of card and then trimmed.  On the video, a sewing machine is used on the card but as sewing machines and me do not get on (!!) I used a Hero Arts stamp to add some faux stitching instead.

The image I used is from Penny Black die cut with a X-Cut die and I finished the card with a greeting and some Card Candy from Craftwork Cards.

I'd like to enter the card in the following challenges:

Creative Craft Challenges - 'pretty blossoms'
Divas by Design - 'pastels'
Penny Black at Allsorts - 'flower power'
Crafty Sentiments - 'stitching' (real or faux)
Totally Papercrafts - 'girly girl'
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19 comments:

  1. Vicky15 July 2011 at 20:35

    Gorgeous Helen...and thanks for joining us at Divas' too...!

    have a lovely weekend...hugs Vicky xx

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  2. cockney blonde15 July 2011 at 22:16

    Gosh, that's really effective, what a brill idea. Love it, x
    BTW yes it is one of your ATC's on my collage

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  3. Dotpat15 July 2011 at 22:22

    I am impressed Helen it looks fab

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  4. Ellibelle16 July 2011 at 06:19

    What an adorable card Helen. Using up the paper strips is a fabulous idea. I so need to make one of these cards because I have so many strips that are just too small for other things. Thank you so much for your inspiration!

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  5. brenda16 July 2011 at 07:12

    A lovely creation Helen, Mimi looks great in pink and your faux stitchine is most effective.

    Thank you for sharing with us at Penny Black at Allsorts Challenge this month and good luck.

    B x

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  6. cheryl16 July 2011 at 07:50

    oh this is one gorgeous card,love the image,and great layout too bless you for playing at creative craft challenge,we really appreciate your support,love cheryl xxxxxx

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  7. Jac’s Playground16 July 2011 at 08:27

    What a fun card and I love your background, I really did think it was machine stitched, think I need that stamps! lol Thanks for joining us at Crafty Sentiments this week

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  8. Jessica16 July 2011 at 08:54

    Love the stitching - really pretty colours too. Jxx

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  9. Janette16 July 2011 at 09:06

    Hi Helen, lovely card, clever idea to use up your scraps of card or paper, i've got tonnes, the colours you have chosen are pretty. Janette

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  10. Mervi16 July 2011 at 16:10

    Cute way to use your strips, lovely, pretty card!

    Thanks for sharing this with us at Penny Black @ Allsorts, good luck, welcome again;-))m

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  11. Wishcraft16 July 2011 at 17:13

    Gorgeous card :o) Fab image and such a great way to use up paper strips... I don't have a great relationship with my sewing machine either lol! Lisa x

    PS. Thanks for joining us at PFP!

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  12. Sylvia x17 July 2011 at 11:21

    thank you so much for joining in the fun over at Creative Craft Challenges

    I love the idea of the sewing stamp, great idea

    Sylvia x

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  13. Stampin Lucy17 July 2011 at 16:44

    oh how fun, love the stitching. She is just adorable. thanks for joining us at Divas By Design. Hope you will share more of your artwork with us.

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  14. Unknown18 July 2011 at 09:37

    Hi Helen, what a sweet card. Love the image and the use of the backing papers is just great. I've got so many of those that I don't know what to do with, but don't want to chuck away! Sarah

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  15. Andie's Space18 July 2011 at 21:29

    Hi Helen.
    This looks adorable. Such a cute image & I love the background papers. Thanks for joining us at Passion for Promarkers this week.
    Hugs,
    Andie xx

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  16. Louise19 July 2011 at 07:44

    Pretty card and love the patch work effect,thank you for joining us at Penny black at Allsorts.
    Louise xx

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  17. Victoria19 July 2011 at 13:23

    what a gorgeous card - thank you so much for joining us on totally papercrafts this challenge

    - victoria -

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  18. Unknown20 July 2011 at 03:08

    Awww how sweet, love the image and your stitching is lovely and so creative. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Sentiments and good luck.

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  19. Tracy24 July 2011 at 22:34

    Thanks for joining Penny Black @ allsorts challenge with this great entry, good luck.
    Happy crafting
    Tracy x

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Thanks for leaving me a comment - I really do appreciate it.

Helen x