Thursday, November 20, 2014

Seize The Birthday - Leaves

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Welcome to another challenge at Seize The Birthday!  For this challenge our topping is leaves (although you can still play along with any birthday project).


We're having an incredibly mild November in the UK and the colours of the autumn leaves are glorious.  I got the inspiration for the leaf skirt after seeing this creation by Ruth.

I inked up some Trendy Leaves from one of the new STAMPlorations sets, overstamped some of them with the text stamp from Live Love Laugh, fussy cut the leaves and teamed them with Julie Nutting Prima Doll Phoebe (chopped her skirt and legs off).  Sloshed some Distress inks on the bodice, fussy cut her and made the leaf skirt and layered it all onto maroon card.  The sentiment is made up from Sentiments Builders: Thank You and Sentiment Builders: Happy.

I'm entering this into Papertake Weekly - Soooooo Girlie.


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16 comments:

  1. Shery Russ20 November 2014 at 23:30

    Oh wow, this had me swooning, Shirley! LOVE.THIS.SO.MUCH!

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  2. Darnell21 November 2014 at 00:17

    I'm sitting here swooning with Shery! This is beyond genius!! And I'm loving the blog look!! Hugs, Darnell

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  3. Deepti21 November 2014 at 03:25

    That's so very cool :)

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  4. Lyndal21 November 2014 at 06:17

    LOVE, LOVE, LOVE this Shirley!!!

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  5. Sheila in Cyprus21 November 2014 at 15:23

    WOW! Who would have thought a 'leaf' skirt could look so fabulous. Love how you have used the stamp.

    Love Sheila x

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  6. MackieMade Paper Creations21 November 2014 at 16:40

    OMG! Pure fabulousness!!!! Your watercoloring always amazes me!!!!

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  7. Anita in France21 November 2014 at 22:04

    I can just hear the swoosh of that stunning leaf skirt as it wafts past me, Shirley ... it's stunning! Anita :)

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  8. Paper Creations by Shirley21 November 2014 at 23:19

    Wow beautiful design, I love her pretty painted leaf skirt! Shirleyx

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  9. ionabunny22 November 2014 at 01:33

    Phoebe looks great with leaves instead of legs LOL. Hugz

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  10. Sharyn Polesel23 November 2014 at 02:33

    This is the cutest thing! How creative you are to make the skirt out of leaves. Love the colors too!

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  11. Barb Ghig23 November 2014 at 18:35

    So clever, and so beautiful! I love the autumn colors and how the leaves add so much dimension to this card!

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  12. Geri23 November 2014 at 22:41

    Not only is your idea beyond amazing, the colors and the way you put it to paper is absolutely gorgeous!

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  13. Unknown24 November 2014 at 19:10

    Watercolours mix so great on dress. Great idea and amazing card you made.

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  14. Nancy25 November 2014 at 00:07

    Sorry I am so late stopping by Shirley...this is incredible and so unique! Well done you never cease to surprise me!

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  15. Jodene27 November 2014 at 02:19

    Just gorgeous Shirley, how clever to make her skirt out of leaves! I love this :)

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  16. Glenda J4 December 2014 at 06:13

    Oh my gosh - how clever is this? Love it!

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