Claritystamp Challenge blog - All about the girls

Wow March is here - I cannot believe it! 

It's all go here - busy getting samples done for Barbara's shows on Sunday  and a one day special on Monday  and lots of  demo bookings so I am a very happy bunny right now 

We had some fabulous entries again in February so if you did take part thank you - it means a lot to us when we get lots of entries  even though it makes it hard  to pick our fave five lol 

Anyway enough of the waffle this month's theme is all about the girls

Now hold on to your hat I started and remembered to take a picture before I went too far

but then I got carried away and didn't take anymore

so back to words lol

I put the nested frame in the plate mate and mad a tiny pencil mark on the two corners where I need to put the flowery corner so that it all would meet up .  I traced the corners from the border plate then added the classic frame.

Next I added the ladies - I picked these two as they face in opposite directions so they could look at each other.  I decided to do a wrap around to attach so scored to make it square .  

What to do next to fill in too much black space - so I added  a smaller classic frame on the inside and used the lace netting for the outside then I used a diagonal grid and pierced the frame

thanks for stopping by today  I look forward to seeing your spin on this months challenge  - good luck 

groovi dt samples - art nouveau border plates - Lawn

Well this is my last card from Barbara's show on 8th February  and our lovely Maria Simms is back on Hochanda tomorrow with lots more groovi goodies to tempt you.

I started with a piece of parchment A5 portrait.  I used one of the corners from the velvet plate in each corner lining it up on top of the nested square to get it even,  I then joined them up with a line from the nested square to form a frame.  I added another elongated square in the middle.

Next I used the flowers from the lawn plate to create a foreground.  Added the lovely lawn behind.  Now she has her had stretched out  so I thought I would create a bannister for her to lean on .  so I used a line from the squares and made a double line across, filling in the gaps with the dotty wave - in my head its like a balustrade !!

Added some hills  then used the sprig to fill in the frame.  

groovi samples - art nouveau border plates

Just a couple to go now - are you still with me ?

For this one I had this pretty paper I wanted to use for the background I have had it in my very large stash of papers that I hardly ever use. Maybe the groovi system will use some of it up?

I used the nested oval for a frame, added one of the lovely corners that come on the velvet lady top and bottom then used an element from the lace border to create the frame.

I added velvet in the middle and added an element from the same corner just behind for a bit of interest and the dots from the the lattice plate

A bit of white work, and coloured with pencils from behind,  

I pricked around the edge of the oval with a single needle ( so I could stitch the piece to the paper) and around the edge of the frame and in the corners with a double needle and snipped.