Down on the farm

You've probably heard me mention how much I love paper-piecing as a technique - I love getting my sharp scissors out and even holding tiny bits of paper with tweezers to allow for all that fussy cutting - so naturally, I had to piece one of my There She Goes stamps this week to join in their paper piecing challenge http://tsgclearstamps.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/tsg206-paper-piecing.html

I selected the lovely farmer's wife from Oh Crop and decided to try and use the pretty colours from this week's ColourQ to direct my piecing choices.  http://colourq.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/colourq-challenge-188.html   For the layout I went with this week's Freshly Made Sketch  http://freshlymadesketches.blogspot.co.uk/2013/05/freshly-made-sketches-85-sketch-by.html

 

I picked some papers that matched 3 of the colours and then stamped my sentiment in the paler pink colour.  I used a background from the same stamp set to add some interest behind the main focal element using the top line of it as my straight line on the sketch.  I left that as an outline - can't decide if I like it or not really but hey ho.

Milk it!

The challenge at There She Goes Stamps this week is a lovely sketch http://tsgclearstamps.blogspot.co.uk/2013/03/tsg200-sketch-challenge.html

I flipped it on it's side, dug out the "Oh Crop" set and came up with this punny little number ;-)

I stamped the adorable little cow image onto copic colouring card (I use a coated cardstock from Rymans) and coloured with warm greys and bisque and then fussy cut her out.  The DP circles were cut from a double-sided 6x6 sheet from Papermania Happy Days pad - I love the vintage tins.  I used some lovely washi tape to create a border around my kraft base by simply folding it in half over the edge.  I added a sentiment made up of half a sentiment from the Ninja set and the really funny milk it sentiment from Oh crop.  I finished with a few milk bottles stamped on white and fussy cut to emphasise the sentiment.  I do love the punny and interesting sentiments TSG always include with their sets - great to mix and match with too.

Pink Pigs

I've combined this weeks Less is More challenge http://simplylessismoore.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/week-92-colour-challenge.html - the colour pink with this week's sketch at http://casethissketch.blogspot.co.uk/2012/11/case-this-sketch-challenge-4.html

I've used 3 little pigs from the "Oh Crop" set from There She Goes Stamps and coloured with a few shades of pink copics.  The sentiment is from the same set.