A spot of pyramage

At Willow Sketchie Challenge this week it’s Sonia’s first time to host and here’s her fabby sketch :

The theme is Thinking of Your/Just for You cards.Don’t forget you can follow the sketch and or theme.You could be the lucky winner of a voucher to spend at Willow Designs too!As well as a winner (chosen randomly) there will be a hand picked Top 3 and they will receive a super cute badge for their blog.Don’t forget to stop by the challenge site and check out my fellow DT’s beautiful creations.A truly inspirational bunch.

For my card I’ve used Busy in the Garden digital stamp from Willow Designs .Now there are some things I’ve always wanted to try my crafty hand at.One being creating my own Pyramage and another is the Spotlighting Technique.The years have gone by and have I managed to try either…er…no.So when I saw Sonia’s sketch the Pyramge idea leapt out at me straight away and then the cogs,albeit a little rusty,started whirring.Why not combine it with a kind of Spotlighting Technique by only colouring the top layer.And so Pyra-Lighting was born!Not sure if I’m really the first but it’s not something I’ve seen before.To be honest I wasn’t really sure how I was going to pull this one off.It did take a little brain power but I got there in the end 😀 The top layer is coloured with Copic Sketch Markers.The spotty paper is from the Polly Pickleberry CD-rom from Willow Designs and I die cut some matching flowers.I added some  cord and buttons to the centres of the flowers.With a little patience and a LOT of fiddling around(wish it was the other way round!)I managed to poke the tiny off cuts from the bow through the holes in the buttons.I stamped and punched out a circular greeting as I thought it went with the flowers better.This was mounted on foam tape for extra dimension.

Supplies :

Image : Busy in the Garden digital stamp from Willow Designs 

Sentiment : Personal Impressions  Mixed Sentiments clear set

Mediums : Copic Ciao Markers,Grape Jelly Memento Dew Drop Ink Pad 

Paper & Card : DP from the Polly Pickleberry CD-rom by Willow Designs,Craft UK 6 x 6 card blank,White card by Craft Essentials from The Works

Tools : X-Cut guillotine,Nestabilities Large Classic Rectangles,X-Cut Dielicious Petal Posies Decorative Dies,Big Shot,Woodware 1″ Circle Punch

To Embellish : Papermania Buttons Purples,Purple waxed thread from stash

 

Some challenges this is for :

Digistamps 4 Joy : Anything goes (masculine bonus not included on my card)

Little Red Wagon : Bow (a small one but it’s there!)

Penny’s Paper-Crafty :  Girls,Girls,Girls

Anything Goes Challenge : Make your Own Embellishments (button topped flowers)

A & T Emerald Faeries Challenge : Anything Goes

Bearly Mine : Anything Goes

Crafty Sentiments : Bows Or Ribbons

MyGrafico : Anything Goes

Tammy’s Scrapin Corner : Anything Goes 

The Crazy Challenge : Handmade Flowers 

Eclectic Ellapu : Anything Goes

Glitter n Sparkle : Buttons and Bows

2 Sisters : Anything Goes

A Gem of a Challenge : Flowers

Craftymess Challenge : Anything Goes

Totally Papercrafts :Make Your Own Flowers

 

Thanks for looking

Lisa x