Wednesday, September 5, 2018

Belated BD Card with Paper Piecing


Looks like this sweet sloth is all partied out!!  Awwww.....

Hi, Friends......

I am here to share a really fun belated birthday card. Maybe you are like I am....make tons of cards and can't get one sent in a timely manner! I slipped up on every August birthday on my list....arrrgh. Not sure where my energy went, but I think the heat really got to me.

One of the birthdays that I am going to celebrate with a late card and gift is for my very own daughter!! (How bad of a Mom am I!!! lol...) Actually, that one was by design...because I wanted to use this adorable LF sloth set from Di Wray (THANKS, Di!!!) which is perfect for a belated card. My daughter loves sloths!! She doesn't read my blog, so I am safe posting this right away. :)

I am entering this card in the Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge - Any Palette Goes. Autumn tones of green are my daughter's favorite color, so I chose this muted palette for my card:



I got brave and tried paper piecing the sloth with scraps from my stash. I even had a grassland piece to use for the critter's hairy little body!
I rarely do piecing....because I am soooooo SLOW!  Ha!  But this was really fun.  
Products used include:
Winnie & Walter - Essentials: Katharine Cutaways die set
Lawn Fawn - Hang in There stamp set
Lawn Fawn - Hang in There die set
Versafine ink in Onyx Black
Sakura Gelly Roll Glaze Gel Pens - 10 Pack (black for eyes)
Distress Marker in Walnut Stain to ink edges of pieces
DCWV scraps from stash
Twine from stash

Hope you liked my card. I think my daughter is going to love it!! (If I ever manage to get it to her...lol!)

<3
Janis


Thank you for the honor of entering this card in the following challenges:
1. Winnie & Walter August Color Combo Challenge - Any Palette Goes
2. Pixie's Snippets Playground Challenge #334 - Use Snippets
3. CARDZ-TV Anything Goes Challenge #62
4. Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge - Stamp on It
5. HeARTful Stamping (Sep 2 - Sep 9) - Anything Goes + a Stamp
6. TCP Tuesday Challenge #350 - Fall
7. Crafty Hazelnut's September Patterned Paper Challenge
8. DL.ART September Linky Challenge
9. Simon Says Stamp Wednesday Challenge - Stamp It
10. Simon Says Stamp Work it Wednesday August/September - Stamp a Celebration or BD card
11. Dare2BArtzy September Challenge - Use Your Favorite Color (I actually used my daughter's fave color since this card is for her!) 

12. Lost Coast Designs Challege #60 - Paper Piecing
13. Joy Clair September Challenge - Mood Board (I took inspiration from the leaves and woodgrain)

16 comments:

  1. This is so cute. I think the sloth is just getting ready to party it is hard to tell. I love it.
    Thank you for joining my DL.ART Thankful Thursday Anything Goes SEPTEMBER 2018 Linky Challenge. Have a blessed day

    DL.ART
    DIANA L.

    ReplyDelete
  2. That is a very cute sloth. Lost Coast Designs have a paper piecing challenge. Hugz https://lostcoastportaltocreativity.blogspot.com/2018/09/challenge-60-paper-piecing.html

    ReplyDelete
  3. Love the sloth on the leaf DP so cute! Thanks for playing in our monthly challenge! DT Member Pam

    ReplyDelete
  4. Oh my gosh he is sooooo cute! You did an amazing job with the Paper piecing, and the "grass"makes brilliant Sloth hair :D Thank you so much for sharing with us at Craftyhazelnut's PPC XXX

    ReplyDelete
  5. It's a real cutie. Thanks for joining the fun at the Lost Coast Portal to Creativity. Hugz

    ReplyDelete
  6. So cute. I like the paper piecing.

    ReplyDelete
  7. This is fabulous, so cute, I sure your daughter will love it. Thanks so much for joining in with our challenge at Lost Coast Designs, and have a very happy week, Sue xx

    ReplyDelete
  8. beautiful card, love the background, thank you so much for sharing with us at Simon Says Stamp Monday Challenge, hugs kath xxx

    ReplyDelete
  9. Love your sloth card, great colour choices.
    Thank you for joining us at Simon says Stamp Wednesday Challenge.
    luv
    Debby

    ReplyDelete
  10. Thanks for joining the Lost Coast Portal challenge. What a cute card.

    ReplyDelete
  11. Brilliant card Janis - I'm so delighted to see you using your prize and am sure your daughter will adore this card! Really cute :)

    Hugs

    Di xx

    ReplyDelete
  12. Cute and creative card! Thank you for joining in on the challenge over at the Lost Coast Designs Portal to Creativity Blog.

    ReplyDelete
  13. Pretty card and the sloth is adorable. Thank you for joining the TCP Tuesday challenge at The Cat's Pajamas.

    ReplyDelete
  14. Super adorable card! Love the little critter and the pattern paper used for the background! Thanks for participating in the Dare 2B Artzy September Challenge! -Tasha ☺

    ReplyDelete

THANK YOU so much for taking the time to leave a comment. Your kind words encourage me so very much!!!

Have a lovely day!
<3
Janis