Simple pleasures

Hello my friends.  So glad you stopped by to visit today.  Did you hear that Stamping Bella is looking for a new Bella Babe?  Turns out one of the Babes left the team so there is now an opening.  I'm gonna give it a shot, but I'm sure there will a ton of others with the same goal in mind.  But, I'm so tickled to have such an opportunity as this is the first time Emily has ever opened up the search to a DT call.  Thanks Em for giving us a chance!!

The challenge for this first week of August is paper piecing.  Ya know, I really do enjoy this technique, but it can also be quite a chore!  I paper pieced both her little skirt and jacket.  I wanted to try a flowery edge on her skirt and think it turned out pretty well.  I chose to use Izzie has a Daisy (just love the Izzies!).  I just used Izzie has a BIRFDAY a week or so ago.  They are soooo cute and soooo fun to play with.

I had the hardest time selecting which papers to use.  Ended up with BG wisteria.  It provides a lot of different options... great pastels and some with deep, bold colors.  I went the more pastely road as I wanted sweet and feminine.  I really like the result.  {smiling}

After the paper piecing, I did a little shading on the jacket with my prismacolor pencils, plus worked the grass following Paulabella's tutorial.  It's sensational!!  You can find it here.

Challenges:
Bloggabella - paper piecing and DT call
The Sweet Stop - the sketch
Going Grey - anything goes
Creative Card Crew - cute and girlie
Allsorts - dressing up
One Stop Craft Challenge - patterns
Totally Papercrafts - going to the movies - "Please Don't Eat the Daisies"
Simon Says Stamp - sing it baby - "Please Don't Eat the Daisies"
Crafty Ann's Challenge - lazy, hazy days of summer


Hmmmm... pretty good line-up, huh!?!  If you're interested in trying out for the Bella Babe spot, you need to enter Bloggabella's challenges every week in August.  Good luck and I'll be crossing my fingers!!  : )
Denise

Stamps:  Stamping Bella Izzie has a Daisy, sentiment
Paper:  BG wisteria, Gina K. pure luxury
Ink:  Memento tuxedo black
Supplies:  Nesties, green pearls, MS edge punch, Versa Mark chalk ink wheat
Technique:  Copic markers, prismacolor pencils, paper piecing, sponging