Friday, February 4, 2011

jingle belles: CARD SIX

this week's prompt at JINGLE BELLES is taken from the song, "baby it's cold outside" and the brief is to use felt on your card...OR...to include an image of a hat, scarf or mittens!

i have had an idea for "paper piecing" ...but using felt... kicking around inside my head since LAST christmas, so this seemed like a good time to give it a go. it turned out to be quite easy...but there were one or two little tricks i discovered, so i thought i'd share a mini tutorial with you!


1. choose, size, and print your image

i love the little reindeer on this paperchase giftwrap, but at 1.5" he's pretty tiny, so i used my scanner to copy & enlarge him to just under 5" tall.


2. attach pattern to felt

i used staples to tack my paper pattern...obviously OUTSIDE the lines of my finished reindeer.


3. cut base image from the most dominant color

before cutting, i xyroned my sheet of tan craft felt onto some white index stock to make a nice sturdy base that will support the decorative additions.


4. cut out & attach the decorative bits

in this case, the reindeer has a brown antler and four hooves, a red nose, a white and black eye, and some tiny white spots. i used my original pattern to cut everything from the appropriate colors of UNBACKED felt. i used aleene's tacky glue, applied with a paint brush, to bond the layers of felt together. the tiny white spots are punched out of paper, and attached the same way.

5. admire your gallant deer!

since this little guy's adorability level was somewhere between a cute embellishment and a beloved family pet...i could not resist using tiny needles and some fine scrap yarn to knit him a little scarf. ('cause baby, it's COLD outside!)


6. make a card!

rudy's so cute that my card didn't need much else: a couple of patterned paper panels, a few snowflakes, a bit of felt rick-rack and a little tag were enough to complete my card. only at the very end did i realize i had subconsciously used amy's gorgeous sketch from last week again-- but hey, it's a great sketch so why not?!"

18 comments:

  1. SOOOOO cute, miss lauren! i love your little rudy~his scarf is adorable :)! and your card is just fabulous with the papers and colors! love it!!! thanks for sharing your fabbie technique! have a wonderful friday and weekend! *hugs* steph :)

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  2. Absolutely fantastic ... he is just sooo cute!

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  3. SOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO CUUUUUUUUUUUUTEEEEEEEEEE!!! I loooooooove your card!! Rudy is the cutest little deer ever :)

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  4. What a great tutorial!! Thanks so much!! Your card is just THE CUTEST!!!

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  5. Awwwww, he is so cute! But only you, the divine miss lauren, would be so clever as to scan, enlarge, and make such a cherished embellie. This card (to quote my LFL) is "so cool it's arctic!" Right in line with your Baby it's Cold Outside theme :)

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  6. STINKIN' CUUUUTE! I looooove that little felt guy. And you knit him a scarf?!?! *thud* I might (MIGHT) have tied a few threads and made it pretend to be a scarf. Such a fun card!

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  7. CUTE CUTE CUTE!!!!
    seriously,you knit that tiny scarf??!!! ♥ it :)

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  8. Yes, he unbelievably cute! I can't believe you MADE him! Adorable! And what a great little setting you've put him on.

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  9. Lauren, thanks for the tutorial! Great ideas there. Your reindeer is uber-cute. :D

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  10. What a great tutorial!! Thanks so much!!

    Your card is lovely :)

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  11. **dude** {how does one do hearts on a mac??!} you're beyond genius...I love this!

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  12. OMG... You are just the creative crafter I know... Knitting with needles..WOW...
    The card is so cute and will make someone really happy next x-mas.... <3

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  13. ADORABLE. Thank you for sharing how you did this. Now that I see how you did it, I am thinking DUH. But until then, I was at a loss. I just love that you find inspiration EVERYWHERE. AND turn it into such awesomeness. I love this little guy.

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  14. Very cool!!! I can't beleive you knitted a tiny scraf for him ( too cute!!!)- everything about this card is terrific! You are so talented!!!!

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  15. so super dooper cute!! hugs Samantha :0)

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  16. So so so cute! The shawl is my favorite part :-)

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  17. You totally inspired everyone to dig out some felt and make some paper piecings or felt piecings or something with this card. It funny mine is like the "boy" version of your card. lol. I love your card. Its gorgeous. Now to get onto making a no red card.

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  18. You are getting way to crafty miss. Where does this talent come from?! I am awed by you.

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