I've said it before & I'll say it again … white cards are hard. I had this entire card finished, and I managed to get a big black inky smudge on the sweater, so I had to start all over … however, I'm glad I did (and glad I had enough extra paper) because I love the finished card.
While my knitting and crocheting skills are rather limited, I have a sister & dear friend who are both have mad yarn skills, so I wanted to make a yarn-themed creation for this months Paper Trey Ink White & White blog hop. This is the inspiration photo.
I've been hoarding that floral embossed paper for longer than I care to admit … I'm always on the lookoutfor cool specialty papers when we travel, especially whites & creams, because I love to use them for wedding cards. I thought this floral paper would make a fantastic sweater … and thankfully I was right (using the Shape Up Series: Sweater Die Collection). I used foam tape to attach the sweater to the card, to keep the white-on-white design from blending in too much.
I tried buttons down the front of the sweater, but it covered-up too much of the patterns … so instead I used one of my step-mom's vintage buttons as a broach … here's a close-up of this beauty … you can also see the wonderful knitted-like texture in the paper.
I cut my sentiment from Purls of Wisdom into three parts to fit it around the sweater … love that I can do that with acrylic stamps. I positioned the stamps on the card base where I wanted the words, and then pressed down my acrylic block to pick-up the stamps and keep them all in place … however, note to self — stamp the sentiment first before getting the entire sweater finished & attached with foam tape to the card base (hence the inky smudge referenced above).
Here's a fabulous crocheted scarf I received in the mail for the holidays … a girl can't be sad when she's wearing a rainbow around her neck.
This is amazing…what a fantastic card..love the use of that paper as a sweater!
LOVE your new scarf…I’m such a huge fan of them!
I am in love with your card!!! Gorgeous does not begin to describe it!
Great card! I love how all it came together.
beautiful texture on that sweater!
This is absolutely gorgeous!!!Love that texture for the sweater!!! 🙂
Lauren
http://landersoncraftydesigns.wordpress.com/
The texture on that beautiful sweater is amazing, what a great paper to use!
Absolutely perfect use of your gorgeous paper. This is awesome and your friend will love it too!!!
this is a fabulous card; love the sweater and broach and the colourful scarf.
Oh my what a wonderful sweater or shall I say card!
Wonderful choice of paper!
Wow is that a cool paper, just perfect for the sweater!
My jaw literally dropped when I saw your card! It’s fabulous!!
That card is so perfect…LOVE the embossed paper for the sweater! And I have to add how much I LOVE that fun scarf! Super cute!
Perfect way to use your embossed paper – love the broach button!
That’s a perfect paper and button for your card. Love it,
Steph, LOVE the sweater with the black button and the sentiment! Just Gorgeous!
HOLY WOW!!!!
This is AWESOME!!!! That is all.
Oh what a terrific card!
OMG – This is absolutey beautiful! LOVE the embossed paper.
A gorgeous way to use that beautiful paper Stef!! This is so pretty!
This is gorgeous!
Now that is a beautiful sweater!! Very cute!
What a cool card, great job with the embossed sweater!
Wow, that paper was made for that sweater! Perfect! I’m super jealous of your scarf too…it’s fabulous!
Oh my *goodness* – this is amazing!!! I totally want some of that paper now! What a stunning sweater card!!
Stunningly beautiful card! Such a bummer about the black smudge! It happens though! Gorgeous PAPER!!! I would hoard it too! Perfect use here and I love the crocheted scarf with the clouds. Rainbows are just so happy! 🙂
This is terrific! I love the embossing … looks so fabulous on the sweater
That sweater is awesome! Great job!
Stunning Stef! I’d love for you to link up at 52 Card Pickup again this week!
http://www.oldbackporch.com/2012/12/52-card-pickup-week-52.html