I’m excited to share a new kind of imagery with you today! Take a look, maybe give it a try and see what you think!
See this cute little girl…………….OOPS! Look what she has done!
This is First Haircut
Looking at this image I felt she would make the perfect Im Sorry card 😀 So thats what I did.
She looks just like a cupie doll, maybe a Campbell’s soup kid-only not so pudgy, or an adorable vintage postcard. I love her to pieces. This line totally brought out my other shabby/vintage side (OK as shabby as I get) of me.
So my dear cyber friend Holly (she made me this frame) has a UBER talented daughter Chesney. You may have known some of Chesney’s work from My Favorite Things. She is the illustrator for the BC Dzyns line. When I saw some of Chesney’s drawings (made into cards on Holly’s blog) I told Kimabout them. Soon after, with collaboration from Kim’s daughter Brianna, that line was born. Pretty cool stuff. Little did I know that Chesney could draw some of the CUTEST images-I had never seen until recent.
Here is the info-
Get Squigglefly
Squigglefly is offering digital downloads of all kinds of images that people can print and use like stamps. They will come flipped right and left and come in two pre-set sizes for convenience, but can be re-sized for personal preference.
This is the card in its entirety
So I printed her onto my vintage cream cardstock, and die cut with the Labels set.
I then took my gold marker, and ran it along the embossed edge of the die cut for that VINTAGE, antiqued look.
I had to add a velvet flower in chocolate by May Arts. I also added a vintage button I got from my stash for more “vintage” stuff.
The stamp along the side I believe is Hero Arts-my dear friend Paulette bought that for me some time ago and I felt it went with the vintage, almost faux stitched looking element to the card. I just added some color to my leaves and petals.
I stamped the I’m so sorry sentiment from Stampin Up, and die cut it with a Spellbinder’s tag. I also drew my line and pierced it around the tag for a faux sewn look.
Pretty cool huh?
I think for me the coolest part came when I did get to make that same image SMALLER to suit a card I wanted to make
Here is a close up of the SAME image, only smaller
Now, looking back I WISH I paid attention to the sizes I made it as to help you-sorry! You can figure out what they will look like before you print my hitting PRINT PREVIEW.
On that image I used a ruler and the wide end of a copic marker, and “drew” my wall paper. I then lightly traced with a ruler and a black marker-faintly to make it like the drawing and not over power it.
I layered it with a vellum scallop. So soft.
Now the full view-
What better sentiment? You make my world a better place. It is from Papertrey Ink’s Mailbox Greetings set. The dotted circles are from the Borders & Corners Circle set
To me this was like when times are tough you make everything OK. I was thinking what a perfect image-First Haircut-locks on the floor-this is bad! LOL! But YOU make it all ok.
See the difference in size from the first to second card? These are BOTH A2 size cards, and the bottom image is significantly smaller. It reminds me if Elzybells. The UK has the larger images (which I ADORE) and the US sells select smaller images. Sometimes you wish a particular image was either bigger or smaller. Sort of the best of both worlds as far as sizes go.
I used my Scor-Pal to make some scored lines at the bottom, and added a scallop border (using Martha Stewart punch) and a vintage cream underlay for a fun feminine touch. I then used some Bazzill flower tied in the center with ribbon.
I’ll share another sample I have on Tuesday 😀
If you check it out let me know what YOU think.
I’m a busy girl today-so I better run.
21 Responses for "Squigglefly –"
Thanks so much Lauren for helping with card samples. Your cards are just the best. I’m glad you explained how you did the wallpaper behind the girl in the second card because that is just so cute and the best idea!
Great cards. Love the stamp. It says it all.
Happy Holidays
Heather
Hey there! I’m finally all caught up 🙂 LOVE these cutie pie images!! I’ll have to go check them out. That treat box is seriously cute also! VERY adorable. AND – I really hope to do your sketch this week…I’m back to being un-inspired…I don’t know what my problem is lately…maybe it’s just the business of everything else is sucking out all of my creative energy 😉 either which way, I have TONS of stuff to get working on, so I hope it finds it’s way back FAST!!!
Thanks for sharing all these great projects Lauren!!!
Cute image…
Adorable Cards!!
* Just wanted to add how Beautiful your
family photo is!!! 🙂
So cute Lauren! I’m starting to get into these digi images…so nice to customize the size for sure!
Love the cards!! Haven’t thought much about getting into digital images but boy you are sure tempting me!!
Super cute cards! I love this little image!
Oh my goodness, did this ever bring back memories of when Kelsey decided she didn’t like her bangs anymore and lobbed them off with a pair of scissors. She was 4 years old and her preschool pictures were in just a couple of days. Sigh.
Very cute images. I’ll have to check out that site. Sounds pretty cool!
Love the MS border punch. I saw it there and I didn’t think I needed it 😉 ‘
Hugs!
Love this card Lauren – so sweet and the colours are gorgeous. Beautiful!
Sooo cute!!! Love that little girl image! I did check it out and signed up for their newsletter. I may have to get this girl!!!
Copyright infringement, lol!! That’s a picture of ME almost 50 (ish) years ago! Yup…I “styled” my hair exactly like that, lol, and for me, too, it was right before school pictures were due to be taken. I thought my mom would implode… and I was SO proud of my handiwork until she got mad. Then I realized I might have made a li-i-i-tle mistake. She wouldn’t let me wear a hat or nothin’!
Love the cards, Lauren! You always do such cute stuff…
Hugs,
Betsy
This is sooooooo cute! I love this! I’ve never heard of these digi images so I’m definately going to be checking it out! I think I need this image!!
Oh I forgot- I have an award for you on my blog. I’m sure you get those to death, but you are seriously so inspiring! 🙂 Thanks for all you share!
OMGosh, you are going to bankrupt me, hehehe
I LOVE this image. It is so gosh darn cute. I love the “I’m sorry” card. I am going to have to look for that background stamp as well. I LOVE everything about these cards. TFS!!!
Lauren, you are always so full of fantastic ideas! I’ve seen these digital stamps before and think it’s a great idea. But I do have a question and didn’t see you mention it here, nor was it on the site you linked.
What did you use to color the image? I am thinking you would not be able to use markers since you are printing it from the computer and the ink would smear, right? I just wanted to know for sure.
I adore this image and love your creation, as always. You astound me with your creativity and generosity!
This so reminds me when my son decided to cut his hair by himself the first time. Oh my word what a mess!
Lauren, I love your cards! After I saw your blog post this morning I clicked over there and bought a couple of the stamps. I love digital stamps. Anywhoo, I already stamped, excuse me, printed one off and used it to make a card. I will be posting it on my blog tomorrow. I love how they color up. Thanks so much for this wonderful heads up!!!
Smiles,
Janna
She is just too cute and you have colored her perfectly, love the browns and pretty flower background!
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