Southern Girls ~ Patterned Paper

Hey there my lovely blog buddies. Another week is flying past and today it's time for a new challenge to kick off over on the Southern Girls Challenge blog and it's a goodie! Our theme is patterned paper, how fab is that! Everyone should be able to join in this one.

We have two great sponsors this week, Lacy Sunshine and Ppinky Dolls. Lacy Sunshine stamps are so enchanting, and I really enjoyed working with this sweet stamp called Jocelyn ~ Autumn Stroll from Lacy Sunshine's Melancholy Moppet release. 

I had Autumn colours in my head when I picked up this stamp to colour it with my Promarkers. It's fitting as Autumn is kicking off here in New Zealand with chilly mornings and nights and Autumn showers. So it feels appropriate to be colouring up this beauty in these Autumnal tones.

I have had a paper pad in my drawer for a couple of years now, that I've struggled to know what to pair with. But when I'd finished colouring the image, it was the first paper pad I thought to look at and I think fits the theme really well. It's from BoBunny and is called Weekend Market Collection. I think the dark hues in the Weekend Market Collection are a great fit for this stamp. I wanted to go for a grungy distressed edges feel, so pulled out my Tea Dye Distress Ink and inked up the edges of all the papers then distressed them with my scissors. I also edged the 'hello' die and the postcard stamped panel. Finally, I ran the Tea Dye along the edge of the cream lace I used to give the sentiment panel some interest.

I really loved the compass on the paper, sadly the fabulous earth image on the same page ended up covered up, but I was glad the compass had a little corner to show through. I've used two of the lovely Weekend Market papers from the 6x6 paper pad and some textured brown card from a DCWV cardstock stack called The Colourful Life. The postcard is a Graphic 45 stamp from the Cityscapes set. I stamped it over a digital paper from Raspberry road from their Apple Cinnamon set, then inked and distressed the edges.

I used several different shades of Wink of Stella on the image to highlight different areas. Sadly it doesn't show in the main pics, so here are some close ups that give you a peak at the shimmer on the sunflower heads, her sparkly gold earring, the sparkly berry broach and the plum coloured sparkle on the fruits on her hat.

Thanks for stopping in today. I'll be back again soon with another crafty adventure. But in the meantime, do stop into the Southern Girls Challenge and check out the fabulous creations my talented teamies have made. Why not come and join us with your own 'Patterned Paper' creation. I'd love to see what you're inspired to do. Enjoy the rest of your week. Hugs, Wends x

Challenge Entries:
Dream Valley: #129 ~ Anything Goes
The Ribbon Girl: April ~ Card Challenge
Lacy Sunshine Challenge: Anything Goes
Creative Corner Challenges: Flower Power
Crafting With Friends: #18 ~ Anything Goes
Stamping Sensations: April ~ One For The Girls
Lil' Patch of Crafty Friends: #31 ~ Anything Goes
Crafty Calendar Challenge: April ~ Anything Goes
Creative Inspirations Challenge: #249 ~ Your Favourite Things (Distress Ink, The Colour Green, Distressed edges, Lacy Sunshine Images, My Promarkers)

Update: A gorgeous surprise on the Lacy Sunshine blog to see I'd been given the Top Pick by Heather for this card. I'm so delighted and feel deeply honoured. Thank you Heather. Winning an awesome prize of 3 gorgeous Lacy Sunshine digi stamps.