Tonight I needed a get well card for someone who has been really having a tough time lately. I pulled out a little Lockhart image, the slippers, and decided to try paper piecing with some new paper, Memory Box Enlighten. I also incorporated the SCS sketch of the week, SC145. (Thanks for a really cool sketch, Roxie!)
The front flap is a bout 1-1/4" shorter than the back flap. Card size is still a standard A-2, 4-1/4" x 5-1/2". I used my Spellbinders Nestability Circles to cut both the scalloped and the plain circles (Standard Circle Small S4 116, and Classic Scalloped Circle Small S4 125). I lined the entire inside of the card with the green layer because there really wasn't a good way to cut it short inside, but I used a plainer paper so that I could stamp my "feeling a little better?" sentiment on the green without losing it.
The slippers are raised in two layers with foam tape: the vamp is stamped, cut , and raised, and the whole slipper is also raised from the round layer. I really wanted to use that somewhat busy print underneath the slippers since it reminded me of a carpet, but the slippers were disappearing into the paper. I used a Versamagic white chalk pad to gently tap some ink in the middle of my "rug" so that the slippers would still show against it. Then I sanded the edges of the circles for a bit more contrast against the background. Ribbon is SU's Mellow Moss taffeta. Instead of pulling out my sewing machine tonight, I did a faux blanket stitch along my patterned horizontal strip. Finally, I added some Dew Drops to the shoes simply because it needed something else, and I had already used my best sentiment inside. Yes, I still think it needs words on the outside, but overall I was pleased with it.
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