* Vera Lane Studio: Matryoshka

Hello!

It's Monday again and I'm back at home after a wonderful week in Cyprus to celebrate my husband's birthday. We've got to the stage where we don't need any more 'stuff', so instead of exchanging presents, we go on a little break or sometimes a holiday.

Back in my craft room this weekend I've been making a card for my DT day at Vera Lane Studio. Today sees the release of a new digi set called Matryoshka and here is the card I made:

There are two different Matryoshka in the set and a sentiment the says Happy Birthday. I resized one of the Matryoshka so that I had a set of three. I coloured them with Copic markers and used a white Posca paint pen for highlights and a Gold Posca pen to add some details. I fussy cut them, leaving a thin white border.  The background was made using Distress Oxides in Fossilised Amber, Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans on a gelli plate. I spritzed the inks and placed a stencil over one corner. The print that I used was actually the clean off print from the back of the stencil. I blended some Salty Ocean and Faded Jeans inks around the edges of the print and placed a torn strip of black and white washi tape along the bottom to ground my set of matryoshka. The Matryoshka were glued directly onto the background, starting with the smallest, so that the bigger ones would be in front. The sentiment was cut into strips, inked and glued directly onto the background.

Matryoshka

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Thanks for stopping by today.

xoxo

I'd like to play along in these challenges:

* Jo's Scrapshack #269 AG 22/02
* Crafting by Designs AG 26/02
Crafting with Friends #80 AG 28/02
* A Gem of a Challenge #3 AG 28/02
* Cardz TV #83 AG 28/02
* Crafting with an Attitude #48 AG 28/02
* Creatalicious Challenges #157 AG/Girly 28/02
* Lil Patch of Crafty Friends #100 AG 02/03
* Pile it On #151 Pink or Blue 02/03
* The Crafty Addicts #57 AG 05/03

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ATC: Ribbon Tag Matryoshka

Yay!....Mama Babushka helped me be the winner at Wicked Wednesday this week!


And ... I was in the top picks at  Pixies Crafty Workshop for week 225

This week at Wicked Wednesday the ATC Challenge #205 has the theme of "Ribbon Tag". 

Here is what I made:

 

I love Babushka Dolls or Matryoshka. Their bright colours and smiling faces always brighten my day. 

To make my ATC and ribbon tag I used digital papers and a template. The digital papers were part of a set from Pixel Paper Prints called Matryoshka Nesting Doll, and the Matryoshka Doll Template was from Striped Elephants.

The ATC card was covered in patterned paper, both front and back. Space was left open at the back for the tag to be concealed. A thin strip of pink heart patterned paper was glued along the bottom of the ATC and sticky glitter strips added either side. The edges of the ATC were inked in black.

The doll was paper pieced according to the template, and the face of the doll from this set was attached. Paper piecing is such a good way of using up snippets of paper! Stickles glitter and gel stickers were added to the doll's outfit, and glossy accents gave her eyes some shine. The doll was attached to the ATC on foam pads.

The tag was die cut from card using an Xcut Tag die. Patterned paper and a strip of pink paper and glitter strips were added, as on the main ATC.The tag edges were inked in black. A smaller doll was paper pieced and decorated, then glued to the tag. The word 'hi' from the Paper Smooches  'Scripty Sayings' set was stamped  and ribbons were attached.

I like the idea of a smaller Matryoshka coming from within the larger one :-)
The back of the ATC and tag were left plain:

I'd also like to enter 

Pixies Crafty Workshop Week #225

The Crafty Addicts Challenge #13 Girly/Anything Goes

Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge Lets do the Polka

xoxo